tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67329861596742277352024-03-13T15:38:06.640-05:00Rockdale ~ My Hometown"Rockdale, my hometown, is Texas' heart and significant part of its soul," George Sessions Perry wrote in his book, <u>Texas: A World Unto Itself</u>. Perry wrote with lifelong affection about his hometown, first as a novelist and later as a magazine journalist. He describes the pioneers of Rockdale as typical of restless Southerners who hitched their wagons and moved to Texas after the Civil War. . . . Clay Coppedge . . .BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.comBlogger553125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-23941374712610449172018-12-22T09:00:00.000-06:002018-12-22T09:00:00.740-06:001895 :: The Cozy Corner
Dallas Morning News.
December 22, 1895.
The Cozy Corner
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LENA MAY WIESE, Jones' Prairie, Milam Co., Tex. -- You see, Mr. Big Hat, I've made a resolve similar to Laurence C. Fountain's, though I don't write quite so often or regularly as he does. I notice that a great many of the cousins who write quite often steadily improve and I thought that by writing oftener than two or BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-7248762097131473292018-10-17T11:00:00.000-05:002018-10-17T11:00:00.361-05:001901 :: Death of Infant Twins
The two little twin infants of Mr. John Brown died last Monday. Death came to both the little ones in the same hour. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have the sincere sympathy of all in their double bereavement. Rockdale Messenger. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1901 Page: 1 of 12
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-58207332825056758772018-06-26T09:29:00.000-05:002018-06-26T09:29:02.650-05:00What! No "Sap"The
T&NO Railroad, lovably known hereabouts as the "Dear Old Sap," has
filed application with the Railroad Commission to discontinue passenger
train service on the road through Rockdale from Waco to Yoakum. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1947 Page: 1 of 12 BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-35373154321798677352018-05-24T10:00:00.000-05:002018-05-24T10:11:40.435-05:001917 :: Take a Dip in the Surf
GALVESTON and RETURN [to Rockdale] $3.95
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger
(Rockdale, Tex.)
Vol. 45, No. 12, Ed. 1, Page 7
Thursday, May 24, 1917
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-50845993083757780132018-05-20T11:00:00.000-05:002018-05-20T11:00:19.698-05:001920 :: Sam Houston's Daughter is Dead at HoustonA telegram received this morning by Rockdale relatives announces the death of Mrs. Nannie Morrow at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Davis E. Decker, in Houston, death occurring Wednesday night.Mrs. Morrow was the daughter of General Sam Houston, and as such her death will be of interest to the whole of Texas. Her late husband was a first cousin of A.P. Perry Sr., of Rockdale, and Mr. Perry acted BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-21728852244410544992018-05-17T09:00:00.000-05:002018-05-17T09:00:09.981-05:001917 :: Bats in City HallThe city hall is being overhauled and the bat roosts which have so long made the place a nuisance are being destroyed and the cracks sealed up so that the bats may not again take over this valuable piece of public property. Carpenter Jim Copeland is at the helm, with Alderman O.K. Phillips supervising the work. The wainscoting in the auditorium was removed yesterday, and several bushels of bats BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-62075739907825550162018-04-06T21:20:00.000-05:002018-04-06T21:20:27.782-05:001933 :: Old-Time Negro Resident is Buried here Tuesday
Will Gray, one of the old-time negro residents of Rockdale, was buried here Tuesday. At the time of his death and for the past ten or fifteen years, Gray had been porter on the passenger trains of the Missouri-Pacific, running from Palestine to San Antonio. In the early days of this city he worked for the firm of Ben Loewenstein & Bros. He had the esteem of many friends in this city. The BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-53236650998786845262018-02-18T14:58:00.000-06:002018-02-18T14:58:14.270-06:001896 :: The Cozy Corner
Dallas Morning News, June 28, 1896. The Cozy Corner. KATIE PLEASANT, Rockdale, Milam Co., Tex. -- Mr. Big Hat and Miss Big Bonnet: I have been a silent little girl in your department. I am a pupil at the Rockdale public school. I am in the fourth grade. We have a red-headed teacher. But I need not be talking about her having a red head, for I have one, too. Our school will be out in two more BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-91877537580455769022018-02-15T12:43:00.001-06:002018-02-15T12:44:11.219-06:001945 :: 100-year-old Confederate Veteran dies in Milam County
Death Comes to 100-Years-Old William Persky, Oldest Citizen of Milam County and Last of the County's Confederate Veterans; Funeral Sunday
William Persky, 100, oldest citizen of Milam county and the last Confederate veteran of the county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.J. Rinn, at Sharp on Friday night. . . .
Mr. Persky celebrated his 100th anniversary last November 21st. He was bornBeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-8155204349891112012018-02-06T18:44:00.000-06:002018-02-06T18:44:08.349-06:001908 :: Death of Infant Krueger
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Krueger died last Sunday and was buried Monday. Mrs. Krueger is the daughter of the late H. Henniger, and was here visiting her mother at the time of the death of her baby. The Kruegers live at Carmine. The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-29028871934258228302018-01-28T11:00:00.000-06:002018-01-28T11:00:09.734-06:001915 :: Death of Amiel Mitchell
One of the saddest things that has ever happened in Rockdale occurred last Sunday afternoon about 4:00 o'clock when Amiel, the little 7-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Mitchell, was burned to death at the family home on College Hill. . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1915 Page: 2 of 8 BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-74994907760381166492018-01-23T11:00:00.000-06:002018-01-23T13:09:42.822-06:001913 :: Edwin Leroy Antony Dies
News has been received here of the death at Dallas of E.L. Antony, a former Rockdalian.
Judge Antony spent his young manhood here, where he subsequently married Miss Houghton.
His parents, Dr. and Mrs. Antony, came to Texas when the Judge was a youth, and settled in Cameron and Rockdale, where the Doctor engaged in the practice of his profession.
The son attended college,BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-19344477155945681262018-01-19T11:00:00.000-06:002018-01-19T11:40:35.326-06:001933 :: Death of Uncle Billy Dykes
Uncle Billy Dykes, 96-year old negro citizen of the Liberty Hill community in Milam county, died at his home in that community Saturday. The burial was held Sunday afternoon and was attended by a number of white friends from Rockdale and other sections of the county. Uncle Billy had lived in this county longer than most local citizens can remember. He was a slave before the Civil War being BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-64350672660418008782018-01-17T10:00:00.000-06:002018-01-17T10:00:02.103-06:001918 :: Death of B.V. Arnold
B.V. Arnold died at his home just north of the city limits Sunday night at 10:45 o'clock, after an illness which confined him to his bed only for a few days, but succeeding several years of what might be termed the gamest fight ever made by a Johnny Reb for his life. . . . He enlisted in the Confederate cause in December, 1861, in the Army of Northern Virginia, Longstreet's Corps, Hood's Texas BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-70553155140371814102018-01-16T18:23:00.000-06:002018-01-16T18:23:35.671-06:001908 :: Gored to DeathThe whole town was shocked on Wednesday of last week when the news was heralded over the city that Mrs. Pinkie Mitchell had been killed by a vicious cow. . . . Mrs. Rosa A. Mitchell, the deceased, was raised in Burleson county, but for the past nine years had made her home in Rockdale, where she was engaged in the restaurant business until a few years ago. . . . She is survived by a son, Mr. WillBeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-80198560564892215642018-01-16T11:00:00.000-06:002018-01-16T11:47:50.114-06:001908 :: Burial in Hat Prairie graveyard
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Alford died last Friday and was buried in the Hat Prairie graveyard. The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-54672946167616130412018-01-14T11:00:00.000-06:002018-01-14T11:41:04.463-06:001915 :: Mrs. Alice Riddle DeadOn the 19th of September, 1871, Mrs. Alice Riddle, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T.E. Riddle, was born at the present residence of the doctor and family about one mile southeast of Rockdale, where she resided practically all her life, and where she died last Friday, January 8th, 1915 . . . She faded like the Autumn flower, and like that flower she leaves the fragrance of a sweet and Godly life behind BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-32476036903162204612018-01-10T16:06:00.000-06:002018-01-10T16:06:13.572-06:001935 :: Early Trail Driver DiesCameron, Jan. 5. -- Death ended the colorful life of James (Jim) Nabours in El Paso this week. He was the uncle of Homer Nabours, county clerk of Milam county. Jim Nabours was born in Milam county, but left here in 1877 and moved to Lincoln county, New Mexico. He was one of the early trail drivers and was foreman of the grand jury which indicted Billy the Kid. He also figured in the story "North BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-83978836948864010732018-01-02T10:29:00.000-06:002018-01-02T10:29:25.511-06:001936 :: Re-interrment of Major Sterling C. Robertson
The remains of Major Sterling C. Robertson, founder of the Robertson Colony, the first settlement in Milam County and known as Old Nashville, were recently disinterred from the old cemetery at that point and on last Saturday were re-interred in the State Cemetery at Austin with appropriate honors. . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-71982581229310754462017-12-29T08:56:00.000-06:002017-12-29T10:08:44.152-06:001921 :: Rockdale's New Standpipe
Thorndale Champion. -- Rockdale's new standpipe has arrived and construction work will start at once, according to The Reporter. Maybe the ladies of Rockdale will now have the water turned on at their pretty fountain on Main street. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [49], No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1921
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-50871217238845097762017-12-29T08:40:00.000-06:002017-12-29T08:40:10.408-06:001925 :: Woman Burns to DeathROCKDALE, Dec. 29. -- Tom Engram of Rockdale was called to Palestine Friday to the bedside of his mother, Mrs. J.E. Engram, who had been fatally burned. Her clothing caught fire from an overheated stove near which she was sewing. She died Saturday. Mrs. Engram was 72 years old. The Taylor Daily Press, Taylor, Texas, Tuesday, December 29, 1925 - Page 3
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-36836887773591835242017-12-20T21:33:00.000-06:002017-12-21T14:18:45.008-06:001899 :: He sleeps there.From this date, Mr. Palmer, the prescriptionist, can be found at my drug store at all hours. He sleeps there. If you have a prescription that has to be filled at a late hour, you can awake him. J.T. Woody. The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 20, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-55871906782218240402017-12-08T11:00:00.000-06:002017-12-08T11:00:33.960-06:001898 :: The Small-poxIt seems Milam county has before it a continued siege with this loathsome disease. . . . One case in Rockdale will cost the business interest more than a two months rigid quarantine. Will our city fathers not stop people from going to and returning from Cameron? Rockdale Messenger. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1898 Page: 1 of 8 BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-79752096021953164632017-12-06T19:56:00.002-06:002017-12-06T19:56:50.520-06:001923 :: Letter from First Male Child Born in Rockdale. . . I was the first male child born in Rockdale, and in the first house, that being the 14th day of January, 1874. My father at that time had ox and mule teams doing grade work and hauling ties for the I. & G. N. railroad which was building there at that time. My father's name was George A. Brown. A family by name of Ackerman built a saw mill and also a small house, it being the first houseBeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732986159674227735.post-67142080373377610712017-11-28T09:00:00.000-06:002017-11-28T09:00:43.338-06:001912 :: New AwningsAnother string of new drop awnings is this week being placed and Regal Rockdale will thereby be made to look still more "regaler."
Mrs. J.R. Rowland is having the carpenters adorn all her block of business houses on Main street with the new style awning. The firms affected are H.M. Campbell, Berlin & Adler, City Panitorium, and the Elite Cafe, a total frontage of more than 100 feet on BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com0