Comanche Chief Post Office and County Notes
A mix of local anecdotes and opinions from Comanche County readers. Reminiscences about Uncle Jim Cunningham 88, the last surviving Cunningham descendants, a remark on price and commerce, a joke from a Mullin subscriber about grocery shopping, and reflections on living longer. Mention of Hamilton High School principal John Sullivan and Comanche fish tales. Includes Bible thought and a wish for a summer market in Comanche to compete with Stephenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Cunningham
Jim
J. R. Lewis
Brownwood
James
Susan Cunningham
Comanche County
John Sullivan
Hamilton High School
Hamilton County News
Comange County
Texas
Henry Soward
Salt Branch
Gomanche
Gustine Fm
Hebron
Higginbothams Bid Strong for Summer Business
Comanche fire chief Bob Graham corrects earlier report on Lavester Pagan house fire noting water mains were closed for hydrant relocation and that an emergency plug could have been used if the alarm had been turned in earlier. The town also notes local political chatter, a 30 degree April morning record, and assorted regional notes from Granbury invention news to San Saba restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Graham
Comanche
Lavester Pagan
Graham
Russell's Comments on Juror Lineage and Early Settlers
Genealogical notes list jurors and their English and colonial origins. Names include Massengale, Miller, Odell, Pettit, Pounds, Park, Robinett, Robertson, Reed, Riley, Sloan, Stark, Smoot, Taylor, Willingham, Williams, and White with brief migration paths from England, Ireland, and the Mayflower era, mentioning shifts to Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Russell
Massengale
Daniel Massengale
Gilbert Massengell
Yorkshire
England
Surry Co
Henry Massengale
N. C
Watauga River
Miller
John Miller
Wethersfield
Conn
Odell
William Odell
Mass
Fairfield
Pettit
Thomas Pettit
America
John
Boston
Christiana Mallows
Oliver
Pounds
William Pounds
Virginia
Augusta Co
Alexander
Margaret Robinson
Reed
John Reed
William Reed
Riley Reilly
Bernard Reilly
Columbia
S. C
Nancy Means
Sloan
John Walter Sloan
Pennsylvania
Stark
Aaron Stark
New London
Stonington
Mystic River
Smoot
William Smoot
Holland
York Co
Charles Co
Maryland
Taylor
James Taylor
Earls of Hare
Carlisle
Hare Forest
Frances
Mary Gregory
Willingham
Thomas Henry Willingham
South Carolina
Sarah Chevin
Williams
Roger Williams
Providence Plantation
Rhode Island
White
Peregrine White
William White
Jamestown
Massachusetts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sormancne
Gays Ruel McDaniel
Beyond Mullin
Stephenville
Higginbothams
Russell
Fort Worth
T. B. Wheeler
Eastland
Dad
Fe Magazine
Paris
London
Callahan
Granbury
San Saba
Menard
Sanidown
Gleeson Ultma Ee
The
iccinpoTnam Bros
Cpparel
Poas
Botham Bros
Iccinbotham Bros.& Co
Baku
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