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340 Baylor County from Seymour, take Highway 82 east about 9 miles to junction of Highway 183 and Highway 82. Created February 1, 1858; Organized April 23, 1879; named in honor of Dr. Henry W. Baylor 1818-1854; Indian fighter and Ranger captain; served in ...

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1 Early Community Building S. East and E. Morris streets, Seymour Built 1877 by Charles Holman, builder-carpenter from Sweden. Stone was quarried south of town. Over the years, structure housed a school, churches, ... 1396 Edward D. and Mary S. Miller from Seymour, take FM 114 SE about 1 mi. SE to FM 186. Take 1286 S. 1 mi. to Old Seymour on west side of road. Edward D. Miller (1829-1880) Mary S. Miller (1838-1890) One of four couples who were cofounders of town of Seymour; he was born in Tennessee, she ...

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1717 First Christian Church of Seymour 401 N. East St., Seymour Organized March 1880 with 12 members: Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Bandy, Mr. Banteau, Miss May Boone, Judge and Mrs. R. J. Browning, Mr. and Mrs. Buck McEwen, ...

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13899 Mary's Creek School 5 mi. E, cor of FM 1152 and CR 451 In 1906, the Wichita Valley Railroad built from Seymour to Abilene, establishing the town of Bomarton and consolidating settlement here. Mary's Creek ...

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5766 Near Route of The Western Trail from Seymour, take US 82 1 mi north to Roadside Park Principal cattle trail from Texas to Kansas and beyond from 1876 to 1887; superseded the Chisholm Trial after Dodge City replaced Abilene as the ...

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15741 Round Timber Baptist Church .5 mi. S of intersection of FM 2374 and FM 1285 The Round Timber community was named by an unknown early settler for a nearby round clump of oaks located near the Salt Fork of the Brazos River. ... 4361 Round Timber Community from Seymour, take SH 114 SE about 8 mi. to FM 1285 S. - follow FM 1285 to FM 2374, and follow FM 2374 South to Round Timber Cemetery. Named for round clumps of oaks. Pioneered by C. C. (Lum) Mills, 1863, but soon abandoned to Indians, site became the first permanent settlement in ...

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5036 St. John Catholic Church (of Bomarton) from Seymour, take US 277 south about 10 miles to Bomartin & take county road about .25 mi. east to church Established in 1908, when services and Masses were held in Mary's Creek Schoolhouse or in home of Matt Marak. First Church edifice was built 1909, ...

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12745 Westover 16 mi. SE of Seymour at intersection of SH 114 and Hale Rd. Westover Platted in 1910 on the gulf, Texas and Western Railroad, Westover developed into a small market center providing goods and services for ... 12746 Westover School 16 mi. SE of Seymour on SH 114 at Hale Rd. Westover School One-half mile east of this site is the location of the former Westover School, which served students in this part of Baylor County ... 5837 William Lewis Ellis from Seymour, take FM 114 1 mi. SE to FM 1286 - follow FM 1286 S. 1 mi. to Masonic cemetery on E. side of Rd. (January 25, 1861 - August 6, 1916) Sheriff of Baylor County 1912-1916. A champion of the law, he was feared by the many rustlers and bandits in ...