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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
Dean Family This is a picture of the
grandparents and mother of Bob Cleveland. Seated is Thomas Zachery Dean and
Rachel Phipps Dean, and standing is his mother, Paralee
Dean Cleveland They were early settlers to Grimes County around the early
1870's. Submitted by Bob Cleveland
Downs, William and Savannah of Navasota Submitted by William Downs. William was a farmer
and later ran a grocery store on LaSalle Street. He died on 02 Jul 1940 and is
buried in Oakland Cemetery. Savannah died 08 Jun 1951 and is also buried in
Oakland Cemetery. William was born to William Downs, born in Texas, and Doretta Vulgosh, born in Germany.
Savannah's parents are Lewis Jake Hibbard, born Wyoming, and Sarah A. E.
Broadwater born in South Carolina.
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
Long, Martha Louise King Submitted by Robin
Kenney. Born 10 Dec 1817 in Alabama, died 27 Nov 1881 in Sulphur
Branch, Grimes County, Texas, buried in Waller Cemetery in Grimes County. Her
husband was Jesse Galliton Long, born 22 Nov 1815 in
Caswell, North Carolina, died 27 Aug 1889 in Bedias,
Grimes, Texas, also buried in Waller Cemetery. Jesse
was a confederate soldier in the Civil Was, serving in Company B of the
Mississippi Light Artillery. Jesse and Martha raised 10 children in Mississippi
and Texas.
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
1919 Navasota High School Photos Men's and
Women's Basketball teams and football team from 1919. Contributed
by Don Brownlee. Thank you Don!
Iola High School for 1929 - 1930 school year From Bob Cleveland:
"The older picture is the 1929/30 class. I don't know all the people, but
will give you the ones I know.:
Front row left to right - Ruby Faye Dean, Unknown, Cleo Hammonds.
Unknown
Back row left to right - Faye Davidson, Unknown, Rosa Dean Colson, J.
C. Howard, Flossy Pyle."
Iola High School for 1953 From Bob
Cleveland:
"The other picture is my class of 1953. Since we are not in straight rows,
I'll start at the left and include names as they appear in the picture:
Bonner Marsh, Ona D. Bean, Evelyn Bruce,
John Stover, Dorthy Yeager, Edward Isbell, Mary Dell Nevill, Jimmy McClendon, Noel Abbott, Billy Carter, Waymon Worsham, Coy Kennedy,
Robert Cleveland and Leroy Crocker."
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
William Augustus and Sarah Turrentine Blount 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