Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: MO-220
Corporate Name: S. E. Barnes
Local Name:
Owner Name: S. E. Barnes. O. P. Perkins
Location: Mostyn, five miles northeast of Magnolia
County: Montgomery
Years in Operation: 6 years
Start Year: 1910
End Year: 1915
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1910
Town: Mostyn
Company Town: 1
Peak Town Size: 50 in 1910
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Trinity & Brazos Valley
Historicial Development: O. P. Perkins had a complete sawmill at Mostyn, including engines and boilers, secured for him by Peter E. and J. L. Josserand on a deed of trust and three notes. The Josserands defaulted, and T. E. Dean, acting for the lien holder, sold the Mostyn mill to S. E. Barnes of Trinity. Barnes may have been acting as an agent for the Josserands. In 1910, Webb describes Mostyn “as a community in southwestern Montgomery County . . . [with] a station on the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad in the early 1900's and in 1910 had a sawmill and a post office operated in the K. P. Edwards store. Population in 1910 was fifty. After 1915 the post office was discontinued and mail was sent to Montgomery.”
Research Date: MCJ 03-21-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson