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FOOTNOTES:
1. The Paul
Varga Family: Paul Varga was born
May 28, 1841, in
In October, 1876, Paul Varga bought 640 acres of land in northwest San Saba County from his father. He moved to this land in the Bowser community in 1877. In 1880 Paul Varga and wife Blanch deeded a certain parcel of this land to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the establishment of a church. In 1890 Paul and Blanch donated an additional parcel of land (beyond the flood plain) to be used as a cemetery for the Bowser community. (See Deed Records Vol. F, p. 417 and Vol. T, p. 430.
2. Mrs. Paul
Varga: Blanch Delaware Russell was
born Dec. 11, 1837, in
3. The
Bowser Community was named in honor of Able Bowser who was among the first
to settle in the area in the early 1950’s.
The community was first situated in a bend in the
The town of
4. The Bowser
School was the second School District to be organized in San Saba County and
was the center of community activity over the years. Classes were held there through the 1942
school year when Bowser consolidated with the