Blevins M. E. Church

Nancy Nance

Aurillia (King) Bowers as a young girl

Ken Gates

Aurillia (King) and Daniel Bowers

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Aurillia (King) Bowers

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Aurillia (King) Bowers, her daughter, Mary Jane (Bowers) Parham, her daughter, Cora Aurilla (Parham) Smith, and her daughter, Cretys (Smith) Angelo

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Florine Strawn

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Map of Houses at Blevins drawn by Clois David Stone

The map is of the Early 1900's Houses but Clois drew it abt 1989. He drew all of this from memory.

Alissa Haire

Charley David Stone with his son, Clois David Stone, and grandson, Paul Stone

Lena Stone Criswell

Allen McBride

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Mother's Day ca 1933
At the A. M. Stone Home Place

Left to Right
Back:
Geneva Meryle, Charley David, Lella May (Bowers), Clois David

Front:
Edna Earle, Lena Bessie Ruth, Charles David Stone

Leon Wilson

Robert "Bob" Russell Bowers - son of Daniel and Aurillia (King) Bowers - spouse of Georgia Standridge Bowers)

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Ora, Nora, and Dale Bowers

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1897 Brass Band

Left to Right: Liquarn, Busby, Gibson, Busby, Litteral, Howard, John Busby, Lewallen, Bob Rainwater, Ben Taylor ans Kinsy Smith

Ken Gates and Alissa Smith Haire

Doke May

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Newman Bowers - son of James Calvin and Louella (Gooch) Bowers.

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Arthur Bowers

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James Bertie Bowers as a young boy

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Hardy McGlaun

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Otho Lee Bowers and Sarah Alice Clark were married on 28 August 1905.

Otho Lee Bowers was born 17 September 1883 in Mississippi. He died October 31, 1977 in Waco,Texas. He was the son of William Fletcher "Fletch" and Tennie (May) Bowers.

Sarah Alice (Clark) Bowers was born 5 April 1887 and died on October 16, 1965 at Eddy, McLennan Co., Texas. She was the daughter of Charles Fitch and Sarah Pauline (Wyatt) Clark.

Submitted by The Gates Family

Info submitted by Lena Stone Criswell

Aurillia and Daniel Bowers

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Four Generations of Bowers Family

Nancy Nance

Sam McCord Family

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Ruth Taylor as a Child

Daughter of Benjamin & Cora (Bowers) Taylor

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Robert "Russell" Bowers, son of James Calvin and Louella (Gooch) Bowers, husband of Willie Mae Firkins Bowers - World War I

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Blevins Harvest Time

Around 1890

Left to Right:

B. R. "Chum" Parham, Sr., R. E. L. "Bob" Pass, Stith Alfred "Grandpa Parham" Parham, Daniel Lon "Lon" Bowers, Robert Russell "Bob" Bowers

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Ben (Benjamin Louis Landrum) Taylor was the son of The Rev. Isaac and Amanda (Ruble) Taylor. He was the husband of Cora (Bowers) Taylor. He grew up at Blevins and farmed with his father. Later years the Ben Taylors lived in Marlin, Texas.

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Clois Stone

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Clois Stone

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Young Caldwell

Husband of Mattie Bowers Caldwell

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Bowers – Stone Family

Left to Right: Clois David Stone, Lena O. Bowers, Rillie O. Bowers.

This was taken at the home of Georgia Standridge Bowers

Blevins, Falls Co., Texas
September c1904

Lena Stone Criswell

Benjamin "Ben" Louis Landrum Taylor and Cora Ella (Bowers) Taylor on their Wedding Day.

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Cotton Harvest on Wagons

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The Pratt home with their Cotton in front of it.

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Cotton Yard and Gin

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Cotton Crop

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Bowers, Walthall, Pass, Isom and Hairston

Left to Right Back - Russell Bowers and Jewel Walthall

Left to Right Front - Drew Walthall, Luna Bowers (with fur), Edd Hairston (with fur), Witt Pass and Daisey Isom.

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Ron Cumbee Litteral, son of Ron Cali and Edd (Hairston) Litteral

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Susie L (Parham) Pass

Daughter of Stith Alfred & MaryJane Parham

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Mr. and Mrs. Lon Bowers

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Daniel L. "Lon" Bowers in a Maxwell car. In the upper left of the picture is the old Taylor, later Bowers home. The Methodist church is to the right in the picture.

Odessa Pass Baylor gave me the original of this picture.

Lena Stone Criswell

Mr. and Mrs. Pratt

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Odessa (Pass) Baylor and Dallas

Odessa Pass Baylor was daughter of Witt and Carrie (Bruce) Pass and wife of Don Baylor

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Ron and Edd Litteral

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R. E. L. Pass and wife, Susie (Parham) Pass
1910

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Abner Earl Stone, son of Abner Miller and Dony (Taylor) Stone

1911

At A. M. Stone Homeplace with Rudolph (hired hand) and buggy hitched to Earl's horse "Teaspoon"

Abner Earl Stone was husband of Sarah Flossie (Embry) Stone.

Information was given by Sarah Flossie (Embry) Stone

Submitted by Lena Stone Criswell

A Wedding - Picture taken at Bowers Home

Left to right:

Cora (Bowers) and her husband "Ben" (Benjamin Louis Landrum) Taylor, Georgia (Standridge) and husband Robert Russell Bowers, Josie (Whatley) and Lon Bowers, Grandpa and Grandma (Daniel and Aurillia (King) Bowers, Bob and Sue (Parham) Pass, Jim (James Calvin) and wife Louella (Gooch) Bowers,

Children: Arthur Bowers (with kitty)
Ola Bowers
Eff Bowers
Russell Bowers (all children of James Calvin & Louella Bowers)
Chum Parham (with hat) son of Stith and Mary Jane (Bowers) Parham
Stith Alfred and Mary Jane (Bowers) Parham
Rillie Parham (standing behind her father, Stith Parham)
Tulia Parham (little Tulia)

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