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Autograph Albums
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Cover and first page of an autograph book purchased in Smithville, Texas.
The book belonged to Lonita Faye Curtis of Smithville, Texas.
Autographs date from the 1930s and include:
Nelwyn Williams/Williamson, Charlie Howard, Tommie Ruth ____, Edward Miller,
Mother, Milton Huebel/Hulbel, Geraldine Broughton, R. D. Robbins,
Erline_____, J. W. D., Don (Shine) Vachon, Larraine Cantrell, Frank Bingham,
Cornelia Adamcik, Walter _____, Mack "Butch" Garrett, "Kat", Mrs. Walker,
Watson Pate, Velma Ray Schultz, Hack Wilson, "Snooky", "Bomo" Gennocek,
Patsy Jean Wadlu, Kathleen Horn, Betty Jane Loos, Dorothy Edwards,
Roe ____, Gaile Walker, Ruth Anne Hirsch, Pansy _____, Harry W. L(?), "Piggie"
"Silky", "Dawdle", Otillie Vyvjaba, Ethel Jackson, Alice Mae Wooldridge, "Topsy"
Lillian Psencik, Lillie Mae Miller, Wallace Kew, Atlanta Rehak, Josephine Elias,
Evelyn ____, Emma Eva Beck, D. Kemp, Joe Hughes, Calvin Smith,
Powell "Shorty" Layton, Hugh S. Davenport, Lucille Psencik, and Dorothy Lee.
I will be happy to scan any of the autographs for interested parties. The
book itself
I would only consider releasing to a direct descendant of Lonita Curtis.
(Some of the names were difficult to read and the above shows my best guess.)
Autograph album dating
1888
Purchased in Central Texas by L. J. Henley.
Original owner F. K. Berry.
Autographs appear to be mostly classmates at Cora Institute/College
and include:
L. P. Lay of Isham, TN; James N. Sharp (2 pages) of Dishman, KY;
W. H. King of Rashhold, KY; Mattie Perkins of Pleasant View, KY;
Laura Lawson of Pleasant View, KY; Cousin Z. M. Sullivan;
Sydney Wood of Marsh Creek, KY; J. C. Mahan;
Cousin Sophronia Sullivan of Mullis, KY; Joie Miller, Dishman, KY;
Emma Steele of Woodbine, KY; E. S. Steele of Woodbine, KY;
Erco Hamilton of TN; Emily B. Steele of Woodbine, KY; Ellen S.;
S. C. Silver(?), Dishman, KY; Frank B. May, Carrollton, KY (includes
sketch);
Susie Adkins, WIlliamsburgh, KY; Craig Sharp, Dishman, KY; Cousin Eliza E. S.,
Dishman, KY;
Cousin Nannie; Belle Steele, Woodbine, KY; Sarah A. Sharp, Dishman, KY;
Ruthie Adkins, Williamsburgh, KY; Cynthia Siler, Pleasant View, KY; James
Stillman;
Lucy Siler, Dishman, KY; Henry Siler, Dishman, KY; Martha Simpson; Cousin
F. L. Carpenter
I will be happy to scan any of the autographs for interested parties. The
book itself
I would only consider releasing to a descendant of F. K. Berry.
Many of the pages are very faint, but most are clear. Here are some
sample entries:
Purchased on EBAY, and
dated 1873-1893.
Owner Stella Robinson of Danville, Illinois.
Very few autographs, and some calling cards pasted in. One obituary pasted
in.
All locations mentioned in the Danville, Illinois, area.
Autographs:
Aunt Mary; Aunt Nettie; Bertha Perry; Dovie Jones; Nettie Osborn
Calling Cards:
Adah B. Sconce; Thomas Bush; Ruth Clay (signed), Mary Robinson
Obituary: Jennie Howell
Miscellaneous:
Certificate of Grade for Stella Robinson, showing a grade of 90% for 6th Year,
signed by Teacher M. Stockwell
Certificate of Grade for Stella Robinson, showing a grade of 81.9% for B4th
Year,
signed by Teacher Emary G. Graydon(?).
Following are example
pages:
Purchased in Smithville, Texas
Book dates are 1935 - 1938, most entries dated 1937
Album owner Mary Catherine Dean of Helena, Arkansas
Album is full of entries, including the following names:
Edwynne Morris, Virginia Taliaferro, Jack Nelson, Betty Zane Marcus,
Martha Bromley, Ellice Trice, Morris Elmer James, "Rabbit" Brown (a teacher),
Francis Juanita Wahl, Jimmy Bostick, Aunt Mamie, "Your cosin Little Nell",
Mary Bet., Elise Bacharach, Milla Plumlee, Uncle Louis, Lawson Anderson,
Billy Brown, Geraldine Johnson, Aunt Leigh, Maurice Wiley, Joseph Centenio,
Helen Allenberg, Howell Davis, Marjorie Perry, Jerry Oldham, Jack, Allen,
"Miss Jessie" (a teacher), "Coach" Sanders, Harry Wadsworth, Jr.,
Addie Beth Hudgens, Jas. L. Higgs, Ed Stinbeck, Robert Julian Mays, A. L. Mays,
Josephine Hall, Mary Jones, Virginia Smith, Jerome B. Pillar, Lucille Stephens,
Anne West,
Sarah Anne Baugh, Marjorie "Pee Wee" Wilson, Jimmie Hefley, Emzer Brizzell,
Lawson Hornor, Willis Marshall, Lilia Hornor, Richard P. Swigart, "The" Amos
Jarman,
Doris Shelton, Maurice Pass, John Polk, Juanita Higgins, J. P. Duren,
Mary Everette Stratton, Darrell Dragoo, Neva Swaim, Arles Bynum, Cotton Jones,
Dad, Joseph Percy Duren, Jr., Robert Bernard, Melvin W. Cockrell, Harriet
Patricia Bealer,
Katie Cracraft(?), Jess Curl, B. Ferguson, Iris(?) Wallis, Margaret Craft,
Paul Cockrell, Gerald Hogue, Betty Mays, Mother, Mary Hornor, Patsy Gowdy,
Tom Wadsworth, Margie Virginia Etoch(?), Thelma Britt, Lynn Maxwell, Jim Pillow,
Joy "Thorny" Thornton, Billy Lou Wahl, Juanita Wahl, Dorothy Levy, Macel
Daughety(?),
Johnny McElduff, Norma Louise Harne,
plus many that I could not decipher or did not include
last names.
If you
can claim these
ancestors, please send an
email to Cindy @ wilcoxen.com.
