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Nocona School Class Photo
"Far right in the back row is my grandfather, Grover C Weiss, as a school boy."
- JL Weiss Truitt

Nocona, Texas

Landmarks / Attractions

St. Joseph Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

Church of The Brethren 3 miles NW of Nocona
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

Nocona, Texas Old Photos

"My Great Grandparents, Lorenzo D and Nancy Jane Smith (Castilaw) and their 3 daughters.
From left to right: Rosa E Smith (Hodges)
Lorenzo Dow Smith (Castilaw was his family name...he lived under the alias 'Smith'...his family are from Mississippi.
Serentha Smith (Holt)
Nancy Jane Dean Smith (Choctaw)
On Nancy's lap is my grandmother, Pearl Lillian Smith (Weiss) who was probably 1 or 2 years old.
The photo was taken around 1894/5 in Nocona, Texas."
- JL Weiss Truitt, July 29, 2011

"My Grandparents, Grover C and Pearl Lillian Smith Weiss. Myself, Janice Lee Weiss Truitt, and my brother, George W Weiss are sitting on their laps. Taken in the early 1950's at our ranch house in Bill, Wyoming."
- JL Weiss Truitt, July 29, 2011

Addison in Nocona

I was going through my grandfather's pictures that came from his mother's old trunk. His mother was Margaret Evaline Painter Ellis. One photograph that caught my attention was sent to her either in the late 1800's or early 1900's.

At the bottom was the name "Addison, Fort Sills" Unfortunately, this photograph was not labelled. Researching further I found that this was photo taken by the famous photographer, George A. Addison who had a studio in the Nocona area during the time period that this photo was probably taken.

My greatgrandmother had a brother and sister who settled in the area around Nocona, Texas. so I'm fairly certain these are either York or Painter descendants.

The photographer George Anthony Addison was a well-known photographer in the area around Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory and took photos displaying the life during this time. - Alfred Ellis, Fort Payne, Alabama, May 28, 2007

Nocona, Texas Forum:

• I remember my grandmother, Pearl, talking about Cynthia Ann Parker, the wife of Peta Nocona; and Enid Justin, who started the Nocona boot company....each Nocona boot customer had a pattern of his/her foot on file at the Nocona boot company so that custom made boots could be done without the customer travelling to Nocona...My dad and grampa had boots made that way for years when I was a kid in Wyoming... - JL Weiss Truitt, July 31, 2011

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