urn:taro:utexas.cah.00800 A Guide to the Atascosa County Scrapbook and Obituary, 1930-1938 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2008 Finding aid written in English. September 2008 Added related material - Laurel Rozema. Descriptive Summary Atascosa County Atascosa County Scrapbook and Obituary 1930-1938 Materials are written in English. 4 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The bulk of the material consists of obituaries, arranged alphabetically by the surname of the deceased, and other newspaper clippings, which were clipped from various Atascosca County newspapers. Scope and Contents

The bulk of the material consists of obituaries, arranged alphabetically by the surname of the deceased, and other newspaper clippings, which were clipped from various Atascosca County newspapers. Also included are short reports written about Tyler County cities and notable sites, and other events in Atascosca County. Most of the material is dated in the range 1930-1938.

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 Index Terms Subjects Obituaries--Texas. Obituaries--Texas-- Atascosa County. Texas--History--Local. Texas--History-- Atascosa County. Atascosa County (Tex.) Atascosa County (Tex.)--Genealogy. Atascosa County (Tex.)--Genealogy--Sources. Atascosa County (Tex.)--History. Preferred Citation

Atascosa County Scrapbook and Obituary, 1930-1938, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3L79 Obituaries 3L79 Abernathy, W.M., of Pleasanton, Floresville Chronicle, July 3, 1931 3L79 Adams, Jack “Uncle Jack,” of Poteet, Pleasanton Express, December 6, 1934 3L79 Adams, Mrs. Marietta, of Atascosa County, Jordanton Monitor, May 19, 1932 3L79 Allen, R.B., of Campbellton, Jordanton Monitor, May 19, 1932 3L79 Barrett, Mr. Nicolas, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, March 5, 1931 3L79 Barrow, Mrs. J.H., of Poteet, Jourdanton Monitor, January 12, 1933 3L79 Barrett, Nicholas, of Pleasanton, March 6, 1931 3L79 Barrow, Mrs. J.H., of Poteet, San Antonio Express, January 8, 1933 3L79 Brite, Bill, of Pleasanton, Dallas News, March 3, 1939 3L79 Brite, Mrs. W.T., of Verdi, Jourdanton News, July 9, 1931 3L79 Broom, A.W., of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, November 13, 1930 3L79 Brown, Mrs. John, of Jourdanton, Jourdanton Monitor, May 19, 1932 3L79 Brown, Mrs. J.W., of Jourdanton, San Antonio Express, May 12, 1932 3L79 Brown, Mrs. Mattie, of Jourdanton, Hallettsville New-Era, May 17, 1932 3L79 Buhmeister, Frank Herman, of Poteet, Pleasanton Express, April 28, 1932 3L79 Claiborne, Mrs. Eliza, of Charlotte, San Antonio Light, November 18, 1920 (possibly 1930) 3L79 Chamberlain, Jesse M., of Pleasanton, Jourdanton Monitor, June 9, 1932 3L79 Cook, James Russell, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Enterprise, November 22, 1934 3L79 Franklin, Frank, of Pleasanton, Jourdanton Monitor, November 15, 1934 3L79 Franklin, Mr. Frank, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, November 15, 1934 3L79 Guynes, Albert Brown, of Lytle, Jourdanton News-Monitor, September 17, 1931 3L79 Hayden, Basil, of Leming, San Antonio Express, March 13, 1933 3L79 Hayden, Basil, of Leming, Atacosa Monitor, March 16, 1933 3L79 Henson, Mrs. Margaret, of Lytle, Dallas Messenger, June 11, 1931 3L79 Hester, Mr. F.M., of Lytle, Lytle News, March 12, 1931 3L79 Horton, John T. of Asherton, Cotulla Record, September 4, 1931 3L79 Hughes, Robert Thomas, of Poteet, San Antonio Express, January 9, 1935 3L79 Hurley, C.C., of Poteet, San Antonio Express, October 30, 1930 3L79 Hyder, Mr. J., of Leming, Pleasanton Express, June 8, 1933 3L79 Johnson, Mr. Hubert D., Jourdanton Monitor, December 15, 1930 3L79 Kalka, John, of Leming, Dallas Messenger, June 18, 1931 3L79 Kalka, John, of Leming, San Antonio News, June 13, 1931 3L79 Keller, David, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, November 1, 1934 3L79 Kerns, Ulysses Grant, of Leming, Hescosa Monitor, June 2, 1932 3L79 Langley, Mr. A.G., of Benton, San Antonio Express, September 5, 1934 3L79 Lawhon, Mrs. Evelyn, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, March 9, 1933 3L79 Lytle, Judge Nelson, of Lytle, Devine News, September 22, 1932 3L79 Lyons, Mr. Herff, of Pleasanton, Atascosa News Monitor, October 15, 1931 3L79 McWhorter, J. Marlin, of Lytle, Devine News, September 5, 1934 3L79 Martin, James M., of Christine, San Antonio Express, May 24, 1931 3L79 Mustin, W.J., of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, December 6, 1934 3L79 O’Neal, J.R., of Christine, Pleasanton Express, April 28, 1932 3L79 Fuller, Mr. Walter Payne, of Lytle, La Coste Ledger, March 21, 1936 3L79 Props, Grndma, of Pleasanton,Pleasanton Express, October 9, 1930 3L79 Richarson, T.L., of Jourdanton, Devine News, July 16, 1931 3L79 Richardson, W.F., of Pleasanton, Floresville Journal, November 10, 1933 3L79 Riley, Mrs. B.L., of Lytle, La Coste Ledger, May 29, 1931 3L79 Roberson, Alvis Jerome, of Sand Branch, Devine News, February 9, 1933 3L79 Roberts, J.J., of San Antonio, Jourdanton News Monitor, October 29, 1931 3L79 Rose, Lou Hilda, of Lytle, San Antonio Evening News, February 23, 1932 3L79 Rowe, Mrs. A.J., of Jourdanton, Jourdanton Monitor, January 5, 1933 3L79 Rutheford, Mrs. Ollie, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, Pleasanton Express, November 1, 1934 3L79 Saunders, Miss Sarah Ann, of Christine, Jourdanton Monitor, March 2, 1933 3L79 Silvers, Mrs. Laura Brown, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, January 5, 1933 3L79 Smith, Mrs. R.R., of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, January 31, 1935 3L79 Smith, Thomas Pate, of McCoy, Pleasanton Express, June 9, 1932 3L79 Smith, Vernon, of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Express, August 11, 1932 3L79 Spencer, Mr. L.T., of Lytle, Devine News, September 29, 1932 3L79 Sutton, John W., of Stockdale, Pleasanton Express, November 1, 1934 3L79 Torres, Porfirio, of Pleasanton, 1914 3L79 Turner, Robert J., of Pleasanton, Dilley Herald, February 27, 1931 3L79 Wells, Mrs. H.C., of Lytle, Devine News, May 17, 1934 3L79 Wells, Mrs. H.C., of Lytle, Pleasanton Express, May 17, 1934 3L79 West, Mrs. Sarah Ann, of Jourdanton, San Antonio Express, July 14, 1932 3L79 Witten, George W., of Verdi, Facts Pleasanton, June 21, 1934 3L79 Woodlee, M.H., of Pleasanton, San Antonio Express, July 9, 1931 3L79 Wedding Announcements: 3L79 Mr. and Mrs. Hensarling, of Jourdanton, Uvalde News, June 6, 1932 3L79 Politics: 3L79 Brite, Col. W.T., San Antonio Express, February 11, 1932 3L79 Reunions: 3L79 Hutcherson, Mr. and Mrs. J.S., of Jourdanton, Jourdanton News, August 20, 1931 3L79 Other newspaper clippings: 3L79 “Celebrates her 92d Birthday,” Pleaston Express, December 10, 1931 3L79 “H. Hickok Honored on 85th Birthday,” Pleasanton Press, December 17, 1931 3L79 “Mr. And Mrs. R.J. Lauderdale Celebrate Golden Wedding,” Pleasanton Express, March 31, 1932 3L79 “Col. W.T. Brite Celebrates 76th Birthday,” Pleasanton Express, August 4, 1932 3L79 “Mrs. Mary Ann Smith Celebrates Ninety Third Birthday,” Pleasanton Express, December 3, 1932 3L79 “Aged Fiddler of Pleasanton Wins Trailers Contest,” San Antonio Evening News, February 9, 1935 3L79 “Honored a Pioneer Citizen,” Floresville Chronicle Journal, January 13, 1933 3L79 “Historical Review of Pleasanton and Atascosa County, from 1855 to 1930,” Pleasanton Express, January 16, 1930 3L79 “Early Settlers of Atascosa County,” Pleasanton Express, June 8, 1933 3L79 “Looking Backward: copy of monitor 44 years ago gives peep back,” Atascosa Monotor, January 8, 1931 3L79 “Historical Review of Pleasanton Schools, Dating Back to 1858,” Pleasanton Express, January 16, 1930 3L79 “Campbellton Founded by Trader in 1867,” San Antonio Express, December 3, 1930 3L79 “Clubwomen Plant Campbellton Tree,” San Antonio Express, November 5, 1932 3L79 “W.T. Brite Celebrates 77th Birthday with All-Day Party and Dinner,” Pleasanton Express, July 27, 1933 3L79 “Pleasanton Hotel Burns,” Austin American, November 17, 1932 3L79 “Mrs. Mary Campbell and Atascosa County Pioneers Honored with Tree Planting,” Jordanton Monitor, October 27, 1932 3L79 “Some Old History of Atascosa County,” San Antonio Express, January 10, 1935 3L79 “Lytle Couple Wed 50 Years,” San Antonio Express, September 10, 1933 3L79 “Pioneer Honored,” Gourdanton Monitor, May 4, 1933 3L79 “Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary,” Gourdanton Monitor, May 11, 1933 3L79 “Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Witten Celebrate 60th Anniversary, Pleasanton Express, May 11, 1933 3L79 “Old Rock Church and Headstones Tell Story of Somerset,” San Antonio Express, August 26, 1934 3L79 “Atacosa Fair to End Today,” San Antonio Express, October 11, 1941 3L79 “Little Remains of the Once Thriving Town of Somerset Founded by Pioneers,” by Henry Yelvington, undated 3L79 “Ancient Curios are Legacy,” March 3, 1928 3L79 Announcement, San Antonio Express, May 15, 1932 3L79 Wedding Anniversary, Pleasanton Express, December 12, 1934 3L79 Frontier Times, Bandera, Texas, September 1935 3L79 Reports on Tyler County cities and places: 3L79 Statistical Report for Christine, TX, May 14, 1938 3L79 “Atascosa County” Report on Eightieth Anniversary of the founding of Atascosa County 3L79 “Atascosa County: battle of the Medina,” by Adolph C. Schwarz, June 12, 1937 3L79 “Toola Waterhole Fight, 1845 (as told by West Davidson),” by A.J. Sowell, 1900 3L79 General Information for Campbellton, TX, February 21, 1938 3L79 Statistical Report for McCoy, TX, February 21, 1937 3L79 “Tordilla Mound Still Guards Its Secrets,” by Adolph Schwarz, March 25, 1931 3L79 “Facts and Figures about Pleasanton Texas” compiled June 1926 3L79 General Information for Dobrowolski, TX, May 24, 1937 3L79 General Information for Benton City, TX, June 28, 1937 3L79 General Information for Kyote, TX, February 9, 1937 3L79 General Information for Davis, TX, May 13, 1937 3L79 General Information for Hindes, TX, July 28, 1937 3L79 General Information for Poteet, TX, April 27, 1937 3L79 Jourdanton History by Adolph Schwarz 3L79 General Information for Jourdanton, TX, February 19, 1937 3L79 General Information for Jourdanton, TX, by Adolph Schwarz 3L79 General Information for Haiduk, TX, by Adolph Schwarz 3L79 General Information for Rossville, TX, May 18, 1937 3L79 General Information for Fashing, TX, by Adolph Schwarz 3L79 General Information for Charlotte, TX, July 18, 1937 3L79 “Atacosa County” excerpt from A History of Texas & Texans 3L79 Description of Atacosa County 3L79 Miscellaneous papers 3L79 Correspondence, Adolph C. Schwarz to Virginia Newton, 3L79 May 8, 1936 3L79 May 23, 1936 3L79 March 8, 1936 3L79 May 11, 1936 3L79 April 9, 1936 3L79 May 14, 1936 3L79 April 8, 1936 3L79 Photographs 3L79 Musgrave Ranch House, ca. 1936