William C. McKamy, Sr. came to Texas around 1851 from Tennessee. On October 21, 1845, he had previously married the former Rachel Loyd Wester and they brought with them their three children: William Albert, John Lewis and a daughter Keziah (a family name) McKamy. Once settled here, they had three more children: Mary E., William…
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Phillip, Isaac and Alexander Sanger are credited with having founded Sanger Brothers. They were three sons of Elias and Barbetta Sanger of Bavaria. Elias was a wine merchant and farmer. Isaac had been born in Bavaria (Germany) in 1836 and emigrated to the United States when he was 16, in 1852. Lehman (born in 1838)…
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Saturday, January 16, 2021, a group of folks met at the Beeman Memorial Cemetery. The weather was a bit cool but otherwise perfect. The location was easy to find and at various times, there were between one and two dozen people in attendance. Several of them were Beeman descendants and were able to tell us…
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