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Engdahl and Miss Delie Johnson and Delia she became the first
bride and Mr. Carl Johnson the first Bride groom of East Sweden
and there were 3 older girls my self that Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Hurd
raised and Miss Alma Hurd Mr. 8 Mrs. Lee Hurds Daughter, and
Miss Adla Johnson the Daughters of Mr. & Mrs. France Johnson
whom is now living in the state of Organ. And the next oldest
of the young generation was Mr. Emil Samuelson and Mr. Oscar
Johnson step son of Mr. Turn, and Mr. & Mrs. France Johnson son
Andrew. We were the first young ladies and young men of East
Sweden to make up parties and invite our friends from around in
the country and Brady, and we became aquanted with many good
friends and had a good time. We girls had our own sadle ponys
and side sadles and long black riding skirts we rode to parties
and rode to town and Sunday School and I rode horse back and
finished my school days in Brady. We girls drove the stock to
onion creek and to Brady creek for water as they only had
shallow wells dug by hand and only aforded enough water for
drinking and house use. Untill they got the cisterns dug. and
then we had a better supply of water and later on there was
wells drilled. And had plenty of water. And the first baby boy
that was born in East Sweden was Frank V. Hurd Son of Mr. & Mrs.
D. A. Hurd, and the first baby girl was Mrs. Frank W. Hurd the
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. France Johnson.
And lot of these little children had never seen Negroes.
And there was an old Negro slave Old Uncle Ned as he was called
be longed to Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery whom became dear friends to
us they lived on their ranch about 5 miles from hear on Onion
creek. We visited a great deal with each other. And when there
children would see Uncle Ned they would run and hide. He was a
kind old darky. Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery moved to Stanton Texas
and we didn't see old Ned any more and then there was another
old Negro that worked out on the ranches with different men came
and made his home with Mr. D. A. Hurd it was his delight to
attend the stock He was crippled but got around wonderfully
with a walking cane. He lived with Mr. Hurd untill death. He
fell of a lumber wagon at Brady Creek crossing and was paralized
and lived 4 days and a nother old darkey was Homer he came to
Nicks Funeral and one week from then Homer was buried by the
side of old Nick in E. S. Cemetery. Homer got killed in a
gambling game on the Savage ranch out Brady Creek where he was a
cook. He was killed by a man who's name was Will Hammons
both of the Negroes are buried at the East Sweden Cemetery, and
then it was Mr. McGrews Negroe his name was Darcy he was a
little boy when we came to hear He got lost one time between
Brady and BrownWood Mr. McGrew was freighting with wagon and
team and Diray (Darcy) out one early morning to get up the team
where they were camping and he got lost and it quite awhile
before Mr. McGrew found him and they named that place Diray
(Darcy) hollor and these 4 Negroes were the first ones we seen
for many years Diray (Darcy) has also passed away. Brady has
quite a population of Negroes now.
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Engdahl, Katie. [History of East Sweden, Texas], text, September 25, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1220950/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McCulloch County Historical Commission.