Early Families

Nearly all of these people settled in Wilbarger County prior to 1886.

L. P. Bonner
J. T. Lane
H. C. Justin
J. H. Pendleton
E. Lowe
Lon Byars
Dr. B. K. Wood
J. E. Lutz
John R. Wood
E. L. McHugh
Joe Schmidt
F. P. McGhee
Tom Donahoo
C. M. Byars
Bill Bean
Sid Davidson
John Davidson
J. W. Chowning
H. Chowning
J. A. White
L. A. Jaynes
Judge J. A. Nabers
W. C. Creager
W. T. Riddle
Dave Strain
A. C. Swinburn
T. Bunker
the Kinsey brothers
Frank Richardson
Pat Paffrath
Dr. Edwards
J. T. Cameron
J. W. Hedley
A. D. Moore
J. Slagle
B. T. Ansley
Dr. W. T. Dickey
Bion Crego
James Condon
A. C. Sanders
John Carson
Paul Schaub
T. P. Lisman
George Utterback
R. P. Elliott
B. Wilson
_?_ Edgell
Bob Stone
Dick Sanders
J. W. Campbell
Judge J. P. Orr
Ocar Holman
Mace Riddle
E. Ewing
George McTaylor
Marion Rowland
Cal Rowland
D. R. Britt
Dan Rogers
Charlie Wheeler
Marion Millett
H. A. Bell
Jake Smith
G. W. Mears
Pete Heffner
George Colwell
Tom Jones
Will Griffin
W. J. Westmoreland
Andy Laird
L. Davenport
T. L. Stewart
George Creed
J. D. Summerour
Mrs. Virgie Hewitt
J. H. Johnston
C. C. Wells
Paul Hoffle
J. P. King
James R. Tolbert
J. P. Hamilton
J. B. Lockett
J. A. Gilliland
Charlie Lanters
T. M. Ferguson
D. H. H. Rhoads
J. A. Rhoads
J. T. Conn
N. M. Key
D. H. Vaughn
W. E. Gamble
Peter Crawford
Fred Ratliff
J. W. Carrington
L. C. Eakle
A. Thurmond
Charlie Hall
W. W. Greever
D. M. Ferebee
D. R. Britt
J. P. Crawford
A. T. Boger*

*County Commissioner, 1881; several years later appointed sheriff; son A. C. Boger, daughter Mrs. Cecil Storey. Mrs. Boger mentioned but no additional identification. Resided in a double dug out with a wide hall between two large rooms.

Early Residents Before 1930

Though perhaps not as early as the previous settlers, the following early residents are prominently identified with Vernon and Wilbarger, some of them for as long as forty years, all before 1930:

S. W. Mabry
W. C. Johnson
Wm. Denny
J. N. Denny
J. R. Ross
J. H. Watts
John Hull
T. H. Holloway
W. T. Collins
J. P. Starr
E. L. Witty
T. L. Pierce
R. S. Kelly
W. H. Kelly
J. R. Renfro
D. L. Green
T. P. Lisman
C. C. Shive
P. G. Givens
P. T. Smith
F. H. Wright
S. C. Hogsett
W. W. Gilbert
G. M. Blackman
Dr. G. E. Blackman
Shem E. Hatchett
John S. Smith
Dr. J. E. Dodson, Sr.
M. G. Gilbert
Handy Haney
T. J. Youngblood
J. H. Pettit
L. J. Massie
S. L. Mallow
Carl Zipperle
C. T. Herring
B. J. Parker
Capt. J. S. Napier
Monroe King
W. H. Evans
William Crutchfield
John Hammond
J. W. Kerr
Dr. R. W. Hix
C. C. Wells
T. A. Scurlock
T. H. Shive
B. M. Cobb
Dr. R. Taylor
Mrs. L. R. Alexander
Glidden brothers
John W. Abbott
Kester brothers
R. B. Richardson
John Immell
Robert Houssels
T. M. Kell
D. A. Turner
B. Houssels
John Houssels
C. C. Hawley
W. O. Anderson
H. F. McKibbin
P. M. Morris
J. M. Batchelor
L. G. Hawkins
T. J. Lockett
W. G. McDonald
J. V. Townsend
R. Cobb
Judge S. P. Huff
Hon. John H. Stephens
W. D. Berry
J. S. Cook
J. J. Manis
Charlie Sullivan
W. B. Townsend
J. F. White
Judge R. W. Hall
Sam Williams
Joel Fain
S. W. McLarty
Harry Mason
Bob Castlebury
Steve Castlebury
S. Sewell
George Anderson
George M. Dilley
C. T. Smith
J. R. Rothman
George Coleman
C. S. McColloch
R. H. Baskerville
J. W. Coffee
W. A. Ish
Ben Kelly
W. N. Stokes
Joe S. Massie
R. Collins
Taylor Creager
J. C. Sumner
S. A. Naylor
L. E. McCurdy
J. H. Kincheloe
C. C. Shive
Frank Stineman
E. P. Robinson
Wm. Hampton
E. T. Murchison
W. J. Pentor
W. H. Harbison
J. T. Williams, sheriff