Henry Sherman & Florence
Cook Clountz Family
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Left; My Mama & Daddy
(Florence Cook Clountz &
Henry Sherman Clountz) at his
dad's place in Overton, right by
the Overton School, not
too long after they married in
1928. Henry Clountz's dad
was Henry C. "Dump"
Clountz, listed as a
trustee of the Overton
School, which was just next door
to some of his land.
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Broken Hearts
Distraught
parents preparing the baby
for the funeral.
Left: Florence holding her
first son, James Henry
The photographs were
taken the day of the
funeral of
their 3-month old baby,
James Henry, in 1935. |
Georgetown Cemetery, 1935
Grave of infant son, James Henry
Clountz
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DEATH ROLL
James
Henry Clontz, 3-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. H.S.
Clontz of the Georgetown
community, died at a
Sherman hospital Thursday
night at 11:15 o'clock
after a week of illness.
He had been a
hospital patient 2 days.
The
infant was born at
Georgetown June 19, 1935.
Surviving
are the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.S. Clontz; and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Cook; and Mrs. Minnie
Clontz of Pottsboro, Route
No. 2.
Funeral
services were held Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Georgetown Cemetery
with Rev. G.M.M. Gable of
Denison officiating.
Short-Murray,
Denison funeral directors,
were in charge.
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James Henry Clountz
Henry and Florence
Clountz's baby son.
The next year they
had another son named George
William Clountz.
He is also buried in the
Georegtown Cemetery,
Pottsboro.
8 Dec 1936-18 Jan 2003
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The
Henry S Clountz Farm
Henry
S Clountz's
Funeral.
Snowstorm
at the Farm
Florence's
later years
& Burial |
Florences' 1950's Kitchen
"Mama's
biscuit recipe that
she wrote herself,
she made excellent
bread and pie crust
without measuring or
a recipe, she just
wrote that down for
me."
Natalie
Bauman
Natalie's
Birth parents
Natalie
childhood as a
Clountz
Stories
of Life on the
Farm for
Florence &
Natalie
When
Time Stood
Still in
Pottsboro or
Stitches back
in Time
Old
Smokey, the
Wood Stove
Food
Doesn't Come
From the Store
& County
Roads
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Biscuit Recipe
2 (cups)
flour
1
tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon
salt
1/4 cup
shortening
2/3rds to
3/4ths cup milk
425
(degree oven till done)
"Cut" the
shortening into the
flour/salt/bakingpowder
mixture, using knives
or a pastry knife
Add
the milk, it will look
like a raggy mess but
it will roll out on a
floured board
Cut
biscuits out and put
on ungreased baking
sheet
Can brush with
melted butter before
baking
Some
people add a couple of
tablespoons of sugar
to their dough mix.
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Henry and Florence's
Ancestors
Cook
Family
Clountz
Family
Natalie's
Family
Biography
Index
Susan
Hawkins
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