Freestone County, Texas History News of 1896 ============================================= Dallas Morning News June 15, 1896 edition Page: 3 [Beneath a picture of a couple in the latest fashions of 1896] CORSICANA ... Miss Eliza Bonner is visiting in Fairfield. ... ============================================= Dallas Morning News June 21, 1896 Page: 14 Mr. Big Hat To Correspondents HATTIE WILLARD, Fairfield, Tex. - Mr. Big Hat and cousins: I have been thinking about writing for quite awhile, but I have not had the courage to do so before. I am 14 years old. Mr. Big Hat, my cousins and I go to Sunday school every Sunday morning. We have a nice time. I have a horse and she is of fine stock. I have a pet chicken. I have three sisters and two brothers. [Nancy Katie Willard b 16 Nov 1881. Sisters: Anna Inez, Elizabeth H., Virginia. Brothers: Douglas William and Nelson Alexander. Age: 14 yrs, 7 mths, 5 days.] [Julia Bessie Willard b 11 Feb 1883. Sisters: Nancy Elizabeth, Maggie D., Alice Bertha. Brothers: Cantrell Bethel, Franklin Hall. Deceased siblings: John H., Nora, , and Bennie. Age: 13 yrs, 4 mths, 10 days.] ======================================================================== Researched by Catherine Simmons Fairfield Recorder Friday, Oct. 2, 1896 We are glad to note that Hon. B.B. BEAIRD, of Tyler, has revived his paper. The Tyler Argent, the publication of which was suspended in July. The people of Tyler should give the Argent's a wide circulation. Dew's Pretty Church Wedding There was an extremely pretty wedding in Sunshine Methodist Church on Sunday Night, Sept. 27, 1896. The church was elaborately and beautifully decorated, the ceremony performed by Rev. G.W. WHITE and the wedding march played by Miss Coral JOHNSON. The principals on the occasion were Mr. Lee GLAZENER, of Post Oak, and Miss Annie, daughter of Mr. Hamilton HALLMARK, of our neighborhood. Mr. Ed GLAZENER, best man, and Mr. Ed RILEY , groom's man, made the bride-groom's company, and Miss Mintie CURRIE, maid of honor, and Miss Lydia WILLBANKS, bride's maid, made the bride's. Mr. and Mrs. Lee GLAZENER will make their home at Post Oak. The friends of the young bride , and they are many , congratulate the bridegroom on his happy choice, and trust their Dew rose may lose none of its sweetness by being transplanted to another soil. ====================================================================== Researched by Catherine Simmons Fairfield Recorder Friday, Nov. 13, 1896 Good Advice: Never leave home on a journey without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. For Sale by J.P. ROBINSON, Fairfield, W. ALLEGRE, Wortham Mr. Emmet TURNER gave us a pleasant call Monday. He has been employed to teach the Rock Spring school and will take charge of it the first Monday in next month. Miss Etta BOND, daughter of Squire T.W. BOND, is teaching the school at Antioch, seven miles east of Fairfield, and Rev. J.W. RICHARDSON says all are pleased with her as a teacher. Mr. J.N. HAYDON being desirous of turning over his office to his successor, H.H. POWELL, the latter filed his bond last Monday, which was approved, and he duly sworn in, and he now has charge of the office. Mrs. J. D. KITCHEN died last Tuesday, at Dew, at the residence of her brother-in-law, Rev. D.K. COMPTON. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. COMPTON, and had been ill with consumption for several months. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides various relatives, a husband and several small children. Her remains were interred in the cemetery at Dew. On the day that he dualified for office, Sheriff POWELL, accompanied by Sheriff WUMBLE of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, went up to the Cotton Gin neighborhood and arrested a man named Frank BARKER, who is wanted in Louisiana for murder. He was found working on the place of Mr. Reuben MANNING, and was turned over to the Louisiana officer who carried him back to the scene of his crime. The commissioners court has appointed Monday, Nov. 30th as the day for the newly-elected county and precinct officers to qualify and take charge of their respective offices. Mr. John H. MAYO has sold his gin and mill machinery here to Dr. T. F. YOUNG, of Young, who will move to Fairfield some time this month or next. The Recorder is truly glad to hear of such an addition to the population of our town, and trusts that many more such families will move here.