Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	AG-101
Corporate Name:	Kimmey & Warren
Local Name:
Owner Name:	D. F. Warren and H. C. Kimmey
Location:	Near Homer
County:	Angelina
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1889
End Year:	1889
Decades:	1880-1889
Period of Operation:	1889
Town:	Near Homer
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Steam Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:
Capacity Comments:	Unknown
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Bremmen sawmill, steam engine, steam boiler
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	H. C. Kimmey and D. H. (or F.) Warren ordered a steam engine, boiler, and Bremmen sawmill from the R. K. Chatham & Co of Bryan, Texas, on November 15, 1889. Kimmey & Warren prepaid $1,000 of the $1,132 sales price and promised to pay the remainder on delivery of the merchandise to Homer, Texas. According to a photocopy of a R. K. Chatham & Co. document, the equipment was delivered on February 3, 1890, for a receipt by Warren & Kimmey for the remaining $132 was received. In May, 1891, Warren gave Ed Mantooth, a county lumberman, a deed of trust on seventy acres two and a half miles north of Homer. The mill have been located there.
Research Date:	MCJ 01-12-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson