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Early Settlers

Nearly all of the following early people settled in Wilbarger County prior to 1886.


L. P. Bonner
J. T. Lane
H. C. Justin
J. H. Pendleton
E. Lowe
Lon Byars
Dr. B. K. Wood
J. E. Lutz
John R. Wood
E. L. McHugh
Joe Schmidt
F. P. McGhee
Tom Donahoo
C. M. Byars
Bill Bean
Sid Davidson
John Davidson
J. W. Chowning
H. Chowning
J. A. White
L. A. Jaynes
Judge J. A. Nabers
W. C. Creager
W. T. Riddle
Dave Strain
A. C. Swinburn
T. Bunker
the Kinsey brothers
Frank Richardson
Pat Paffrath
Dr. Edwards
J. T. Cameron
J. W. Hedley
A. D. Moore
J. Slagle
B. T. Ansley
Dr. W. T. Dickey
Bion Crego
James Condon
A. C. Sanders
John Carson
Paul Schaub
T. P. Lisman
George Utterback
R. P. Elliott
B. Wilson
_?_ Edgell
Bob Stone
Dick Sanders
J. W. Campbell
Judge J. P. Orr
Ocar Holman
Mace Riddle
E. Ewing
George McTaylor
Marion Rowland
Cal Rowland
D. R. Britt
Dan Rogers
Charlie Wheeler
Marion Millett
H. A. Bell
Jake Smith
G. W. Mears
Pete Heffner
George Colwell
Tom Jones
Will Griffin
W. J. Westmoreland
Andy Laird
L. Davenport
T. L. Stewart
George Creed
J. D. Summerour
Mrs. Virgie Hewitt
J. H. Johnston
C. C. Wells
Paul Hoffle
J. P. King
James R. Tolbert
J. P. Hamilton
J. B. Lockett
J. A. Gilliland
Charlie Lanters
T. M. Ferguson
D. H. H. Rhoads
J. A. Rhoads
J. T. Conn
N. M. Key
D. H. Vaughn
W. E. Gamble
Peter Crawford
Fred Ratliff
J. W. Carrington
L. C. Eakle
A. Thurmond
Charlie Hall
W. W. Greever
D. M. Ferebee
D. R. Britt
J. P. Crawford
A. T. Boger*



*County Commissioner, 1881; several years later appointed sheriff; son A. C. Boger, daughter Mrs. Cecil Storey.  Mrs. Boger mentioned but no additional identification.  Resided in a double dug out with a wide hall between two large rooms.
rly Residents Before 1930

Though perhaps not as early as the early settlers, the following early residents are prominently identified with Vernon and Wilbarger, some of them for as long as forty years, all before 1930:

S. W. Mabry W. C. Johnson Wm. Denny J. N. Denny
J. R. Ross J. H. Watts John Hull T. H. Holloway
W. T. Collins J. P. Starr E. L. Witty T. L. Pierce
R. S. Kelly W. H. Kelly J. R. Renfro D. L. Green
T. P. Lisman C. C. Shive P. G. Givens P. T. Smith
F. H. Wright S. C. Hogsett W. W. Gilbert G. M. Blackman
Dr. G. E. Blackman Shem E. Hatchett John S. Smith Dr. J. E. Dodson, Sr.
M. G. Gilbert Handy Haney T. J. Youngblood J. H. Pettit
L. J. Massie S. L. Mallow Carl Zipperle C. T. Herring
B. J. Parker Capt. J. S. Napier Monroe King W. H. Evans
William Crutchfield John Hammond J. W. Kerr Dr. R. W. Hix
C. C. Wells T. A. Scurlock T. H. Shive B. M. Cobb
Dr. R. Taylor Mrs. L. R. Alexander Glidden brothers John W. Abbott
Kester brothers R. B. Richardson John Immell Robert Houssels
T. M. Kell D. A. Turner B. Houssels John Houssels
C. C. Hawley W. O. Anderson H. F. McKibbin P. M. Morris
J. M. Batchelor L. G. Hawkins T. J. Lockett W. G. McDonald
J. V. Townsend R. Cobb Judge S. P. Huff Hon. John H. Stephens
W. D. Berry J. S. Cook J. J. Manis Charlie Sullivan
W. B. Townsend J. F. White Judge R. W. Hall Sam Williams
Joel Fain S. W. McLarty Harry Mason Bob Castlebury
Steve Castlebury S. Sewell George Anderson George M. Dilley
C. T. Smith J. R. Rothman George Coleman C. S. McColloch
R. H. Baskerville J. W. Coffee W. A. Ish Ben Kelly
W. N. Stokes Joe S. Massie R. Collins Taylor Creager
J. C. Sumner S. A. Naylor L. E. McCurdy J. H. Kincheloe
C. C. Shive Frank Stineman E. P. Robinson Wm. Hampton
E. T. Murchison W. J. Pentor W. H. Harbison J. T. Williams, sheriff

 


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