George W. Page, my grandfather on the maternal side of my family, was the son of Henrietta (Waggoner) and Pless Page, of Fredericksburg, TX. Following the disappearance of his father, George left home at the age of 13 and eventually made his way to West Texas, were he became a drover for a rancher and he helped herd cattle to Kansas City and other markets.
On one trip in which the crew was camped out at night, they were awakened early in the morning by a horrible noise which led the group to think it was an earthquake or the end of the world. As the noise faded and no one was found to be injured or dead, they fanned out to seek the source of the disturbance. When steel twin rails were located leading into the distance, they realized they had all heard their first train engine pass by in the dawn. No doubt they all wished they'd actually seen the train, but it was some time before that happened.
Mr. Page was the half-brother of William (Billy) Nard who was said to have found a lead mine in Llano county on or near Packsaddle Mt. Billy provided settlers lead for bullets in the 1860's and never revealed the mine's site before dying as a result of an Indian fight.
Mr. Page married Lillie Frances Young, daughter of Elvira (Simpson) Young Shackelford and Francis Marion Young in the early 1900's and spent the rest of his life, before retiring, ranching south of Marathon in the Maravillas Creek area. Their ranch adjoined that of John Edward Lee and family.
The Pages had six children, Thomas Lee, Georde Stonehouse, Gussie, Georgia Evelyn, Joe Overcamp and Lewis Newton Page. Gussie's Find-A-Grave Memorial number is 19616257.
On one trip in which the crew was camped out at night, they were awakened early in the morning by a horrible noise which led the group to think it was an earthquake or the end of the world. As the noise faded and no one was found to be injured or dead, they fanned out to seek the source of the disturbance. When steel twin rails were located leading into the distance, they realized they had all heard their first train engine pass by in the dawn. No doubt they all wished they'd actually seen the train, but it was some time before that happened.
Mr. Page was the half-brother of William (Billy) Nard who was said to have found a lead mine in Llano county on or near Packsaddle Mt. Billy provided settlers lead for bullets in the 1860's and never revealed the mine's site before dying as a result of an Indian fight.
Mr. Page married Lillie Frances Young, daughter of Elvira (Simpson) Young Shackelford and Francis Marion Young in the early 1900's and spent the rest of his life, before retiring, ranching south of Marathon in the Maravillas Creek area. Their ranch adjoined that of John Edward Lee and family.
The Pages had six children, Thomas Lee, Georde Stonehouse, Gussie, Georgia Evelyn, Joe Overcamp and Lewis Newton Page. Gussie's Find-A-Grave Memorial number is 19616257.
George W. Page, my grandfather on the maternal side of my family, was the son of Henrietta (Waggoner) and Pless Page, of Fredericksburg, TX. Following the disappearance of his father, George left home at the age of 13 and eventually made his way to West Texas, were he became a drover for a rancher and he helped herd cattle to Kansas City and other markets.
On one trip in which the crew was camped out at night, they were awakened early in the morning by a horrible noise which led the group to think it was an earthquake or the end of the world. As the noise faded and no one was found to be injured or dead, they fanned out to seek the source of the disturbance. When steel twin rails were located leading into the distance, they realized they had all heard their first train engine pass by in the dawn. No doubt they all wished they'd actually seen the train, but it was some time before that happened.
Mr. Page was the half-brother of William (Billy) Nard who was said to have found a lead mine in Llano county on or near Packsaddle Mt. Billy provided settlers lead for bullets in the 1860's and never revealed the mine's site before dying as a result of an Indian fight.
Mr. Page married Lillie Frances Young, daughter of Elvira (Simpson) Young Shackelford and Francis Marion Young in the early 1900's and spent the rest of his life, before retiring, ranching south of Marathon in the Maravillas Creek area. Their ranch adjoined that of John Edward Lee and family.
The Pages had six children, Thomas Lee, Georde Stonehouse, Gussie, Georgia Evelyn, Joe Overcamp and Lewis Newton Page. Gussie's Find-A-Grave Memorial number is 19616257.
On one trip in which the crew was camped out at night, they were awakened early in the morning by a horrible noise which led the group to think it was an earthquake or the end of the world. As the noise faded and no one was found to be injured or dead, they fanned out to seek the source of the disturbance. When steel twin rails were located leading into the distance, they realized they had all heard their first train engine pass by in the dawn. No doubt they all wished they'd actually seen the train, but it was some time before that happened.
Mr. Page was the half-brother of William (Billy) Nard who was said to have found a lead mine in Llano county on or near Packsaddle Mt. Billy provided settlers lead for bullets in the 1860's and never revealed the mine's site before dying as a result of an Indian fight.
Mr. Page married Lillie Frances Young, daughter of Elvira (Simpson) Young Shackelford and Francis Marion Young in the early 1900's and spent the rest of his life, before retiring, ranching south of Marathon in the Maravillas Creek area. Their ranch adjoined that of John Edward Lee and family.
The Pages had six children, Thomas Lee, Georde Stonehouse, Gussie, Georgia Evelyn, Joe Overcamp and Lewis Newton Page. Gussie's Find-A-Grave Memorial number is 19616257.
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