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Do you have any old photos of people from Grimes County? Do you have any photos of old houses, old buildings, tombstones, etc found in Grimes County? What about historical markers?
Do you have your pictures posted on the web? Send me the url and I will link them to this page. Or you can scan them and send to me attached to an email and I will try to add them to another page.
PHOTO TOURS
PEOPLE
Charter Members of Iola Missionary Baptist Church Here's a picture taken in the mid 1950's of seven of the charter members of the Iola Missionary Baptist Church that was chartered in 1917. From left to right they are Mr. E.E."Sam" Nation, Mrs.R.E..Cleveland, Mrs. Paul Cleveland, Mrs. W. A. Boney, Mrs. Lievenia Darby, Mrs. W. F. Atkinson and Mr. W. F. Atkinson. Submitted by Bob Cleveland
Robert Early Cleveland He was the first president and one of the founders of the Iola State Bank in 1907. Grandfather of and submitted by Bob Cleveland
Cleveland Family, Iola Bob Cleveland's grandparent's home and their first car. The boy in back is his father Ely Cleveland and his two sisters, Bebe Cleveland Mallett and Lola Cleveland DeForke. The lady in the front seat with Bob's grandfather, Robert Early Cleveland, is his grandmother, Mae Shanks Cleveland. Submitted by Bob Cleveland
Iola residents in front of Iola Masonic Lodge, ca 1917
Keith, Reuben W., wife Mary Margaret Martin, and daughter Julia Alice
Keith, Robert Lee - Annie Mallett Wedding
Landis, John S. and Maudie Perry
Mallett, Samuel Simmons, wife Sarah Frances Keith, and family
Wilcox, J. T. and some of his family
Sons of Green Mark Wood and Mary Jane LeGrand
Grimes County Baptisms, Martin's Prairie Baptist Church
SCHOOLS
Mesa School for 1925 - 1926 school year From Bob Cleveland:
"It was a rural two teacher school located a few miles south of Iola that was consolidated with Iola. My mother, Paralee Dean Cleveland, is one of the teachers in the picture".
Pankey School in 1920s From Bob Cleveland:
His mother, Paralee Dean Cleveland, is one of the teachers in the picture.
Old School Photos from Iola From Bob Cleveland:
1. The girl's basketball team was at a country school near Iola by the name of Mesa. My mother, Paralee Dean Cleveland, taught there several years and is the coach in this picture. This is from 1920.
2. This is an elementary school picture from Iola for the 1924-25 school year. The teacher on the left is my mother, Paralee Dean CLeveland.
Children at Plantersville School, about 1908
Names of Children at Plantersville School
Mustang School, ca 1906 Link submitted by Charlotte Sandel Beck
Students of Martins Prairie School in 1909-1910
TOWNS AND BUILDINGS
Business in Iola Second man from the left is Bob's grandfather, Robert Early Cleveland. Submitted by Bob Cleveland
General Merchandise Store,Iola Late 1800's to early 1900's. The store was owned by Robert Early Cleveland and two Isbell brothers. An outside and inside shot. Submitted by Bob Cleveland
Haynie Hotel in Richards, 1911
Rush Wood's Cotton Gin, 1912-1917
CEMETERIES AND TOMBSTONES
Zion Cemetery Photos, Iola
William Augustus - 1822-1879 [I believe birth year on tombstone to be wrong; Sarah Turrentine - 1824-1871; Buried at Red Top Cemetery
Dugald McAlpine Located in McAlpine Cemetery. Submitted by Sharron
John Thornton 1850-1919; Son of John Thornton and Rebecca Carpenter; Buried Lake Grove Cemetery
Will and Mollie Thornton Ward William Daniel - 1879-1962; Son of James W. Ward and Sarah Frances Williford; Mollie - 1882-1968; daughter of John Thornton and Araminta Lucritita Blount; Buried Lake Grove Cemetery
William T. Worsham 1836-1923; Son of James H. and Margaret McKneely Worsham; Buried Lake Grove Cemetery
HISTORICAL MARKERS
Bennett Marker at Lindley Cemetery
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