Bonham Fire
sent to Jonas E. Dupree from E.D. in 1908.
It reads "This is a fir?
postal can you find me. Bonham Fair. 1114 N. Maple
Street P.O.B. 297 E.D".
(* Note from Fannin Co.CC - I cannot tell where this
was, the address above is
obviously E.D's resident address. However looking
at the 1910 city directory,
I can only find that two years after the fire, W.
Sparkman was a blacksmith at
Colman & Kennedy which was on South Main, There
is in the same block a blacksmith
by the name Marcom . The Poultry comp. is not
listed anymore by 1910.
I suspect is is the 200 block of South Main and that
E.D. worked in that block
or nearby as he is in the picture somewhere from his
statement. I find it interesting
that the post office did not deliever on N.Maple street,
he has a post office box or
because he is listed by himself without a wife he
might live in a boarding house.
I checked and there are no listings for any Boarding
houses in the book listed at all.
In the 1910 County Business Directory
c = colored | lab = laborer | r = residence
We find
Dupree, Eldon c, lab, r 1114 Maple
Duprey, Louisa,c, domestic,r 1305
Duprey, Sophie, c, domestic, r 1305