John O'Meara Obituary Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CAlifornia) 2 Nov. 1995

John O'Meara
  No services will be held for John O'Meara, who died Tuesday at a local convalescent hospital after a long illness.  He was 84.
  A native of of Dublin, Ireland, he came to the United States in 1952 and settled in San Francisco.  He worked for many years as an electrician for the state.  He moved to Capitola in 1974.
  Mr. O'Meara was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.  He was a skilled handyman, and enjoyed doing projects around his home.
  He is survived by his wife of 51 years,  Anne O'Meara of Capitola; a son, John O'Meara of San Anselmo; a brother, Michael O'Meara of Dublin, Ireland; and by one grandson.  Contributions are preferred to St. Joseph's Church, 435 Monterey Ave., Capitola, Calif. 95010.

Irish Obit. John Joseph O'Meara The La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisconsin) 1 May 1960

John Joseph O'Meara
  John Joseph O'Meara, 14, of R.2, Holmen, died in a a local hospital Saturday morning.
  Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Meara;  one sister, Marsha Jane, at home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones of La Crosse, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin O'Meara of Caledonia, Minn.
  Services will be Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. in the Schumacher Funeral Home, 7th and Winnebago Sts., and at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Onalaska, the Rev. Joseph Bach officiating.  Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., the Rosary to be at 8 p.m.

Jimmie Anderson Obituary.

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Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson, age 92, of Asherton died on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Uvalde Memorial Hospital. Jimmie Lee was born near Emory, Texas, on Sept. 20, 1922, to James Roy Barker and Margaret Elizabeth Hipp Barker. Jimmie Lee moved to Zavala County with her parents and brother Dale in 1924, traveling by train to the Winter Garden, along with the family’s household goods and livestock. Roy Barker became a successful spinach farmer, and the family helped establish the congregation of the Church of Christ in Crystal City, which met in the Methodist building on Sunday afternoons until a building was obtained. Jimmie Lee, Dale, and sisters Elizabeth and Patricia received their elementary and secondary schooling in Crystal City. Jimmie Lee’s high school business teacher Epsie Belle Thompson inspired her to attend the University of Texas at Austin and major in business. One of the first women to be awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UT, she graduated in 1944 and returned home to tea   at Crystal City High School. Jimmie Lee married James Granger Anderson, Jr., of Asherton in 1947. After living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Austin, Texas, so that Granger could attend college, Jimmie Lee and Granger returned to Crystal City to the JRS Ranch, where Granger farmed with Roy Barker. During the three years they lived at the JRS, their daughters Margaret and Candace were born. The next 10 years found the Andersons living in Crystal City and Asherton, then Crystal City again; during these years their children Patricia, Granger, and Forrest were born. Jimmie Lee joined the Crystal City High School faculty and taught business subjects throughout the 1960’s there as well as extension courses for the Southwest Texas Junior College. She completed a master’s degree in special education and taught in Asherton and Carrizo Springs before becoming a diagnostician for the Carrizo Springs school district for many years before her retirement in her seventies. Jimmie Lee was a charter member of the Athena Study Club  founded in 1948 as a service and cultural organization for young women. She was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a professional organization for women educators. Jimmie Lee is survived by her five children: Margaret Forrest Anderson and husband Bill Crow of San Antonio; Candace Anderson of Asherton; Patricia Rasor and husband Carl of Uvalde; Granger Anderson and wife Patrice of Houston; and Forrest Anderson and wife Susan of Uvalde. Her grandchildren are Forrest Nicole Anderson Myane, Algera Lee Anderson, John Granger Anderson, and James Hunter Anderson. She is also survived by her nieces Annabelle Lee Attensil Steed of Conroe; Dr. Forrest Hemphill Yanke of Panama City, Florida; Harriet Hemphill of Providence, Rhode Island; by her nephew, Robert Witherspoon Hemphill of Columbia, South Carolina; and by eight great-nieces and nephews and many cousins. Jimmie Lee was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother and sisters. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at the First  methodist Church in Crystal City. Pallbearers were Jon Box, Dick Dobie, Steven Kennedy, Edward Miranda, Dudley Smith, Joe Taylor, Roy Villarreal, and Bobby Ward. Honorary pallbearers were Walter Blackwell, Bodie Davidson, Gonzalo Lafuente, Bobby McVoy, Reed Pegues, Frank Rutledge, Jon Taylor, Howard Willmon, and the members of the Athena Study Club. She was buried in Edgewood Cemetery next to her husband and surrounded by her parents and brother, both sets of her grandparents, several of her aunts and uncles, and many of her 45 first cousins. Memorials in honor of Jimmie Lee Anderson may be made to the Dimmit County Public Library, 200 North 9th Street, Carrizo Springs, Texas 78834.

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots page 134-135 James Granger Jr. and Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson Family

The Granger Anderson Jr. family as pictured at the Iseman Studio in Crystal City on Easter Sunday, 1959.  Left to right: Candace, Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson, Granger III, Margaret, Forrest, Granger Jr., and Patricia.  (photo courtesy Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson)

  James Granger Anderson Jr. was born December 16, 1922 in San Antonio.  He was the son of James Granger Sr. and Forrest Alean Richardson Anderson.  Granger's grandfather Asher Richardson was an early Dimmit County rancher and businessman who founded the town of Asherton.
  Granger lived in Asherton as a child and remembers going to Harry Spade's shoe repair shop on Carter Street in downtown Asherton in the mid 1920's.  He and his father, Granger Anderson Sr., would go there together.  HIs father would read and discuss Mr. Spades' Greek newspaper with him.
  Granger Jr. graduated from Asherton High School in May of 1940.  He demonstrated his athletic prowess there, participating in six man football, basketball, softball, track, and tennis.  He attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina from September, 1940 until June of 1942.  At that time he enlisted as a cadet in the ARmy Air Corps.
  Granger graduated in class 43-E s a second lieutenant fighter pilot candidate.  After further training and several duty stations in the United States, he flew the new C-46s.  He flew them to Puerto Rico, Natal (Brazil), and across the Atlantic to Ascension Island, to Freetown, Daker, Mericesch, and on to Casa Blanca for permanent duty station.  Captain Anderson served in the North African Theatre until December, 1945.  He was honorable discharged at Randolph Field, San Antonio, February of 1946.
  JImmie Lee Barker's parents were James Roy and Margaret Elizabeth HIpp Barker of Crystal City.  She was born in Rains County, Texas on September 20, 1922 and moved to Zavala Country with her parents and brother, Malcolm Dale Barker, in October of 1924.  Jimmie Lee received her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas.  She was the business teacher at Crystal City High School in 1946 when on of her students said, "Teach, I want to introduce you to the cutest man you'll ever see."  It was Granger.
  Grander Anderson Jr. and JImmie Lee Barker were married at the home of her parents on September 20, 1947.  Their first home was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while Granger attended the University of Tulsa.  After a summer session at the University of Texas at Austin, and one at Trinity in San Antonio, the young couple moved to the JRS Ranch northeast of Crystal City to manage a farming and ranching operation for Roy Barker.
  In May of 1953 the Anderson family, which now included daughters Margaret Forrest, Candace Elizabeth, and Patricia Isabelle, moved to the Big House, as the old Richardson home in Asherton is usually called.  Granger and his maternal first cousin Dr. Asher McComb of San Antonio formed a partnership to farm EAgle's Nest Farm, which they co-owned.  This farming operation lasted about four years.  During that time, Granger III was born.  Granger Jr. continued working in agriculture and wa an agent for New York Life Insurance Company for 10 years.
   Before Margaret entered second grade, the yount family moved back to Crystal City.  Malcolm Forrest was born while the family lived there.  The Andersons decided it would be a great adventure to grow up in the old family home, and moved back to Asherton in the summer of of 1965.
  Jimmie Lee was teaching business subjects in the Crystal City High School, so the Andersons kept a school home in Crystal City and spent their weekends and summer vacations at Bel-Asher.  Margaret , Candy, and Patricia graduated from Crystal City HIgh School.
   Granger III and Forest entered the CArrizo Springs schools in the fall of 1971.  The Andersons rented a school home near Carrizo Springs and Jimmie Lee taught in the Asherton school district.  There she has worked for seven years in special education.  She has also taught night courses in typing, shorthand, and accounting for Southwest Texas Junior College.
  Margaret Forrest Anderson was born June 11, 1949 at the Nix Hospital in San Antonio.  She graduated from the Crystal City HIgh School, and received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.  Margaret married Robby Dean at the Anderson home in Asherton on August 22, 1970.  Robby, who was born November 18, 1947, is the son of Harold J. and Marjorie Botkin Dean.
  Candace Elizabeth "Candy" Anderson was born at the Nix on October 14, 1950.  She graduated from Crystal City HIgh School.  She has her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Texas.  She taught in the Carrizo Springs North Elementary Annex for four years, and completed her master's degree in education from Sul Ross University.
  Patricia Isabelle Anderson was born at the Nix Hospital in San Antonio on February 4, 1953.  She graduated from Crystal City High School and has her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas.  She served as the first director  of the Happy Days Day Care Center, located in the First United Methodist Church in Carrizo Springs.
  James Granger Anderson III was born at the Nix in San Antonio on October 29, 1954.  He graduated from Carrizo Springs High School in 1973.  He graduated from Texas A&M University with a major in agriculture education in May of 1981.
  The Anderson children, now grown, enjoy returning for visits to Dimmit County, which their great-grandparents Asher and Isabelle Votaw Richardson, and great-great-grandparents William and Mary Jane Slaughter Votaw helped develop more than 100 year ago.
                                       Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson
                                       Asherton

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots page 134, James Granger Sr. and Forrest Alean Richardson Anderson Family

 James Granger Anderson Sr. was born on July 27, 1895 in Jackson, Tennessee.  He was the son of William Madison and Sarah Knott Lotta Anderson.  He was a student at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
  Forrest Alean Richardson was the youngest of five children born to Asher and Mary Isabelle Votaw Richardson of Asherton.  Forrest was born in 1895.  She attended the Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music and Art at Sherman.  It was while they were in Sherman that Granger and Forrest met.
  After Granger returned from serving overseas as a first lieutenant aerial observer in the 345th Field Artillery in World War I, he and Forrest were married.  The wedding took place in San Antonio on August 20, 1919.
  Granger worked in the Richardson Family businesses in Asherton for a few years.  Asher Richardson, the founder of the town of Asherton, had built what he described as a "bungalow" in Asheron for each of his children.  The wooden houses, built in 1909, are still in use today.
  The Andersons had two children, Forrest Isabelle and James Granger, Jr.  After their children were born, Granger and Forrest moved the family to Dallas, Texas, where Granger worked as a district agent for an insurance company.
  Granger died of heart disease on February 12, 1936 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas.
  About 1929, Forrest Richardson Anderson moved back to Asherton with her children to live with her widowed mother, Isabelle Richardson, and her widowed sister Lula Richardson Dean.  The all lived together in the Richardson home, Bel-Asher.
  Forrest Richardson Anderson died of a heart attack in the Richardson home on December 30, 1941.  She is buried in the Richardson plot in Mission Cemetery in SAn Antonio.
  Forrest Isabelle Anderson was born February, 19, 1921.  She married Robert W. Hemphill of Chester, South Carolina.
  James Granger Anderson Jr. was born December 16, 1922.  He married Jimmie Lee Barker (see separate story).
                                         Jimmie Lee Barker Anderson
                                          Asherton

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots page 134 The Ernest Leland Anderson Family

  Ernest Leland Anderson was the son of Samuel Henry and Mary Lee Williams Anderson of Carrizo Springs.  He married Kathryn Hall, sister of Robert "Bob" Hall, in Valley Wells.
  The couple had one son, Leland, who married Hazel Llyons Parker.  They live in Obregon, Mexico.
  Ernest Anderson later married again, to Helmi Kramer.  They had two children, Van Boris and Jean Marlin.
  Ernest Anderson died on June 2, 1980.  He is buried in San Antonio, Texas
              Margaret Anderson Davisson
              Spring, Texas
              Sandra Louise Anderson Wetzig
              Carrizo Springs
         

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots pg 133-134 Thomas Jefferson and Lillie Louie Beach Allen

The Thomas Jefferson Allen Family.  Left to right: Othella "Annie Lee," Marion, Lillie Louise Beach Allen holding Ruth, Orrene (back), J. B., Thomas Jefferson Allen, and Ona B. (Photo courtesy Charles Allen)

  Thomas Jefferson Allen was the son of James and Mary Ann Key Allen.  He was born in Gonzales County, Texas on August 30, 1865, and came to Dimmit County with his family in 1883.
  The Allens had homesteaded a number of ranches in Dimmit County, but gradually each of the older sons had moved away, selling their property to the other members of the family remaining in Dimmit County.  Thomas, the youngest of the seven children, eventually came to own all of the Allen land.
  Thomas's mother, Mary Ann Key Allen, developed poor health and went to Van Horn, Texas to live with her daughter Laura Allen Hall and her family.  While visiting his mother there, T.J. met Lillie Louise Beach, daughter of one of the founders of Van Horn.  Rosa Lee Wylie, author of HIstory of Van Horn, describes J.H. Beach as "a very influential man, one might refer to him as the father of Van Horn as he started so many enterprises...and the Beach mountains were named for him."
  T.J. and Lillie were married August 30, 1898.  The Tom Allen Family lived on the Dimmit County ranch until 1918.  The they moved into Carrizo Springs.  Tom traded some of his land to Tom Gardner for a home, the one on Houston Street presently owned by Kirby and Billie McAlister, and other property, including: service station, garage, machine shop combination; one truck; one Maxwell car; and two jitneys - a taxi service.  Later Tom sold his business to Houston Marney and Warren Holmgreen.  He traded the balance of his ranchland for a farm west of Carrizo Springs.
  The Allens had eight children:  Oma Orrene, Ona Blythe, Marion Thomas, twins Othella and Ozella "Annie Lee,"  James Beach, Nannie Ruth, Reba Elizabeth, and Charles Carroll.
  Oma Orrene Allen was born August 2, 1899 in Cotulla, Texas.  She married I.J. "Ikey" New on November 25, 1920. Ikey came to Dimmit County in 1910.  The couple had tow children, Laxton and Gwendolyn.  They moved to the Pearsall, Texas area in the 1940's.
  Ona Blythe Allen was born August 26, 1903 in Cotulla.  She died in January of 1929.
  Marion Thomas Allen was born April 3, 1905 at the ranch.  He married Bertha Mae Pierce on June 21, 1927.  Her parents, George and Dona Bell Pierce, were early residents of Dimmit County.  Marion and Bertha Mae had four children: Marion, George, Douglas, and Camilla.  They lived in Pleasanton, Texas.
  Ozella and Othella Allen, twins, were born September 29, 1906 in Cotulla.  Othella died in infancy and is buried in the Church Yard Cemetery in Prairie View.
  Ozella's name was changed to Annie Lee Allen.  She married Robert B. Landrum Jr. Robert Sr. died November 12, 1958.
  James Beach "J.B." Allen was born July 30, 1909 in Van Horn.  He married Vera Estelle Barnes on October 6, 1934.  They had two sons, Thomas J. and James B. H. B. Allen died October 19, 1968.
  Nannie Ruth Allen was born February 28, 1913 in Cotulla. She married DAvid Grider on August 28, 1938.  They had two children, DAvid J. and CArol Ann.  DAvid and David J. Grider are both deceased.  Ruth lives in Hemet, California.
  Reba Elizabeth Allen was born July 24, 1914 at the ranch.  She married Alvin W. Christ.  They had three children: Allen, Winetta, and CAtherine.  Reba Allen Christ lives in Hemet, California.
  Charles Carroll Allen was born August 30, 1920 in Carrizo Springs.  He married Faydelle Box (see separate story).
  Tom Allen was a deacon in the Baptist Church and all of his family were members there.  Tom and another man hauled in a gave to the Catholic congregation a load of lumber for the original Catholic Church in Carrizo Springs.
  Tom Allen died on March 11, 1926.  Lillie Louise Beach Allen died on July 6, 1936.  All of Tom and Lillie's children have moved from Dimmit County except for the J.B. Allens, Annie Lee Landrum, and Charles Allen.  Annie Lee Landrum and Vera Allen live together on the J.B. Allenfarm in Dimmit County.  Charles lives in Carrizo Springs.
                                               Charles Allen
                                                Carrizo Springs.

Ó Meadhra Irish Clan (O'Meara, O'Mara and others) facebook group

History and photos of the clan O'Meadhra and other anglicised names.  All Clan members join.  Upload history and photos to share along with stories.  This is also a good place to find family history and do genealogy.

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots pg 132-133 James and Mary Ann Key Allen

Photo is of James Allen.  (photo courtesy Charles Allen)


                                    JAMES AND MARY ANN KEY ALLEN

  James Allen married Mary Ann Key in February of 1852 in Alabama.  They had one child born in Alabama, then moved to Gonzales, County, Texas in the mid-1850's.
  The Allens had seven children:  Henry Clarence, Sarah Elizabeth, Augustus "Gus" Key, Laura Jane, Marion Jackson, Lillian Lee, and Thomas Jefferson.
  Henry Clarence Allen was born November 20, 1852.  He married Annetta C. Miller on December 10, 1874.  Henry died September 3, 1923.
  Sarah Elizabeth Allen was borne June 24, 1856.  She died as an infant.
  Augustus "Gus" Key Allen was born June 24, 1857.  He married Mollie Ann Scales in 1881.  Gus died September 29,1939.
  Laura Jane Allen was born January 9, 1858.  She married H. W. Oliver in 1880.  After his death, she married Robert Luther Hall on February 28, 1887.  Laura Jane died April 11, 1921.
  Marion Jackson Allen was born March 2, 1861.  He married Jane Stacey.  Marion died September 7, 1932.
  Lillian Lee Allen was born November 26, 1863.  She married Thomas I. McMillan in 1882.
  Thomas Jefferson Allen was born August 30, 1865.  He married Lillie Louise Beach (see separate story).
  James Allen, the father of this family, died in 1868.  Clarence, the oldest son, came to Dimmit County and looked over the area in late 1882.  He probably visited the Halls, who had been neighbors in Gonzales County.  He returned home and told the family about the area.
  Mary Ann Key Allen and her four sons and their families came by wagon to Dimmit County, driving their livestock with them.   Mary Ann and three sons homesteaded 160 acres each.  Tom, the youngest, was only 18, not old enough to homestead, so he stayed with his mother.  Their neighbors were the Halls, Vespers, Wests, Trammels, Browns, Gardners, Grahams, Wards, McMains, Williamses, and others.
  The acreage they homesteaded was next to the Halls in the community known as Prairie View or Puddin'.  Two orphan boys, George and Alex Emms, came with the Allens.   After tow years, George the oldest, left.  Alex lived on with the Allens and later married Camilla.  Clarence Allen's daughter.
  The first year they lived in tents while they built their homes, cleared land, and constructed pens and a barn with a loft, for which they used split logs.  They had to live on the land for five years in order to receive title to it.  Later they bought more land and leased some, as well.  They received one lease free for 10 years for fencing the land.
  Gus Allen was the first to leave Dimmit County.  His wife did not like the country, and said everything had thorns to stick you and that all the animals and insects would bite or sting, and that there was at least one rattlesnake under each bush.  When she found a rattlesnake under her table while preparing a meal, that was the last straw.  She told her husband, Gus, "Lets get out of here", and they moved to Oklahoma, her home.
  Clarence and his family were the next to move.  They went to Batesville, Texas.  Then Marion and his family moved to Midland, Texas.  As each family left, they sold out to other members of the family.
  Tom, the youngest, became owner of the entire ranch.  His mother developed ill health and moved out to Van Horn, Texas to live with her daughter Laura Allen hall.
                                                                                   Charles Allen
                                                                                    Carrizo Springs.

O'Meara O'Mara Clan of Tipperary, Ireland.

This is my 4th great grand mother who came from Tipperary Ireland.  I am looking for information about her and my family before she came to America and married my ggggrandfather.  Here is what I know.
  Does anyone have information on her father, John O'Meara or her Mother Ellen McDonald.  I am wondering if I am part of an Irish clan in Tipperary.

Birth:	Nov. 1, 1849 County Tipperary, Ireland
Death:	Oct. 17, 1921 Carrizo Springs Dimmit County Texas, USA
Father: John O'MEARA ; Mother: Ellen MCDONALD ANNIE O'MEARA MARRIED HENRY CALVIN VIVIAN 16 Aug 1866 Goliad, Goliad, Texas Children of Annie and Henry Calvin Vivian Lloyd Edward (Eddie) Vivian. born May 22, 1867, Goliad Co., Texas; Died January 5, 1905 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County, Texas

Mu Tea (Herb Tea)

Boil one package of Mu Tea in 32 ounces of water for 10-20 minutes.  Serve.  It can be re-heated and the grounds can be used a second time.  A most yang beverage, Mu Tea contains "Gin-seng" and 15 other medicinal plants.

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots pg 132 Gene and Vida Jo Sharp Allen

  Gene Allen, son of Samuel DAvid and Julia Wirkus Allen, was born December 26, 1919.  The Allens came to Rio Vista Farm, six miles south of Big Wells, 1931.  Genes attended school in Big Wells until the ninth grade, then moved to Catarina, where he graduated from high school.  He moved to Carrizo Springs in 1939 to work for Earl Hutchinson.
  Gene and Vida Jo Sharp were married in March of 1943.  Vida Jo, the daughter of John William and Jemima Garner Sharp, was born on June 11, 1924.  Vida Jo graduated from Carrizo Springs High School.
  Gene served in the Navy for two and half years during World War II.  He returned to Carrizo Springs in 1947.
  Gene and Vida Jo established a livestock transportation business which has been in continuous operation for over 30 years.  The firm has served customers in Dimmit and surrounding counties.
  Gene and Vida Jo Allen had one child, Sammy.  He was attending Texas Tech when he met and married Barbara Eikel, daughter of E.O. and Margaret Eikel of New Braunfels, Texas.  Sammy taught in the Carrizo Springs school for several years and is now the owner and operator of Allen Tire Center and Allen Conoco in Carrizo Springs.  The Allens have three children:  Victoria, Rene, and Earnest.
                                                                                              Myram Sharp Uppencamp
                                                                                               Carrizo Springs.

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots pg 132 Charles Carroll and Faydella Box Allen.

 Photo is on page 32 of Dimmit County Mesquite Roots.  The Charles Carroll Allen family.  Left to right: Terry Lee, Charles, Al, Randy, Charla, and Faydelle Box Allen (Photo courtesy Charles Allen)


                                              CHARLES CARROLL AND FAYDELLE BOX ALLEN

  Charles Carroll Allen was the ninth child born to Thomas Jefferson and LIllie Louise Beach Allen of Dimmit County.  He was born in Carrizo Springs on August 30, 1920.
  Charles married Faydelle Box on January 15, 1943.  Her family had moved to Dimmit County from Llano, Texas in 1934.
  Charles and Faydelle Allen had four children:  Albert Newton, Randall Clay, Charla CArroll, and Terry Lee.
  Albert Newton Allen was born August 8, 1946.  He graduated from Texas A&M and was in the Army Corps of Engineers, where he served three years and spent on e year in Vietnam.  He was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant.  Albert married Susan Guyler and they had one child.  Charles CArroll Allen II.  They were divorced and he married Debbie Duncan.  They and their daughter, Rachel, live in Houston, Texas.
  Randall Clay Allen was born October 4, 1949.  He attended Texas A&M and married Liz Leonard.  They have twin boys, Clay and Thain.  The family lives in Houston.
  Charla CArroll Allen was born March 7, 1953.  She finished college and married Jack Adams II of Crystal City, Texas.  They have two children, Heather and Jack III.  The family lives in Uvalde, Texas.
  Terry Lee Allen was born March 4, 1956.  She married Jams Coleman of Crystal City.  They have one daughter, Virginia.   The family lives in La Pryor, Texas.
  All four children and their parents were members of the First Baptist Church of Carrizo Springs.
  Charles is the only member of the Allen family who never left Dimmit County, except for the three years he spent in the Merchant Marines in World War II.  He bought the Dimmit County Locker Plant in 1951 and is still operating it today.  After she was employed in the Style Shop in Carrizo Springs for some time, Faydelle finally bought it, and spends most of her time there.
                                                                                                                  Charles Allen
                                                                                                                    Carrizo Springs

Dimmit County Mesquite Roots Lonnie and Lela Kellogg Allee

page  131 of the book and continued on page 132.

  Lela Kellogg was the daughter of Samuel Hayes and Margaret Elizabeth Rae Kellogg, who lived in Dimmit County prior to 1880.  She married Lonnie Allee.
  Lonnie and Lela Allee had six children:  Elbert Joe, Margaret, Alfred, Ruby, Julia, and Warren.
  Elbert Joe and Margaret allee passed away at an early age.
  Alfred Allee and wife, Pearl, live in Carrizo Springs, where they retired after his lifetime of service to the Texas Rangers.
  Ruby Allee married a man named Avant and they had one daughter, Sylvia, who lives in California.  Ruby lives in Dilley, Texas.
  Julia Allee married a man named Wells, and they had two children, Barry and Janice Kay. They live in Houston.
  Warren Allee married Mable Eardley.
                                        Maurine Kellogg Gardner
                                         Carrizo Springs
                                         Margaret Anderson Davidsson
                                          Spring, Texas.

Mugwort Tea Recipe

Pick 1 ounce of mugwort leaves.  Wash and boil in 5 ounces of water about 10 minutes.  Salt to taste.  Mugwort leaves may be dried and kept for years.

Lotus Root Balls

1 1/2 cups lotus root (grated)
1 cup minced onion
1 tsp salt
11/2 cups wholewheat flour
Mix the above ingredients well.  Form into little balls and deep fry.
Can also be made with carrots.

Buckwheat Noodles with Bechamel Sauce

1 lb buckwheat noodles
2 tsp oil
1 carrot (sliced diagonally)
2 onions (sliced thin)
1/2 small cauliflower (sliced in flowerettes)
2 tsp salt

Saute onions, carrots and cauliflower in oil.  Prepare sauce Bechamel as below.   Blend with the vegetables and add salt.   Place cooked soba in a covered casserole and pour the vegetable mixture over them.  Bake 30-40 minutes in a 250 degree oven.

Bechamel Sauce

3 T whole wheat flour
3 T oil
2 1/2 cups water
Tamari and salt to taste

Add flour to hot oil and saute, stirring constantly until browned.  Cool, add water and cook until thick, season.

Homemade Buckwheat Noodles

1 lb buckwheat flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
a little water

Mix all ingredients and knead over, and over until smooth and shiny.  Roll out to about 1/10th of an inch in thickness, roll up and slice as thin as possible.  Drop into boiling water until done.  Drain and separate by pouring cold water over them and drain in a colander. Very simple. :)

Rice and Aduki Pudding

1 cup rice
1/4 cup aduki beans
1/2 teaspoon salt
5-6 parts water (pressure cooking)
12 cups water (boiled)

Pressure cook 30 minutes or boil 1 hour or more, until beans are soft.  Add salt when done, and simmer a little longer.