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Here we hope to display any old photos of Llano folks. Please consider donating any that you may have. If they are single photographs as the one displayed below, please label it & tell us a little about the subject in it. If you have numerous photos we will attempt to do a "family album" slide-show in which to showcase your pictures. But again remember to label each one with a title as you wish it to be known as & tell us if they should be in any particular order.

Who am I? Do you know me? My photo says I am Miss or Mrs. Tommie Borders. I was a school teacher in the class year of 1901-1902 for what is called Moore's Chapel School according to the Llano history book titled "Llano Gem of the Hill Country" by Wilburn Oatman. Does anyone recognize this lady? If so please contact the current Llano County TXGenWeb page Coordinator Deb.

Below: This photo was found among the belongings of Roberta Beth Law-Sanders. Who are we? We lived in neighboring counties of Burnet, Williamson & Bell. This photo can also be seen on the Burnet Co pg. Does anyone from Llano Co recall who we might be? Please contact the Llano Co Coordinator if you recognize any of these people.

This would have been sent to my McLean family in Fayette County, Georgia from the descendants of Hiram Hampton McLean. Probably from his daughter,
Georgia McLean Spears of Llano. She married Samuel Spears who at one time
was a partner in a law firm with John Hiram McLean of Llano. They had two
daughters, Helen and Lois M. I believe the Helen identified in photo is
their daughter. She was born ca 1895 so this photo is ca 1899/1900 or so.

8 Warden sisters and half sister Elsie Boarders. They are: top left to right - Elsie Borders, Lola, Georgia, Ruby, Clara, Estell. Bottom is: Kate, Mary Lou, Irene.

CATES photos below submitted by Jerry Crabtree with permission from Wendy Cates owner.

Last name of this man is supposed to be "Cox" & is possibly a cousin to the Williams & Bardens. He was a firman as can be noted by his uniform.

Children are either Williams or Barden according to Donna Chapman. One of many unknowns found among her aunt's belongings.

Children possibly triplets (?) Rather unusual for Llano Co area - can anyone identify them? Found among belongings of Donna Chapman's aunt Mabel Ernestine Williams Forehand.

Who is this young lady? Donna has a photo of her grandmother with this same background and is wondering if maybe this is a sister to her grandmother?

The photo below is labeled "1950 Family Reunion" - and has been identified by Donna Chapman as the following: Williams Family Reunion - June 1951 - Standing L to R: Arthur Cleveland Williams, Annie Ruth Williams Shook, Faye Marie Williams Griffin, David Andrew Williams, James Frances Williams, Mabel Ernestine Williams Forehand, Cleo Otly Williams Daugherty, Katie Elizabeth Williams Keng. Seated Left to Right: Mary Abigail Williams Walker, John W. Williams, and Jesse Edward Williams.

Above: Now identified as: Andrew Jefferson Bardin and his family. His Wife was Nancy Elizabeth Garland Riggs. The boys are Alvy, David Elmer, John Henry, Andrew Eugene Bardin. Not in the picture was last son, Jesse R. Bardin. Andrew and his wife lived in Brownwood for many years and are buried in the Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood.

The following 6 photos below related to the McLeod family were submitted by Mike McLeod and Neil McLeod (a short family history can be found under our family history link on main page.)

High school( Hutchinson) Pontotoc Blake and cousins
Photo looks to have been made about 1930-1940

Front row lft to rt: Dorothy Fickling (Aunt Alma"s) Blake Mc, Sadie Mae Draper, -------? -----? and Kathryn Kothman (Aunt Frank's), back row lf to rt ----, Irene Bode, ----, -----, -----

Cercey's las name was Caruth. My Grandfather,Clarence was the oldest.Cercey died in childirth, when she had my Uncle in 1912. He was the last of nine children.John McLeod was a Farrier, his first job when they came to Texas.

McLeod Boys Doctoring a Horse - 1905
The two boys with knickers are Floyd and Lloyd McLeod.. My Grandpa's brothers...Man kneeling with back facing boys,looking down at the horse is my Great Grandfather William McLeod..Man standing with Hat pushed back, wearing vest is my Grt Grandpa Bill Holloway,most all,in the picture are related,Cousins,Uncles,etc.,..Picture was taken in the early 1900's.,Field Creek/Pontotoc Texas..Mike McLeod

Mrs. Marvin McLeod. Her maiden name was Elizabeth (or Carson?) Jennings. The Jennings Family too were early settlers in Mason County. She taught School,and in her later years,was a Substiture Teacher in the Mason ISD. She passed in 1986 and is Buried in Union Band Cemetery in Pontotoc. My Dad's [ Carl]] and uncle Neil were Brothers to Marvin McLeod,Son of Clarence,Son of William, Son of John McLeod of Field Creek and Pontotoc Texas.. Marvin was brother to Carl and Neil McLeod

Who are we? Are we siblings? Girls appear to be same ones on horseback in photo above (?). Photo is marked as "vwhite"

ROCKWELL BROS LUMBER COMPANY - Office - made February, 1924
Owner B. Lange (Right)
Yard Superintendent - Otto Holtzer (Left)
Submitted by Cathy (Holtzer) Elton

Castell School - 1913
(This was in the old Leiningen Community, the first settlement North of the Llano River)
The settlers of this community were German and some of the names were Leifeste, Oestrich, Honig, Hoffman, Miller, Durst, Grote, Jordan, Lange, Grenwelge, Korwierschke, Otto, Schmidt, Sauer, Schussler, Bader, Keyser, Buccholz, Bode, Kassel, Donop, Sirk, Holtzer, Winkel, & Holmig - Source: "Rural Schools and History of Llano County.." by Alline H. Elliott

First row....the little boy in white with the bow is Norman Holtzer.
Second row....the first boy on the left is Emil Holtzer and the last boy on that row to the right is Otto Holtzer.
It would be great if some of the other children could be identified!
Cathy Elton

Donna found this newspaper clipping in a periodical in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City Utah many years ago. Her mom, aunt, and several uncles are in this picture.