Thrailkill Family History
Harvey Harrison Thrailkill was born in Belcherville, Texas on June 22, 1892. He died in Pollok, Texas on October 8, 1975. He married Edna Rose Monroe between 1916 and 1920. They had four children, Harvey, Clyde, Mary Ellen, and Verdie Joe. Harvey Harrison, his father, and his brothers were stone and brick masons.
Harvey Thrailkill's Memoir
Harvey Thrailkill's Memoir
Harvey Harrison Thrailkill was born in Belcherville, Texas on June 22, 1892. He died in Pollok, Texas on October 8, 1975. He married Edna Rose Monroe between 1916 and 1920. They had four children, Harvey, Clyde, Mary Ellen, and Verdie Joe. HarveyHarrison, his father, and his brothers were stone and brick masons. He originally handwrote this memoir in 1972, but a family member typed this copy from the original manuscript.
Harvey Thrailkill Photo Album
Harvey Thrailkill Photo Album
Harvey Harrison Thrailkill was born in Belcherville, Texas on June 22, 1892. He died in Pollok, Texas on October 8, 1975. He married Edna Rose Monroe between 1916 and 1920. They had four children, Harvey, Clyde, Mary Ellen, and Verdie Joe. Harvey Harrison, his father, and his brothers were stone and brick masons.
Harvey assembled this photo album in the early 1960's, and it contains photographs taken from 1910 through 1962. The album includes images of some of the public and private, commercial and residential buildings he constructed in Oklahoma and Texas. The album also includes photos of work completed in the Oklahoma coal and lead smelting boomtown of Kusa and railroad boomtowns of Henryetta and Wagoner. Other towns in Oklahoma photographed include Goodwill, Tulsa, Yonkers, Bartlesville, Pauls Valley, and Perry. There also photographs of work in several Texas towns, including Wells, Zavalla, Lufkin, Fred, Tyler, Greggton (Pine Tree), and Nacogdoches.
Thrailkill Family, ca. 1898
Thrailkill Family, ca. 1898
The Thrailkill family, ca. 1989. Seated, from left: Sarah (age 39), baby Rufus (age 10 months), Harvey (age 6), and Wiley (age 41). Standing from left: Nonnie (age 15), Maggie (age 12).
Farris Family Group, ca. 1911
Farris Family Group, ca. 1911
The Farris Family, dated ca. 1911 or 1912.
East Side Shoe Shop, Tulsa, OK
East Side Shoe Shop, Tulsa, OK
Front of photo is labeled, "Daddy's shoe shop and Uncle Will, Tulsa."
Reverse of photo is labled, "H.H. Thrailkill in our shoe shop. East Side Shoe Shop. Tulsa, OK. Uncle Will in our shoe shop."
Dewar-Henryetta Bridge
Dewar-Henryetta Bridge
Photo is labeled on reverse, "New bridge between Dewar and Henryetta,"
First Baptist Church, Kusa, OK, 1916
First Baptist Church, Kusa, OK, 1916
The congregation of First Baptist Church, Kusa, OK stands outside their church building on July 16, 1916.
Smelter at Kusa, OK, 1917
Smelter at Kusa, OK, 1917
Written on reverse, "Smelter at Kusa, OK. Built in 1917. The cross is Harvey laying fire brick on center wall of smelter block."
Thrailkill Family, ca. late 1920's
Thrailkill Family, ca. late 1920's
Wiley and Sarah Thrailkill (far right) with their children and grandchildren, ca. later 1920's.
Central I.S.D Building in Snow, 1940s
Central I.S.D Building in Snow, 1940s
A photograph of the Central Independent School District building after snowfall in the 1940s. The photo was taken by Nolan Wilson.