Irion County Museum and Historical Society

05/18/2026

Sherwood Home Coming is Coming soon on Saturday, June 13th at 11:30 A.M.

03/01/2026

12/08/2025

Sherwood Christmas Celebration-Sherwood, Texas. Saturday December 13, 2025 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. there will be Christmas Vendors, Food Breakfast and Lunch, Candy, Fudge, Baked goods, Boutique, jewelry and much more. Come out and join us for Christmas fun!!!!
Sherwood Courthouse.

11/27/2025

Resting

10/01/2025

Edna McFall Sawyer asst to Post Mistress Campbell. In Mertzon

10/01/2025

Walter. Lonnie. And Reverand James McFall

10/01/2025

An original baby book from Mertzon in 1927 for James DeLong

09/03/2025

The DeLong Family of Mertzon started out in the land that would become Tom Green County, G.W. DeLong Sr. and his wife Sylvania Williams Delong moved to what would become Tom Green county in 1865 the year after Richard Tankersley moved there. The DeLongs branched out to Eldorado and Irion County. with the base of them living in Christoval where they built the dam and have their own cemetery the DeLong Cemetery, A dedicated Historical Cemetery with a Historical Marker. The George Washington DeLong Family moved to Mertzon and raised their family there. there are still descendants of them in Mertzon. San Angelo was several of the DeLongs living there. The Tankersley's, Noelkes, and DeLongs are still friends after all these years sharing Pioneer status in their Communities and the love of History. I was honored to be a invited to the Dedication of the Marker for the R.F. Tankersley near Wall and was allowed to visit the Tankersley Cemetery and home stead near Tankersley.

Tina DeLong

09/03/2025

Lonnie McFall took over the newspaper in Mertzon and called it the Mertzon Star. you can see a sample of it in the Museum. He married Debbie Clark and they worked side my side. my Dad James DeLong was a type setter for his Uncle Lonnie while he was in school. Lonnie was born in Comanche then moved with his parents to Sherwood as his dad James was a traveling Preacher then then moved to Mertzon. Lonnie and Debbie had no children. Debbie's sister Reva married into the DeLong Family and is buried in the DeLong Cemetery in Christoval. Debbie and Lonnie are buried in the Mertzon Cemetery behind his parents.

09/03/2025

let us know your family histories write them down and give to the museum we would love to have them. or please share them with us here. if you would like and your relative is in our find a grave memorials we can add info to remember them by,

09/03/2025

The Reverend James McFall was a Traveling Methodist Preacher and stone mason. He Married Martha Dabney and had six children including Myrtle McFall Chaney, Beulah McFall DeLong and newspaper man for the Mertzon Star, Lonnie McFall. Rev. McFall preached in Sherwood where he first lived then Mertzon, he also preached in Arden. He helped to build the Mertzon School House also. his youngest daughter Edna was Asst. to the post Mistress in Mertzon. Mary his daughter was County Clerk of Mertzon. MY Grandfather Rev. McFall died in 1960 and he and his wife are buried in the Mertzon Cemetery. he as also known as Rev Mac.

Tina DeLong