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Pollard Family

1876-1877	Phillip D. Pollard Sr. brought his family from Independence, Missouri by covered wagon. A tinsmith, he had a shop at 319 West Main Street. He resided on the south side of Main Street between Mirick and Armstrong avenues. [Source: City Directory; Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

1876-1877	Phillip Pollard Jr worked at J.B. "John" Lalonde, a cotton gin and grist mill. He boarded with Phillip Pollard Sr. [Source : City Directory]

27 May 1861	Fannie W. Pollard (later the 1st wife of Louis Lebrecht) was born. [Source: Tombstone, Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Texas]

7 May 1868	Carrie Belle Pollard was born in Independence, Missouri. [Source: "Mrs. L. Lebrecht, Widow"]

1871	Carrie Belle Pollard (later the 2nd wife of Louis Lebrecht) moved with her family in a covered wagon from Independence, Missouri, to Pilot Point, Denton Co., Texas. [Source: "Mrs. L. Lebrecht, Widow"]

1872	Carrie Belle Pollard moved with her family from Pilot Point, Texas to Denison, Texas. [Source: "Mrs. L. Lebrecht, Widow"]

1880	Louis Lebrecht married Fannie Pollard, daughter of Phillip D. Pollard Sr. [Source : Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

1880	According to Hank Lebrecht (1996) Louis Lebrecht married Fannie W. Pollard in 1880. The U.S. Census Schedule for 1880 listed Louis Lebrecht and wife Fannie W. living on Gandy Street, Denison, Texas, in June 1880. Also an elaborate monument at Fairview Cemetery reads "Fannie W. Lebrecht, nee Pollard, wife of Louis Lebrecht." And Sunday Gazetteer editor B.C. Murray, in Louis Lebrecht's obituary (December 7, 1902) stateed that Louis was married twice, to sisters. However, at the Grayson County Courthouse, there is no record of the marriage between Fannie and Louis. In August 18, 1956, Walter P. Lebrecht, still a Denison City Commissioner, signed a sworn affidavit declaring that "Louis Lebrecht was married only one time and that was to Carrie B. Pollard Lebrecht. And two elderly women, Rosalee Herzinger and Adele R. Kohl, longtime members of the German-American community in Denison, similarly swore that "the said Louis Lebrecht...was never married but one time and that was to his wife, Carrie B. Lebrecht." [Source : Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 842, pp. 339-344]

21 Dec 1882	Fannie W. Pollard died. Buried in the Pollard plot at Fairview Cemetery, Denison. [Source: Tombstone, Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

1884	Lizzie T. Pollard, wife of Phillip D. Pollard, Sr., died. Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Denison. [Source : Tombstone}

30 Apr 1885	Louis Lebrecht and Carrie Belle Pollard are married by C.J. Hinkle, Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1, Grayson County. They lived at 530 West Crawford Street. [Sources : Marriage certificate, Grayson County Courthouse; Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

1887-1888	Phillip D. Pollard, Sr. was a tinner living at 706 West Main Street. [Source : City Directory]

1887-1888	Phillip D. Pollard Jr. worked at Waters-Pierce Oil Co. He lived at 706 West Main Street. Also living there was Edward L. Pollard, a tinner employed at Hanna, Leeper & Co. [Source : City Directory]

26 Apr 1889	P.D. Pollard, L.E. Pollard, P.D. Pollard Jr., Lillie May Pollard, Louise Lebrecht and Louis' wife, Carrie Belle Pollard Lebrecht, sell Lots 4 and 5, Block 2, Layne's Addition [708 West Main Street], Denison, to Hazen F. Wooster for $4,000. [Source: Grayson County Deed Records, vol. 81, pg.28]

8 May 1889	Louis Lebrecht and wife Carrie Belle Pollard Lebrecht sell to Philip D. Pollard twenty-nine acres on Iron Ore Creek (described as two tracts: one of 28 acres out of the William Oldham Survey, and another of 1 acre out of the I.G. Belcher Survey) for $300. Harrison Tone is notary. [Source: Grayson County Deed Records, vol. 81, p.8; see also vol. 65, p.622 and vol. 81, p.27]

1889-1890	Louis Lebrecht's business in "wholesale cigars, tobacco, and pipes" was located at 100 West Main Street. His residence was at 512 West Woodard Street. In 1893-1894, Fred Lebrecht lived with Phillip D. Pollard, Sr. and Louis E. Pollard. [Source: City Directory"

1889-1890	P.D. Pollard was a tinner employed at Hanna, Cowles & Co., a hardware house at 111 West Main Street. He lived at 113 West Woodard Street. [Source: City Directory]

1891-1892	Phillip D. Pollard, Jr. was a tinner at Leeper Hardware Co. He roomed at 702 West Main Street. Phillip D. Pollard Sr. was not listed in the City Directory. [Source : City Directory]

1891-1892	Louis E. Pollard was a tinner at Leeper Hardware Co. He resided at 515 North Burnett Avenue. [Source: City Directory]

1891-1892	The City Directory listed two "colored" Pollards. Lizzie Pollard lived in the home of David Miller (colored), hod carrier, residence at 220 West Crawford Street. Oscar Pollard lived at 301 West Bond Street; no occupation given. [Source: City Directory]

1893-1894	Fred Lebrecht resided at 512 West Woodard Street. Also living at the same address were Phillip D. Pollard Sr. and Louise E. Pollard. [Source: City Directory]

1893-1894	The firm of Pollard & Creager was at 305 West Main Street. "Wholesale and Retail Hardware, Stoves, Guns, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Tinware. Tin and Sheet-Iron Work a Specialty." Owners were Louis E. Pollard and John W. Creager. Creager resided at 600 West Munson Streets. [Sourced: City Directory, 1894 invoice letterhead in Estate of Thomas Lindenfelser, Grayson County Probate Records, File No. 1107]

1893-1894	Louis E. Pollard lived at 512 West Woodard Street. [Source: City Directory]

1893-1894	Phillip D. Pollard Jr. was employed at Pollard & Creager. He roomed at 504 West Main Street. [Source: City Directory]

1893 - 1894	There are no "colored " Pollards listed in the City Directory for this year.

1894	William H. Pollard born. His father was Charles Y. Pollard." [Source : City of Denison death records, Book 6, Page 175]

1896-1897	Pollard, Hoerr & Co. was at 305 West Main Street. Principals were L.E. Pollard, Louis Hoerr, and Stephen T. Brown. The firms offered "wholesale and retail hardware, queensware, tinware, stoves, guns, cutlery, etc." Also "shelf [and] heavy hardware." [Source: City Directory]

1896-1897	Louis Hoerr resided at 503 West Main Street. Also residing there is John L. Hoerr, bookkeeper at Pollard, Hoerr & Co. [Source: City Directory]

1896-1897	Louis E. Pollard lived at 605 West Gandy Street. [Source: City Directory]

1896-1897	Phillip D. Pollard, Sr. was a tinner at Pollard, Hoerr & Co. He resided on South Fannin Avenue beyond the city limits. [Source: City Directory]

1898-1899	Pollard, Hoerr & Co. was located at 305 West Main Street. Nearby, at 309 West Main Street, was W.A. Hallenbeck, Confectioner and Bakery. [Source: City Directory]

1899-1900	Louis E. Pollard was a metal worked at 120 North Burnett Avenue. He was married and resided at 605 West Gandy Street. Also living there was Phillip D. Pollard, Sr., a tinner at L.E. Pollard. [Source: City Directory]

1899-1900	Phillip D, Pollard Jr. was a tinner at L.E. Pollard. He lived at 1021 West Woodard Street. [Source: City Directory]

1899-1900	James P. Pollard (colored) was a porter at Katy Railway. He was married and resided at 122 West Walker. [Source: City Directory]

1 Dec 1902	Louis Lebrecht died intestate. Funeral takes place at Vorwaerts Hall and burial was in the Pollard plot at Fairview Cemetery, Denison. The Twin City Band played. August Knecht (1874 9 1914), Attorney E.j. Smith (1866 - 1925) and Isaac Yeidel deliver eulogies. Pallbearers are L.M. Fitzgerald, William Geiger, Alexander Margill, B.C. Murray, Charles Pascal, and Theodore Wahls. [Source : Murray,, 1902; Hank Lebrecht, 1996; Tombstones, Fairview Cemetery, Denison]

1903	Walter P. Lebrecht's maternal grandfather, Phillip D. Pollard Sr., died. Burial was in Pollard plot at Fairview Cemetery, Denison. [Sources : Tombstone; Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

1904	Carrie Belle Lebrecht, youngest of the seven children of Louis Lebrecht and Carrie Pollard Lebrecht, died. Burial at Fairview Cemetery, Denison. [Sources : Tombstone; Hank Lebrecht, 1996]

9 Feb 1904	Carrie B. Lebrecht attested that she had s old to Miss Mayme Garbutt two liens on Lot 9, Block 9, Miller's First Addition (729 West Gandy Street), Denison, one for 4784 and the other for $482, a total of $1,266. Apparently, Carrie had decided to dispose the Gandy Street house and buy property on the edge of town from her brother, P.D. Pollard Jr. In a deposition taken on March 29, 1904, and recorded on April 16, 1904, Carrie stated that two "Vendors Lien notes" from 1890, one for $450 and one for $750, existed on the Gandy Street homestead at the time of Louis Lebrecht's death in December 1902. In January 1903, Carrie purchased these liens "with funds received from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York on a policy written for said Louis Lebrecht and payable to her, the said Carrie B. Lebrecht. Said funds being her own separate funds, and deponent further swears that she has never come into possession of any community funds since the death of her said husband, with which she could pay off and satisfy said indebtedness." Early in 1904 Carrie herself sold these liens to Miss Mayme Garbutt (via her trustee, S.P. Ancker, head of Denison Bank and Trust Company). Then in April 1904 when Carrie sold the Gandy Street property to C.A. and Rosie Hoffman, they assumed responsibility for paying off these Garbutt liens. Presumably, these maneuvers allowed Carrie to recapture her insurance money, plus $500 cash paid by the Hoffmans. [Source: Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 89, p. 521; Vol. 125, p. 596; Vol. 155, pp. 387-389 and 397-401; and Vol. 182, p. 402]
4 Mar 1904	Carrie B. Lebrecht purchased from P.D. Pollard Jr. Blocks 1 through 12 in Pollard's Addition, Denison (also described as two tracts on Iron Ore Creek: one of 28 acres out of the William Oldham Survey, and another of 1 acre out of the I.G. Belcher Survey). for $1,500, payable in one year. This note was informally transferred from Pollard to Miss Mayme Garbutt in the interim. The note was paid off, and a release (signed by both Pollard and Garbutt) was recorded on October 10, 1905, finalizing the sale to Carrie Lebrecht. Incidentally, this property was the same land Louis Lebrecht and Carrie Lebrecht sold to Phillip D. Pollard for $300 on May 8, 1899. [Sources: Grayson County unty Deed Records, Vol. 156, pp. 84-85; and Vol. 170, p.24]

1907-1908	Carrie B. Lebrecht and children lived at 2700 South Fannin Avenue. Perhaps this is where Phillip D. Pollard Jr. lived in 1896-1897. [Source: City Directory]

1917	Phillip D. Pollard Jr. was a confectioner at 427 West Main Street. He and wife Verna lived on the premises. [Source: City Directory]

1917	Horace Pollard is a fireman for the MKT Railway; he roomed at 301 East Chestnut Street. [Source: City Directory]

1917	William J. Pollard was a telegraph operator for St. LSF&T Railroad. He roomed at 104-1/2 West Main Street. [Source: City Directory]

1917	James P. Pollard (colored) is a porter. He and wife Clara lived at 122 West Walker Street. [Source: City Directory]

1917	Thomas Pollard (colored) is a porter. He and wife Millie P. lived at 118 East Johnson Street. [Source: City Directory]

1927-1928	All Pollards listed in the City Directory are "colored".

1929	All Pollards listed in the City Directory are "colored".

1934	At 100 west Main Street was the Da-Nite Cafe. Louis H. Lebrecht was proprietor. Phillip B.[sic] Pollard was cashier. He and wife Vena lived above the cafe at 100-1/2 West Main Street. [Source: City Directory]

1936	William H. Pollard died on June 13, at age 41 years, 11 months, and 14 days. [Source: City of Denison death records, Book 6, Page 175]

1940	All Pollards listed in the City Directory are "colored."

6 Sep 1955	Carrie Belle Pollard Lebrecht died in Los Angeles, California, at age 87. She had never remarried. [Sources: "Mrs. L. Lebrecht, Widow"; Affidavit given by Louis Lebrecht, Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 842, pp. 339-342]

18 Aug 1956	Walter P. Lebrecht signed a sworn affidavit concerning the title to Lots 1 and 2, Block 53, Original Town Plate [100 and 102 West Main Street], Denison. Rosalee Herzinger and Adele R. Kohl, elderly members of Denison's German-American community, provided supporting affidavits. [Source: Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 842, pp. 339-344]. Note: Walter Lebrecht, at the time serving as a City Commissioner in Denison, appeared to have lied under oath in this statement. He swore that his father had never been married to anyone other than his mother, Carrie B. Pollard Lebrecht. Surely Walter was aware that Louis Lebrecht had been married to Carrie's sister, Fannie W. Pollard, before marrying Carrie. The two elderly women also may have lied.