Grayson County TXGenWeb

Texas and Pacific Railroad

The following was contributed by Mr. Marvin Woodard of Texarkana, Arkansas, who was employed as an engineer by this railroad.

This division on the TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILROAD went west from Texarkana to Clarksville, to Paris, to Bonham, to Sherman, to Whitesboro,
to Denton, and on to Ft. Worth, Texas.

Records of the Texas and Pacific Railroad

The dates at the end of each name indicate the date of employment. Some of these men stayed with the railroad as long as they could physically work. One story Mr. Woodard stated was one engineer said at age of 75 years young that if he could just last another ten years, he would have his family pretty well set.

The very earliest date listed for this division of the railroad was 12 July 1884. In some of the list, names appear more than once as they advanced from firemen up to engineer, as did J. P. Zimmerman, who was hired as fireman in 2 August 1908 and advanced up to engineer
19 January 1920.

Published by the First State Bank, Bonham, Texas, abt 1920
The Guaranty Fund Bank - Capital $200,000 with a surplus of $100,000.00.
President, T. B. Williams; Vice President, T. R. Caldwell,
Vice President, M. C. Spivey, and Cashier, I. W. Evans.

Engineers

Wright, WM - 7/12/1884	Temple, Sherman - 12/24/1906
Hartley, H - 9/11/1884	Webb, G. D. - 1/19/1907
Caudle, J. L. - 8/31/1885	Cash, W. O. - 2/26/1907
Hilburn, Pat - 2/4/1887	Turbyfill, J. R. - 2/28/1907
Edwards, Jno - 11/16/1888	Herring, Osia - 6/29/1907
Smith, J. J. - 6/8/1890	Hilburn, F. W. - 7/26/1907
Smith, W. A. - 10/10/1894	Mathews, A. W. - 8/13/1907
Mathews, B. E. - 8/1/1897	Payn, H. M. - 9/26/1908
Delk, E. H. - 8/4/1897	Cowley, J. H. - 9/26/1908
Simmons, J. L. - 7/26/1899	Roach, Ed - 10/3/1910
Moore, H. P. - 8/4/1899	Garner, W. S. - 12/20/1910
Hays, Charles - 10/17/1900	Brothers, Tom - 12/24/1911
Cromwell, Frank - 12/23/1900	Smallwood, R. J. - 3/10/1904
Jordan, T. H. - 1/3/1901	Bryant, J. H. - 1/12/1913
Donavan, M. - 1/22/1901	Swoape, McKinney - 1/26/1913
Voyles, C. F. - 2/8/1901	Moore, Max - 2/14/1914
Wood, F. H. - 2/20/1901	Henderson, Pete - 2/15/1914
Millis, C. D. - 11/1/1902	Powell, T. W. - 1/18/1920
Gremm, Claude - 12/22/1902	Zimmerman, J. P. - 1/19/1920
Cecil, W. B. - 12/24/1902	Attinger, F. W. - 1/20/1920

Fireman

Wemple, A. J. - 1/1/1887	Smallwood, J. R. - 1/22/1907	Essary, W. J. - 1/28/1918
Reinhardt, John - 9/15/1889	Moore, Max - 3/10/1907	Wade, J. W. - 2/24/1918
Moore, C. H. - 12/8/1889	Swope, McKinney - 4/26/1907	Matlock, H. H. - 4/21/1918
Swope, Lafayette - 10/30/1890	Tanner, L. L. - 5/16/1907	Johnson, C. - 6/26/1918
Lilley, D. M. - 12/4/1890	Powell, T. W. - 5/28/1907	Black, T. K. - 6/30/1918
Black, T. O. - 3/30/1890	Henderson, Pete - 6/17/1907	Caudle, J. L., Jr. - 10/22/1918
Johnson, L. P. - 9/5/1892	Zimmerman, J. P. - 8/22/1908	Wade, C. L. - 1/21/1919
Collett, W. B. - 1/1/1893	Attinger, F. W. - 8/22/1908	Pryer, W. C. - 2/4/1919
Redinger, Joe - 11/8/1895	Allen, J. H. - 8/30/1909	Crowell, W. O. - 3/24/1919
Moyer, I. N. - 3/1/1897	Hutcherson, R. G. - 12/1/1909	Wilburn, Jack - 8/3/1919
Ladd, C. L. - 7/1/1897	Cole, G. F. - 12/3/1909	Hughes, Morris - 9/20/1919
Hillburn, F. W. - 1/1/1898	Chitwood, B. S. - 12/24/1909	Smith, C. H. - 11/18/1919
Alexander, Thos - 1/1/1899	Cockerham, T. W. - 2/31/1909	Wyles, W. W. - 12/21/1919
Young, Frank - 8/22/1899	Choate, S. F. - 1/7/1910	Kelley, Walter - 12/22/1919
Little, Nancy - 11/15/1899	Quillin, J. T. - 10/5/1910	Medsley, W. R. - 12/27/1919
Hering, Osia - 10/3/1900	Phillips, G. C. - 10/6/1910	Yancey, J. C. - 1/6/1920
Temple, Sherman - 1/7/1901	Parish, R. W. - 10/13/1910	Nicholas, J. L. - 1/8/1920
Bimmerman, C. L. - 1/20/1901	Bragg, A. W. - 1/12/1911	Sumpter, Jessie - 1/12/1920
Webb, G. D. - 1/24/1901	Hughes, W. C. - 2/1/1912	Franklin, G. - 1/14/1920
Cash, W. O. - 8/28/1901	Jackson, J. L. - 5/12/1912	Bragg, Hubert - 1/16/1920
Turbyfill, J. R. - 8/31/1901	Crow, J. F. - 1/10/1913	Essary, Joe - 1/17/1920
Mathews, A. W. - 11/3/1902	Ludwig, W. H. - 6/30/1914	Porter, Stansbury - 5/15/1920
Bryant, J. H. - 12/3/1902	Phillips, J. T. - 9/10/1916	Pierce, John - 6/30/1920
Payne, H. M. - 1/4/1903	Nanny, B. F. - 9/21/1917	Hall, W. A. - 7/16/1920
Cowley, J. H. - 7/3/1905	Vinson, R. L. - 11/4/1917	Burton, Aubrey - 8/10/1920
Boykin, B. M. - 9/10/1905	Smith, C. W. - 11/16/1917	Robinson, Chas - 8/22/1920
Roach, Ed - 1/28/1906	Swope, Chas - 11/27/1917	Webb, E. E. - 8/31/1920
Garner, W. S. - 2/4/1906	Guthrie, G. T. - 12/1/1917
Ivey, J. R. - 8/27/1906	Sterling, H. L. - 12/24/1917
Brothers, Tom - 8/28/1906	Taylor, J. N. - 12/26/1917

Brakemen

Walker, H. - 9/2/1905	Cashion, R. M. - 9/1/1911	Clark, S. G. - 2/19/1918	Strother, J. W. - 5/26/1920
Driscoll, Ed - 8/3/1897	Guyer, H. - 9/4/1911	Dearing, V. - 10/23/1918	McAlister, T. C. - 5/10/1920
Cadwallader, J. R. - 11/13/1903	Ramsey, G. C. - 9/4/1911	Bachert, G. W. - 12/5/1918	Boatner, Jess - 9/5/1920
Condon, S. S. - 6/15/1907	Harrison, D. - 9/4/1911	Nixon, D. R. - 12/22/1918	Baxter, G. E. - 9/6/1920
Williams, H. R. - 9/26/1907	Hawk, E. A. - 11/7/1911	Hinds, Jno. - 12/24/1918
Anderson, H. A. - 11/13/1903	Smith, J. W. - 3/29/1912	Scholfield, G. L. - 1/25/1919
Tobin, L. F. - 8/6/1908	Marr, E. H. - 4/13/1912	Wilson, V. M. - 3/14/1919
Britt, H. - 9/29/1908	Jackson, J. D. - 5/5/1912	Hitchcock, R. C. - 10/13/1919
Springer, J. T. - 2/13/1909	Smith, G. H. - 5/17/1913	Kizer, R. B. - 10/20/1919
Maher, T. F. - 7/29/1908	Conley, Jr. B. M. - 12/20/1915	Hewlett, W. E. (Shug) - 10/27/1919
Bacon, I. B. - 8/6/1908	Jordan, G. C. - 5/2/1917	Taylor, L. E. - 12/9/1919
Cecil, J. T. - 11/9/1909	Dollar, L. W. - 6/20/1917	Johnson, E. R. - 12/20/1919
Weidman, G. G. - 12/20/1909	Oates, H. F. - 8/19/1917	Baldwin, G. A. - 1/3/1920
Fletcher, E. G. - 1/18/1910	Swope, L. M. - 7/21/1917	Lamar, R. - 1/11/1920
Hitchcock, D. S. - 6/30/1910	Quinn, J. B. - 9/2/1917	Croft, V - 1/17/1920
Bryant, W. - 10/6/1910	Edwards, Jr. J. J. - 10/1/1917	Parsons, M. V. - 1/11/1920
Harris, D. D. - 6/26/1911	Stevens, M. L. - 10/10/1917	Hill, O. R. - 1/23/1920
Short, W. S. - 7/4/1911	Cortner, V. W. - 11/23/1917	Ives, A. - 3/1/1920
Repette, A. F. - 8/11/1911	Moss, J. H. - 12/6/1917	Vaughn, H. C. - 3/20/1920
Wright, H. F. - 8/28/1911	Jones, E. T. - 12/8/1917	Rodgers, E. V. - 5/15/1920

:Conductors

Johnson, C. R. - 5/1890	Conley, B. M. - 7/23/1899	Bundy, G. S. - 8/18/1908
Paullin, M. - 6/15/1891	Shields, D. H. - 8/15/1900	Shaver, V. - 9/28/1908
Smith, T. M. - 7/5/1891	Hacket, P. J. - 12/31/1900	Rasberry, Wm. - 12/4/1909
Hinds, Wm -	Crouch, W. B. - 2/9/1901	Rohrer, C. L. (Shorty) - 2/7/1910
Sanders, Z. - 11/4/1894	Waller, J. L. - 6/12/1901	James, D. V. - 3/12/1910
Thorn, J. V. - 12/20/1895	Kraemer, S. - 8/24/1903	Lowery, M. A. - 10/26/1911
Vanston, J. J. - 9/30/1896	Nicholas, R. R. - 9/2/1903	Quigley, C. M. - 10/27/1911
Jones, W. L. - 8/7/1897	Lawson, L. A. - 5/20/1904	Aldrich, A - 11/16/1911
Hoy, J. D. - 8/10/1897	Kraemer, S. - 8/24/1903	Street, J. T. - 2/16/1912
Hill, F. W. - 12/22/1897	Lowery, J. W. - 9/12/1905
Southerland, P. W. - 6/8/1899	Burton, Geo. - 4/15/1907

file from Vicki Richards

Along one side of the brochure were the following advertisements:

H. L. Rodgers Co. - Clothes for men and boys;S. W. Corner Square, Phone 224
Gem Cafe - Sam Arledge, Prop.
Zidell's - The home of "Style Without Extravagance", West Side of square, Bonham, Texas
Lyon - Gray Lumber Co. (Inc.) Dealers in lumber, business established by Captain O. T. Lyon in 1876.
*Bonham, Texas - You know me - Sid Smith, phone #5
Willson's Drug Store, "The Rexall Store". - S. Main St., Phone 33; "If it belongs in a drug store, we have it".
The Best and Queen Theaters - Good Pictures the year round. Claud Oldham, mgr.
Lane's Confectionery - West side square
Hoffman's California Bulk Chocolates -Betsy Ross and Johnston's Candy
Trade with Hooper's Drug Store - "The Workingman's Friend". Phone 97 - Bonham, Texas
Graham - Crawford Co. -Roundhouse Overalls, Hansen Gloves, Dependable Footwear; Come in and see us!
Everybody's Garage - Open all night. Ladies rest room. Storage, Accessories, Washing, Tires
L. L. Peterson - Fine Candies, Home made ice cream. Southeast corner of the square