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Frances, Frederic, Britt, Adolf Schmidt at OM Creek, 1982
Theta. She spent a summer in Hawaii and a sum-
mer teaching riding at Camp Waldemar. In 1967,
Frances received a B.A. degree with high honors in
math and physics from U.T. That summer she
worked a a "Kinderheim" in Lockheed Electron-
ics at NASA in Houston as a computer program-
mer for the Theory and Analysis Group from 1967
until 1970. These were three exciting years, being
a member of the "Man on the Moon" team. In
1970, she earned a Master of Science degree from
the University of Houston.
Adolf was born on June 11, 1942, in Soegel,
Germany. He is the son of Meta Bley and Otto
Adolf Schmidt. He has an older sister, Hanna, and
a younger brother, Volkmar, who are both medical
doctors. Otto managed the company which
Meta's father, Wilhelm Bley, founded in 1922.
Located in the sea port of Emden, they imported,
exported, and stored grain, which was unloaded
from ships. Adolf attended Emden schools. Sum-
mers were spent bicycling through Bavaria, camp-
ing in Austria, visiting friends in England, and row-
ing in races. Adolf and Volkmar sailed their Flying
Dutchman in regattas in Holland and Germany.
In 1967, he received a business degree in
import/export from  the college, Deutsche
Aussenhandel-und-Verkehrschule of Bremen. He
was selected by the Duisberg Society to attend
graduate school at Trinity University in San Anto-
nio, Texas. In 1968, he moved to Houston to work
for Lykes Steamship, then worked for Mannes-
mann, a German steel company.
When Adolf's father died on October 4, 1970,
Adolf, Frances, and Britt moved to Germany to
manage the family grain business. They lived in
Emden and in Twixlum. Ostfriesland, the area of
Germany on the North Sea, is dotted with wind-
mills and laced with canals. In winter, when canals
froze, they ice-skated from village to village. Their
cabin on the lake, Grosse Meer, provided family
fun on weekends. A ferry ride to resort islands of
the North Sea coast brought them to sandy beach-
es. Adolf expanded the company, building a grain
elevator at the port. He was a member of Emden
Schiffahrtslade,  Juniorenkries,  Jaegerverein,
Segelverein, and Ruderverein. He sailed on yachts
in the North Sea to Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Frances taught English in the Volkshochschule.
She guided groups of German ladies for a week in
London.
The family moved from Germany to Wellington
in 1978, when Adolf joined Frances' father in
ranching cattle and farming wheat and cotton.
Since Britt had attended only German schools,
he entered third grade in Wellington having neither
written nor read English. Frederic entered kinder-
garten speaking only German. In 1984, Britt grad-
uated as valedictorian of Junior High, and Frederic
was named top student of his class.
Frances teaches math and computer courses
for Clarendon College, programs for businesses,
and is on the school board. She was president of
PTO and chairman of Collingsworth County Fair.
The Schmidts have snow-skiied in Austria, Colo-
rado, New Mexico. They sail, water-ski, collect
stamps, run electric trains. The boys play various

sports. Adolf is a licensed pilot. Frances quilts and
gardens. Frances H. Schmidt
Frank Schoonover
Francis Marion "Frank" Schoonover, Jr. was
born November 6, 1879, in Atascosa County, Tex-
as, the son of a Texan who had fought on the side
of the Union during the Civil War. The Schoonovers
were originally Dutchmen who had settled in New
Netherlands (New York) before the year 1660.
After the Revolutionary War, the Schoonover fami-
ly began moving westward, arriving in Texas in
about 1844.
On Christmas Day of 1899, Frank married Harri-
et Matilda Shows (rhymes with cows) in Lavaca
County. She was descended from Texas German
immigrants. She gave birth to eight children who
reached maturity: Irene, J.D., Margaret Christene,
Francis Marion III, Elmer Winfred, Arvel Edward,
E.P., and Florene.
A blacksmith and farmer, Frank first moved his
family to Collingsworth County in 1901, arriving in
Wellington with his wife, widowed mother, and
infant daughter by wagon. After working in a local
blacksmith shop for about a year, he moved to old
Greer County near Dryden, Oklahoma Territory,
where he homesteaded a quarter-section of land.
Upon "proving up" his claim, he sold the farm and
moved to Shamrock in 1908 where he bought a
home and worked as a blacksmith with his sister-
in-law's brother, Lester Parrish. In about 1914,
Frank bought a farm a few mies southwest of
Shamrock in northern Collingsworth County.
There he raised cotton, "maize," hogs, a few head
of cattle, chickens, and always had a flock of gray
speckled guineas. He also kept a few greyhounds
which the boys used in hunting rabbits and chasing
coyotes.
An innovating farmer, Frank terraced much of
his land as early as the 1920's and was one of the
first in his part of the county to build and use a sled
to harvest cotton. He also was one of the first farm-
ers in his community to buy a tractor, a Model B
John Deere, in the early 1930's.
The closeknit family was shattered during the
Dust Bowl and "Mr. Hoover's" Depression when
three of the boys, Elmer, Arvel and E. P., joined the
Okie-Texie-Arkie migration to California. There
they found work, at first harvesting vegetables and
baling hay in the Imperial Valley. After World War
II, Arvel and Elmer returned, but E.P. remained in
Brawley, California, where he opened a garage.
Tragedy struck the family on January 13, 1934,
when Matilda suffered a fatal heart attack while
working to prepare her spring garden. Frank joined
his beloved Matilda on January 27, 1950. Both are
buried in the Shamrock Cemetery. Donald Green
Carr Scott
Carr Scott, son of Dr Augusta Faust and Sarah
Katherine Green Scott, was born April 20, 1877, in
Bedford, Texas. Carr received his education at
Euless, Texas, and Arlington College. As a boy, his
job was to get up nights and get his father's horse
and buggy ready when he was called out. His
father also owned a dairy farm and the general
store and drug in Euless.

Clara Jane Scott, daughter of John Thomas and
Catherine Mae Thompson Scott, was born March
25, 1877, in Ft. Worth. When she was born, there
were only three houses and no railroads in Ft.
Worth.
On January 16, 1901, Carr and Clara Jane Scott
Williams were married in Euless. They moved to
Vernon in 1908 by railroad. Still wanting to go fur-
ther, they moved near Wellington in 1913 to the
Kelley community. Then in 1918 they moved to
Floydada. In 1925 they moved to Wilnulcer, four
miles southwest of Wellington. They were always
active in school activites and would not buy a farm
unless it was near a school. Carr was a school
trustee. Both were active members of the First
Christian Church. In 1923, Carr helped to organize
the first co-op gas station in Floydada, then when
they moved back to Wellington he helped with the
organization of the Wellington Co-op Gin and a co-
op gas station.
Throughout their marriage they raised their own
beef, pork, chickens, and turkeys. They butchered
calves, hung part on the windmill, and canned the
rest. Hog killing was a big day. Several hogs would
be slaughtered. There would be fresh pork for sev-
eral days. Carr sugar-cured the remainder of the
pork. Another big event at this time was to get out
the big black pot to render lard and make crack-
lins. Catherine had her salt shaker ready for the
first cracklin! Clara also used the cracklins to make
delicious cracklin cornbread.
In the early 20's, Clara had a washer that ran on
a Delco plant, but she still boiled white clothes in
the black pot. She used homemade lyesoap to
wash clothes.
The boys hauled sand and gravel to town by
wagon from their sand and gravel pit. Later they
got a Chevrolet truck, but they still loaded it by
hand. Carr had the first cement block machine in
Collingsworth County They made blocks to build
their home as well as several others.
Clara had two sons by a previous marriage,
Thomas Columbus and Joseph Bradberry Wil-
liams. Together Carr and Clara had 8 children, two
girls who died in infancy, Samuel Robert, John
Franklin, Wesley Odious (Pete), Bedford Carr,
George Massey, and Cathern Mae.
Tom married Lelia Bell and they had three chil-
dren, Lydia, Kathy, and Rodger.
Joe married Alma Suggs, November, 1924.
They had 5 children, Francis Louise; twins -
Joseph Bradberry and Thomas Columbus; Betty,
and Billie Ruth.
Sam married Lucy Thomas in November, 1924.
They had 9 children, Willie Mae, Dorothy Faye,
Lazonia Joy, Barbara Ann, Wanda Gail, Clara Lee,
Samuel Robert, Jr., and Molly.
John married Willie Ayers, August 29, 1932.
They had 5 children: Eddie Carr, Wanda Lee,
George Wesley, Iva Gene, and Ila Rose. He later
married Marjorie Nuckles and they had Johnny
Frank and Marjorie Cathern.
Pete married Addie Carter October 24, 1928.
They had 6 children, 2 boys who died in infancy,
Wesley Odious, Jr. (deceased), Clinton Carter
(deceased) , Jimmy Robert (deceased) , and Nel-
da Joy. They later adopted David and Dean.
Bedford married Ruth Whitfield July 19, 1941.
They had one son, Steven.
George married Dorothy Jackson September
23, 1933. They had two girls, Ester Grazelle and
Flora Carylon. Dorothy passed away November
30, 1982. George married lone Jones on May 3,
1983.
Cathern married Horace Holliman October 16,
1935. They had 4 children, Horace Bo, Carl
Dewayne (De), Alcie Claraletta, and Rebecca
Ruth.
Carr passed away August 17, 1955. Clara
passed away January 11, 1970. They are buried in
Westview Cemetery. Cathern Holliman

/   -James Alphonso Scott
James A. was born in South Carolina, Nov. 13,
1834. He married Martha Helen Perry, Sept. 18,
1859, in Lafayette Co., Ark. In 1890, James and
his family moved to what was then Old Greer Co.,

Carr and Clara Jane Scott

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