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Keywords:Old Texas Towns, Personville
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Dimensions4288 x 2848
Original file size5.99 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date taken1-Jun-19 15:34
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D90
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ISO speedISO 400
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Personville

Personville

Groesbeckbr/Limestone County, Texasbr/31 30.736' N 96 20.185' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of FM-39 and CR-449. Go 50 yards north on FM-39. The marker is on the left (west) side of the road.br/ br/Text: Behind this marker is town site of Personville, begun in 1854 by Benjamin D. Person, Sr. 1855 postmaster was Wm. Person. Grayson Masonic Lodge 265, chartered 1861, demised 1889. Nelleva cut-off, built in 1906 was abandoned 1933. J. D. Hudson was first teacher in district school, 1908. By 1915 had blacksmith shop, lumber yard, bank, hotel, 12 mercantiles, two drugstores, three doctors. Dr. G. H. Stephens was outstanding. Fire razed town, October 1916. Rebuilt, it soon faded away. Post office was abolished 1952.