I believe, above all other things, that I am what I am because of the personalities  from whom I have drawn my being, my likes, my dislikes, my talents and the various  other reactions of my nature, mental, physical and spiritual. I also believe that the  more I can learn of the characters who have preceded me in this life, and about their  struggles, their trials, their temptations and their triumphs, their modes of life,  their sympathies, their associations and their environment, the better I am qualified  to meet the emergencies and the changes of my own life; for therein lies my knowledge  to the cause and source of my own reactions which need my curbing, or my guidance.  Antidotes, stories, pictures, achievements, successes, and even failures, the loves,  the hates, the difficulties, the disasters and the romances concerning our immediate,  as well as the more remote ancestors; all have had their peculiar share in shaping  and forming our own personalities. Each of us know perfectly well about some of the  more likeable tendensies and expressions of our natures, so knowing about them, it is  more easy for us to cultivate and improve them by persistant watchfulness.

Beatitudes of a Family Historian

Blessed are the ancestors who saved the ships' list and port-of-entry records.     For they tell how, why, when, whence, and where they came. Blessed are the forfathers who fought for our independence,
     For thus we became a nation.
 Blessed are the great grandfathers who were elected to public office,     For thus were our freedoms preserved.
 Blessed are the great grandmothers who recorded the births, marriages, and  deaths in the family Bible,
     For this is our continuity.
 Blessed are the grandparents who keep alive the family legends and traditions,     For this is our legacy.
 Blessed are the mothers and fathers who preserve family records and nourish the  love of kith and kin,
     For such is a lesson in loyalty.
 Blessed are the "Cousins" who answer quaries, fill out ancestry charts and  family sheets, and share the family anecdotes,
     For thus we learn our relationship.
 Blessed are those saintly librarian and guardian angels of court house records  who welcome ancestor-hunters,
     For thus we document our data.
 Blessed are those children who honor their parents and patiently listen to  thrice told tales of good and old days.
     For the honoring is a commandent of our Heavenly Father, and the listening  with patience is a joy to hearts of the parents.





Credits: Thanks to these people for shareing their imformation and pictures. W. D. HOWARD
 LARRY KASPER
 KIM AUERBACH
 BOBBY J. WADSWORTH
 ALVARADO, TEXAS LIBRARY
 WAXIHATCHIE, TEXAS LIBRARY
 VELMA WILLIAMS
 CHAROLOTTE TOLEDO
 MAUREEN REEVES BURNETT
 JUDY REEVES PARSLEY
 JACKI REEVES CRAYNE
 NANNIE VIRGINIA REEVES
 JIM REEVES
 CHARLIE & JANIE REEVE
 JOYCE & EDWIN VOSS