William Carter Dibrell was born July 2, 1829, Sparta, White County. Tennessee, son of Anthony and Mildred (Carter) Dibrell.  His wife, Margaret Caroline Jenkins, was born October 17, 1838, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, daughter of James Hugh and Nancy (Harbert) Jenkins.  They were married April 14, 1857, Columbus, Colorado County. Texas.  They had two sons, Frank Anthony and James (Jimmie) Crockett. They also raised a daughter, Margaret Caroline's niece, Nannie Lee Jenkins, born August 4, 1876, to J. Frank and Lucie (Newsome) Jenkins, and died December 10, 1968, Coleman, buried in Coleman.

     William Carter Dibrell served as a captain in Young's 8th Regiment of Texas Infantry in the Confederate Army. and was engaged in the boot and leather business in New Orleans and Galveston prior to coming to Coleman County in 1883, purchasing a ranch in the Camp Colorado area from Walter Erath.  He saw the need for improving his Longhorn cattle herd.  While on a visit to the State Fair of Texas at Dallas in 1887, he bought four head of registered Hereford cattle from Gudgell and Simpson of Independence, Missouri.  Of the four head purchased, one bull died of tick fever before reaching the ranch and one cow choked to death chewing on a salt sack.  The other cow, Breeze, was the base of the Dibrell Hereford herd.  The herd grew from Breeze's heifers and new Hereford bulls, carefully selected in a period when registered cattle remained a novelty.  None of Breeze's heifer calves were ever sold, always being retained to build up the herd Breeze died in 1903; a few years later, a marble shaft was erected on the Dibrell land in memory of Breeze, proclaiming her as the "mother of the Dibrell herds."

     William Carter died December 13, 1898, Coleman, and Margaret Caroline, February 3, 1918, Coleman, both buried in Coleman.  At the time of W. C.'s death, the cemetery area was open range, so a rock and iron fence was built around the lot to protect the grave from wandering cattle.

     Frank Anthony, July 29, 1858, Hallettsville - September 16, 1914, Coleman; his wife, Mary P. Miller, February 7, 1864 - September 24, 1938, both buried in Coleman.  They were married February 17, 1882, Galveston, and had six children: William Charles; Lotta; George; Harry; Aileen; and Frank Anthony, Jr.

     James (Jimmie) Crockett born April 11, 1861, Hallettsville, and his wife, Margaret (Maggie) Virginia Mooney, born February 10, 1865, Prairie Lea, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Clementine (Johnston) Mooney, were married December 15, 1886 in the Methodist Church of Luling.  They had eight children: Marguerite; Clement; James (Jim) Crockett; Carter Mooney; Louise; Helen; Virginia; and Mary Elizabeth.  The Dibrells made their home in Coleman where J. C. Dibrell operated a mercantile business, Dibrell and Newsome, until 1903, when the family moved to Echo Ranch.  Maggie named the ranch Echo Ranch because her voice echoed us and down the Jim led Creek valley when she called her children.  The community of Echo took its name from the ranch.  J. C. continued the registered Hereford cattle herd his rather had started.  He also had banking interests.  They were active members of the Methodist Church in Coleman.  J. C died March 29, 1930 at Echo Ranch, and Maggie died January 16, 1933 at Echo Ranch, both buried in Coleman.  Children of Frank A. and Mary P. Dibrell.

     (1) William Charles, October 14, 1884 in Coleman - March 22, 1943, married (1) Leslie Tabor and (2) Dosa Pearce.  He had no children.

     (2) Lotta, August 30, 1886 in Coleman - January 1973, buried in Coleman, married Harry H. Wooldridge April 29, 1908.  She had no children.

     (3) George, December 13, 1888 in Coleman-December 10, 1938, married Rena Dean in 1909.  They have three children:

       (3a) Mary Lou, January 30, 1918, married Clifton Chambers in 1938.  They had two children Jean Carol, June 22, 1947 who married Reagan B. Moss May 26. 1968, and Ronnie Harold, April 10, 1951, who married Betty Lou Cherney in 1975;

       (3b) Dorothy Dean, October 17, 1921, married Howard Stringer December 16. 1950.  They had one son, Warren Dean, November 14, 1951;

       (3) Frank Anthony, January 1923, married Betty Jean Wallace May 12, 1947.  They had three children: Lisa, May 7. 1951, who married Douglas Streckerton December 20, 1970; Gregory, March 7, 1953 who married Rebecca Platter March 3, 1973; and Lauren, September 12, 1959, who married Gary Davidson May 29, 1982.

       (4) Harry (see Harry Dibrell).

       (5) Aileen, December 1, 1898 in Coleman, married Arthur Irvin Edwards April 14. 1920 (see Arthur Edwards),

       (6) Frank Anthony, Jr., October 23. 1901 in Coleman - January 9, 1905.  Children of James (Jimmie) and Maggie Dibrell:

         (1) Marguerite, October 6, 1887 in Coleman - May 29, 1959 in Tyler, buried in Coleman, married Christopher Griffin Pitts December 15, 1909.  They had two children:

         (la) Josephine Carolyn, August 11, 1910 - May 5, 1978, married Lawrence George Huey September 4, 1936:

         (1b) William Dibrell, January 21, 1912, who married Lou Dell Greene, June 6, 1937.

         (2) Clement, April 24, 1889 in Coleman, November 27, 1976 Coleman, buried in Coleman, married Charles Wesley Pitts March 18, 1914 (see John Pitts).

         (3) James (Jim) Crockett, April 28, 1891 in Coleman - December 28, 1958, buried in Coleman, was a member of the Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Texas Hereford Association, the Kiwanis Club, and the American Legion 40 and 8.  He was Past Master of the Coleman Masonic Lodge and a veteran of World War I.  He continued to develop the registered Hereford cattle started by his grandfather and father. He bought out the interests of his sisters and owned and operated Echo Ranch until his death.
         (4) Carter Mooney (see Carter Mooney Dibrell).

         (5) Louise, April 6, 1896 in Coleman, married John Sumter Weatherred November 18, 1925 (see W. W. Weatherred).

         (6) Helen, February 7, 1899 in Coleman, married John Rushing Wells November 17, 1920.  They had no children.  She died April 5, 1928, and Rushing, January 24, 1971, both buried in Coleman.  Rushing was well known as a merchant, having operated stores in several areas of the county.

         (7) Virginia, January 7, 1903 in Coleman - November 16. 1979 in San Antonio, buried in Coleman.  She served in the WAC's in World War II.

         (8) Mary Elizabeth, March 17. 1907 at Echo Ranch - December 19, 1971 in Dallas, buried Restland Memorial Park in Richardson, married (1) Robert Webb Hedleston February 19, 1927.  They had two children:

           (8a) Dorothy, July 13, 1928, married Maurice Reed Martin August 3, 1948;

          (8b) Marian, February 17, 1930, who married Elmer Busby Carter June 8, 1957.  Mary Elizabeth married (2) William P. Troy June 1, 1968.