The 130th installment of articles on Kerr County's sesquicentennial is about Elmer Kelton, and Kelton reveals much of his family history. CLICK AND READ IT HERE
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Kerr County Sesquicentennial History
The West Kerr Current series reports on Kerr County history ...
Wellborns' long history filled with fortune, fate and farming
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| Two generations of the Wellborn family — father Thomas (1864-1942). right, and son Henry (1898-1974) — spent their lives ranching in Kerr County. Thomas and his siblings were orphaned young when his parents, Albert Lemuel and Virginia Wellborn, died, and the children were taken in by their grandmother Emeline Moore Coldwell and uncle, Capt. Neal Coldwell, who managed their estate. Albert arrived in Kerr County at around 1859, served in the Civil War, and eventually accumulated a good deal of property which his heirs inherited upon coming of age. |
EDITOR'S NOTE — This is the 125th of a series of articles marking Kerr County's sesquicentennial.
By Irene Van Winkle
West Kerr Current
Albert Lemuel Willborn (1825-1873) was reputedly the first of his kin in Kerr County, coming from his birthplace in South Carolina by way of Kentucky. When he and his wife, Virginia Moore (1838-1869), died, they left three small children orphaned, who were taken in and raised by a famous Texas Ranger — Capt. Neal Coldwell of the Frontier Battalion. (See West Kerr Current story, June 5, 2008.)
By Irene Van Winkle
West Kerr Current
Albert Lemuel Willborn (1825-1873) was reputedly the first of his kin in Kerr County, coming from his birthplace in South Carolina by way of Kentucky. When he and his wife, Virginia Moore (1838-1869), died, they left three small children orphaned, who were taken in and raised by a famous Texas Ranger — Capt. Neal Coldwell of the Frontier Battalion. (See West Kerr Current story, June 5, 2008.)
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