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Mayes purchased weekly newspapers in Brownwood, Texas in the 1880s and began the daily Brownwood Bulletin newspaper in 1900, which he published until 1914. [11] He and his brother, H.F. Mayes, [3] founded one of the earliest newspaper chains, owning Texas papers in Brady, Stephenville, Santa Anna, May, Ballinger and Dalhart. [12]
A 16-year-old was killed in a one-vehicle crash Thursday night in Brown County, according to a media release from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Serenity New of Brownwood was killed in the ...
James Neal Thomason (March 28, 1920 – August 4, 2007) was an American football player and coach. A native of Brownwood, Texas, was Thomason played college football at Texas A&M University and was a member of the 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team, which won a national championship.
Brownwood attorney William Harding Mayes purchased the weeklies Brownwood Bulletin in the 1886 and Brownwood Banner in the 1887, consolidating them into the Brownwood Banner-Bulletin. [2] His brother H.F. Mayes and he started the daily Brownwood Daily Bulletin on October 15, 1900. He published the newspaper until 1914. [3]
Greenleaf Fisk House Brownwood TX. Greenleaf Fisk (1807–1888) was a pioneer, known as "the Father of Brownwood, Texas". When a land and water dispute necessitated a new site for Brown County's seat of Brownwood, Fisk donated the land for the new location.
In local newspapers, an obituary may be published for any local resident upon death. A necrology is a register or list of records of the deaths of people related to a particular organization, group or field, which may only contain the sparsest details, or small obituaries. Historical necrologies can be important sources of information.
Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. [4] The population was 18,862 as of the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Brownwood is in the Texas Hill Country and is home to Howard Payne University , which was founded in 1889.
Brown County is a county in west-central Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,095. [1] [2] Its county seat is Brownwood. [3]The county was founded in 1856 and organized in 1858. [4]