Comanche Pioneers Remembered In Obituary Notes
Obituaries honor D. M. Smith aged 83 a longtime Comanche settler and Hannah Coker Redwine aged 84 memorializing their lives in the Gustine region. Smith died after a long useful life leaving a wife and daughter Mrs. Bertram. Redwine died at her daughter's home and was buried at Indian Creek cemetery after a long Civil War era migration to Texas.
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LeMse
Smit
Eargle Proctor
Applewhite
Gustine
Se¢Ry
Daug
Phil Bertram
Waxachie
Gazette
Cameron
Texas
Hannah Coker Redwine
W. F. Durham
Hannah Coker
Georgia
John Redwine
Southland
Coanche County
Redwine
Methodist Church
Indian Creek Cemetery
White
Joe Redwine
Elysian Fields
Rebel Soldier Uncle Shack: Civil War Service and Roots
The piece chronicles Nathaniel Thaddius Howell known as Uncle Shack born November 15 1842 in Monroe County Georgia. He served in the Civil War from Manassas to Gettysburg with notable escapes and later settled in Texas and then Comanche County. He denies membership in the Ku Klux Klan though tales of the group circulate.
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Uncle Shack
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux
Nathaniel Thaddius Howell
Shack
Shackleford
Monroe County
Georgia
Manassas
Appomattox
Marie Robbert
Sherman
Forsythe
Georgia Regiment of Infantry
Simmons
Kershaws Division
Low Streets
Army of Nort Virginia
Jim Pinehard
Sanders
53Rd Georgia Regiment
Longstreet
Sharpsburg
Gettysburg
Texas
Linestone County
Marguerite Julia Henderson
Comaanche County
Sheck
New South
Comanche Texas Chief Exponent Posts Telegraph Notice
A Fort Worth telegraph notice from Comanche Texas reports peace negotiations with Germany. The item was posted at Smith Drug Store window and observed by a passerby, including a cat witnessed nearby.
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Fort Worth
Comanche
Texas
Germany
Star Telegram
Gram
Smith Drug Store
Sgon
Miss Evelyn Thodberg Weds Horace L Chilton in Waco
Miss Evelyn Thodberg, famed in Comanche, married Horace L. Chilton of Marlin in a Sunday ceremony after traveling from Comanche with her mother. The couple were joined by Victor Thadberg and others at the minister’s home in Waco before departing for San Antonio and Houston.
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Evelyn Thodberg
Comanche
Horace L. Chilton
Marlin
Miss Thodberg
Cotton
Waco
Victor Thadberg
Mr. Chilton
Comanche Triumphs Over Sweetwater In West Texas Showdown
Comanche defeats Sweetwater 14 to 6 at Sweetwater to claim West Texas honors and contend for North Texas title. Dodson and Hill were injured but Palmer and J Woodward led a sturdy defense and steady backfield play despite rough handling from Sweetwater. The game featured costly fumbles, strong tackling, and a late Comanche safety after a disputed call.
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Cermanche High School
Sweetwater High
Sweetwater
Comanche
West Texas
North Texas
Dodson
Hill
J. Woodward
Palmer
Eam
Mike
Walker
Woodward
Sweetwater Comanche Bunch
Arther Seales
L. BE
Allen Campbell
L. T
Cooper Brasher
L. G
Palmer S. Fife
R. E
Reeves
M. Woodward Wright
Rk. T
Thomas Emory
R. G
Walker M. Fife
Cox Stamps
L. H
C. Woodward B
R. H
Reeves Daniels
Hunter
Transylvania
Bomar
Britton
Smith
North
C. Woodward
Wright
Cooper
Scales
Allen
Daniels
Arther
Combie
Pitzen
Lea
Seales
M. Fife
Stamps
Quay
Sweettwat
Scott
Fife
Sweet Wa
Sweet My
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Grand Pioneers
Ustine
N. T
Howell
Rer
Sweetwaté
Nehe
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