This is where the children of Granville D. Roach resided after his death in 1932. The Masonic Home and School in Fort Worth, Texas. Five sons and a daughter.
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at Masonic Home & School? in Fort Worth, Texas USA
This is a picture of the little boys building at The Masonic Home, but it is not in Houston, Texas; it is in Fort Worth, Texas. This building was torn down in 1983.
My father and his older brother grew up at the home. My Dad was friends with Buster Roach and played football at the home. He put together a scrapbook with photos of the football team, etc.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
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Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
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