Jesse Clarence Brothers
Surnames: BROTHERS, POOL, MILLERMAN, WRIGHT, SHIELDS, GARRETT, McKINNEY, MENEFEE, BARCLAY, HARLANJesse Clarence Brothers (called "Boog"), b September 14, 1883, at Stranger, Falls County, Texas, d January 21, 1953, and buried in Stranger Cemetery - was a son of Taylor Franklin and Lenora Elizabeth ("Nora" Pool) Brothers. "Boog" married Marguerite Ann Millerman, b July 18, 1886, at Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, d April 23, 1962, and buried by her husband in Stranger Cemetery - a daughter of Charles Arrister and Dora (Wright) Millerman.
They were the parents of two children:
Marie Brothers - who married Martin L. Shields.
Frankie Lou Brothers, b May 31, 1916, at Stranger - married August 20, 1930, at Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas to James Leonard Garrett, b July 22, 1912, at Stranger, Falls County Texas, d February 17, 1983, in Marshall, Texas and buried in Stranger Cemetery in Falls County.
"Boog" was a farmer by profession all his life. During the time his children were in school in Stranger, his family resided in the built by William M. McKinney, whose wife had been deeded the land by her parents. David A. and Dorcas V. (Menefee) Barclay. The two-story home was located just in front of the original Barclay log cabin at Stranger. Some of the most enjoyable social occasions in the Stranger Community were when "Boog" and Ann would clear out a couple of rooms in their home, engage a fiddler's band - joined by harmonicas - for dancing; and card tables set up in the other room for playing dominoes and "42." Later, "Boog" and Ann moved to the early home of her parents near the Harlan Gin in the Blue Ridge Community, where they lived until their deaths.
Typed by Kay Cunningham
Some biographies from "Families of Falls County", compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission.
Permission granted to Theresa Carhart by the Falls County Historical Commission, for use on this page.
