LEBANON
(south of Frisco, along Preston Road)
ON THE WING
Daily Courier Gazette, September 13, 1912
M. E. Mallow late
candidate for county treasurer was defeated because the other fellow got too
many votes. He hasn't forgotten how to extend the glad hand and while he was
busy with the other end of an antiquated pipe he winked his weather eye and said
farming was mighty hard to beat. He reads the Daily Courier-Gazette and promised
the field man a write-up of his recent summer outing and description of the
resorts at the head of the famous Salt.
Miss Flossie Winton
and B. Collinsworth have been of the same faith and order since Nov. 1903. She is
a Virginian and he a native of Texas and reared in Collin county. His crop is a
splendid one and it was no trouble for him to hand out a big round silver dollar
for one year's subscription to the Democrat-Gazette.
A. L. Collinsworth
has been sharing his griefs, sorrows and joys with Miss Myrtle Johnson for
twelve years for it was then that she forsook all to be with him. Mrs.
Collinsworth was principally reared in the Lebanon community, and was glad of an
opportunity to subscribe for the best paper that Collin county affords, the
Democrat-Gazette.
Mrs. M. C. Davis
whose full maiden name was Martha Drake was in 1889, married to George F. Davis
whose demise occurred the 19th of August 1898. Four children, and all boys but
one, the latter a girl in her first teens. Her first trip to Texas was during
the life of her husband and whose health becoming impaired a return to Tennessee
was the only chance to save him but finally succumbed and was no more. Returning
to Texas she with the assistance of her three boys and daughter, make a good
living and have an extra dollar to provide the home with good literature. Mrs.
Davis will appreciate the Democrat-Gazette for it publishes all of the local and
county news.
I. R. Williams has a
wife and two children; a splendid corn and cotton crop, and we take pleasure in
adding his name to our big list of readers in southwest Collin.
No mud and few rough
roads now, but my! the oppressive heat, pesky gnats and terrifying flies.
D. W. Leigh
LEBANON IS ONE COLLIN COUNTY'S OLDEST SETTLED, BEST FARMING SECTIONS
Daily
Courier Gazette, June 21, 1938
Field
Representative Daily Courier-Gazette And Weekly Democrat-Gazette Visits Several
Homes And Gives Many Facts About Families And Individuals And Glimpses Into Past
History Of That Part Of Southwest Collin - Fine Grain, Corn, And Cotton Growing
Farm Land.
Lebanon is one of
the oldest and most widely known rural villages in the county. It is located on
the West Collin-Frisco-Dallas Highway, about fifteen miles southwest of
McKinney.
This Daily
Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette scribe recently visited Lebanon,
making our first call at the general merchandise store and service station owned
and operated by John W. Gribble and wife. The latter was before her marriage,
Miss Mamie Cantrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Cantrell of the Walnut Grove
community. She became the bride of Mr. Gribble, seventeen years ago. Her husband
is the only son of the late J. M. Gribble and wife, a pioneer couple of the
Helms community, located north of Chambersville. Grandmother Gribble is now
eighty-six years old. Her health has somewhat failed, and she has been bedfast
for the last three or four months, being tenderly cared for in the home of her
son and wife, here at Lebanon and by her two lovely young granddaughters, Viola
and Billie Dee Gribble. Mr. and Mrs. Gribble have been located here at Lebanon
for the past seven years. They appreciate the splendid patronage being accorded
them by this community of high class citizens whom they are happy to serve in an
ever obliging way.
Grandmother J. M.
Gribble and her late husband, who now sleeps peacefully in the Chambersville
Cemetery, reared a large family of children. The latter are: Mrs. Miller, wife
of Dr. J. T. Miller, 4475 Hemphill, Fort Worth; Mrs. S. H. Blake, 208 1-2 East
Weatherford Street, Fort Worth; Mrs. W. G. Cosby, 103 1-2 Houston Street, Fort
Worth; Mrs. L. N. Stevens on Route One, Anna; Mrs. T. B. Cox, Route 2, Merrel,
Texas. The latter was attending the bedside of her dear old mother at the time
of our visit. Other children are: Mrs. L. W. Morris, Hebron, Texas; John
Gribble, Route 3, Frisco; One daughter, Roberta, wife of Ray Robbins of Plano,
answered death's call four years ago, leaving a little son, Wilburn Louis, who
is now being cared for by his aunt, Mrs. J. W. Morris and husband at Hebron,
Denton County.
We also stopped in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. James in this same community. They live in the
home of Mrs. James' parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Norvel J. Grandburg. Mr.
Grandburg came from Mississippi, but his wife was a native of Missouri. After
their marriage, they settled in Tarrant County, Texas, near Grapevine. Then they
moved to the Bethel community in west Collin, thence to a farm west of Lebanon.
After retiring they built this home and moved into it. It is a large six room
residence with sleeping porch and water piped into the kitchen from a cistern.
Mrs. James has a brother, J. M. Grandburg, living near Camey, Denton County, and
a sister, Mrs. J. W. Skruggs, Route One, Bernard Street, Denton. C. S. James was
born at the old James homestead, one mile north of Frisco. His parents were Mr.
and Mrs. W. Gabe James. They immigrated from Kentucky and settled in Tarrant
County, as above stated. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. James recently returned from
Muskogee, Oklahoma, where Mr. James spent a few weeks in the Veterans hospital.
Mr. James has been foreman of the State Highway Department. While working at
Cisco, he suffered a heart attack. Upon advice of his physicians he is now at
home, taking a rest cure with favorable results, so far. Mrs. C. S. James has
always been quite active in Home Demonstration and Parent-Teacher Association
activities. However, the illness of her husband has caused her to drop some of
her work in these organizations in order to be more constant at the bedside of
the mother.
Only one church is
now located at Lebanon. It is owned by the Baptist denomination, the present
pastor being Rev. L. T. Grumbles of Celina. The Sunday School Superintendent of
this church is Boyd Woodall, whose Assistant Superintendent is Byrd Brooks. The
Sunday School has an average attendance of seventy-five nearly every Lord's Day.
The old church here was destroyed by a cyclone in 1904. Rev. M. T. Tucker was
pastor at that time. The present edifice was erected by the late J. W. Scruggs
and G. W. James, two of the early pioneers to settle in this section.
Lebanon has a modern
school building with a well kept campus, beautified with shrubbery and
evergreens. It is a two-teacher school. At the last term, the teachers were Miss
Pearl Huffhines and Miss Hallie Maud Haggard. Each has had three years teaching
experience here at Lebanon. The school trustees are J. K. Wade, John Robinson
and Martin Yarbrough. The school is well furnished with swings, see-saws, and
slides in the way of play ground equipment. These were secured through the
efforts of the enterprising Parent-Teacher Association of Lebanon.
Lebanon section of
Southwest Collin is one of the principal grain growing parts of North Texas.
This year we saw five combines running at the same time, two of them being in
one field. As our readers know, combines both harvest and thresh the golden
grain in the same operation and distribute the straw as it operates and leaves
it in the field to enrich the ground for the following years crop.
The E. G. Bryan home
is located on the main north and south highway, just south of Lebanon. When we
called we found Miss Eva Bryan alone and tuned in on one of our favorite radio
programs. Miss Eva has been Secretary of the County Home Demonstration Council
for the past several years. She is quite enthusiastic in the work of that local
club and other sister clubs over the county. It will be remembered by our
readers that her mother, the late Mrs. E. G. Bryan, was struck by a passing auto
on the highway and instantly killed in September 1931. At the time of her fatal
injury, she was loading her car with products for exhibit in the Collin County
Fair. Thus her daughter in her civic interest and work, has the example of her
sainted mother to inspire her in her efforts along the same lines of interest as
her sainted mother engaged in.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Bryan moved from Plano to the Lebanon community just thirty years ago. They
bought their present farm from the Shelbourne heirs. In 1920, they erected their
attractive and comfortable home, which contains eight rooms, two large halls,
long porches, one of them being screened in. Mr. Bryan is a native of Georgia,
coming from that state in 1892. He married the daughter of J. J. and Martha S.
J. Strain in December, 1900. The Strain family originated in one of the
Carolinas from which state they came in 1857, and settled near Plano. Six sons
and three daughters came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan as follows:
Oren E. Bryan, 5501 Miller Avenue, Dallas; Abner F. Bryan, Richardson, Texas;
Joe Bryan of the Dallas Railway Terminal, Dallas; Mrs. Frank Haun, Plano;
Robert, Paul, Mary and Eva Bryan, all at home with their father. An electric
line from Plano furnishes power for the lighting of this hospitable country
home.
Miss Eva Bryan
showed us a bedspread made by he grandmother that is now 120 years old. It is
till in a wonderful state of preservation and of course, is a highly prized
possession of the granddaughter. The spread was carded, spun and woven by the
hands of an artist. The following inscription is woven into the fabric. "Martha
Shannon, July 15, 1818."
Still another home
that we visited in the Lebanon community was that of Miss Nannie Moore, who is a
daughter of the late Rev. M. Wolfe and wife. The family came to Texas from East
Tennessee in 1889, located at Plano, but moved to Lebanon in December 1890. At
this time the W. G. James family is the only family living here, which was then
residing at Lebanon. John Stevens was the Postmaster who was followed in that
capacity by G. W. Green. Norvel J. Grandburg carried the mail from McKinney to
Lebanon. It was an all-day journey made over dirt roads, poorly graded and
drained, in a hack pulled by a pair of mules. Among some of the prominent
families of early days in the Lebanon community were the Wades, Capt. Johnson,
Lee Gulledge, Tom Campbell, Mike Huffman, the Convingtons, Croziers, Hogges,
Quisenberrys, Talleys, Dunaways, Abbotts, Scruggs, and the Yeagers. Miss Nannie
Moore married B. P. Moore who died March 8, 1937. Their children are as follows:
Edwin Moore, Route 5, Dallas; Miss Bernice Moore, 2600 Lancaster Road, Dallas;
and Misses Juanita and Jewell, both at home. The latter is a graduate of the
Frisco High School. Mrs. Moore has one brother, W. G. Wolfe, now living in
Frisco.
"The Home of the
Madonna Lilies" would be a fitting one for the residence of Mr. and Mrs Dwight
L. James. Mrs. James has acres of these beautiful lilies. This flower has become
her hobby since Mrs. Moody, a good friend, now passed on, gave her a half-dozen
bulbs to start with. She decided to raise them on a commercial scale. She has
made shipments of these bulbs as far away as the state of Virginia. She now has
2,000 bulbs growing but the demand is greater than the supply. All that she can
spare are already contracted for even well into next year. In the springtime,
she has regular customers in Dallas, Fort Worth and at A. &. M. College as well
as in the surrounding country towns and villages. These beautiful lilies are
particularly in demand for the decoration of graves. They are so hardy that they
stay fresh for several days. Mr. and Mrs. James own several acres of land on
which they reside.
D. L. James is a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. G. James and a brother of C. S. James. He is a
painter by trade. His wife was the former Miss Etta Talley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T Talley of Lebanon. Her father came from the state of Tennessee, while
her mother is a native of Tarrant County, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. James were
married May 21, 1906. They have two children. Their son, Selden, lives in the
home of his parents and drives into Frisco where he holds the position of
mechanic in the Claude Rogers International machinery shop. Their other child is
a daughter, Miss Doris, who has just recently graduated from the Frisco High
School. We are mighty well pleased to be able to announce that she will
henceforth serve as correspondent for the Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly
Democrat-Gazette from Lebanon. This lovable young girl was one of the
prize-winning 4-H Club girls of our county. She won prizes in sewing and canning
at both the Collin county and Texas State Fairs. She also won trips to Dallas
encampments and the Short Course at Texas A. & M. College. She is really an
asset to the news gathering facilities of the Democrat-Gazette-Collin's County's
oldest newspaper, now in its fifty-fifth years, and also the Courier-Gazette in
its forty-first year, having the distinction of being the only daily newspaper
published anywhere in Collin County.
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
"Lebanon - Collin County
Communities," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by
Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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