Dallas County, Texas - The whole text, 1892 (part 11 of 32)

After the war he came back to Texas and located at Pilot Point, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and sale of drugs. In 1887 he came from there to Dallas, and has since been engaged in practice here. The Doctor is a writer of some distinction. He is also engaged as business manager of The Texas Health Journal. This journal is a handsome and well written monthly magazine, devoted to preventive and State medicine, the creation of a State Board of Health, and the exposure of medical frauds, secret reiaedies and quacks. Following are the names of its officers: J. R. Briggs, M. D., managing editor; J. C. Rucker, M. D., and T. P. Pipkin, M. D., associate editors; A. M. Elmore, M. D., business manager; and Hon. Dudley G. Wooten, attorney for the company.

Dr. Elmore was married in 1862 at Pilot Point, Texas, to Miss Frances Dirickson, daughter of Isaac and Harriet Dirickson, of Pilot Point, she and her parents being natives of Kentucky. The Doctor and his wife had eiglit children, viz.: E. E., a clerk in the general freight office of the Texas & Pacific Kailroad; Kate, a music teacher in Indian Territory; Ida, wife of Jolin T. Alexander^ Ardniore, Indian Territory; James, a clerk in the otKce with his i)rother, E. E. ; Uelen; Clarence, and two that <iied in early childliood. Mrs. Elmore died in December, 1884. She was a devoted Christian woman and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. February 14, 1886, the Doctor married Mrs. Mattie Clouse, widow of Henry Clouse, of Pilot Point. She is a daut^hter of Alphonso Wilson, of Shawneetown, Missouri, and she and her first husband were natives of Missouri. She has four children, viz.: Effie, wife of W. 11. Vaughn, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Emma, Grace and Alphonso. Her father died in January, 1891, aged seventy-two years, and her mother in May, 1891, at about the same age.

Dr. Elmore is a physician of ability and a man of integrity, and for his many estimable qualities he is held in high esteem by all who know him. He is a Mason of high degree a member of the Knights of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Honor, and is identified with tiie Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat and takes an interest in political matters; has served as a member of the central comniittee, and as chairman of the county committee in Denton county, Texas.

moved to Livingston county, Missouri, and later two Mercer county, where he followed farming and was also engaged in merchandising. He was one of the prominent men of Missouri of his day. He was held in high esteem fur his strict integrity and sterling qualities of head and heart. With the Masonic fraternity he was prominently identified. He served as Worshij)f'ul Master of his lodge. He owned many slaves, and it is a fact worthy of note that while he lived on the border of a free State and often took his slaves with him into Iowa, to assist in driving stock, etc., no!ie of them ever showed the least disposition to leave their master, but always seemed happy and contented. He died in 1865, at about the age of seventy. His wife died in December, 1889, at the home of one of her married daughters in California, she also being seventy at the time of her death. There were seven in her family, the snbject of our sketch being the fifth born, and six are still living, the sisters all in California.

In 1861, D. A. Williams enlisted with his brother, William Monroe, in Company G, Gates' regiment - a company he had raised himself - of which he was First Lieutenant. He and his brother remained together till 1863, when the latter was killed while on a raid through Missouri, aged nineteen years. After they had served nine months D. A. was made Captain and William M., First Lieutenant. Later, our subject raised a regiment, organized the companies, and was elected Colonel, which position he held during the remainder of the war. For some time previous to the organization of this regiment he commanded the advance guard of the Missouri Cavalry, under J. O. Shelby. He was in all the principal engagements west of t)ie Mississippi river: Lexington, Elk

Horn, Prairie Grove, Jenkins' Ferry, Prairie de Ann and all the engagements against General Steele, ever acting the part of a brave soldier and officer. At the battle Mark's Mill he had two horses killed under him.

After the close of the war Colonel Williams went with a number of prominent officers and 400 or 500 private soldiers to Mexico, going through in battle line to the city of Monterey. After remaining there three months, the Colonel returned to the United States and joined his family (wife and three children) in Illinois, from whence he went to Arkansas and located in Chico county There he was engaged in cotton planting one year. From there he went to Jefferson county, that State, and continued the same business three years; thence to Desha county, near the mouth of the Arkansas river, where he bought a cotton plantation and also conducted a mercantile business, remaining there till 1876. That year he met with misfortune, caused by the overflow of the river, and moved to Te.xas. Here, he located in Dallas, and has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was elected County Attorney in 1888, reelected in 1890, and is now closing his second term in a most satisfactory manner. His office is in the new courthouse, one of the finest buildings in the State. The Colonel is well known as a good citizen and an efficient officer, and his duties and able services are a part of the county's history.

He was married February 24, 1859, to Louisa Wynn, a member of a prominent Virginia family residing in Tazewell county. By her he had four children, viz.: Samuel, of Ponham, Texas, married Josie Williams, by whom he has two children, Harry and Lucile, and at this writing is employed as a commercial traveler; Edward G., of Dallas, is his father's assistant in the practice of law ; Mary is the wife of Joseph Scott, a produce dealer, Gallatin, Missouri; and William M., who died in infancy. The mother died of cholera, near Pine Blufl", Arkansas, in 1866, her youngest child dying of "the same disease a few days later. Her death occurred when she was thirty years of age. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was a most devoted Christian woman. On both sides her ancestry represented people of excellent character, high social influence and great personal worth. In her the truest and purest type of the affectionate daughter, the loving wife and the fond mother were united. Her memory is sanctified by a love as tender as it was sweet. Colonel Williams is a member of the Elks and has been associated with the Masons and Odd Fellows.

fHOMAS L. MARSALIS, a resident of Dallas, and one of the most enterprising and public-spirited men in the Southwest, has accomplished wonders in developing the resources and promoting the interests of this section of Texas, especially of Dallas. He has succeeded where thousands would have failed. The following facts (while we regret that they must be so brief) will serve to show something of his ability, his persistence, and the stupendous results he has accomplished.

Thomas L. Marsalis was born in Mississippi, October 4, 1852. His parents, descendants of Holland ancestry, were Pennsylvanians and Quakers. They went from Pennsylvania to Mississippi at an early day, and when Thomas L. was a year old they moved to Louisiana. In that State young Marsalis spent his boyhood days. In 1871, at the age of nineteen.

he came to Texas and located in Corsicana, wiiere lie eD<iaged in the wholesale grocery business. In the following year he came to Dallas, and here he did a wholesale grocery business for a period of sixteen years. When he was twenty-tive he was doing an annual business of l?750,000, at thirty his sales amounted to $1,500,000 annually', and during the seventeen years of his career as a wholesale grocerymau his sales amounted to over $20,000,000. During all this time he took great interest in tlie uphnilding of Dallas, contributing freely of his money and time to the advancement of its best interests. He helped to organize the first fire company of Dallas, also helped to organize the Merchants' Exchange, and is a charter member of several of the railroad companies that have built roads to Dallas. He built four grocery stores ihiring the time he was in business, each larger and more commodious than the one that preceded it. The last one he built covered about an acre and had a railroad track runnina; into the building, where seven cars could be loaded and unloaded. In 1881, while the streets of Dallas were in mud, and the people afraid to experiment, Mr. Marsalis paved the street in front of his store with bois d'arc blocks, thus demonstrating the fact that this kind of pavement was a success. His example was followed, and to-day the streets of the city are well paved.

Mr. Marsalis is a born leader. He is one of the very few men who know the wants of a city. In Dallas, at this juncture, his business tact had a large field for successful operations. In 1887 he conceived the idea of giving Dallas a beautiful, accessible and healthful residence and manufacturing section, and to carry out this |)lan he bought about 2,000 acres of land, just across the river from Dallas, at that time in fields and rocky cliffs. This he platted, and in jtaving its streets spent about $200,000. In order to make it accessible to the business portion of Dallas, he built an elevated railway from the courthouse across the river bottom to and through this property, building a nice station house on this road on every alternate block. He then built a complete system of water works, covering most of the streets and alleys. He also built an electric light plant and a magnificent hotel, and improved about 150 acres as a park. This park is the chief attraction as a place of recreation for the people of northern Texas. The first house that was built on the ground was a school liouse, in June, 1887. In order to make living in this beautiful locality attractive it was necessary to have first-class railway accommodations. The same plan was adopted as the one used on the elevated roads of New York city. This is the only road of the kind in the South. As has been shown, Mr. Marsalis has invested a large fortune in this property. People from all parts of Texas soon saw the advantages of tliis business site at Dallas, commenced to buy and build here, and by 1890, thice years from the date of purchase, it had 2,000 magnificent and commodious residences and a population of 7,000. To-day it is an incorporated city and is known as Oak Cliff. It has seventy-five stores, four or live factories of various kinds, and has recently let the contract for a public high-school i)uil(]- ing, and in September, 1892, a young ladies' college will be opened for the accommodation of some 300 young ladies. Already the city of Oak Cliff is becoming the most prominent educational as well as desirable residence location in the State. For nearly five years Mr. Marsalis has worked from fifteen to eighteen hours a day, expending more labor on the enterprise than could be expected of any one

Mr. Marsalis is president of the following companies: Dallas & Oak Cliff Kailroad Company, Oak Cliff Crosstown Railway Company, West Dallas Railway Company, Oak Cliff Water Supply Company, Oak Cliff Light & Power Company, and Oak Clift' Hotel Company.

In 1878 Mr. Marsalis was united in mar. riage with Miss Lizzie J. Crowdus, daughter of Dr. Crowdus. They have had three children: Allene, who died at the age of four years, and Lalia]and T. L.,Jr. Mrs. Marsalis is a lady of culture and refinement, possessing rare intellectual and social attainments. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Marsalis is also prominent in fraternal as well as business circles, being a member of the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P. He combines with an easy adaptability to circumstances a pleasing presence and has the happy faculty of ingratiating himself with all who are fortunate enough to know him.

iLFRED \\ SUMMERS was born in Henry county, Tennessee, August 15, 1839. He has been identified with the interests of Texas from his early manhood, is now one of the prosperous farmers of Dallas county, and is justly entitled to appropriate mention in this volume. Of his parents and family, we record the following facts:

Charles L. Summers, his father, was burn in North Carolina, July 21, 1800. He was first married to Miss Lovelace, who died soon after her marriage. His second marriage occurred in North Carolina, to Malinda Chandler. He then moved to Kentucky, and ere long was again bereft of his companion, who died, leaving one child, Mary Ann, who became the wife of William Oray, and died in December, 1869. After his wife's death Mr. Summers moved to Tennessee, and there, in 1888, wedded Mrs. Elizabeth (Paschall) Key. Mr. Summers was for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning a farm in Tennessee. In 1858 he came to Texas, coming through with wagons and being forty days on the journey. The first year he rented land, and the second year bought 200 acres near where Mesquite now stands. It was all unimproved then, and he moved upon it and at once began the work of development. At that time the county was thinly settled, and they had to go to Dallas to do their trading and get their mail Seven children were born to them, Alfred P. being the oldest. The others are: Thomas; Sarah, deceased; John M., who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga; Luther R. ; Rebecca E., wife of Stephen Moore; and Frances C, who died young.

Alfred P. lived with his father up to the time of the war. He enlisted in the Sixth Texas Cavalry, in September, 1861, and served through the war, participating in the battles of Pea Ridge, Fayetteville, Corinth, Franklin, Inka, i^eacli Tree Ridge, Holly Springs and Thompson Station, and fighting Sherman on his march to the sea. He was detailed and went to Vicksburg with Major Quay, going to Mississippi to gather up mules for the army. He was surrendered at Jackson, Mississippi, May 13, 1865.

Returning home, he rented land and engaged in farming. January 27, 1869, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary F. Elam, who was horn in Hickory county, Missouri, April 15, 1842, and came to Texas when she was five years old. Her parents, Isaac and

Margaret (Laiiliam) Elam, were natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively, the father born in 1803, and her mother in 1811. The names of the twelve children in the Elatn family are as follows: Parallee, wife of B. F. Bethuriun; Emily, wife of H. Cox; Narcissa, wife of Joseph Cox; B. F. Elam; William C; Jane, wife of Money Weatherford ; Drusilla, wife of Christopher Cox; Mary F., wife of A. P. Summers; Adaline, wife of J. J. Pratt; Thomas B.; Livonia, who died young; and Matilda, who has been blind since siie was three months old. Of these, six are now living.

In 1870 Mr. Summers bought 172 acres of land. He now has it all fenced and sixtyfive acres under cultivation. Beginning life a poor boy, he has made fair progress and is now the owner of a nice little farm and comfortable home. He and liis wife have had six children: Charles E., who died November 29, 1890, at the age of twenty-one year^; Alva W. ; Mattie and Maggie, twins; and Frank D. Mr. Summers belongs to the A. F. & A. M., Scyene Lodge, No. 295, of which he has .served as W. M. for several years. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

;1LLIAM THOMAS, of Dallas, Texas, was born in Butler county, Ohio, and was reared within the environment of science. His father was a physician and dentist, and from his earliest youth he was able to use the dental instruments with a care and nicety worthy of an older head. He attended the public schools until he reached his twelfth year, when he developed into a young nomad, lie went away from home, and wandered in nearly every portion of the United States. Wherever he remained any length of time he practiced dentistry, and always made an e.xeellent reputation for skillful and substantial work. Early in the '70s he came to Dallas, Texas, and is one of the two pioneers who anchored in this port and remained. He now attracts patronage from all part-} of the State, and has accumulated a competence from his practice.

Dr. Thomas was united in marria<'e, in 1871, to Miss Sibbil A. Sawyer, and one child has been born of this union, Harry Sawyer Thomas. Ho is a young man of exceptional ability, and has inherited much of tiie mechanical genius of his father and grandfather. He has been a student in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, and while there made an enviable record. Few young men stand so high in the estimation of the business men of the city. He is associated with his father in practice, the firm being Dr. Thomas & Son. They have a pleasant home on Gaston avenue, where they are surrounded with all the comforts of life. The Doctor and his son are intelligent, honorable competitors, and representative citizens in every sense of the word.

ILLIAM M. JOHNSON, civil engineer and surveyor, is a prominent and most highly esteemed citizen of Dallas, Texas. By hl.s scientific knowledge and skill he has contributed much to the material benefit of the city and State, having directed numerous improvements, such as railways, roadways, bridges and sewers, besides superintending the laying out of the Fair grounds, City Park, and numerous suburban additions to Dallas.

Mr. Johnson is the eldest son of Colone- Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson, of Barboursville, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa (Warl ren) Johnson, of Georgetown, Scott county,

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Kentucky, andwas born March 11, 1833, at Georgetown. His father was educated at the Wefct Point Military Academy, and moved to Kentucky in 1827. He was the founder of Bacon College, a school for civil engineers, which was afterward incorporated into the Kentucky University. In 1847 Colonel T. F. Johnson organized the Western Military Institute, at Georgetown, Kentucky, which in 1850 was removed to Blue Lick Springs, and in 1851 to Drennon Springs, Kentucky. Among the faculty of the institute, as professor of ancient languages, was the Hon. James G. Blaine, late United States Secretary of State, but then a young man of twenty, a recent graduate from Washington College, Pennsylvania.

In 1851 the subject of this sketch graduated at Drennon Springs with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1855 the deg-ree of Master of Arts was conferred on him by the University of Nashville, Tennessee. Previous to the war he was engaged in civil engineering in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, since which time he has followed the same pursuit in Missouri, Nebraska and Texas.

He was married on March 61, 1861, at Hannibal, Missouri, to Miss Anna Buckner Owsley, youngest daughter of William P. and Almora (Robards) Owsley. They have two children living: Margaret, now Mrs. H. C. Coke, and Stoddard P. Johnson.

In September, 1872, Mr. Johnson came to Dallas as resident engineer, in charge of the construction of the Texas & Pacific Railway between Mesquite and Eagleford. In 1873 he had charge of the track-laying on the Texas & Pacific Railway from Dallas to Grand Salina, and again in 1880 and 1881 he was in charge of the track, bridges, depots and telegraph line on the Texas & Pacific

Railway from Fort Worth to Blanco Junction. In the spring of 1882 he again occupied the same position on the Missouri Pacific Railway from Hillsboro to Taylor, thus representing over 1,000 miles of track construction in Texas. He was City Engineer of Dallas in 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877, also in 1882, 1883, 1884 and 1885. While in this capacity he superintended the building of the first brick sewer, the laying of the first pipe sewer, the construction of the first Macadam street, and the putting down of the first bois d'arc street pavement in Dallas, being the patentee of the bois d'arc paving as used in Dallas. In 1889 and 1890 he was engaged by the State of Texas as the engineer in charge of the improvements of the State Capitol grounds at Austin, having served as State Engineer twice before, when he was employed to measure and inspect the construction of the Dallas & Wichita Railway from Dallas to Lewisville. He located the present line of the Texas & Pacific Railway from Forney to Dallas, and from Dallas to Fort Worth; and the Dallas & Wichita Railway from Dallas to Lewisville; and the Dallas & Cleburne Railway from Alvarado to Cleburne, in Johnson county. As engineer in charge of track construction, it was his fortune to ride on tlie first locomotive that crossed the 'Sabine, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado and Pecos rivers, on the Texas & Pacific railway, and the Brazos river at Waco, on the Missouri Pacific railway. As a surveyor he laid out the Trinity Cemetery, the Fair grounds and the City Park, also many suburban additions to Dallas, such as Oak Cliff, Belmont, Chestnut Hill and Monarch. He and wife are consistent members of the Christian deuotnination, having both joined that denomination at the same time, when they were immersed in the Royal Spring

From Mr. Johnson we learn the following interesting facts: The first brick sewer ever built ill Dallas was an oval arch, about three feet high and 300 feet long, extending from the northeast corner of Griffith and Elm streets, southeast (through what was at that time Pink Thomas' wagon-yard) to the northwest corner of Main and Murphy streets. This sewer was afterward taken out and rebuilt from Elm to Main street, down Murphy street: Bob James, contractor. The first pipe sewer ever laid in Dallas was the sixinch pipe in Elm street, from Jefferson to Murphy street, and the fifteen-inch pipe down Murphy street from Elm street to the Trinity river at the Rock ford: Captain Ed. Doyle, contractor. The first Macadam street ever constructed in Dallas was on lioss avenue, from Oleander (now Ervay) street to the Houston & Texas Central railway: Lanig & Radicam, contractors. The first bois d'arc block street paving ever put down in Dallas, or anywhere else, was a strip ninety-five feet long on the south side of Elm street, east of Murphy street, done at the expense of Mr. Tom ifarsalis: Miller & Rell, contriictors. To Mr. Marsalis is due the credit of introducing this valuable improvement into Dallas at a time when its principal business streets were almost impassable. The latitude of Dallas, as determined by a United States scientific party in 1878, is 32° 47' 9", and the longitude is one hour and eighteen minutes west from Washington. The elevation of Dallas above mean tide of the Gulf of Mexico is 430 feet at the courthouse, and 474 feet at the Union depot.

sufficient endorsement of his ability, without further comment on the subject. He deservedly stands high in his profession. This, combined with his many admirable traits of character, unimpeachable integrity and universal courtesy, have conspired to win the respect and esteem of the community at large, while he enjoys the affection of a host of personal friends.

Mr. Johnson cast his first vote for Bnchanan and Breckenridge in 1860, and has ever since voted for the nominee of the Democratic party, including Jeff. Davis.

fS. HUGHES, a farmer and stock-raiser, residing four miles north of Dallas, has ' watched the progress of Dallas county since the fall of 1869, since which time he has been more or less prominently identified with her interests.

He was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, on August 28. 1838, and was the fourth son and sixth child in order of birth in a family of nine children. His parents w^re Elijah and Permelia(Well6) Hughes, both natives of Kentucky. His father was a son of William Hughes, who went from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day and whose paternal ancestors were Irish. His mother was a daiiarhter of General Wells, a Keiituckian by birth, and of Scotch descent. His parents always resided in Kentucky, his father dying there in the year of 1860, and his mother surviving until l'866.

The subject of our sketch resided with his parents until he attained his majority, soon after which he came to Texas. His journey to this State was made in the conventional way, with horse and teams, which, on account of heavy rains and swollen streams, was much retarded, being eleven weeks en route. After arriving in Dallas county he engaged in farming, and continued his agricultural pni-suits on rented land for five years, at the end of which time he and his brother, George, purchased 415 acres of wild land, which they at once began ilnproving and building on it a home. They now have 230 acres of Dallas county's best soil, fifteen acres of which are in timber.

Mr. Hughes is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He atiiliates socially with the Masons, having been a member of that fraternity for eighteen years.

Mr. Hughes is a typical American and striking example of the self-made man. Starting in life without much means, he has by industry and economy acquired a competence, and is now classed with the substantial farmers of this community. His fidelity and uprightness of character and cordiality of manner have gained for him the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, and endeared him to a laige circle of personal friends.

^R. W. A. McCOY, one of the leading members of the medical profession at Dallas, Texas, dates his birth in Clark county, Indiana, September 1, 1844. Of his life and ancestry, the following brief outline is presented: county, Indiana. The latter was born in 1806, and lived for sixty-eight years on the same farm on which he first saw the light. He moved to Franklin, Indiana, in 1874, and died soon after at about the age of sixty-nine years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and was an exemplary man in every respect. In the Temperance movement he was an active worker, being among the first to discard the use of intoxicants in the harvest field. He kept up a meeting of the " Washingtonians" (of which he was a prime mover), for many years. He was also active in Sunday-school work. At one time he was Captain of a militia company. Indeed, he was a leading spirit in all enterprises that had for their object the good of the community in which he lived. His widow is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-six years.

Dr. McCoy's paternal grandparents were John and Jane (Collins) McCoy. They went from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, where they were married in 1803. Following are the names of their children: Lydia, who was first married to Jesse Coombes and afterward to Thomas McCorraick, died in Clark county, Indiana; Lewis, father of the subject of this sketch; Spencer Collins, a farmer of Clark county, died about 1872; Isaac, a prominent educator in southern Illinois, diedabout 1884; Thursey, wife of John McCormick; Rev. William McCoy, a Baptist minister, who died in 1890; Eliza, of whom mention is made as a missionary to the Indians elsewhere in this volume; George Rice McCoy, who died in Illinois some time in the '403, and John C. McCoy, a biography of whom appears on another page of this work.

reared <a la rtfe family of children, all of whom grew up to occupy honored and useful positions. Matthias Hester, when nineteen years of atre, was scalped and speared by the Indians on Blue Grass creek, near where Louisville, Kentucky, now stands, and was thrown into a ditch and left for dead. He recovered, however, and lived to an advanced age. Following are the names of their children: Rev. George K., one of the early Methodist ministers of Indiana, and one of the founders of Asbury (now Dc Pauw) University, was born in 1792 and died about 1874; Mary M., who married Mr. Muir, and resided in Kentucky, died about 1860; Cowen P., one of the founders of the Indiana State University at Bloomington, went to California in 1849, was elected Judge, and is now a resident of Los Angeles; Elizabeth, a teacher of more than ordinary ability, died in 1846; David, who was drowned in the Mississippi river; Sarah, wife of John Coombes, died in Clark county, Indiana, in 1880; the seventh born was Dr. McCoy's mother; William, who died at the age of thirty years, left an only son, W. W.j who is now a practicing physician in Chicago; Milton P., of Illinois, is now eighty years of age; and Dr. Uriah A. V., a prominent physician of Owen county, Indiana, is the youngest of the family.

Rev. George K. Hester's sons were among tlie first graduates of Asbury University. They are Rev. Asbury Hester, D. D., of Greencastle, Indiana; Rev. Addison Hester, who died in St. Louis in 1842; Rev. W. Mc- Kinsey Hester, D. D., of the Southeast Indiana C'onference, and Rev. Andrew Hester, who died at Charleston, Indiana, in 1869.

Lewis McCoy and his wife were the parents of four children, viz.: George K., a surgeon in the Union army, ilied in New Orleans, December 18, 18G4, aged about thirty years; J. C. McCoy, a leading attorney of the Dallas bar; Henrietta J., wife of William Taggart, of Chicago, Illinois, and W. A., the subject of this sketch.

Dr. W. A. McCoy was educated at Franklin College, Indiana, and at the State University at Bloomington. He graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with the class of 18b3-'84, and at once began the practice of his profession in Decatur county, Indiana, remaining there two years. In 1887 he came to Dallas, Texas, and since that time has been conducting a medical practice here.

The Doctor was married in 1880, to Miss Lizzie McCain, daughter of J. D. McCain, of Franklin, Indiana. They have two children. Earl and Lewis. Both he and his wife are members of the East Dallas Baptist Church.

fA. McMURRY", brick contractor, Dallas, has put up many buildings through - ' out Dallas and vicinity, and he has put in the foundations for cotton compresses nearly throughout the State; has contracted for many large business blocks, put up the Empire mills, the brick work for the Todd Milling Company, the Exchange building for Mr. Jamison, residences for Loftwick & Jamison, the East Dallas Bank on Elm street, the W. E. Best building at the corner of Ross avenue and Griffin street, also for J. S. Terry on Commerce and Jefferson streets, and many other residences.

Mr. McMurry was born in Smith county, Tennessee, in 1842, the oldest son of James and Emily (Black) McMurry. His father was a native of North Carolina and his mother of Virginia. The senior McMurry was a boy when with his father's family he went to Tennessee, in which State he t{rew up to manhood and was married; he was a farmer and millwrif^ht; his death occcnrred in 1867, and his widow survived him two years. His grandfather, McMurry, came from Scotland and settled in North Carolina at an early day, and some years afterward moved to Tennessee. Mr. McMurry, our subject, was raised in farm life to the age of sixteen years, and then learned his trade.

In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and served twelve months, engaging in a skirmish at Albany, Kentucky, etc. He was discharged, and re-enlisted in 1862, in company F, Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and continued to serve during the war, being in Morgan's raid, in the battle of Chickamauga, etc., and received two Hesli wounds. He was taken prisoner just before the battle of Missionary Ridge and confined at Rock Island; was exchanged before the battle of Petersburg and returned to his command in Virginia, and continued with his company until the close of the war.

Returning to Tennessee, he was married there, in June, 1870, to Miss Emily Turner, a native of Sumner connty, Tennessee, and a daughter of Edmund and Eliza (Whitworth) Turner. Her father was a native of North Carolina, and her mother, of Sumner county, Tennessee. She was a sister of Judge Whitworth, of Nashville. Her father, born in 1793, moved in 1809 to Tennessee, became a model farmer and continued to make Sumner county his home until his death, in 1871. His wife survived till 1888. residing in Dallas. After his marriage Mr. McMurry settled in Union City, Obion county, Tennessee, and continued a resident there until 1874, when he came to Dallas and since then has been identified with the building interests of this city. He votes with the Democratic party, but takes no part in the political machinery. Mrs. McMurry is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have been interested witnesses in the growth of Dallas. Their children are: Edmund, Norman, Qiieenie, Adnie, Jennie and Lizzie.

REIGHTON R. SKELTON, dentist, Dallas, Texas. - One of the most popular dentists of Dallas, Texas, has availed himself of all the modern improvements in this branch, and his skillful manner in performing all operations is well known. He was born in the Keystone State in 1852, and is a son of Elizabeth (Rnxton) Skelton, natives of England; the father a merchant by occupation. Dr. Skelton attained his growth in his native State and supplemented a public school education by attending Ypsilanti Normal School, Michigan. After leaving school he began the study of dentistry with Dr. A. B. Bell and subsequently entered the dental department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor. He began practicing in the West, Aberdeen and Fargo, Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. He came to Dallas, Texas, in 1888, began practicing, and by strict professional methods has built up a lucrative practice. Safe, conservative and reliable, he is one of the rising dentists of the State. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and socially is a pleasant and genial gentleman.

C. FORRESTER, a member of the police force of Dallas, Texas, first ** came to this city in February, 1874. A short time afterward he went to Waco, Texas, and after remaining there two years came back to Dallas in August, 1877. Since

Mr. Forrester was l)orn in Chatham couiitj, North Carolina, in 18-17, the youngest of seven ciiildren born to David and Keziah (Ciilbertson) Forrester, natives of that same county. Ilis father was a farmer by occupation, passed his life there, and died in 1868. Ilis mother also died in Chatham county, her death occurring in 1864. Mr. Forrester was reared on a farm, educated in the district schools, and in his native county was married, in 1869, to Miss S. M. David. She and

David, were all natives of Chatham county. Her father and mother were members of old North Carolina families, and both are deceased. After his marriage Mr. Forrester settled on a farm and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until he came to Texas. Here he was first engaged in contracting and building. For some two or three years he was Superintendent of Streets in East Dallas. He has resided in East Dallas for years, and has been on the police force ten years.

To Mr. and Mrs. Forrester four children have been born, namely: Julian J.; Lizzie; Annie, who died in 1873, and William H., who died in 1875.

Mr. Forrester is in politics a Democrat, and in every respect he is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

[-IIAIiTON BUANCII, an attorney at ' law, Dallas, Texas, was born in Liberty county, this State, March 4, 1848, the fourth in a family of six children. Ilis father, Edward Thomas Branch, was born in Virginia, in 1811, and his mother, Ann Wliartou (Cleveland) Branch, was born in Kentucky, December 25, 1822.

The father of our subject was a prominent man in his day. When a mere youth he began the study of law, and at the age of eighteen he left home, went to Jackson, Mississippi, and engaged as a bank clerk. Soon afterward he became a member of a company that chartered a small sailing vessel and started for the West Indies. The vessel being shipwrecked off Galveston Bay, in 1833 or '34, he was taken prisoner and was carried to Anahuac, where he was released. He subsequently joined the Liberty Company in the Texas army, in 1836, took part in the battle of San Jacinto, and was afterward commissioned by Sam Houston as Lieutenant Colonel. May 27, 1838, he was licensed to practice law. He was a member of the first Congress of the iiepublic of Texas; was appointed Judge of the Fifth Circuit, May 25, 1838. He was married in Brazoria county, at the residence of Colonel Willam II. AVliarton, August 28,1838; and after his marriage settled at Nacogdoclies, and was prominently identified with the courts of Texas. At one time he was Supreme Judge. He moved to Liberty, Texas, December 29, 1841, and remained there until the time of his death, which occurred September 22, 1861. Aside from his other business interests he was also engaged in land speculation and stock dealing, he having introduced blooded stock into that part of Texas. His excellent wife survived him some years. Her death occurred in 1867. The name of Edward T. Branch is well known to all who are familiar with the history of Texas, and is one that will long be remembered for the important part he took in advancing her best interests. He was the first Speaker of the House after the annexation, and was the author of the first exemption law in Texas.

Texas, and received the principal part of his education there. He subsequently took a course at Colorado College, Columbus, Texas. The war, however, interfered with liis college course, and his education was completed under private instructions. He began the study of law under the tutelage of E. B. Pickett, the framer of the Texas State Constitution, and in 1870 commenced the practice of law in Galveston. On the election of E. B. Pickett to State office, Mr. Branch went to Liberty, and took charge of the former's law business, practicing in the courts of southeastern Texas, and meeting with eminent success. Returning to Galveston in 1874, he was engaged in the practice of his profession there until 1889, when he came to Dallas. He has been appointed by the Governor, and chosen by the Bar to preside at different times. Besides his law practice he has also been engaged in the real-estate business. In 1881, and '82, he purchased for Kountz & Co. large ti-acts of pine lands. He also located many sections in western Texas, receiving a fourth interest for his part. He has now about 40,000 acres of timber land and 5,000 acres of good farming land.

Mr. Branch was married in Galveston, Texas, March 14, 1872, to Miss Marie Louise Loomis, a native of Colorado county, Texas, and a daughter of James J. and Mary (Wooton) Loomis, natives of Kentucky, and early residents of Colorado county, this State. Her father was a professor in the Colorado College for some years; was also Clerk of the Court of Colorado county. He died there in October, 1871. Her mother's death also occurred in Columbus, in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Branch have four children living, namely: Edward Thomas, who was born February 15, 1876, is now in the book store of Jolin T. Kingan, Elm street; Lulu May, born

March 4, 1878; Nellie, born February 8, 1880; and Olive, born September 19, 1882. Mr. Branch is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been made a Mason in Tucker Lodge, No. 297, Galveston; has served as Senior Warden in the order. His father was a charter member of Holland Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., at Houston, Texas. In his religious views, Mr. Branch inclines toward the Episcopal faith.

W. C. SMITH, a pioneer of Dallas county, was born in Simpson county, '' Kentucky, in 1832, the third of eight children boi-n to David and Mary (Cummins) Smith, also natives of Kentucky. The lather was a merchant, farmer and stock-raiser by occupation and resided in Kentucky until his death, which occurred in -1865; the mother survived him several years. Our subject was reared and educated in his native county, where he also studied surveying under Billy Williams. He came to Dallas county in 1854, settling in the town of Dallas, where he engaged in clerking for J. W. Smith several years. He then took a herd of cattle to New Orleans.

In 1862 Mr. Smith enlisted in the army, in Captain Iluffmann's company, and remained until the close of the war. He participated in the battle of Somerville, in Morgan's raid, and was taken prisoner in 1863. He was afterward paroled at Gallatin, Tennessee, after which he returned to Dallas and engaged in stock-dealing, and later began clerking, which he has since followed from time to time. Mr. Smith bought sixty acres of land, which he has since improved, and also owns property in Dallas. He is a Democrat, politically, and in 1857-'58 held the

Mr. Sinitli was married in Dallas county, February 22, 1859, to Miss Uannah C. Huffman, a native of Kentucky, but reared in Sumner county, Tennessee, and daughter of M. L. and Mildred (Glouver) Huffman, natives of Kentucky. The parents settled in Tennessee in an early day, and in 1838 moved to Richardson, Dallas county, where the father died, in 1861; the mother still resides in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had three children: Ida, now Mrs. John Bosley, of Dallas; Lily C, wife of Philip Jones, also of Dallas, and Katie. Mr. Smith lost his excellent wife in 1882.

?OHN GKAUWYLER, a farmer and gardener of Dallas countj', was born in Switzerland, in 1837, the youngest of seven children born to Jerome and Verona (Balmer) Grauwyler, also natives of Switzerland. The father was a mason by occupation, and remained in his native country until his death, which occurred in 1865; the mother also died in Switzerland, in 1849.

John, our subject, was reared in the city of Basle, Switzerland, where he was engaged for a time as iwokkeeper for a large silk-ribbon factory. At the age of seventeen years, in 1854, he left his native country and came to Rochester, New York, where he remained until coming to Texas. In x\pril, 1861, in Rochester, he enlisted in Company E, Twentyeighth New York Infantry, for three months, and was in the battle of Bull Run, seven days before Richmond, Antietani, Chancellorsville, Gcttysi)urg, Wilderness and Petersburg. Mr. Grauwyler received a gunshot wound at Antietam and was conKned in the hospital at

Frederick, Maryland. He took part in the review at Washington, District of Columbia, and in 1S65 returned to Ontario county, where he followed his trade until coming to Dallas county, in 1883. He has a fine farm of 365 acres, all of which is under a fine state of cultivation. Politically, Mr. Grauwyler affiliates with tlie Democratic party, and has held the office of Road Overseer for five years. Socially, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post of Rochester. Mrs. Grauwyler is a member of the Episcopal Church.

He was married at Rochester, New York, in 1859, to E. H. Thomas, a native of Ontario county, and daughter of Marcus and Abigail (Graham) Thomas, natives of New York. Grandfather Thomas was an early pioneer of Ontario county. New York, and the family still have a sabre, plume and coat of arms, relics of the war of 1812. Marcus Thomas remained in New York until his death, which occurred in 1880, and the mother survived until 1882.

tT. BOREN, book-keeper and salesman for a grocery firm on McKinney avenue, ^' was born in Washington county, Tennessee, in 1835, the third of eight children born to William and Plioebe (Protfett) Boren, also natives of Tennessee. The parents were married in that State, and in 1843 removed to Polk county, Missouri, where the father engaged in the mercantile business, and later in life settled on a farm. He made Missouri his home until death, which occurred in 1863, and the mother survived until 1885.

I. T. Boren, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in the city of Bolivar, Missouri, where he was also connected with the mercantile business. He afterward took a stock of DTOceries to Montana, where he remained six or eight months, and then retnrued to Missouri. He was engaged in mercantile business there until coming to Dallas. Texas, in 1876 where, in company with his father-in-law, Mr. Bo wen, he commenced fruit and vegetable raising. They first bought thirteen acres, which they planted to small fruits, but have since sold all but one acre, where they raise abundance of fruit and vegetables.

Mr. Boren was married in Polk county. Missouri, in 1861, to Miss Jennie Bowen, a native of that State and a daughter of Ahab and Mary L. (Easley) Bowen, natives of Grantrer county. East Tennessee. At an early daj they removed to Missouri, where the father was a merchant and farmer, and in 1S63 they came to Dallas, Texas, and engaged in fruit raising. The mother died in this city, in 1889, and the father is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Boren have had seven children: Fred, who died in 1888. at the age of nineteen months; LulnE., wife of Arthur L. Ledbetter; William A., at home; Edgar, a clerk in the National Exchange Bank; Benjamin E. and Arthur L. Mr. Boren takes an active part in politics, voting with the Democratic party, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

hOSES D. GAKLINGTON, prominent among the men whose enterprise ^^^^ and business sagacity have made Dallas an important rulroad center, and one of the largest and most flourishing cities of Texas, was born in Franklin county, Mississippi, January 15, 1835. He is tte senior member of the firm of M. D. Garlington «fe Co., of Commerce street, wholesale dealers in confectioneries, fruit and produce, and also engaged in the manufacture of candy. His parents were Dr. James and Sarah (Jones) Garlington, natives of Barnwell district. South Carolina. The father, a physician by profession, had an extensive practice, which extended through a period embracing nearly an entire lifetime. He took part in the war of 1S12, and was near New Orleans at the time of that noted battle. Dr. Garlington was largely a self-made man, having had but few opportunities in those primitive times for professional advantages, was extraordinary in many ways, very temperate and prudent, and his name was almost a synonym for honesty and square dealing. He was a local minister of great zeal and inlluence in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was fluent and I versatile, and did sreaX crood while laboring in his high calling. He exercised his gifts as a minister for many years, and lived to the good old age of about eighty-two years. His wife, in temperament and religious culture much like her husband, died at about the age of ninety years. The lives, influence and Christian example of these good old people, are endearing heritage to their family, neighbors and the church of their choice. Dr. Garlington's parents were Christopher and Sarah (Young) Garlington. They resided near and a part of the time at Charleston, South Carolina, and owned a farm on which a part of that city is located. The Doctor was their eldest child; Benjamin, the second son, was a Baptist minister; Christopher was the youngest brother; the eldest sister, Sarah, was the wife of James H. Parsons, who owned a mill on Ammit river, Mississippi; Elizabeth was the wife of William Pate, and they lived on a farm in the same locality; and Lavina, the youngest living sister, married Winston Clark, a Baptist minister. These

Dr. and Mrs. James Garlington were the parents of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. Mary, the eldest, died unmarried; Susannah, deceased soon after the war, was the wife of John Akin, and they reared a large family of children; Lavina married William Kennedy, resided in Claiborne parish, Louisania, and both lived to a jrood old age, but are now deceased; Samuel, married Sarah Iluckaby, of Mississippi, in 1835; Martha, whose first husband. John Armstrong, was killed by being thrown from a horse soon after their marriage, afterward married Stephen C, a brother of William Kennedy, above mentioned; Lydia Ann, the only surviving sister, married Green Akin, a brother of John Akin, also referred to, and the former died in 1891; Stephen W., married Sarah Weaver, and resided near Monticello, Arkansas; Joseph married Martha McDonald, and the latter is deceased, and the former resides in south Louisiana; William married Martha Carson of north Louisiana. where they afterward resided. He died in the army from the effects of disease contracted while in the discharge of his duties.

Moses D. Garlington, the youngest child, was reared to farm life, and, when arriving near manhood's years, he taught school, thus procuring money with which to attend school at Homer, Louisiana. After securing his education ho engaged as clerk and bookkeeper at Trenton, same State, where he spent eighteen years of his life, serving there both before and after the war. He first discharged the duties of clerk, then of clerk and bookkeeper for Dunn & Mallory, later for Dunn & He.ad, and subsequently for the house of Slaughter & Crosley. He then went to the front in the late war, as Second Lieutenant of

Company A, Seventeenth Louisiana Regiment, and after the reorganization in 18G2 he was elected First Lieutenant. He served in that capacity until after the fall of Vicksburg, at which place his regiment was stationed after the battle of Shiloh. July 4, 18G3, Mr. Garlington was made Quartermaster of the regiment, and served faithfully and acceptably in that capacity until the war closed. He was discharged at Mansfield, Louisiana, after serving about four years.

After his arrival home he became a partner of J. P. Crosley & Co., at Trenton, Louisiana, Mr. Slaughter, the former partner of Crosley, having been killed during the war. Mr. Garlington remained in this firm several years, and then became a member of the partnership of Williamson & Garlington, Mr. Crosley still holding privately a controlling interest in the firm, and furnishing most of the money. After three years the name was changed to Head, Williamson & Co., and after remaining a few years as silent partner our subject sold his interest. In 1871 he came to Corsicana, Texas, where he opened business relations under the firm name of Garlington & Marsalis, and after the terminus of the railroad reached Dallas, in 1872, he came to this city. He still continued his business in Corsicana, under the name of Garlington & Underwood, ten months, and then closed out and opened in Dallas, doing business under the firm name of Garlington, Marsalis & Co. In 1874 Mr. Garlington changed his operations from a grocer to a realestate dealer, and about the year 1876 he engaged in his present business. The firm name was first Garlington & Underwood, later Garlington it Fields, and a year afterward Mr. Fields withdrew and our subject continued alone until 1888, when A. F. Deckman became a partner, and tlie firm name of M. D. Garlington & Co. has ever since continued. In 1888 the former opened a house in Fort Worth, under the name of Garlington & Montgomery, which still continues in successful operation. In 1892 he opened a wholesale and retail buggy business in Dallas, under the firm name of Garlington & Kogers, and tliey now carry a large and well selected stock of vehicles of all kinds. The firm of M. D. Garlington & Co. are also running the steam candy manufactory, where they manufacture their own candy, and are doing a very extensive and successful business. This is one of the important industries of Dallas. Mr. Garlington also handles a large real-estate business, and owns many residences and business houses, the rental of which amounts to a large sum. These different firms are shipping their goods over north Te.xas, to Indian Territory and Mexico, doing a large business at El Paso.

Our subject was married on his birthday in 1868, to Miss Anna Moore, a native of Arkansas, and a daughter of John Moore, who was born in South Carolina and died in Louisiana. Her mother, Sarah Fortenberry, was a native of Tennessee, and died in Arkansas when her daughter was but a child. Mrs. Garlington is the eldest of four children, and the only one now living. She was educated at Mount Lebanon Institute, Louisiana, is a lady of intelligence and refinement, and has much of that culture that comes from an acquaintance M'ith schools and books. To their twenty-four years of married life she has brought the sweet and noble attributes to be found in the loving wife, the devoted mother and Christian neighbor. The home of our subject and wife have been blessed with seven children, two of whom have already passed to the " House of many Mansions.'' The living children are: Willie D., engaged in business with his father; and Charles Frank, Maurice Moore, Anna Emma and Henry Lee, attending school. The parents and all but one child are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which the father is a Steward. The latter has served as Alderman of this city; he is a member of the Masonic order, and was Secretary of the same while in Louisiana; is a Democrat in his political views, and takes an active interest in the success and welfare of his party. He is a well respected Christian gentleman, such as any community may feel proud to claim as a citizen.

fOHN W. DIXON. - The pages of this historical review would be quite incomplete without giving accurate reference to an agent and broker who has contributed materially to tlie activity and development of Dallas' real -estate market, and so directly to the prosperity of the community at large. He has been established in business here since 1889, with office at 539 Elm street; and although this has covered only a short space of time he has built up an extensive and influential patronage, numbering among his customers many wealthy investors and active operators. He came to Dallas in 1876, engaging at once in his profession, and until 1889 was teaching in the public schools of this city. He was born in East Feliciana parisli, Louisiana, iu 184:7, the third of fourteen children born to Rev. Thomas F. and Sarah A. (Sims) Di.\on, native Louisianians. The father is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and since 1878 he and his wife have been residents of the city of Dallas. The family were among the early settlers of Louisiana. During the last year of the great Civil war he was in Company I, Tliird Louisiana Cavalry, and served princijially in Louisiana. Jolm W. Dixon was reared in Louisiana and educated in Centenary College at Jackson, and after leaving this institution he turned his attention to teaching, a calling in which he met with remarkable success, spending twenty-three years of his life in the profession, and has lived to see many of his students till high official positions in life. He was married in Jackson, Louisiana, November 25, 1868, to Miss Wjnona A. Ambrose, a native Lonisianian and a daughter of Steplien and Priscilla A. (Bradford) Ambrose, who were also born in Louisiana, the father being a planter. lie remained in Louisiana until his death in 1858. His wife died in Port Hudson while it was being besieged during the war. In 1889 John W. Dixon purchased fifty acres of land adjoining Dallas on the southeast, and platted it as Dixon's addition to the city of Dallas. He then began selling lots, and, as the property was very desirable and within easy access to the business portion of the city, they sold rapidly and at fair prices, and laid the foundation of Mr. Dixon's present flourishing business. He has taken some interest in politics and votes with the Democratic party, lie is a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 198, of the I. O. (). F., and he and his wife are Methodists in their religious views. To their union nine children have been born: Wynona Marsh; Leonora Wesleyanu, deceased; Sarah Priscilla; Eva Carrie; John Wesley, deceased; Mary Warren; Stephen Ambrose; Eleanor Pearl, and William Bradford. Mr. Dixon is a j)ublic-8pirited citizen in every sense of the word, and his usefulness has been thoroughly recognized and appreciated. In 1862 he enlisted from East Feliciana parish, Louisiana, in Company G, Fourth Louisiana Infantry,

C. S. A., and although only a lad of fifteen years at the time he faithfully fought for the cause he espoused, and was in the engagements at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, the siege of Vicksburg and in numerous minor skirmishes and battles. In 18G3 he was transfened to Company C (McKowen's company). Fourth Louisiana Cavalry, with which he remained until the close of the war, being paroled at G-ainesville, Alabama, in 1865, by Major General E. R. S. Canby, Commanderin-chief of the Federal forces.

OLOMON H. BEAN was born in North Carolina, December 27, 1831. His father, William Bean, was a native of the same State, born in 1805, and was there married to Charity Kilgrove. In 1832, the year following the birth of Solomon H., he moved to Georgia, and from there, the next year, to Alabama. In the latter State he bought land and farmed on it until 1859, when he died, at the age of titty-four years. His wife died in 1845, at about the age of forty. They had a family of seven children, whose names are herewith given: Manerva S., wife of Charles McCall; Mary Ann, wife of David Pilkinton; Solomon H. ; Martha E., wife of Daniel Anderson; Naiiila J., who was tirst married to Jeremiah McDaniels and afterward to Joseph Bolton; Delilah H., wife of David Ilarkins; Frances J., wife of Joseph Camp; and Susan S., who first married James Anderson and afterward William Flood. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Bean was married to Jane AValker, by whom he also had seven children, nauaely: Elvira, wife of Henry Smith; William N.; Nancy, wife of Clay Hubbard; Lucinda H., wife of D. 1. Walton; J. C; Sarati, wife of Isaac Hub-

Solomon H. Uean was married in Alabama, September 10, 1854, to Miss Sarah "Walker, who was born August 14, 1831. Her father was Jesse AValker. For the history of the Walker family see the biography of John Florence.

On the 7th of May, 1862, Mr. Bean enlisted in the Thirtieth Alabama Regiment, and served during the war, participating in a number of important engagements. He was twice captured - first, at Baker's creek, and after being held three months was exchanged. At the battle of Nashville he was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, where he was kept till the close of the war.

Returning home, he engaged in farming there until 1882, when he moved to Texas, and settled where he now lives, fifteen miles east of the city of Dallas. At that time he Ijought fifty acres of land, and since then he and his son-in-law have made other purchases, now owning 350 acres in partnership. The whole is well fenced and 230 acres are under cultivation, 150 acres being devoted to the production of cotton.

Mr. and Mrs. Bean have one child, Mary Jane, wife of W. S. Jobson. Mr. Bean is a Mason, holding his membership in Alabama, and both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

ILLIAM JOHJN CAVEN, who has been a leading real-estate dealer in Dallas since 1872, is a native of the State of Georgia, but was reared in Alabama. He is a son of David and Eliza (Scott) Caven, the father coming from Belfast, Ireland, and the mother from Augusta, Georgia. His father was a merchant and planter by occupation. In 1859 his father moved to Texas, settling in Harrison county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He died in 1883; his wife had preceded him twenty-two years; she died in 1861. Their family consisted of six children, all of whom lived to maturity. Previous to his removal to Texas Mr. Caven served in Alabama as Judge of the County Court, proving himself an efficient and reliable officer.

The subject of our sketch received more than ordinary educational advantages, taking up the pursuits of his father on leaving school. On the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the Third Texas Cavalry, which formed part of what was afterward known as the Ross brigade, in which he saw a great deal of active service, first in Missouri and Arkansas. Later on, beginning the second year of the war, their brigade crossed the Mississippi and joined the Army of the Tennessee. He was twice wounded; once seriously at Rome, Georgia, and again at luka, Mississippi. He was four years in the service, proving himself a faithful and gallant soldier and officer. After the surrender he returned to Texas, resuming farming in Harrison county and taking charge of the home plantation, in the management of. which he was very successful. Later he invested in considerable real estate, particularly in Dallas and Fort Worth, where he bought quite heavily in 1872, and from which purchases he has realized a profitable income, it being the foundation to the increase of his fortune to a quarter of a million of dollars. This property and the care of it necessitated his leaving the plantation, which he soon after did, and took up his residence in Dallas, though still retaining possession of the home farm. He has one of the finest homes in the city, surrounded by every comfort and an interesting family, of whicli lie is very fond; lie enjoys his home. He has served the county as Representative to the State Legislature for three terms. In this capacity he has proved himself an able legislator, and carefully watched the interests of a large and appreciative constituency. He is affiliated with the Democratic party, and has been actively identified with the deliberations of that body. Mr. Caven was married in 1867, to Miss Virginia Driskell, a native of Alabama. Of their eight children six arc still livincr. Mary Pearl, their tirst child, died when live years of age; Janie, the second child, a graduate from the Montgomery In8titute,Virginia; William, David, George i^ayton, Virgie Rose, Thomas Preston are at home; Ethe, the youngest, died when three years of age. Their children are being liberally educated and well fitted for the duties of life. Janie Caven was in the awful railroad wreck, where a great many lives were lost, at Tha.ston Switch, Virginia, July 2, 1889, where she was highly complimented by the press of the country upon her heroic conduct in caring for the wounded and dragging them from the burning cars out of reach of tiio flames, and we give the following quotation from a Virginia paper at the time:

"Realizing the awful condition of the passengers Miss Caven, though delicately and elegantly dressed, leaped unreckoningly into the deep mud and water by which the train was surrounded and hurried to the relief of the suffering and dying. She labored untiringly in their rescue and in caring for them when rescued, tearing the clothing from her person into strips as bandages for their wounds. By such self-forgetfulness, such fortitude in peril and blessed ministrations, she has won an endearing place in the hearts iir. ('aven is not a member of any church, is liberal in his religious views, subscribes to no creeds or doj^inas and believes in the universal brotherhood of man. Surrounded, as he is, with an affectionate and interesting family and all the comforts of a happy home, he is what you might truly call a successful man.

LBERT N. MANN, Dallas, Te.xas. - This successful and prominent business man was originally from Indiana, havincr been born at Mount Vernon in 1856. His parents were Albert and P. G. Mann, both natives of Indiana; the mother is still living. The parents came to Texas in 1879, where the father followed merchandising until his death in 1884. They had eight children, of whom Albert N. was the fifth in order of birth.

Our subject grew to manhood in his native State, attend ng the Indiana State Normal School at BlooiningtoD, and came to Te.xas with his parents in 1879. When free delivery was first instituted in Dallas, he was one of the first force of carriers. He afterward became bookkeeper for W. D. Knowles, who was State manager for the New Home sc.ving machine, and it is there he gained an insight into the business, which has since proven so prosperous under his control. When Mr. Knowles resigned, Mr. Mann became State manager, which position he fills in a very creditable manner. He has branches at Waco, Fort Worth and Dallas. In 1890 the New Home machine reached 5,503 sales, and the business is prosperous and constantly increasing.

Knowles, a native of Indiana, who caine to Texas in iier youth. She is the daughter of W. T. Knowles, the former manacrer. Mr. and Mrs. Mann liave two children, Grace and Eloise. Mr. Mann is independent in his political views, and socially belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He is wide-awake and enterprising, and is probably one of the most successful sewing-machine men in the State.

tOUIS M. T. FLOOK, a prominent farmer of Dallas county, was born in Maryland, in 1848, the third of nine children born to Daniel and Elizabeth (Mnmma) Flook. The families both came originally from Germany, and first settled in Pennsylvania. The present family lived in that State with their parents, where they resided until the death of their father, Daniel Flook. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Flook, only five survive, namely: William S., a farmer of Maryland; L. M. T., our subject; John P., who resides in Anderson county, Kansas; Millard F., of Maryland; Fannie E., wife of John Ahalt, of Maryland. The remaining four died when small. The father died in Maryland in 1871, on the farm on which he was reared, and his widow still resides in this county with her children. The father was a member of the German Reformed, and the mother of the United Brethren Church.

L. M. T. Flook, our subject, was educated in the common schools of his native county, whicii he attended until the age of twenty years, but only went a short time each year, and therefore acquired only a limited education. Cy close application to study he has so informed himself that he is a recognized authority on most subjects open for discus sion. He came to this county in 1875, and settled on the farm which he now owns, one mile west of Garland, where he purchased 150 acres. He now has the entire acreage under cultivation, has erected a splendid residence, and one of the finest barns in the locality, together with other necessary out-buildings. He has added 205 acres to the original purchase, and now has the entire farm under cultivation, 280 acres of which is in corn, wheat and cotton. This year his wheat averaged seventeen and a half bushels per acre, corn from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre, and cotton one-half bale per acre. He also owns another farm of 150 acres, besides some timber land.

Mr. Flook was married in 1874, to Miss Mary C, daughter of Daniel and Maliali (Biser) Bechtol, whose sketch appears in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Flook have been born six children, viz.: Delia V., Fannie E., deceased, Charles D., Millard H., Walter V., deceased, and Hattie M. Both parents are members of the Baptist Church.

HAKLES MEISTERHAUS, the popular and efficient representative of William J. Lemp, of St. Louis, Missouri, has a been a resident of Dallas county since 1870. He was born in Switzerland i:! 1844, where he grew to mature years and acquired a good education. At the age of twentyfour years he came to America, believing that the new world offered wider opportunities than the old. He came from New Orleans, the point at which he landed, to Dallas county, Texas, where his uncle, Mr. Bohl, was a well-known citizen and at that time Clerk of the county. Mr. Bohl gave his nephew a position under him, and there he acquired a thorough knowledge of the English used in the business world.

marriage to Mrs. Yetcer, a native of Baden, Germany. She owned a brewery, of which Mr. Meisterhaus took charge, conducting it very successfully until the State tax was levied upon beer of home manufacture. He then abandoned this occupation, and secured the position of representative of William J. Lemp, of St. Louis, Missonri. He has been his chief a^ent in Texas since, the main office being located at Dallas. He travels extensively throughout the State, and has a wide ac([uaintance in commeicial circles.

In his political thought and action Mr. Meisterhause is independent, casting his vote for the man best fitted in his estimation to discharge the duties of the oflice. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Knights of Honor. The German Lutheran Church ha? expressed his religious convictions, and he has been for many years an active member of the society.

Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Meisterhaus, Charles and Elizabeth. They occupy a handsome residence in Dallas, and are surrounded witii all the comforts and luxuries of modern civilization.

A. GIIACEY, a prosperous and prominent Dallas county farmer, was born '" in Bond county, Hlinois, March 13, 1887, tlie youngest son of eleven children of William and Isabella M. (Harris) Gracey, natives of South Carolina, of Scotch and Irish descent and pioneer settlers of Illinois. At the age of thirteen years Mr. Gracey came to Texas, Vjy way of steamboat to New Orleans, and thence up the Red river to Jefferson, Texas, whence he walked to the tiiree forks of the Trinity, now Dallas city, - a distance of 200 miles. For the first three months here he was employed by Colonel John M. Crockett, at S12 a month; and the rest of that year he assisted his brother in Ellis (now Johnson) county, in the improvement of his farm, and for a time with an ox team, broke prairie, etc., for different parties. In the fall of 1854, with Colonel M. T. Johnson (after whom Johnson county was named) and Captain Robert Sloan, he went to Fort Belknap as a prospector for the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company. From the fall of that year until 1860, he was engaged in the live-stock business. Next he joined a party of rangers, who were scouts and had several fights with the Indians. They killed one Indian, captured two, and recaptured nine horses at one time, and thirteen at another.

After a year thus engaged the great Civil war broke out, and Mr. Gracey enlisted in Company H, Captain J. B. Barry, of the First Texas Cavalry, Colonel II. E. McCullough commanding. They took the first line of posts vacated by the United States forces on the frontier of Texas; next were at Camp Cooper, when that was surrendered to the Confederates, and remained there until April, 1862, ten months, during which time they v,ere in eight engagements with Indians, killing seventeen of the red savages, and captured forty-seven head of horses, and losing four men killed and thirteen wounded, besides two mortally frightened, - at least they were never heard from afterward. In April, 1862, the company was reorganized, when Mr. Gracey was elected Lieutenant. They were then ordered to Fort Mason, thence to San Antonio, and thence to Ringgold barracks on the Rio Grande, to hold the Mexicans in check. During this campaign they had at one time to do without bread for twenty-four days. From Ringgold barracks they were ordered to Brownsville, whence they were sent witli a detachment into Mexico, to buy mules for the Confederate Government. They purchased sixty head, near Monterey, at $7 each. Next they were sent to Corpus Christ], Goliad and Sabine Pass, - at which latter place they had a battle with United States troops, captured two gunboats and 160 prisoners. Here Mr. Gracej was promoted First Lieutenant. Next the company was sent to Niblett'e Bluff, where they entered winter quarters.

In March they were sent to Mansfield, Louisiana, to meet Banks coming up Red river. On the 8th of April they had an engagement with him, and followed up his retreat to Yellow Bayou, where they engaged him again. During the remainder of the snmmer they picketed the line, and then went into winter quarters at Iveechie, Louisiana, and were there when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. June 15 following, they were disbanded.

Ketiirning to Dallas county, Mr. Gracey was married, August 27, 1865, to Miss Martha Amanda Matlock, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of A. C. and Malvina M. (Harris) Matlock, and thej have had fourteen children, live of whom died in infancy. The living are: Malvina Isabella, now the wife of L. M. Goforth, of Hall county; Ann White, A. Lee, Effie, Laura, Addie, John, Walter and Jo.

After his marriage Mr. Gracey settled upon his present farm, which then consisted of 185 acres of wild land, which he improved, and added to, until he now is the owner of 340 acres of Dallas county's best soil, besides 640 acres in Hall county. Ever since his location here he has followed farming and stock-raising. In 1874 he put up a cotton gin, which he remodeled in 1889, giving it a capacity of twenty-five bales per day, and is now doing an extensive business in ginning. He now resides in the villaore of Lisbon, of which he is the founder, and where he gave a lot of three acres for a church and buryingground, built a blacksmith shop, and obtained the establishment of a post office.

During the administration of Governor E. J. Davis, he was cattle inspector. He is a ciiarter member of Oak Cliff Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which denomination his wife and four ot the children are also members. Mr. Gracey is a self-made man, his prosperity being due to his own industry and well directed etforts.

mlLLIAMJ. UALSELL came to Texas in 1852 and located in Dallas county, near the city of Dallas Two years later he moved to Dallas, and from 1854 to 1858 followed blacksmithine, he being both a blacksmith and a carpenter. He erected several buildings there. In 1859 he married and settled near where Richardson has since sprung up. In 1860 be took charge of a store at Breckenridge, selling goods for Smith & Murphy of Dallas, and remaining there two years. In 1862 he enlisted in a squadron. Colonel R. M. Gano, and left Texas for Kentucky, with the understanding that they were to act as body guard to General Breckenridge. After arriving in Kentucky, however, they were transferred to Morgan's command, and remained with him up to the time of his capture in eastern Ohio. Mr. Halsell was first taken to Johnson's Island, soon afterward to the penitentiary at Allegheny city, and eight months later was exchanged. While at Point Lookout he took sick, was sent from there to Washington and then to Fort Delaware, where he remained until the close of the war. He was in many skiriuislies, but received only slight wounds. Returning home in August, 1805, he resumed the occupation of farmin<r, improved a new farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1881. He then came to Richard son, which at tiiat time contained only a few buildings. Ho bought a house to live in, and in 1882 began selling goods, he being the second merchant in the town. Richardson is now a thriving town and a good trading place. Mr. Halsell carries a well-assorted stock of general merchandise, and deals in produce.

William J. Halsell was born near Rowling Green, Kentucky, in August, 1830. He was reared on a farm in that State and remained there until coming to Texas, as above stated. His father, William Halsell, was also a native of Kentucky. His mother, nee Miss Mary Garland, was a daughter of Jack Garland. The latter went to Kentucky at an early day; was a school teacher; afterward moved to Missouri, and died there at near the age of 100 years. The subject of this sketch was the third born of their eight children. He has one brother living in Texas, who is now serving as County Commissioner.

Mr. Halsoll's marriage has already been referred to. The lady he wedded was Miss Martiia Hutfhines, a member of a distinguished and highly respected family of this State. Her parents, John and Elizabeth HuflFliines, natives of Kentucky and of German descent, came to Texas in 1853, and ber came prominent pioneer? here. To Mr. and Mrs. Halsell five children have been born, Mollie B., September 15, 1870; Sarah C, October 10, 1872; Cindarella, November 16, 1874; John C, December 19, 1877; and

Elijah H., July 17, 1881. Mr. Halsell has served as Magistrate four years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his family belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

fREDRICK M. MOUSE R, one of the successful farmers of Precinct No. 3, Dallas county, Texas, was l)orn in Kentucky, in 1835, he being the oldest of the eight children born to John and Nancy L. (Hargrave) Mouser, natives of Kentucky. Both the Hartrrave and Mouser families wore of German descent, their ancestors having moved from North Carolina to Kentucky at an early day. John Mouser was a prominent and successful farmer, and is still living on the place on which he was born in 1811. He is an honored and highly esteemed citizen, and for many years has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His wife died in 1889, at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. She was a consistent member of the same church. The names of their children are as follows: Fredrick M., the subject of our sketch; William F., deceased ; John W., a resident of Marion county, Kentucky; Mary E., who was the wife of Henry Sparrow, is deceased; George, deceased; E. G., deceased; G. T., a farmer, resides at Bryan, Texas; R. M., a resident of Marion county, Kentucky; and Nanny L., deceased.

Fredrick M. Mouser received a commonschool education, and at the age of twenty commenced life for himself. He was married that year (1855) to Miss Sophia Flannagan, daughter of Austin and Margaret (Shuck) Flannagan, natives of Kentucky and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Irish and

German descent. In 1858 Mr. Mouser came to Texas and settled where we find liim today. Here he purchased sixty-three acres of land, at a cost of $7 per acre. He has since added to his first purchase eighty-two acres, and now has under cultivation ninety-four acres. He makes a specialty of raising fine horses; has some very fine-bred horses of Morgan, Black Hawk and Hamhletonian stock; and lias a colt eired by a Morgan horse that is said to be one one of the finest colts in the county.

During the war Mr. Mouser served in the Confederate army, and after the surrender and his return home he found himself without anything save his land and his family. His fences all down, his land laid waste, no money, and only one horse, he was compelled to rent land for two years, or until he could get his own farm in condition to cultivate. From that time he has been successful. He now has a splendid farm, good buildings, etc., and is ranked with the prosperous farmers of his precinct.

Mr. Mouser and his wife are the parents of eight children, viz.: John A., a farmer of this county; William P., deceased; Fannie B., wife of I. N. Kange, of this county; Charles B., who resides in Dallas; Matilda A., wife of Charles Spilhnan, of this county; and James O. and Eddie B., at home.

IQ G. LANHAM, a farmer and stock raiser living in precinct No. 3, Dallas county, * Texas, was born in Franklin county, Missouri, January 14, 1820. He was the fifth born in the family of eight children of Sylvester and Jane (Estes) Lanham, natives of Kentucky and Virginia respectively. Mr. Lanham moved to Missouri when that State was yet a Territory and located in what was afterward Franklin county. He served in the Winnebago campaign for a short time. In 1814 he joined the American army for the war with Great Britain, but peace being declared soon afterward, he saw no active service. During Mr. Lanham's residence in Franklin county, the earthquake occurred in New Madrid and other points in southeastern Missouri, and was so serious in Franklin county that many chimneys were felled to the ground. From Missouri he moved to Morgan county, Illinois. This was about 1838. After living there seven years he went to Adams county, where he remained about the same length of time. As the country settled up he moved from place to place, ever seeking the frontier. Next he located on the Pratt purchase in Missouri, then in Andrew county, next to Nodaway county, same State, where he lived until 1853. That year he harnessed his team and started across the country for Texas, arriving in Dallas county and taking up his abode at the place where his son, B. G. Lanham, now lives. In making this trip they were seven weeks on the road. Arriving here December 34, 1853, he and. his son immediately purchased a farm of 600 acres. Eight acres of the soil had been broken and a little log house had been built, these being the only improvements on the place. Although game was plenty here the senior Mr. Lanham found himself too old to enjoy the pleasures of the chase. He died at this place in 1863, at the age of seventy-two or three years. His wife lived until 1868, when she died, at the age of seventy-one. Of the eight children born to them all lived to be grown. Their names are as follows: Margaret, wife of Isaac Elam, died, leaving a family in this county; Curtis H., resides in Kockwell county, Texas; Lucy, wife of Jacob Sliepparti, of Nodaway county, i[issonri; Clary, wife of Andy Slieppard, of the State of Washington; B. G., whose name heads this biography; Druzilla, wife of J. K. Allen, is deceased; Ilirani, deceased; Julia A., wife Jonathan Cook, is deceased.

B. G. Lanham's educational opportunities were limited in youth, but in later life he has made up for those deficiencies by observation and reading, and keeps himself well posted on the general topics of the day. He landed in Texas with more money than most ot'the early settlers, he having $1,600 in cash. For the 600 acres already alluded to they paid $1,000. A few years afterward the title failed to be good, and after having a suit he was compelled to give up half of the land. Game was plenty then and Mr. Lanham says his early days in Texas afford him some of his happiest recollections.

In 1862 Mr. Laniiam joined the Confederate army and served in the trans-Mississippi department; was on the frontier all the time with the exception of three months spent on the coast. At the close of the war he returned home, and, like many others, found himself a financial wreck, having only his land - his stock all gone. He is now engaged in stockraising, although not having as much stock as before the war. He makes a specialty of horses, having some line specimens on his farm.

Mr. Lanham has been twice married. When he was twenty five he wedded Miss Emma Clark, of Andrew county, Missouri, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Clark. Two children were born to them: Julia A., wife of William Glover of tliis county, and Hiram, of Coleman county, Texas. His first wife died in 1854, and in 1856 he married Miss

Mary A. Beaman, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Smelcer) Beaman, natives of Illinois who came here at an early day. This union was Ijlessed by the birth of eight children, two of whom died when small. Jacob S. resides in this county; Samuel S., of Clay county, Texas; Sarah J., wife of Alexander Dickey, of Johnson county, Texas; F'ranklin, Clay county, Texas; Catherine, wife of Brance Furggerson, of this county, and William, at home with his parents.

fT. DARGAN, one of the prominent business men of Dallas, was born in * Fairfield district. South Carolina, in 1846, son of Dr. K. S. Dargan and wife, both natives of the Palmetto State.

Mr. Darean received his education in his native State. He took a course of study at the Citadel Academy, and afterward entered the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with the class of 1867. He enlisted in the army in 1863, and served in White's battalion, doing duty in defense of Charleston and the coast. He stood the service remarkably well, being regarded as one of the toughest men in his company.

The war over, he began the study of law with Carrol, Melton & Melton, at Columbia, South Carolina, but he never engaged in the practice of law. In 1869 he embarked in the life and tire insurance business and pursued it with success at various points in the South until he came to Dallas, in 1875, where he devoted his energies to fire insurance oidy, being a member of the tirm of Dargan & Trezevant, insurance managers, until 1889. This tirm built up the largest business in the South, rnnning over §500,- 000 net preiuiams a year. On retiring from the insurance business in 1SS9, Mr. Dai^n promoted and organized the Security Mortgage and Trust Company of Dallas. The officers are as follows: J. T. Trezevant, president; J. T. Dargan, vice-president; J. C. O'Connor, second vice-president; Guy Sumpter, third vice-president: W. W. itogers. secretary: E. M. Reardon, treasurer. The assets of the company amount to §2,250,000. Their building, which is now near completion, with the grounds, cost #250,000. It is conyeniently located and is undoubtedly one of the finest structures in the Southwest for office purposes. There are over 100 rooms for offices above the crround floor. Of this immense business Mr. Darcjan is the head and front.

He is a man of Scotch-Irish extraction and has marked individuality. He is a thoroughly self-made man; has l>een an earnest student in every line of business in which he has engaged : has been a splendid success in the insurance business; and all who kuow him in business relations appreciate him for bis true worth and good business qualifications. He has a beautiful home with attractive surroundings and everything to make life enjoyable. Mr. Dargan is well known in the Eastern cities as throughout the Southwest, his business relations having brought him in contact with many of the prominent men of Xew York, I*hiladelphia and Baltimore. He affiliates with the Democratic party, but is not a politician. In 1880 he took the prize in Chicago for the ablest essay on the subject of Fire Insurance, against the best talent in the United S* u?:'' been born three children: Ret. J. T. and Ellie. Mrs. Dargan is a lady of culture, refinement and social attainments, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Dargan, accompanied by his \vife. has traveler! extensively in Europe, visiting its principal cities.

OHN V. MERRIFIELD, deceased, settled in Dallas county in 1849, but was a native of Kentucky, born near Louis\Tlle March 12, 1S23, a son of John and Sarah Merritield, both of whom were born in the blue-grass regions of Kentucky. John W. Merritield, was brought up on a farm and upon his removal to Texas in the fall of 1S49, he was thoroughly familiar with all the details of the business. He at once located on a farm which he had previously securer! about five miles west of Dallas, where he assisted his father, who had also come to this section, in improving the land. After remainincr with his father until 1S53 he embarked in the grocery business, to which his attention was devoted for two years. He then turned his business over to the mangement of a clerk, and upon a tract of 320 acres of wild land he began the task of improving.

He was married August IS, 1S59, to Miss A. E. Hern, a native of Clay county. Missouri and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Sloan) Hern. Tennesseeans by birth, who were of French and Irish descent respectively and who removed to Missouri in an early day. The Herns came to Texas in 1844 and settled in Red River county, where they resided four years: then he came to Dallas county, arrivine May 10. 1S49, where the father died in 1859, at the age of fifty-two years, the mother beinsT still a resident of Dallas. After their tnarriHge Mr. and Mrs. Merrifiold settled on tlie headriglit lie had purchased and he soon after closed up his business in Dallas and began giving his entire attention to agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death. They became the parents of six children, five of whom still survive: Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of James Freeman; William Jefferson; Thomas Alexander; John Samuel, who died in 1878 at the age of eight months; Charles Boone and Rachel J.

Mr. Merrifield was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died while in full commnnion with that church, September 8, 1888, not only his immediate and sorrowing family monrning his loss, but also a large circle of friends. He was a member of the A. F. and A. M., socially. During the Civil war he served in the Commissary Department. His widow, who is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, resides on the home place which is matiaged by one of her sons. Mr. Merrifield first started out in life on borrowed capital, but by giving bis closest attention to his business, and by good management, he accumulated a large property, becoming the owner of 1,080 acres of land, some of tlie most fertile of Dallas county. He was a successsul business man, and his honorable way of conducting his affairs won him the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

L. STUART, carpenter and builder of Dallas, was born in Lincolnton, Lin- * coin county. North Carolina, in 1841, the third in a family of eight children of N. T. and Caroline (Robinson) Stuart, natives also of North Carolina. His father, a mechanic and farmer, and his mother are still living, on a farm in North Carolina. The Stuarts of North Carolina are descendants of two brothers, Scotch men, who settled near Davison College, that State, before the Revolution. Uoth the grandfathers were in the Revolutionary war and grandfather Robinson was a soldier also in the war of 1812; he was a native of County cork, Ireland.

Mr. Stuart, whose name heads this sketch, was attending a military college of Charlotte at the breaking out of the war, and in 18(52 he enlisted, at Lincolnton, in Company G, Fifty-seventh North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, as a private and color-bearer, or Sergeant, and was engaged in the battle of Seven Pines, the Wilderness, of the Shenandoah Valley, etc. At the battle of the AVilderness he received a gunshot wound which was so severe that he was left on the field for dead. He was confined in the hospital at Richmond, Virginia, from May to July. Afterward he received another gunshot wound in the foot, at the battle of Winchester, an he was also engaged in the ])attle of Petersburg and at Newborn. He was paroled at Appomattox Court-House in 1865.

Returning to North Carolina, he attended school six months. He was married in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, December 23, 1867, to Eliza Gibson, a native of that State and daughter of Nicholas and Onslow (Ilussey) Gibson, natives also of that State, respectively of Fairfield and Charleston. Her father was a cotton buyer and in later life a railroad agent, and was finally killed at Killian's mill. South Carolina, in 1850, in a railroad wreck. Her mother died in 1862, in the same State. Her grandfather Hussey, a native of England, was a seafaring man who lost his vessels durinor the Revolutionary war. After his marriage Mr. Stuart settled in South Carolina. In 1872 he came to Dallas, and since that time he lias followed his trade. For the first several years he was employed by others, then was a contractor for a few years, and then worked by the day. He has traveled over a large portion of this State, prospecting, and ' has become interested in considerable land in | western Texas. Has taken much interest in p>olitics. voting with the Democratic party. For this party he is a member of the City E.xecutive Committee, but he is not desirous of office. He is a public-spirited citizen. His children are: A. M.; Etta T. (now ilrs. D. G. Hinckley in Dallas), Thomas, and ^Nannie.

- ILLIAM KELLEY, dealer in general merchandse, is one of the prosperous business men of Dallas. Texas. Mr. Kelley was born in Lockport, Xew York, January 1, 1850, son of Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Kelley. who were natives of Ireland, and who were married in 2s ew York. His father, a civil engineer, went to Wisconsin as a surveyor in 1852, and bought a farm and settled on it in Dodge county. He died there in 1862, aged forty years, and his wife in 1864, aged forty-five. Both were devout Catholics. Their family of nine children are as follows: Ann, wife of John Manning; William, the subject of this sketch; Mary, a sister in the convent. Sacred Heart, at St. Louis; Ellen, wife of Michael Murphy; Thomas; Elizabeth, a sister in the Milwaukee convent; John, who died at the age of eleven years; Margaret; and Catherine, wife of James Murphy.