Confederate Soldier's Reunion early 1900's Snyder Texas

photo of Confederate veterans

Ladson Leach, b.14 Sep 1837, Walton Co., GA., buried 16 May 1921 in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX., was married to Elizabeth Jane Hull on 28 Dec 1865, Johnson Co., TX. She died August 25, 1912 in Snyder, TX. They are both buried in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX.

Photos Submitted by: Dorothy Williams DottieD33@aol.com


From Newspaper Account of Ladson's Death

In the Snyder Signal May 20, 1921
L. Leach, Age 83 d.o.d. (date of death) May 9, 1921, p.o.d. (place of death) Westbrook, Texas

submitted by A. D. Leach (Son)


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Confederate Days, Snyder Texas
January 1, 1915, Old Soldiers Reunion

Identified: D.P. Lane (Man w/ flag); MR. Garner (man without hat); George (or kin) Elkins (3rd man back row; bandsmen, left to right;) ?, ?, Ed Y. Thompson; A.P. (Perin) Morris; Names listed with the picture are as follows: A.B. Stiles, S.V. Sumeruld, T.F. Rodman; Judson H. Tinker, George W. Johnson, J.M. Champion; W.R. Sharp; H.H. Merritt; M.A. Garden; T.D. Mcmillian; R.B. Robinson; Joe A. Middleton; W.L. Stiles; Capt. A.B. Favor; R.G. Jones; R.A. Wilkerson; Rev. D.H. Burt; J.P. Grantham; W.R. Doak; J.P. (Jep) Brown; Capt. A.J. Scarbrough; R.J. Strayhorn; Stephen E. Sterrett; M.S. Teters; Willis B. Brown; G.M.D. Garner; J.S. Jones; David Andrew Trevey; W.M. Morton; David Ellis Murchree??; P.H. Morris; Thomas Lindley; T.C. Stinson; G.A. Glenn; W.D. Meador; G.K. Elkins; (R.J.?) Ware; R.M. German; D.P. Lane; DBA Bynum; H.A. Goodwin; Capt. J.A. Clark; W.J. Fuller; M.M.I.D. Fuller; J.K. Keller C.E. Smith; G.J. Morgan; W.D. Huffman; Rev. L.D. Knight; J.M. Templee; W.A. Jones; A.J. Goodwin;


Albert Monroe Johnston, our Great great grandfather is not listed. He is there however. He is on the bottom floor back row. He is standing in the window or door first on the left. He has a black cap and white beard. To his immediate left (Our right) is his daughter-in-law, Louisa W. Johnston (our granny) and to to her left is William Abel Johnston, his oldest son, (our great granddad Johnston ). The flag that the old veteran is holding is the state flag of Mississippi. Albert Monroe Johnston lost 4 brothers in the War Between the States. He was severly wounded and walked with a cane until his death. He served in Company K 22nd Mississippi Infantry 1861-1864. In Feb 1864 due to his thigh wound he was transferred to Co. F 7th Mississippi Cavalry under Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest. We were told he was the first farmer in Scurry County.

Respectfully, Harold Wayne Johnston
Canyon Lake, Texas 78132


wedding photo
Wedding picture of George Washington Childress and Nettie Elizabeth Leach
m. in Snyder on the 25th of Dec. 1904?

Nettie is a daughter of Ladson and Jane Hull Leach. All the info I have on this picture is that they married and had dinner at the hotel in Snyder. They drove by buggy from Ira, not even dirt roads just pasture land, all the way. This is my husbands' family and pictures from the family albums. Bertha Childress, daughter of Nettie and George Childress, married Carl Williams on Feb. 4, 1924 in Ira. Carl was a cotton buyer and his brother Albert Childress was a school teacher in Ira. At one time Carl and Albert Williams owned the drug store in Ira. Carl and Bertha Childress Williams are Jerry's parents.-my husband.

Photos Submitted by: Dorothy Williams DottieD33@aol.com


In the Scurry County Texas Snyder Cemetery, Ave. E and FM 1673. Earliest date thru 1994.
L. Leach (must be Ladson)
Section E, Row 16
b. Sept. 14, 1837
d. May 16, 1921
E. J. Leach (must be Elizabeth Jane Hull)
Section E, Row 16
w/o (wife of L)
b. March 15, 1845
d. Aug 25, 1912
Bernice Childress
Section P, Row 2
b. Aug 6, 1902
d. June 21, 1964
William T. Childress
Section P, Row 2
b. Sept 20, 1899
d. Sept 29, 1991
(These are the only two Childress names in the Snyder Cemetery in this book)
In Scurry County, Texas Rural Cemeteries, earliest date thru 1991.
Albert Childress
Elbert Childress
b. and d. May 5, 1923
sons of MM and CW or GW
Florence Price Childress
b. Feb 20, 1889
d. Jan 18, 1919
L. W. Childress
b. Nov 29, 1915
d. Sept 9, 1934
Son of MM and GW Childress
In the Scurry, CO. TX Old Newspaper Obit's:
In the Snyder Signal May 20, 1921
L. Leach
Age 83 d.o.d. (date of death) May 9, 1921
p.o.d. (place of death) Westbrook, Texas
A. D. Leach (Son)

If you need any more help please let me know.

Regards,
Linda Surratt-White