Category Archives: Texas

Todd and Bickle Trip from Arkansas to Texas – 1900

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Andrea Musgrove Perisho

Today’s blog post is an interview conducted by Louise Todd Hunt with Jeff Todd and his sister Zula Todd McIntire. Also presented is information from Abner Newton Todd’s notebook with details of the wagon trip from Arkansas to Garland, Texas. … Continue reading →

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MARGARET EOFF ELLIOTT

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Andrea Musgrove Perisho

While browsing on Ancestry.com, I found this wonderful story by Maxine Elliott Gilliam. jdhardin originally posed this story on the Hardin family tree. (1)  It’s always a happy moment when we find the work of other family researchers. To this … Continue reading →

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William Dixson – Texas State Troops, Militia Cavalry, Texas Rangers

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Andrea Musgrove Perisho

William Dixson was born on October 13, 1825 in Ohio. He married Louvisa Bedford on June 26, 1851 in Rusk, Texas. They had seven children. Their oldest child, Betty Elizabeth, was the great-grandmother of Eva Buckmaster Musgrove. We may be descendants from Peter Browne, the … Continue reading →

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AFTER TOIL COMES REST – FICTION

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Andrea Musgrove Perisho

Dallas County, Texas – October 6, 1904 The thin canvas walls moved back and forth with the light fall breeze. Warm sunlight fell through the open flap door on the threadbare bed. The tent was quiet. Unusually quiet. Deadly quiet. … Continue reading →

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