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Leesville Fair Celebrates Genealogy Music and Local History
Floresville residents gathered at Leesville County Fair on October 17 1981 for a day of crafts, gospel and country music. Local descendants such as Jerry O Neal performed a ballad Plain Old Leesville. Guests from Gonzales Houston Fort Worth and beyond attended and spoke of family ties to Leesville while a 100 year old quilt and a near 150 year war cannon were displayed. The cannon was linked to the 1836 Texas Revolution and documented by Dr Pat Wagner. Local figures like Earl O Neill Bob Stanley Kathryn Stanley Israel Walter Stout and Floyde O Neal appeared amid reminiscences of the old Leesville School and church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
Jerry O’neal
Floresville
Louisville
O’neal
Nathan Gordon
Gonzales
Houston
Nixon
Sandies Chapel Church
Pat Wagner
Gonzales County
Wagner
Leesville Fair
Earl O'Neill
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Bob Stanley
Matador
Lubbock
Stanley
Kathryn Stanley Israel
Austin
Fred Stanley
Mt. Vernon
Fred
J. C. Stanley
Darden Sutton
Monthalia
Gus Kiser
Leesville Cemetery
Charles Yarborough
Sada Marian Yarborough
Mike Derrick Jr
Seguin
Brush
Herbert Keith
Wesley O‘neal
Zelma Vicars
Victoria
Maggie
San Antonio
Drew Ivey
Walter Stout
Stout
Young Walter Stout
Hamner
San Antonio Academy
Floyde O‘neal
Smiley
Staton O‘neal