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TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Jessamine “Jessie” McFarland Penfield
September 2, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Jessamine “Jessie” McFarland PenfieldJessamine (Jessie) McFarland was born on April 28, 1878, in Sweet Home, Lavaca County,...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain David Hess Garner Sr.
August 26, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain David Hess Garner Sr. (1807 – 1864)In 1812 Great Britain and the United States went to war over British restrictions on...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: William Clinton Fetter
August 19, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: William Clinton Fetter (1875-1940) On a recent visit to the Port Lavaca Cemetery, I came across a very weathered tombstone...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain Frank Bauer
August 12, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain Frank Bauer (1868-1954)The name Bauer is one that is well known in Calhoun County, and for good reason. Through vigorous...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Frederick (Fred) Senator Montier
August 5, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (August 5, 2025): Frederick (Fred) Senator Montier was born 171 years ago TODAY, August 5, 1854, in Lavaca, Texas (today Port...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Johann Henry Schmitt, IV
July 29, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 29, 2025): Johann Henry Schmitt, IV, was born in Büdesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany in 1829. When Johann...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Juliet Constance Ewing Fretwell
July 22, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 22, 2025): Juliet Constance Ewing Fretwell (1820-1878) In 1824 Don Martin DeLeon established a colony in Texas. The DeLeon...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Miss Grace Bierman
July 15, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 15, 2025): Miss Grace Bierman was born on March 7, 1895, in Chocolate (later called Sweetwater) in Calhoun County, Texas -...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: James Preston Fulkerson
July 8, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 8, 2025): James Preston Fulkerson (1802-1852) Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, and Wyatt Earp are...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: William Patrick (W.P.) Regan, Sr
July 1, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 1, 2025): William Patrick (W.P.) Regan, Sr. was born in Indianola on November 2, 1873. He was the 4th child and 2nd son of...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead Part 2 of 2
June 24, 2025
“The discovery of an amazing story” (Part 2/2):On July 1, 1851, Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead, a man of influence and wealth died in Port Lavaca,...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead Part 1 of 2
June 17, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (June 17, 2025): Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead (1811-1851) Part 1 of 2I have always liked to visit cemeteries. They are places of...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Perry Landon Haskin
June 10, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (June 10, 2025): Perry Landon Haskin (1897-1972) was born in Wise County on Dec 29, 1897 to Elmer James and Mary Susan “Molly”...
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Howard Gallemore Hartzong, Sr.
June 3, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (June 3, 2025): Howard Gallemore Hartzong, Sr. (1901-1968): “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the...
TOMBSTONE TUESDA: Pehr A. Swenson
May 27, 2025
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (May 27, 2025): Pehr A. Swenson was born on September 10, 1856 in Järnarp parish, district of Kristianstad, Sweden. He married...
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