DeLoach, W G Family 1975-02-21
The family of the late W. G. DeLoach, Sudan cotton farmer and diarist, discusses his life. Participants in the interview are Mrs. W. G. DeLoach, Mrs. Dellie DeLoach, Mrs. Jimmy DeLoach Patterson, Robert DeLoach, Harold DeLoach and Dorothy DeLoach.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: W. G. DeLoach Family
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Date: February 21, 1975
Location: Sudan, Texas
Interviewer: David Murrah
Length: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Biography of W. G. DeLoach,
Born in 1880 in Georgia,
Moved to Texas in 1887,
Worked as a cowboy,
Mrs. W. G. DeLoach tells of meeting her husband,
Shivaree after marriage,
First house described,
Moved to Thurber, Texas, then to Strawn, to coal mine,
Lived in Oklahoma,
Returned to Texas,
Tell of crossing Blanco Canyon,
Explains twisting out rabbits,
Moved back to Oklahoma,
Mr. DeLoach started keeping diary in 1914,
David Murrah explains value of diary
Tape 1, Side 2:
Tell of road building after returning to Texas in 1924,
Building brick highway between Mineral Wells and Millsap related,
Bridge-building described,
Tell of moving to Sudan to farm,
Trip to Washington to patent a collapsible chicken coop,
Father made a cotton sled with teeth in 1914,
Describe sled to cut feed,
Describe planting wheat,
Story of death of youngest brother Bill in India,
W. G. DeLoach farmed until 1952,
Discussion of dwindling water table,
Family participates in discussion about diary
Range Dates: 1880-1952
Bulk Dates: 1880-1952
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