Ever in pursuit of my Willhelm clan, I found this piece from a Fort Worth paper published in April 1891. Mr. Willhelm has the same name as my great-grandfather. But I've not ever heard that my ancestor worked as a deputy, but only as a teacher, farmer, and/or writer of religious pamphlets.
He and wife Rebecca or "Lena" were living in the adjacent county of Mason just outside the town of Katemcy. Their eldest son Glenn's birth record shows the family living there in 1890.
But I've no proof that this Ed Willhelm is MY Ed Willhelm. Do you?
Source:
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Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), 26 April 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-04-26/ed-1/seq-16/