1920-1940
Bob (far right) and Almeada "Meady" Jones (second from left) with unidentified friends, circa 1920s. Courtesy of Jones family
Bob Jones in front of his home, circa 1920s. Courtesy of Jones family
Bob Jones's wife, Almeada "Meady" Chisum Jones, was born in 1857. The couple met in Bonham at a dance. Meady is seen here in her later years. She died in 1949 and is buried in Medlin cemetery in Roanoke, Texas. Courtesy of Jones family
Bob Jones's youngest sons, Jinks (left) and Emory, circa 1917. Courtesy of Jones family
Bob Jones with grandson Emory Odell Jones, circa early 1930s
Bob Jones died in 1936 and is buried in Medlin cemetery in Roanoke, Texas. Notice the incorrect spelling of Jones's middle name, which was Dolford. Courtesy of Jones family
Leazer Jones and his wife, Mary, (center) had 8 children, some of whom are seen here, 1940s. Courtesy of Jones family
One of Carroll School's first teachers, Valda Livingston's teacher contract dated 1922. Notice the signatures of Supt. B. Caroll and J. R. Shivers, one of the school's original trustees. Courtesy of Shivers family
Carroll School was also called Carroll Hill School. Here's the 1922 girls basketball team. Courtesy of Shivers family
Carroll (Carroll Hill) School's 1922 boys basketball team. Courtesy of Shivers family
John Calvin Graham (left) and an unidentified man enjoy making music in the Dove community. Courtesy of Shivers family
Alno (left) and Eunice Bailey grew up in the White's Chapel community. The sisters are pictured here in front of the family automobile in the 1920s. Alno wrote on the back of the photograph, "I made my dress." Courtesy of Shivers family
Alno and Eunice Bailey in front of the "old house," Alno wrote. Courtesy of Shivers family
John Redmond "J.R." Shivers and his mules on the family's acreage which was largely unfenced and used for grazing cattle and hogs and raising cotton, corn and peanuts. Courtesy of Shivers family
J. R. Shivers' mules helped him work the family farm which sat near present-day White Chapel Blvd. west to Shady Oaks Drive. Courtesy of Shivers family
J. R. Shivers' goats were put to work cleaning out pasture land, a practice especially important in the Cross Timbers to clear small shrubs so that more grass would grow. Courtesy of Shivers family
Alno Bailey Shivers (center, first row standing) wrote "last year at Carroll school" on the back of this 1927 photo. Courtesy of Shivers family
L. N. Bailey family members on their farmhouse porch which was located in the White's Chapel community. Courtesy of Shivers family
L.N. Bailey family members on their farm, circa late 1920s. Courtesy of Shivers family
L. N. Bailey family members (l-r) Mettie, Alno, Eunice, and L. N. on the family homestead in the White's Chapel community, circa late 1920s. Courtesy of Shivers family
Claude Shivers and passengers. Courtesy of Shivers family
Claude Shivers behind his car. Unidentified man inside. Courtesy of Shivers family
Claude Shivers' horse and buggy. Courtesy of Shivers family
Claude Shivers is the last boy on the left, ready to be baptized in the branch, the small creek that ran north across Dove Road toward Lonesome Dove Baptist Church, circa 1939. Courtesy of Shivers family
Claude Shivers showed his hogs in livestock shows. Courtesy of Shivers family
The wedding picture of Carroll School sweethearts Claude and Alno Bailey Shivers was taken in 1927. Courtesy of Shivers family
Alno Bailey Shivers is pictured here in a 1930s photo with a note on the back that reads, "On a visit to the old home place." Alno and Claude had moved from the Dove community to Fort Worth a few years earlier. Courtesy of Shivers family
J. R. Shivers family gathering, circa 1927. "Pa-pa" J. R. Shivers holding granddaughter with Claude and Cloyce standing next to him. Courtesy of Shivers family
Alno Shivers, holding her son, Jeroll, is standing next to her sister-in-law, Mable Shivers Lively and young daughter, Bernie, with Ora Graham Shivers at the far right, circa 1929. Courtesy of Shivers family
J. R. Shivers with daughter-in-law Alno Bailey Shivers and grandson Jeroll in Fort Worth, circa 1931. Courtesy of Shivers family
L. N. Bailey, in front of his service station and grocery that sat on FM1709 in the 1930s. His daughter Alno recalled, "If someone needed groceries, he'd let them have them, and if he got the money, OK…". Courtesy of Shivers family
The Torian cabin dates to 1845 and was located in the Dove community. Torian family members occupied the cabin until the 1940s. Pictured are, l-r, Buck Sowell, John Torian and his daughter, Ella Torian. SHS Archives
Granny Hemphill and brother Buck Sowell lived in the Dove and raised Granny's granddaughter, Leona Torian. SHS Archives
Maria and Eveline Hemphill with their uncle Buck Sowell and mother Granny Hemphill. SHS Archives
Pinana Amanda Hemphill and brother Buck Sowell in the Dove community. SHS Archives
William "Buck" Sowell and sister Pinana Amanda "Granny" Hemphill beside their house in the Dove, circa 1920s. SHS Archives
Hemphill sisters Maria and Eveline at "Granny" Hemphill's grave. SHS Archives
Felix Torian's sister Ella and brother James Torian, circa 1920s. SHS Archives
Felix "Man" Torian worked on the 360-acre family farm in the Dove community until the 1930s when he moved to Grapevine and ran a service station. SHS Archives
Felix Torian's service station was located on Main Street in Grapevine. He moved it to the corner of Carroll Avenue and Hwy. 114 and continued there until his death in 1945. SHS Archives
On the back of this undated photograph in Leona Torian Tanner's handwriting is "The picture with x on it is Laverne Tanner our baby that drowned in Dove branch." SHS Archives
Joseph Warren "Bud" Tanner, son of Leona Torian and Joseph Tanner, grew up in the Dove community, photo circa 1935. SHS Archives
Carroll School added a 10th grade in the 1930s. This class photo is dated 1936. SHS Archives
Carroll School elementary class photo dated 1936. SHS Archives
Arthur and Dolah Tate lived "north of Denton Creek before there was a Lake Grapevine," wrote granddaughter Merrill Stacy, seen standing in between her grandparents, circa 1934. Courtesy of Stacy family
Hazel Pearl Neal Tate grew up on Grapevine prairie. This 1935 photo shows daughters, Laura Mae in her arms and Merrill Dean (Stacy) facing the camera. Courtesy Stacy family
Dairy farmer Frank Neal milks a cow on the family farm on the Grapevine prairie, circa 1940s. Courtesy of Stacy family
The Tate family home was moved to Grapevine from the Denton Creek bottomlands to make way for Lake Grapevine in the 1940s. Courtesy of Stacy family
Mamie and Jim Wheeler on their porch in the Old Union community, circa 1920s. Courtesy of R. E. Smith
Jim Wheeler working his Old Union community farm, circa 1920s. Courtesy R. E. Smith
State trooper E. B. Wheeler was gunned down by Bonnie and Clyde gang members on Easter Sunday 1934. Courtesy of the Texas Department of Public Safety
State trooper H. D. Murphy was gunned down by Bonnie and Clyde gang members on Easter Sunday 1934. Courtesy of the Texas Department of Public Safety
White's Chapel Church was established in 1871 and lost several structures over the years due to wind or fire. This 1920s structure was relocated in 2007 on church property, reconstructed and renamed the Founder's Chapel. Courtesy of E. I. Wiesman