3. "Marriage License",
Photocopy.
5. "Birth Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 26 Apr 1943.
6. The Flatonia Argus, Newspaper,
Flatonia, Texas, "Those Were the Days--Red & White Store," 11 Sep
1997, p. 3.
7. Ibid. "Obituary of Eula Lee Bertling Brown,"
23 Jan 1997.
8. The Gonzales Inquirer, Newspaper,
Gonzales, Texas, "Obituary of Eula Brown," 21 Jan 1997.
9. Eulogy by Karen Monsen; 18 Jan 1997.
10. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1997, file
#03-0009-97.
11. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1957, file #25.
12. Tombstone Photo, Colony Cemetery, Colony,
Fayette Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Samuel J. Brown, 2 Apr 1884-15
Apr 1957".
13. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription, copy
provided by Wayne Littlefield.
14. Tombstone Photo, Colony Cemetery, Colony,
Fayette Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "D.B., Wife of S.J. Brown, Is a
star that is lost when the daylight is given. She has faded away to
shine brightly in heaven.".
15. Ibid.
16. Gonzales County Courthouse, Gonzales,
Texas, photocopy, Marriage License, 1896, vol. E, p. 383, file
#5720.
17. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1953, file #61.
18. Tombstone Photo, Denton Creek Cemetery,
Denton Creek, Gonzales Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "John C.
Bertling, 16 Mar 1868-21 Aug 1953".
19. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1960, file #76.
20. Tombstone Photo, Denton Creek Cemetery,
Denton Creek, Gonzales Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Annie C.
Bertling, 23 Jan 1871-29 Jan 1960.
21. Founders and Patriots of the Republic
of Texas: The Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the
Republic of TX, 1985, Book 3, Center for American History,
Austin, Texas, p. 390.
22. Gonzales County Courthouse, Gonzales,
Texas, photocopy, marriage license, file #1005, 1867.
23. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1921, file #22467.
24. Tombstone Photo, Denton Creek Cemetery,
Denton Creek, Gonzales Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Henry Bertling,
28 Nov 1835-8 Aug 1921; CSA; His toils are past, his work is done. He
fought the fight--the victory won.".
25. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Gonzales Co., Texas, by Donna Ward.
26. "Minutes of J.C.G. Key Camp #156",
1901-1921, Gonzales County Archives & Record Center, Gonzales,
Texas, "Henry Bertling In Memoriam," submitted 10 Sep 1921.
27. Chester W. & Ethel Geue, A New Land
Beckoned 1844-1847.
28. Tombstone Photo, Denton Creek Cemetery,
Denton Creek, Gonzales Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Clara D.
Bertling, 13 Apr 1848-20 May 1906; Long are the paths and sad the
bowers, Thence the sweet smile has gone, But other brighter home than
ours, In heaven is now thine own.".
29. Daily Inquirer, Gonzales, Texas,
Newspaper, Gonzales Public Library, Gonzales, Texas, 21 May 1906, p.
3.
30. Plum Creek Almanac, Caldwell Co.,
Texas, Texas State Archives, submitted by Barbara Ann Tsekouras,
vol. 4, no. 1, p. 39, Spring 1986.
31. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1941, file # 27.
32. Tombstone Photo, Colony Cemetery, Colony,
Fayette Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "N.W. Brown, 15 Nov 1853-6 Oct
1941".
33. Tombstone Photo, Pine Springs Cemetery,
Fayette Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Betty H. Brown born Jan. 15,
1856, died Apr. 26, 1886; Cora Ruth, Aged 5 mos. & 3 ds.; and
infant; We will meet again.".
34. "1910 U.S. Census", Transcription, Brown
Co., Texas, copy provided by Wayne Littlefield.
35. Ibid. Travis Co., Texas, Reel 1594, Vol.
136, ED 86, p. 6B, line 21, by Billie Comer.
36. Rural Cemetery Inscriptions Brown
County Texas, Hazel Ellis Wetzel, ed., 1980, Texas State
Archives, p. 97.
37. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription, Fayette
Co., Texas, E.D. 43, Sheet 5B, Line 75.
38. Annie Laurie Spencer, Marriage Bonds
& Ministers Returns of Union Co., AK, 1829-1870, El Dorado
Printing Co., 1962, p. 15.
39. SAMUEL J. BROWN, by Wanda Beeman.
40. Tombstone Photo, Colony Cemetery, Colony,
Fayette Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Samul [sic] J., 19 Jan.
1813-20 Sep. 1879".
41. Family Group Records, Wanda Beeman.
42. "1850 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
43. LEONARD BROWN, JUNIOR, by Wanda Beeman
44. LEONARD BROWN, SENIOR, by Wanda
Beeman.
45. Sumner County TN Will Abstracts
1788-1882, Shirley Wilson CG, ed., 1987, p. 16.
46. "Will of Leonard Brown".
47. Mary Lee Kimbrough Harris, "A Genealogy of
the Kimbroughs of Giles County", Birds of a Feather, pp.
1-6.
48. "Marriage License", Photocopy, 1940.
49. "Newspaper Clipping", "Marriage
Announcement;" "Wernli-Parker Marriage Thursday of Last Week in
Alpine," 1940.
50. LLF Parker Family Bible, 1911-1949,
Jake Parker, Schulenberg, TX.
51. "Birth Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1957, file #23.
52. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1991, file
#01-00294-91.
53. Del Rio News-Herald, Del Rio,
Texas, Newspaper, "Obituary of LL Fox Parker," 30 Jun 1991.
54. Kerrville Daily Times, Kerrville,
Texas, Newspaper, "Obituary of LL Fox Parker," 1 Jul 1991.
55. Kerrville Mountain Sun, Kerrville,
Texas, Newspaper, "Obituary of LL Fox Parker," 3 Jul 1991.
56. San Angelo Standard Times, San
Angelo, Texas, Newspaper, "Marfa's Fox Parker is 'Civic Minded'".
57. Ibid. "Marfa Lions Install New Club
Prexy," 3 Jul; "Presidio to Try to Make Money;" "3 Awards Given
Parker at Fete".
58. "Newspaper Clipping", "Final Rites for
Mrs. Parker in Marfa," 1957; "Mrs. F. Parker Passes Away This
Morning," 1 Nov 1957.
59. San Angelo Standard Times, San
Angelo, Texas, Newspaper, "Mrs. Parker Funeral Set For Marfa,"
"Obituary of Alice Parker," 1 Nov 1957.
60. Tombstone Photo, Marfa Cemetery, Marfa,
Presidio Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Alice W., Feb 1908-Oct
1957".
61. The History of Gonzales County,
Texas, 1986, The Gonzales County Historical Commission, Gonzales
County Archives & Record Center, Gonzales, Texas.
62. Burleson County Courthouse, Texas,
Photocopy, Marriage License, 1911.
63. "The Thomas Family & Something of
Their Background (And as much as I know of both sides of the Parker
Family. For our children who may be interested)" by Beatrice T.
Parker, courtesy of Bill Parker, Jake Parker.
64. "Newspaper Clipping", "High Honor Paid
Mrs. L.L.F. Parker".
65. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1960, file #11-481.
66. The Flatonia Argus, Newspaper,
Flatonia, Texas, "Obituary of LLF Parker," p. 1, 29 Sep 1960.
67. Tombstone Photo, Pittman Cemetery,
Muldoon, Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Rev. L.L.F. Parker, 14 Mar 1883-21
Sep 1960; Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,
Acts 16:31".
68. "Interview w/LL Fox Parker II", by Karen
Monsen, Marfa, Presidio Co., Texas.
69. Burleson County Courthouse, Texas,
Photocopy, Birth Certificate, 1892.
70. "Newspaper Clipping", "Obituary of
Beatrice Thomas Parker," 1982.
71. Tombstone Photo, Pittman Cemetery,
Muldoon, Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Beatrice T. Parker, 24 May 1892-24
Sep 1982".
72. "Newspaper Clipping", "High Honor Paid to
Mrs. L.L.F. Parker".
73. Clarke County, Alabama Marriages,
N.R. Murray, ed., 26 Apr 1986, Dallas Public Library, p. 117
(indicates date is 3 Aug).
74. Clarke Co., Alabama Marriage Book "B"
January 4, 1865-November 18, 1870, Freeda Crumpton, Ann L.
Crumpton, Louise Skinner, eds., 1987, Daughters of the American
Revolution Library, Washington D.C., p. 29.
75. "1910 U.S. Census", Transcription, Clarke
Co., Alabama, (Jackson Village) 19 Apr 1910, vol. 18, ED 17, sheet
5A, line 1, by Karen Monsen.
76. "1860 U.S. Census", Transcription, Marengo
Co., Alabama (Western Division, Linden) M654 roll #15, p. 475, by
Karen Monsen.
77. "1850 U.S. Census", Transcription, Choctaw
Co., Alabama, M432, ED 11, 11 Nov 1850, p. 179, by Karen Monsen.
78. Cemeteries Rusk County Texas, Mary
Franklin (Deason) Dunn, ed., 1982, vol. 1, Texas State Archives, p.
2.
79. "1880 U.S. Census", Transcription, Marengo
Co., Alabama (Shiloh Beat) 7 Jun 1880, Reel 23, ED 103, p. 11, by
Karen Monsen.
80. Burleson County Courthouse, Texas,
Photocopy, Marriage Certificate, 1881.
81. "1910 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Burleson Co., Texas, 23 Apr 1910, ED 18, sheet 8B, by Karen
Monsen.
82. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Burleson Co., Texas, 14 Jun 1900, ED 41, sheet 8, line 1, by Karen
Monsen.
83. "1870 U.S. Census", Transcription, Riley,
Yell Co., Arkansas, PO Danville, 19 Jul 1870, reel 33, by Karen
Monsen.
84. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1921, file #612.
85. Tombstone Photo, Hix Community Cemetery,
Hix, Burleson Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "S.B. Thomas, 9 May
1852-11 Aug 1921".
86. Burleson County Ledger, Caldwell,
Burleson Co., Texas, Newspaper, Center for American History, Austin,
Texas, 25 Nov 1921, p. 7.
87. Tombstone Photo, Hix Community Cemetery,
Hix, Burleson Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Birdie Thomas, 14 May
1866-19 Nov 1921".
88. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1928.
89. "Newspaper Clipping", "Obituary of
Gottlieb Wernli," 29 Mar 1928 (transcribed).
90. Memorial Record, by Alice Wernli, in
possession of Karen Monsen, Round Rock, Texas 1928.
91. Tombstone Photo, Kenedy Cemetery, Kenedy,
Karnes Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Gottlieb Wernli, 1878-1928".
92. "1920 U.S. Census", Transcription, Karnes
Co., Texas, 9-10 Jan 1920, roll 1824, sheet 1B, dist. 159.
93. "Declaration of Intention", US District
Court, Karnes Co., Texas, 9 Nov 1912.
94. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Certified Copy, 1939, file #2549.
95. "Newspaper Clipping", "Obituary of Rosa
Kaiser Wernli," Kenedy, Karnes Co., Texas, 17 Aug 1939.
96. Tombstone Photo, Kenedy Cemetery, Kenedy,
Karnes Co., Texas, by Karen Monsen, "Rosa Wernli, 1877-1939".
97. "Newspaper Clipping", "Obituary of Jacob
Wernli," transcription.
98. "Death Certificate", Texas Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Austin, Texas, Photocopy, 1926.
99. Memorial Record, by Alice Wernli, in
possession of Karen Monsen, Round Rock, Texas 1926.
100. "Declaration of Intention", US District
Court, Karnes Co., Texas, 23 May 1913.
101. Memorial Record, by Alice Wernli, in
possession of Karen Monsen, Round Rock, Texas for Jacob Wernli.
102. Family Records, M.B. Foster, Nov. 25,
1928.
103. Reynolds County, Missouri
1845-1995, vol. 1.
104. "1880 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Williamson Co., Texas, ED 157, frame 0650, copy provided by Wayne
Littlefield.
105. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Fayette Co., Texas ED 43, p. 5B, line 75, by Karen Monsen.
106. "1850 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Reynolds, Missouri, Reel M432, p. 396B, by B. Comer.
107. "1860 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Reynolds, Missouri, p. 347, by B. Comer.
108. Past and Present: A History of Iron
County, Missouri 1857-1994, April 1995, Heritage House
Publishing, vol. 1.
109. Bellevue Beautiful View, 1983,
Bellevue Valley Historical Society.
110. "1850 U.S. Census", Transcription, Iron,
Missouri, reel 413, p. 179, by B. Comer.
111. "1860 U.S. Census", Transcription, Iron,
Missouri, p. 695, by B. Comer, transcribed 18 Jun 1994.
112. "Letter from Ken Prockl, Barnhart,
MO".
113. "1850 U.S. Census", Transcription.
114. "1860 U.S. Census", Transcription.
115. Family Group Sheets, Donna Jones.
116. Reynolds County, Missouri
1845-1995, vol. 1, p. 112.
117. "Newspaper Clipping", "Family Tree," by
Mary Bond.
118. Kenneth Vance Graves, Robert Graves
Ancestors and Descendants 1580-1979, Gateway Press Inc., 1980,
pp. 5-25.
119. Mrs. P.W. Hiden, Genealogies of
Virginia Families, Robert & Catherine Barnes, eds., 1981,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Vol. II, pp. 41-61.
120. "Thomas Kimbrow's Will", Book A, p. 25,
Caswell Co., North Carolina.
121. Family Group Sheets, Barbara Rimmer 12
Sep 1993.
122. Family Group Sheets, Ople Crowell.
123. Plum Creek Almanac, Caldwell Co.,
Texas, Texas State Archives, Barbara Ann Tsekouras, vol. 4, no.
1, Spring 1986.
124. Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of
Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names...Immigrants in Pennsylvania,
1965, Genealogical Publishing Company, p. 141-142, "Peter
Grauel".
125. Family Group Sheets, Robert McGrew.
126. "Aaron Gooding's Will", Box CR.011.801,
North Carolina State Archives.
127. "Letter from Don Trahan", 28 Apr
1997.
128. Fayette County Courthouse, Fayette Co.,
Texas, Estate of A.H. Braddock, file #412.
129. Family Group Sheets, Wes Taylor.
130. Fayette County Courthouse, Fayette Co.,
Texas, Estate of Nancy Braddock, file #1523.
131. Cynthia Gryder Germany, Proudly I
Present...The Gryders, Griders, Greiders, Kreiters, 1992.
132. Eva Burchett Conner, Old Fed, His Two
Wives and Twenty Two Children, chapter 4.
133. Wanda Volentine Head, Biographical
& Historical Memoirs of Claiborne Parish Louisiana, 1989, p.
50.
134. Union County, South Carolina Marriage
Records, Michael Becknell, ed., 1995, Daughters of the American
Revolution Library, Washington D.C., p. 202.
135. Alabama Records, Sumter Co. Alabama
Marriage Book 1, Kathleen Paul Jones & Pauline Jones Gandrud,
eds., Dec. 1951, vol. 128, Daughters of the American Revolution
Library, Washington D.C., p. 25.
136. "1870 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Clarke Co., Alabama (Bashi Beat, Choctaw Corner), M593 roll 8, 16 Aug
1870, p. 7, by Karen Monsen.
137. Rev. T.H. Ball, A.M., Clarke County,
Alabama and Its Surroundings From 1540-1877, 1882, reprinted
1973, Clarke County Historical Society, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Washington, D.C., pp. 598-599.
138. Ibid. pp. 598-599, p. 580.
139. Hosea Holcombe, A History of the Rise
and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama, 1840, King and Baird,
Printers, Texas State Archives.
140. Some Early Alabama Churches
(Established Before 1870), Mabel Ponder Wilson, ed., 1973, The
Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Dallas Public
Library.
141. Tharin's Marengo County Directory for
1860-61, 1973, pub. Marengo Co. Historical Society, Daughters of
the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C., p. 27.
142. "1860 U.S. Census", Transcription,
Gonzales Co., Texas, 5 Jul 1860, by Karen Monsen.
143. Yell Co. Historical &
Genealogical Association Bulletin: Yell Co. Cemetery Records
Danville, AR.
144. John Foster Jr.
145. Marriage Records Book 1,
Charlotte Co., Virginia, p. 10.
146. "Probate Records", Union County, South
Carolina, Box 6, Pk 14.
147. Union County Heritage, 1981,
Union County (SC) Heritage Committee, p. 87, item 188.
148. Will Book I, p. 418a, Charlotte
Co., Virginia.
149. Rural Cemetery Inscriptions Brown
County Texas, Hazel Ellis Wetzel, ed., 1980, Texas State
Archives.
150. "Letter from Don Trahan".
151. Burleson County Courthouse, Texas,
Photocopy, Death Certificate for son Dr. R.B. Little, file #1583, 22
Sep 1937.
152. Ibid. Death Certificate, file #689, 27
Apr 1922.
153. Tombstone Photo, Chriesman Cemetery,
Burleson Co., Texas, viewed 8 Jan 1999, by Karen Monsen.
154. "1900 U.S. Census", Transcription.
155. Tombstone Photo, Chriesman Cemetery,
Burleson Co., Texas, viewed 8 Jan 1999, by Karen Monsen, "In Memory
of Mrs. Mary A. Little, Wife of J.L. Little, Born Dec. 6, 1841, Died
Feb. 16, 1910, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.".
156. Stanly County Courthouse, Stanly Co.,
North Carolina, Will Book #1, pp. 308-310, August, 1867.
157. "Estate Files of Col. William Johnson",
file #10-022, South Carolina Dept. of Archives & History,
Columbia, South Carolina.