"Rockdale, my hometown, is Texas' heart and significant part of its soul," George Sessions Perry wrote in his book, Texas: A World Unto Itself. 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 . . .
Sunday, February 8, 2015
1888 :: Death of J. Kaiser
Rockdale, Tex., Feb. 6, 1888. -- A telegram from Boston, Mass., was received here yesterday stating that Mr. J. Kaiser of this place had suddenly died of heart disease in that city. Mr. Kaiser was a resident here of fourteen years' standing, had conducted a successful business which he had recently closed out with a view of moving to Boston. Fort Worth Daily Gazette, February 8, 1888
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