Biographical Sketch of Mrs Shults Memories of Llano and New Mexico
A reader recounts family history from Llano County to New Mexico, detailing Pecan Creek School Macedonia church Latham school house and changes over time. The sketch covers Catharine Taylor Shults born 1850 near Georgetown Texas, frontier life with enslaved workers, and moves from Falls Creek to Bluffton San Saba to New Mexico with encounters among Apache.
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Llano County
Blanco and Burnetounty
Pecan Creek School
Macedonia Baptist Church
Latham
New Mexico
Marble Falls
Yuubion
Mother Shults
Charley Shults
Llano
J. Y. Latham
Catharine Taylor Shults
Georgetown
Williamson County
Texas
William Jennings
Falls Creek
Jennings Ranch
Fall Creek
Houston Shults
Bluffton
San Saba County
Silverity
Shults Family Saga Ends in New Mexico Pioneering Years
This obituary recalls Mr. Shults dying after a long illness on his Llano Creek ranch near Georgetown and his widow, Jett, supporting seven children. The narrative follows their escape from Geronimo raids, years in Silver City and Deming New Mexico, and eventual settlement near Alamogordo before her death May 29, 1929. It notes her Christian faith since 1889 and lists her seven children across New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.
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Rio Grande
Old Fort Seldon
Geronimo
Silver City
Lone Star State
New Mexico
Otero County
Thalissete Ie
Alamogordo
Christian Church
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