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that the operators very oftec
the conversation for each of
Brewer left the service of the
to devote more time to th
children and recalls that rais
during the great Depressio
Many things were cheap an
recalls, but few people had
Mrs. Brewer still make
Clifton and, at over 95 ye
enjoys good health and is still
She has become actively in
munity affairs and has estab
tion to help provide for em
training in Clifton as well a
contributions for the sam
setting up a scholarship fu
community college. Mrs.
grandchildren, 8 great-gra
one great-great-grandchildo
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BRIDGER, GEORGE
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C ~town Clifton and Georgia; (the other sister, Matt Bowen came
n had to repeat to Texas later.) After George and Lou had
the parties. Mrs. moved to Texas, they had four other children:
phone company Sally Duke, Oma Clay Whitener, and twins
e raising of her Oscar Eugene and Arthur Augustus "Jack".
ing four children 1. Ernest Leighton (1878-1940) had three
n was not easy. wives and nine children. One son, Emil
id plentiful, she Leighton (1900-1977) lived for many years in
any money. Bosque County. He had two wives and seven
s her home in children, four of whom grew up in Bosque
ars of age, still County. They were: Richard, Mildred Marie
11 mentally alert. Mienkowsky (married Roy Mienkowsky of
terested in com- Clifton), Carolyn Joyce Owens and Charles.
lished a founda- 2. William Loyd (1880-1963) in 1903
ergency medical married Cerry Artie Ellen Bush of Bosque
s making direct County. To this union were born eight
e purpose and children: Annie B. Humphries after the death
nd at a nearby of her husband her five children lived with
Brewer has 12 her parents. The children were: Hershel,
ndchildren and Elton "Bud", W.C. "Bill", David, Joy La
on the way. Fern. Bill and David married sisters (Wil-
liams) from Clifton. Harvey died young;
Kent Westley Marvin had one son, Gerald Wayne; E.L.
married Elsie Leck from Clifton (they had
four children: George Lee, Barbara Jean,
Shirley, and Vickie); and Henry Clay married
LOU TEEL Nora Lee Bethke of Clifton (they had three
F128 sons: Henry Clay, Jr., Larry and Stephen);
three children, died at birth.
3. Sally or Annie B. (1883-1905) married
Charlie Duke of Bosque County. They had
three children: Beatrice Williams (had seven
children), Sambo, and Sally Horn (had four
children).
4. Oma Clay Whitener (1887-1960) (had
nine children that lived).
5. Oscar Eugene (1894-1894).
6. Arthur Augustus "Jack" (1894-1962)
married Margaret Harper (born 1912 in
Arkansas) in Clifton. To this union was born
one child, Loue Clara (1933) She graduated
from Clifton High School in 1950. Loue's
husband is H. Eugene Surginer sons T.E. and
Etta Onita Miller Surginer of Whitney. They
have two children: T. Lorraine Phinney who
married Judge J.L. Phinney II of Burleson.
After "Jack's" death, Margaret married
Odie Tarver of Burleson.
The Surginers, Phinneys, and Tarvers all
reside in Burleson, Texas.Brittain (1860) born at Rhome, Wise County,
Texas. He came to Bosque County with his
parents in 1879. Frank Brittain and Amanda
Gabriella Shaw were married in 1882 in the
Cayote community. They had eight children:
Bela (1883) died at age 19; Frank Oscar, Jr.
(1885) married Ida McDaniels; Jessie Bell
(1887) married James Irving Hayes; Tom
Glass (1892) married Beatrice ?; Vera (1894)
married Joe Butler and Bob Hutchinson; Ora
(1896) married Bill Cave; Joseph Pinkney
(1899) died in World War I; and Earl (1902)
died at age two. Frank Brittain was a farmer,
did blacksmithing and owned two threshers,
which he ran for years. He lived all his
married life on his farm. He and one of his
sisters, Bell Brittain, had a double wedding.
Bell married Robert Yell Goodall. Another
sister, Catherine, married Joe Goodall. Two
of his brothers, George and Tom, married
sisters, Lillie and Etta Hix. Frank and
Amanda Shaw Brittain's oldest daughter,
Jessie Bell Brittain Hayes was my mother.
She remembered hearing her father tell when
he was a young man and had first come to
Bosque County, herding sheep in Cayote
community. My mother remembered her
first school teacher, Mr. Gary. She went to
school at Boxey, not far from Fairview
community. Amanda Shaw Brittain helped
establish the Coon Creek Church, where she
was an active member until her death. Frank
and Amanda are buried at Smith Bend-Coon
Creek Cemetery. Milton James Brittain's
grandparents were William Brittain, Sr. and
Mary Witty. His great grandparents were
James Brittain and Rachel Brank. James and
two of his brothers (William and Sam) came
from the Isle of Wales to Pennsylvania beforesettling in North
around 1699.Carolina. James was born
by Gladys Hayes Carr
BRONSTAD FAMILY
F130I
by Loue Clara Bridger Surginer
I
Margaret Harper Bridger, Loue Clara Bridger,
A.A. "Jack" Bridger, 1936.
George Washington Bridger (1854, Geor-
gia- 1941 Bosque Co., TX) was the last of the
five children born to John Bridger and his
wife (name unknown) of Georgia.
After the death of John at the close of the
Civil War, his widow and five children lived
with his father (Calvin or Clay), who is said
to have been the uncle of the famed mountain
man, Jim Bridger.
In 1877 in Atlanta, Georgia, George took
Lou Teel (1861-1920) as his bride.
They came to Texas in December, 1879
with two small sons, Ernest and Loyd. A
brother, Bill (father of Ex Farris, Bessie
York, Rosy Cappers, and Bill) had already
come to Texas and was living in McGregor;
Brother Calvin had died; a sister (name
unknown) had married, and was living inBRITTAIN FAMILY
F129
My great grandfather, Milton James Brit-
tam (1820) was born in North Carolina. At
age 43 he enlisted at Camp Bronson, Com-
pany C, in Clay County, Texas, Frontier
Regiment. His parents, William Brittain, Jr.
and Jane Steppe, joined the flow of settlers
moving to Tennessee later moving to Ala-
bama, then around 1852 joined a caravan
coming to Texas. Milton James Brittain lived
in Parker, Wise, Falls, and Hill counties
before coming to Bosque County in 1879
where he bought 1,000 acres of land in the
Fairview community (or Coon Creek Com-
munity). Milton James Brittain and Amanda
Rhoades were married in 1856. Amanda
Rhoades was born in Tennessee. Her parents
were William H. Rhoades and Sarah Jane
Fleming. They came to Texas in 1850 and
settled in Jack County. Milton James and
Amanda are buried in Lebanan Cemetery in
Hill County. They had 14 children, one of
whom was my grandfather, Frans Oscarr
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Oscar A. Bronstad-1915
Oscar Alfred Bronstad was born in 1881 in
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Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/m1/189/?q=campbell: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.