CEDAR SPRINGS

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CEDAR SPRINGS

      CEDAR SPRINGS, TEXAS (Falls County). Cedar Springs, once known as Mill Tract, is on Farm Road 2027 nine miles south of Marlin in south central Falls County. It was named for several springs that flowed through a nearby cedar grove. In the early 1870s the community had a sawmill, a gin, and a store. In 1879 a post office was established, taking the name Viesca, in remembrance of the colonial settlement Sarahville de Viesca, which had been five miles north. The community had a population of thirty in the mid-1880s. In 1890 it had 100 residents, a general store, and a hotel. When the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway completed the section of track between Waco and Lexington in 1891, bypassing Viesca by six miles, many residents were drawn to the railroad and the newly established community of Lott. The population of Viesca fell to fifty by the mid-1890s. When the post office was discontinued in 1905, the community resumed the name Cedar Springs. In 1905 the community had a two-teacher school for sixty-six white students and a one-teacher school for eighty-one black students. Until the mid-1950s Cedar Springs served as the focus of a common-school district; this district was divided and consolidated with the Lott and the Rosebud school districts in 1955. Cotton and corn were the principal crops grown by farmers in the Cedar Springs area until the 1930s. At that time tomatoes were introduced as a specialty crop, and farmers also began to grow watermelons, cantaloupes, and sweet potatoes. Stock, in particular turkeys, increased in importance after 1960. The population of Cedar Springs fell to fifteen in the early 1930s but increased to fifty by 1939 and to seventy by 1945. A school, a church, and several residences marked the community on county highway maps in the late 1940s. Ninety residents were reported in 1970 and 1990.

      BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roy Eddins, ed., and Old Settlers and Veterans Association of Falls County, comp., History of Falls County, Texas (Marlin, Texas?, 1947). Lillian S. St. Romain, Western Falls County, Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1951). Vertical File, Texas Collection, Baylor University. Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl

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TITLE	DESCRIPTION	CONTRIBUTED BY
Good Homeplace	This is the Good Homeplace on land along the Brazos River. The land was sold to O. T. Watkins, parents of son-in-law Glover Watkins who married Lyda Huddleston.	Clifford Neal Good
Clifford Clare Good & Lilly Ida Huddlestone Good Poterfield	Clifford Clare Good with his Mother, Lilly Ida Huddlestone Good Poterfield. Clifford "Cliff" Clare Good was in the Navy during World War II. He went into the service in 1942 along with two of his brothers. L. B. Good was in the Army and was in the European War. Robert Wilburn was in the Army also but fought in the Pacific theater. Clifford "Cliff" Clare Good was stationed in the Solomon Islands and was an Aircraft Mechanic on Guadacanal.	Clifford Neal Good
Huddleston Family	Front row: Lyda Huddleston Watkins, Lilly Ida Huddleston Good Poterfield, Grace Ellison, Sue Huddleston, James Plukett Huddleston, Unknown. If you can ID the Unknown in this picture, please let Kay know.	Clifford Neal Good
Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston	Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston. Picture taken in 1920's.	Clifford Neal Good
Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston	Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston. This picture was taken around late 1940's or early 1950's.	Clifford Neal Good
Robert Wilbern & Charlotte Ellen (Davidson) Good	Robert Wilbern & Charlotte Ellen (Davidson) Good. Robert Wilbern Good is the son of James Bufford Good and Lilly Ida Huddleston Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Headstone of Sallie Pennington Huddleston	Headstone picture of Sallie Pennington Huddleston buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery. She was the Mother of Lilly Ida Huddleston Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Robert Fountain Good	This is a picture of Robert Fountain Good and his mother and father, Joseph Warren and Marybelle Jordan Good, and friends as he leaves to go into service in World War I. Back Row: Nannie Good Bramlet, Frank Bramlet, Robert Fountain Good, Marybelle Good, Antone Potski, Cleave Childers, Frank Manning Front Row: Bud Segler, Joseph Warren Good, Edward Franklin Good, Neomi Good (Ed's Girl)	Clifford Neal Good
Joseph Warren Good	Joseph Warren Good, born in Jasper, Texas to James D. Good. He came to Falls County, Texas in the late 1870's. After his divorce from Marybelle Jordan Good, he moved back to Jasper, Texas and died there in 1930. Joseph Warren Good is also the Great Grandfather of Clifford Neal Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Bertha Good	This is Bertha Good as a child, daughter of Joseph Warren Good. She was born January 1, 1900, lived to be 94 yrs old. She was the wife of Joe Baily.	Clifford Neal Good
Bertha Good	This is Bertha Good, daughter of Joseph Warren Good. She was born January 1, 1900, lived to be 94 yrs old. She was the wife of Joe Baily.	Clifford Neal Good
Jimmy Poterfield and his mother Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield	This is Jimmy Poterfield and his mother Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield.	Clifford Neal Good
John "Jimmie" Bufford Good	This is my grandfather, John Bufford Good as a boy with his pig. John was son of Joe and Marybelle (Jurdon) Good. John was father to Clifford Clare Good. See obit for John Bufford Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Good - Poterfield Family	Left to Right: Clifford Clare Good, Johnie Tucker Good (step-mother) Loraine Poterfield, Jimmy Poterfield, Kenneth Alan Good, and Clifford N. Good	Clifford Neal Good
Clifford Clare Good and his son Kenneth Alan Good	This is Clifford Clare Good and his son Kenneth Alan Good. Picture taken around 1950.	Clifford Neal Good
Children of Edward Franklin Good	Leldon Good, his sister Mary Jane Good-Law, and Alcean Good Jackson.	Clifford Neal Good
Antoine Potski, Robert Fountain Good, and Cleave Childers	This is Antoine Potski, Robert Fountain Good, and Cleave Childers. Best of Buddies.	Clifford Neal Good
John Bufford Good	This is John Bufford Good, son of Joseph Warren Good and grandfather of Clifford Neal Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Neomi Good	This little girl is Neomi Good, daughter of Edward Franklin Good when she was 2 years old.	Clifford Neal Good
J. T. and Premelia (Good) Lewis	J. T. and Premelia (Good) Lewis. Premelia was the daughter of Enoch Good. Enoch Good was the son of Joseph Warren Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Robert Wilburn Good and Martha Good Caswell	Robert Wilburn Good and daughter, Martha Good Caswell. Robert is the son of John Bufford Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Robert Wilburn Good	This is Robert Wilburn Good back in the late 40's or early 50's. He is John Bufford Good's son.	Clifford Neal Good
Edward Franklin Good	This is Edward Franklin Good. He is one of Joseph Warren Good's 12 children. He was head of the draft board during World War II. He used lots of gravel from the home place to cover the roads with gravel during the 30's and 40's. The old home place was 200 acrea along the Brazos River. There is an old map in the county clerks office in Marlin showing Joseph Good's land along the Brazos River. The map is on the wall.	Clifford Neal Good
Bobby Lackey	This is my cousin, Bobby Lackey. His mother was my father's sister Dorothy Good Lackey.	Clifford Neal Good
Dorothy Good Lackey	This is Dorothy Good Lackey. Dorothy is the daughter of John Bufford Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Martha Good Caswell	This is Martha Good Caswell, the daughter of Robert Wilburn Good, who was the son of John Bufford Good.	Clifford Neal Good
Martha Jane Good Caswell	Martha Jane Good Caswell at "Sweet 16".	Clifford Neal Good
Jimmy Poterfield and his brother L. B. Good during World War II	This picture is of Jimmy Poterfield and his brother L. B. Good during World War II. L. B. was in the army and was shot by a sniper during the invasion of France (wasn't in first wave of D-Day).	Clifford Neal Good
Jimmy Poterfield and daughter Tammy Poterfield	This is Jimmy Poterfield the son of Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield with his daughter, Tammy Poterfield.	Clifford Neal Good
Jimmy Poterfield and brother L. B. Good	This picture is of Jimmy Poterfield and brother L. B. Good. This picture was taken in October 1960.	Clifford Neal Good
Group Picture October 1966	Front to back: Florence Watkins (wife of Ledford Watkins) Lyda Huddleston Watkins, Johnie Tucker Good, Earnest Poterfield, and Clifford Clare Good. This picture taken in October 1966. This is at my grandparents house. I remember there was a store there in the early 60s. I had a gas pump and everyone use to sit around the pot-bellied stove during the winter. Grandma's house was next door. Across the Hwy Frank Manning and Quintella Manning lived. You could look up the road and see Uncle Glover and Aunt Lyda's house. You could also see the old school house and the gym. I use to drive up there just to drive. I would take grandpa's '53 Chevy (Brown). I learned to drive in 1968 so the school was still there then.	Clifford Neal Good
John Warren Good and Rebecca Segler Good	This is a picture of John Warren Good and Rebecca Segler Good. John was Joseph Warren Good's first boy. The others in the picture are Rebecca's brothers and their wifes. Baby held is Woodrow Wilson Good John's son. Picture taken in 1917 or 1918.	Clifford Neal Good
Daughters of David Dominey and Clara Mae (Redding) Watkins	Daughters of David Dominey and Clara Mae (Redding) Watkins Left to Right Mary Erna Watkins, b. April 3, 1901; "Callie" Ima Watkins, b. September 27, 1906; Mattie Lou Watkins, b. January 13, 1899	Elaine Wyatt Branham
Dave Watkins Family	Dave Watkins Family Winter of 1920-21 Left to Right Ima, Watkins, Mattie Lou (Watkins) Asbury, Erna (Watkins) Chatham holding baby Dorothy Chatham, and Dave Watkins	Elaine Wyatt Branham
The Dave Watkins Family	The Dave Watkins Family About 1905 Left to Right Dave Watkins, Mary Erna Watkins, Clara Mae (Redding) Watkins, and Mattie Lou Watkins	Elaine Wyatt Branham
James Byers Redding and Family	James Byers Redding and Family 1908 Left to Right William Henry Redding; James Byers Redding, son of Henry George and Caldonia Adeline (Byers) Redding; Eva Sybil Redding (m Talley); Georgia Pearl (Mathews) Redding, daughter of William Madison and Nancy Lee Anna (Brown) Mathews; infant Ruby Faye Redding (m Wyatt); and James Emory Redding	Elaine Wyatt Branham
Wedding Day of Cumming Henry and Mary Boyd Redding	Wedding Day of Cumming Henry and Mary Boyd Redding October 29, 1911 Picture with ID’s Larger Picture with no ID’s If you can ID anyone else in this picture, please let Kay know.	Elaine Wyatt Branham
Caledonia Adaline "Callie" Redding	Caledonia Adaline "Callie" Redding Caledonia Adaline "Callie" Redding, born October 16, 1851, in Dalton, Whitfield Co, GA to James W. and Mary Ann Brandon Byers, died April 6, 1918 and her remains are buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery... at which time, tradition tells us, she was diabetic and weighed over 300 pounds. Wife of Henry George Redding (1829c-1891), she was the mother of Clara Mae Redding Watkins (1873-1953), James Byers Redding (1875-1948), Eugene Forbes Redding (1877-1955), Lulu Virginia Redding Cox (1880-1965), Clio Sallie Redding Barganier (1881-1921), Cumming Henry Redding (1884-1962), DeWitt Hedrick Redding (1888-1907), and John Thomas Redding (1891-1918).	Elaine Wyatt Branham, granddaughter of James Byers Redding

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