NATIONAL BANK OENAVILLE in TEMPLE TEXAS CT BECKHAM CAMPBEL for Sale

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NATIONAL BANK OENAVILLE in TEMPLE TEXAS CT BECKHAM CAMPBEL For Sale

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NATIONAL BANK OENAVILLE in TEMPLE TEXAS CT BECKHAM CAMPBEL:
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This is A LETTERHEAD, IT HAS NORMAL LETTER FOLDS, IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION,HAS A FEW FILE HOLES AT THE TOP, IS A FULL SIZE LETTERHEAD THAT IS NOT ALL SHOWN IN THE SCAN, ANDISFROM: THE CITY NATIONAL BANK OF TEMPLE, TEXAS IN THE YEAR 1907.NAMES LISTED AT TOP ARECHARLES M. CAMPBELL AS PRESIDENT, A. J. JARRELL AS VP., W. S. ROWLAND AS CAHSIER, AND G. W. ROWLAND AS ASST. CASHIER.

THIS LETTER WAS HAND WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY C. T. BECKHAM WHO, ASSUMABLY, LIVED IN OENAVILLE !

OENAVILLE, TEXAS. Oenaville is at the intersection of Farm roads 438 and 3369, six miles northeast of Temple in northeastern Bell County. C. D. Johnson started the community on Big Elm Creek by opening a store on the site in the late 1860s. When the community applied for a post office in 1872, Johnson named it Oenaville, probably after Miss Oena Griffin. By 1884 the town had 150 inhabitants, three churches, two mills and gins, two saloons, a cooperative association, and a school. At that time Oenaville shipped primarily cotton. Its population rose to 200 by 1890 and remained at about that level through the 1940s. By 1949 Oenaville had declined to 150 residents, five businesses, two churches, and a school. In 1990 the community reported 120 inhabitants and no rated businesses. The population remained the same in 2000.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING OBITUARY THAT C. T. BECKHAM WROTE FOR A FRIEND OF HIS NAMED HENRY OWENS !

> Henry L. Owens, who was born in Hardin County, Tennessee, July 27th 1859
> and moved to Izard County, Arkansas in 1860 died August 27, 1914, aged 55
> years and one month.
>
> As many friends and relatives of Mr Owens well know, he lived the bigger
> part of his life near Lunenburg, Ark.; moved to Bell County, Texas in 1893
> or \'94 and from there to Trent, Taylor County, Texas, in December, \'07.
> Moved to Oklahoma in 1910 and back to Clay County, Texas same year and back
> to Taylor County the latter part of 1912 and lived on T. J. Williamson\'s
> farm near Trent when death came.
>
> He was converted and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church about 1882.
> I have been with, dealt with him and lived near him most all of our lives
> and it does my very soul good to know there was no truer Christian living
> that Henry Owens. He was ever ready to administer unto others. He was
> humble in his every day walk. He had affliction in his family for several
> years. His wife preceeded him in death only a few months, yet he was
> cheerful. It\'s consoling to me now when I think back to a sweet prayer I
> heard him utter in his stammering way, in his home just a few months before
> his wife\'s death.
>
> He died with dropsy and other complications. He was perfectly conscious to
> the last beath. He was sitting in his rocker and told those around him the
> end was near. In just a few minutes he asked Mr Williamson and another man
> to hold his hands just another minute or two. They held his hands about two
> minutes and he breathed his last.
>
> He had been a Mason and an Odd Fellow a number of years and carried a $2000
> policy in the W. O. W.; was also a member of some sick benefit association
> and had received $150 sick beneifits and ---------------- in expenses.
>
> He leaves five girls, two of whom are married, one is a widow and two are
> single. All live near Trent.
>
> Phillip L. Stroud, Henry\'s brother-in-law, also died at Wayne the 16th of
> August and the body was shipped to Oenaville, Texas for burial. Bro. Stroud
> was also a true Christian being a member of the Baptist Chursh for perhaps
> 40 years. He too will be badly missed by his many friends.
>
> One by one we are called away. -----------------