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ALBRECHT, LEO L.
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Leo was one of six children born to Henry
and Rosie Hruska Albrecht. His father was
born at Lyons, Texas in 1893; his mother was
also born at Lyons in 1893. They were
married in 1914 in the Immanual Lutheran
Church at Lyons. In 1925 they left the family
farm and moved via freight train to Clifton,
where they settled on a farm in the Womack
community near the W.T. Ragsdale place.
After farming there for a few years, they
moved to a farm in the Pleasant Hill-Cayote
community. In 1943 they left the farm and
moved to Arlington where Henry died in
1972, and Rosie died in 1975. Both are buried
in Moore Memorial Garden in Arlington.
After graduating from Clifton High School
in 1936 and attending Tarleton College in
Stephenville for two years, Leo went to work
at Farmers State Bank in Clifton. Two years
later when the World War II draft came
along, he volunteered for the Army Air Corps
and was stationed at Lindberg Field, San
Diego, California, when Japan bombed Pearl
Harbor. In 1942, stationed at Hobbs, New
Mexico, Army Air Corps Base, he married
Clara Lammert in the home of the bride's
parents in Clifton.
Clara's parents, Henry and Martha Goeke
Lammert, were born in Germany. They came
with their parents to the United States in
about 1884 and settled in Washington
County near Brenham. Henry and Martha
married in 1902. They moved to Bosque
County in 1913 and purchased a farm in the
Garnersville community east of Clifton.
Henry died in 1966, and Martha died in 1967.
Both are buried in the Clifton Cemetery.
After World War II, Leo and Clara came
back to Clifton to make their home, and Leo
resumed his work at Farmers State Bank. He
continued to work there, holding positions of
cashier and vice-president, until he retired in
1979. After residing about twenty-two years
on North Avenue Q, the family moved in 1972
to West 19th Street, which is the family home
at the present time. All these years the
Albrechts have been active members of the
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clifton.
by Leo L. Albrecht
ALEXANDER FAMILY
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Research has revealed that the old family
name Alexander is of Scottish origin and
dates back to 1150 AD. Long a popular
baptismal name in Scotland, it was adopted
as a family name by several Scottish clans.
Probably the most famous of persons bearing
this name was one William Alexander, who
was active in the colonization of what is nowknown as Nova Scotia. Many persons in our
country claim direct descent from him.
William Harrel Alexander (1841-1923) and
Leah Kelly (1885-1916) were married at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Kelly,
in Newton County, Mississippi, in 1870 by
Rev. Shelba King.
Sheets from business ledgers found in an
antique family Bible, using dates in the very
early 1880's, indicate William was a business-
man before leaving Mississippi and coming
112to Bosque County. This includes inform
from a shoe cobbler's ledger and a gin
William and Leah Alexander travel
train to Whitney, Texas, and by co
wagon on to the extreme east secti
Bosque County arriving in 1884. TI
where William and his sons began far
To the union of William and Leah
born eight children: Lula who married
Bonds; Samuel who married Dora C
John who married Jessie Grant; Fred
married Ola Burgamy; Cora who marrie
Baty; Walter who married Onie Findley
who married Virgie Turner; and May
died at the age of two years. Four of thei
and two daughters were born before
family arrived in Bosque County, and o
and one daughter were born after their a
here.
Almost simultaneous with the arrival
Alexander family to the Smith Bend co
nity, the first schoolhouse and church b
ing were built in that community.
Baptists were the first group to estt
there, and William Alexander was onec
first deacons to serve the congregation
Many of William and Lean Alexar
grandchildren served our country in va
branches of military service during V
War II, and great-great grandsons serve
the Korean and Viet Nam wars.
The only survivors of the children
William and Leah are the widows of Joh
Walter Alexander. Jessie Alexander re
in Waco and Onie Alexander makes her
near Knoxville, Tennessee. John Alexa
who was their second son is the only o
William and Leah's children to have
generations to survive him.
After their health began to fail, Wi
and Leah made their home with one of
daughters, Cora, and her husband, Ben
Their deaths occurred in the early 1900
both are buried in the Smith-Bend-
Creek Cemetery which is only a few
from the place they first settled upon
arrival in Bosque County.
by Dollye Alexander McFa4
ALLEN, CHARLES B.
Charles Beeson Allen, more comn
known as C.B. or Charlie, was born in
near Scottsboro, Alabama, the son of Jo
Allen and Mary Watson. In 1902, he
carrying the U.S. Mail to a general mercy
store on Sand Mountain near Dutton,
bama. In that store, there was a small ar
aside for and used as a post office for
residents. Amanda D. Hughes, daught
the owner of the store, "kept" the post <
and delivered the mail when people callit. Thus, Charlie Allen and Amanda Hi
met, fell in love, and married. Charlie
relatives in Coryell County, near Tu
sville, Texas, and it was there they we
start a family and make a new life
themselves. This was in 1901. Upon arri
Charlie got work on the Humes Ranc
worked for wages until he could save a
money for stock and tools to begin far
With hard work and determination, h
able to move to Clifton, Bosque Couni
a farm owned by a Dr. Moore. This farn
in what was known at that time as Negrration School District, later known as Pleasant Hill
book. School District, east of Clifton. For a number
ed by of years he lived there, farming the land, and
vered the children attended Pleasant Hill School
on of and Clifton School. Later he moved to the
his is Jameson farm on the road from Clifton to
ming. Cayote. Times were hard, and with a large
were family, there were many years that the family
R.H. had to "make do" on what they had. One year,
)llins; when they had worked hard and long and
who saved a little money, our Dad bought a new
d Ben Ford car. With no garage, we kept that car in
; Bob the barn, which had a drive-through. In a
who short time, the barn caught fire, and not only
r sons did we lose the car, but also the barn and all
e the of the feed we had saved for the winter. That
ne son was a blow, but we made it.
rrival When most of the children had grown up
and left home, our father and mother bought
of the a small farm about five miles south of Clifton,
mmu- where they lived and farmed for two or three
)uild- years. Papa fell and broke his hip in 1941 and
The was no longer able to work. At that time he
ablish and my mother sold the farm and bought a
of the house in Clifton where he lived until he died
1. in 1960 at the age of 82. My mother continued
ider's to live in Clifton until 1966, when she died at
rious the age of 86. Both Mama and Papa are
Vorld buried in the Clifton Cemetery, as well as
ed in their daughter, Dovie, and son, Ray.
To Charlie and Amanda Allen, nine chil-
n of dren were born: 1. Dovie Allen, who died in
n and 1928; 2. Bereth Allen Scherrer, Longview,
sides who in 1983 received a Certificate of Recogni-
home tion from the State Bar of Texas for having
nder, practiced law for fifty years; 3. Thelma Allen
ne of Ten Eyck, deceased; 4. Charlie B. Allen,
four Cranfills Gap, a farmer since 1935; 5. Earle
W. Allen, Fort Worth, who is retired now but
lliam was vice president of Gulf Oil Company for
their many years; 6. Vearle L. Allen, Hobbs, New
Baty. Mexico, now retired, but was engaged inthe
s and oil business for many years in New Mexico
Coon and Hawaii; 7. Sloan R. Allen, who worked for
miles the Highway Department and farmed in
their Clifton; in 1942 he went to work for General
Dynamics, Ft. Worth, until he retired in 1978;
now engaged in farming and ranching in the
dden Norse community; 8. Ray H. Allen, Midland,
who was in sales; died in 1982; 9. Orval 0.
Allen, Indianapolis, chairman and president
of State Automobile Insurance Association
F14 and Statesman Insurance Co.; upon retire-
ment intends to return to Clifton to settle on
a farm next to Sloan Allen.
only The Charlie Allens had four sons serving
1878 in World War II at the same time, Vearle
hn D. (Navy) and Ray (Coast Guard), both in the
was Pacific, and Sloan and Orval, both in the
antile Army in Europe.
Ala-
ea set by Bereth Allen SchererALLEN, EUGENE WOMACK
FAMILYF15
Colonel Eugene Womack Allen, son of
Joseph and Annie Womack Allen, was born
in 1927 at Morgan, Texas. He began school
at Glen Rose in 1933, attended Kopperl
schools from 1934 to 1943, and graduated as
salutatorian of the Meridian High School
Class of 1944. He was class president and
captain of the basketball team.
He began his musical studies at the age of
seven under his father, a school band director
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