Dec. 1891 dance program and calling card for Maggie Smith my grandmother

 Mama Atwood was a young girl in Warren, Texas when she attended this dance at the Opera Hall.

It was Dec. 23,  1891

Manning Atwood and the lumber mill

Lemuel Manning Atwood began to court Maggie after Mr. King passed away. He and Mr. King both worked at the lumber mill in Warren. Manning and Maggie wrote several courtship letters to one another and two of them are printed in this blog.

Manning is the third man from right end standing.  Mama always said he was manager of the mill.

Maggie Smith marries John A. King

This picture of the Warren lumber mill shows the train that John A. King drove there. He and Maggie had 

one child, Mamie Frances King. When she was 2 years old Mr. King passed away.

Warren, Texas 1892

Mamie Frances King, born Warren, Texas 1894