ID'd Photo Granger TX Girl Dad Killed by Horse Thieves Bros Were Texas Rangers

Interesting family history - when Gertrude was 9 her father was murdered by horse thieves, and two of her brothers were Texas Rangers. Gertude lived until 1960 and never married.

A little bit found online. Gertrude Dyches, daughter of William Dyches and Tabitha Allan "Tabbie" May Dyches, was born September 24, 1880. She attended Add-Ran Col­lege at Thorp Spring, Texas about 1900.

She joined her mother and siblings in execut­ing a deed February 5, 1906 to 54.5 acres, "part of the Josiah Dyches Survey, " accord­ing to Williamson County Deed Book 118, page 184. She died unmarried in San Angelo in 1960 and was buried beside her mother. She was an outstanding horsewoman and an ex­pert markswoman with a pistol. Photographed by Heiman & Schlueter of Granger. Cabinet card is in pretty good antique with light surface wear and aging. Texas ranger old west western. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs". The seller is "jack_mord" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Antique: Yes
• Type: Photograph
• Format: Cabinet Card
• Year of Production: 1880
• Number of Photographs: 1
• Theme: Americana, History, Western
• Time Period Manufactured: 1850-1899
• Production Technique: Albumen Print
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
• Subject: Genealogy

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