Milton H Langford
When Milton Hazelton Langford was born on February 27, 1815, in Greenville, South Carolina, his father, Benjamin, was 35 and his mother, Martha"Patsy", was 32. The family migrated westward through Tennessee, then Alabama and Pope County, Arkansas. On his twenty-first birthday, M. H. left home (1837) and headed for the Republic of Texas. He fulfilled the requirements for a land grants in Fannin County and received Grant Certificate No. 82 for 640 acres of land. He married Mary Ann “Polly” Banta and they had 12 children together, five lived to adulthood.After Mary Ann died in 1870, he married Martha Ann E Rowland in 1871. He died on October 30, 1898, in Bandera, Texas, having lived a long life of 83 years, and was buried in Bandera, Texas.
Milton H Langford
When Milton Hazelton Langford was born on February 27, 1815, in Greenville, South Carolina, his father, Benjamin, was 35 and his mother, Martha"Patsy", was 32. The family migrated westward through Tennessee, then Alabama and Pope County, Arkansas. On his twenty-first birthday, M. H. left home (1837) and headed for the Republic of Texas. He fulfilled the requirements for a land grants in Fannin County and received Grant Certificate No. 82 for 640 acres of land. He married Mary Ann “Polly” Banta and they had 12 children together, five lived to adulthood.After Mary Ann died in 1870, he married Martha Ann E Rowland in 1871. He died on October 30, 1898, in Bandera, Texas, having lived a long life of 83 years, and was buried in Bandera, Texas.
Milton H Langford
When Milton Hazelton Langford was born on February 27, 1815, in Greenville, South Carolina, his father, Benjamin, was 35 and his mother, Martha"Patsy", was 32. The family migrated westward through Tennessee, then Alabama and Pope County, Arkansas. On his twenty-first birthday, M. H. left home (1837) and headed for the Republic of Texas. He fulfilled the requirements for a land grants in Fannin County and received Grant Certificate No. 82 for 640 acres of land. He married Mary Ann “Polly” Banta and they had 12 children together, five lived to adulthood.After Mary Ann died in 1870, he married Martha Ann E Rowland in 1871. He died on October 30, 1898, in Bandera, Texas, having lived a long life of 83 years, and was buried in Bandera, Texas.
Benjamin Franklin Langford
Benjamin Franklin Langford (b. 9/10/1847) in Hunt, Texas and as a you man moved Bandera. He and his wife, Arantha Jane Chipman, had 11 children in 23 years. Frank was engaged in contracting and construction of buildings in Bandera working closely with his brother, I. B. (Berry) Langford. Together they did masonry, carpentry, cabinet building, operated a livrey stable and blacksmith shop, a meat slaughtering house and meat market, a furniture and hardware store and a funeral home. He worked hard to build Bandera into a pioneer town. He died on February 28, 1923, in Bandera, Texas, having lived a long life of 75 years.
His wife, Arantha Chipman, moved to Bandera in 1861 settling in Mono Valley with her parents who came with the Mormon Colony.
Isaac Berry Langford
Isaac Berry Langford, affectionately know as "Uncle Berry" was the son of Mr. & Mrs. M. H. Langford, who came to Bandera from Burnet county in 1864 when Berry Langford was just 13 years old (b. June 1, 1851). He married Elizabeth Bird (daughter of Samuel Bird and Elvira Lytle; born in the Mormon Colony in Bandera) on March 14, 1872, and lived in Bandera until his death March 7, 1914. Among his many jobs, he served as justice of the peace, county commissioner, and held other positions. He engaged in carpenter work, and opened a shop near his house on Eleventh Street, and also built a two-story hotel near the corner of Pecan and Main Streets, which was known as the Langford House. For a time he operated a livery stable which was located just across the street from the hotel. Isaac helped to build many houses in Bandera, including the Frank and Mary Hay Langford house. Mr. & Mrs. I. B. Langford raised a fine family of eight children, five sons and three daughters: Will, Clarence, Allie B., Frank, Ivy B., Leah May, Jennie, and Villa Langford. Mrs. Langford passed away in Bandera August 20, 1926 at the age of 70 years.
Lee Wilson Langford
Lee Wilson Langford b: 5 Aug 1863 in Burnet County, Texas d: 1 Oct 1926 in Uvalde Co, Texas
+Laura Jane Davenport m: 20 Sep 1886 in Bandera, Texas
George Finley d: 1922 in Anthony, Texas
Ira James (boy on donkey) John Lewis b: 13 Jun 1888 d: 13 Jan 1954 in Del Rio, Texas
Nola Ann b: 12 Apr 1890 d: in Del Rio, Texas Ted Lee b: 17 Mar 1901
Daisy Mae b: 10 Dec 1903 d: in Del Rio, Texas (little girl in foreground)
Hay Family
George Hay was born in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, March 17, 1836. With his parents he sailed from America from Liverpool, England, September 10, 1841. They landed in New Orleans on October 19, 1841. From New Orleans they proceeded up the Mississippi To St. Louis and then to Nauvoo, the Mormon City in Illinois. George's parents were the first in Scotland to be baptized in the Mormon faith. They joined up with a large party of Mormons, headed by Elder Lyman Wight, and moved south finally settling in Bandera County in 1854.
George first married Amanda Minear, also a member of the Mormon colony. They had two children: Mrs. Amanda Elam and George Alexander Hay. Amanda Minear died at the young age of 25 (16 May 1863). Later George Hay married Virgine Minear, Amanda's sister, and nine children were born to them: (1) Jessie Georgianna, (2) Francis Towle, (3) Janet Virginia, (4) Charles Frederick William, (5) Joseph A. M., (6) Mary Emma, (7) John Samuel Stevens; and twins, Ola Elva and Ora Elva.
George Hay was a true pioneer helping to bring peace and prosperity to the frontier. He protected the town from Indians, served as a judge, and as a merchant made it possible for the early settlers to get the supplies they needed. As a husband and father, he raised a fine family. George Hay died at the age of 89 on 6 Feb, 1925 and was buried in Bandera, Texas. Virgina passed away in Bandera on November 6, 1941 at the age of 97 and also was buried in Bandera.
Minear Family
Virgine Minear (everybody called her "Virginia") and her family joined the Lyman Wight Colony after her father, William Minear, was murdered for his horse and saddle in Coryell County, Texas in 1850. Virgine's mother, Lydia P. Hymer, at the time had 6 young children and was expecting a seventh.
The Banta Family
Isaac Banta was a mechanic or carpenter, living with his wife and 9 children in Princeton, Indiana. His wife Elizabeth, who was of English stock took her name from a second or third cousin, who was Queen Elizabeth of England. He and Eliza longed for the free and open range of Texas, where they could engage in stock raising on the luxurious grasses, then free to all. So in the autumn of 1839, they loaded their household goods and family into huge wagons, and with ox teams, set out for their new "home on the range". This family consisted of nine children and they arrived at Clarksville, Red River County, some time late in the autumn of 1840. Here they stayed for some time, Isaac following his trade as carpenter, then the desire for the "frontier" became stronger, and they set out again, finally locating their headright on what was known as Bullard Creek, near where the little town of Campbell now stands. In 1845, Issac and his son, Henry, assisted in the organization of Hunt count.
Bedwell Family
Ivy Langford, Jr.'s grandfather, John William "Willie" Bedwell traveled with his family on a journey that took him from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to California. The family kept a diary (copy held by Ivy Langford, Jr.) which exists today. They began their journey on May 1, 1864 with "wagons, yoke of cattle and 6 head of horses". They traveled between 6 to 30 miles a day if the weather allowed it. They arrived in Lakeport, Lake County, California on Sunday, October 1, 1864. The Bedwell family has a long, rich history of life in the United States and Mexico.
Chipman Family
The Chipman Family members were among the early settlers in the Bandera region. They were part of the Mormon Coloby.
Shown in this photo-back row, left to right: Harriet Hamilton Chipman, Hettie Bird Chipman Welch (Elizabeth Jane Bird's sister), Mary Barnes Head, Emma Howe, Carrie Hamilton Chipman, Annie Chipman Whitley.
Seated left to right: Bernice (Nicey) Chipman Lewis, Nettie Chipman Hamilton, Arantha Chipman Langford, Rufana Chipman Laxson, John R. Chipman.