Dallas County, Texas - The whole text, 1892 (part 24 of 32)

S. A. Erwin was brought up on the farm. At the age of seventeen years he left home to enter college at Jackson, Maury county, Tennessee, where he remained three years. After leaving college he commenced reading law in Murfreesboro, and in 1843 was admitted to the bar, after which he established himself at Lebanon, Tennessee. In 1846 he enlisted under Captain Milton A. Haines at Nashville, for the Mexican war, and his company became a part of the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonas E. Thomas. After one year's service his health failed, and after a short time spent in Mattaraoras he returned to Tennessee, in 1847. He at once resumed the practice of law, but decided to make a change of location, and accordingly came to Rusk, Cherokee county, Texas, of which he was one of the pioneers. He was married here, April 27, 1848, to Elizabeth J. McKee, a native of Maury county, Tennessee, and a daughter of Thomas and Frances (Stone) McKee, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Virginia. Mr. McKee was taken to Tennessee in early boyhood, there grew up and married and followed the occupation of farming: until his removal to Texas in 1846. Here he resided ou a farm until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1865, his widow having died in 1863. After his marriage Mr. Erwin settled in Rusk, Texas, and there practiced law until 1856, when he abandoned his profession to engage in farming and stock-raising, dealing in tine stock, in Cherokee county. He in time became the owner of a large plantation and cultivated some 300 acres. In 1876 he moved to Limestone county, Tehuacana Hills, where Trinity University is located, for the purpose of educating his children, and while there three of his sons graduated from that institution, of which he was for some time a trustee.

His children are as follows: William Scott is married and a farmer of Tehuacana Hills, Limestone county; Sarimella C. is the widow of F. W. Beaty and resides at Tehuacana Hills; Fannie also resides there and is the wife of John H. Forrest; Floretta E. resides at Oak Cliff, Dallas county, Texas, and is the wife of Dr. E. J. Hallum; Cornie E. is the wife of John M. Hallum, a farmer of Anderson county, Texas; John T. resides at Tehuacana Hills, farming; Robert L. is married and resides in Dallas, being bookkeeper for the Dallas City National Exchange Bank; and James P., who is special agent for the Dallas Mortgage Company.

Although formerly a Whig in politics Mr. Erwin is now an independent, refusing to wear the collar of the dominant party of his State. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F. and he and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and have been active in church work. During over forty years' residence in Texas they have seen many changes, and Mr. Erwin has aided largely in its progress and development.

APTAIN WILLIAM HUGHES LEMMON, of the real-estate tirm of Bowser & Lemmon, Dallas, Texas, was born February 25, 1840, in Polk connty, Missouri, near the present town of Morrisville. His parents, William H., Sr., and Nancy Amanda (Hughes) Lemmon, natives respectively of Green county, Kentucky, and Williamson connty, Teimessee, were married near Paris, in the latter State, August 17, 1837. In the autumn of 1839 they emigrated to

Missouri, the eldest child, A. C. Letninon, being then about eighteen months of age, and settled on Sac river in Polk county, where he improved a valuable farm, which was occupied as the family homestead until 1872. The father was a practical farmer and stockgrower, and somewhat prominent in local politics, and served as County Judge of his county from 1856 to 1860, elected by the Democracy, of which party lie was always a strong adherent. He died at Springfield, Missouri, August 31, 1862, the result of exposure while confined as a citizen prisoner for sympathy with the South. The mother still survives and resides with her son. Captain Lemmon; she is now in her seventy-lifth year. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life, and educated in the schools of Polk county and Carleton's College at Springfield, Missouri, of which the Rev. Charles Carleton, now president of Carleton's College at Bonham, Texas, was president.

Captain Lemmon commenced life as a teacher in the public schools of southwest Missouri in 1858. In the spring of 1861 he assisted in organizing the first company organized in his county for the Southern army, and was elected its First Lieutenant, Captain Frank Mitchell being in command. The late Colonel Charles H. Nichols, of Dallas, was subsequently Captain of said company. It was known as Company C, of Colonel J. J. Clarkson's Fifth Regiment Missouri State Guards, of which the Captain's brother, A. C. Lemmon, was Major; Colonel M. W. Buster, of Weatiierford, Texas, was Adjutaut; the late Colonel John M. Stemmons, of Dallas, Couimissary of Subsistence; and their fellow-townsman, Colonel W. L. Williams, was a Lieutenant. In the winter of 1861-'62 he was elected First Lieutenant of Captain A. C. Leinmon's company, D, Fifth Missouri Confederate Infantry. He was with General Price at the battles of Wilson's Creek, Dry Wood, Lexington, Elkliorn and Farmington, and the evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi; and later on he organized and was elected Captain of Company A, Jackman's cavalry regiment, and was with it in all of its many engagements till the close of the war, when he located in Dallas county, Texas, and again engaged in teaching, chiefly in Dallas and Tarrant counties.

He traveled for the agricultural implement house of Di M. Osborne & Co. for several years, until in 1876, when he formed a copartnership with O. P. Bowser in the hardware and agricultural implement business in the city of Dallas, which business they continued until 1887. In that year they invet^ted largely in Dallas city and farm property, giving special attention to Bowser & Lemmon's North Dallas and Oak Lawn addition to the city of Dallas, which at present constitutes a large portion of the present limits of the Eighth Ward of the city. Captain Lemmon's beautiful suburban home, " Elmwood," located on the line of the North Dallas Electric Railway, at the corner of Cole and Lemmon avenues, on which he has devoted much labor and expense to add to its comfort and attraction, is one of the finest in the city. He is largely interested in the North Dallas Improvement Company and the Dallas Guarantee and Investment Company property, of 1,5U0 acres, adjoining the city. Captain Lemmon has for years been one of the leading, enterprising men of Dallas, and has always been prouiptly at the front to assist every laudable improvement or enterprise for the advancement of Dallas. He has an abiding faith in her future, and believes that she will yet be a great com- inercial center, and eventually the chief city of the great Southwest; hence lie has always contributed liberally of his time and money to advance her interests.

Captain Lemmon was married on the 27th day of February, 1867, in Dallas county, to Miss Mattie A. Knight, second daughter of O. W. and Serena (Hughes) Knight, both natives of Tennessee, where the parents were married, removing to Texas in 1844, and settled on what has ever since been known as the Knight farm, near Cedar Springs, and but a few miles from Dallas. The father resided there until his death, which occurred in 1868. He was an honorable Christian gentleman, and highly respected and beloved for his many noble and generous traits of character. Hon. G. M., Epps G., Robert E. L. and A. J. Knight, of Dallas, and William H. Knight, of Hillsboro, Texas, are brothers of Mrs. Lemmon; while Judge Burford, Dr. A. M. Cochran, John Field, of Dallas, Ben Cannon, of Arlington, Texas, and Captain J. J. Mallard, of Kusk, each married sisters of hers. Her mother, Mrs. Knight, lives with the family of Captain Lemmon. In 1882 the subject of this notice was called upon to mourn the death of his beloved wife, after quite a short illness. Si.x children, the fruit of this union, are living: Nannie Laura (Mrs. Williamson), Rena Amanda, Mary Kate, William C, Jr., Mittie Lee and Eppie Knight, and grandchild Mattie Lemmon, with his mother and mother-in-law Williamson, constitute his family. His only sister, Nancy Jane Lemmon, died in Missouri of typhoid fever, July, 1860. Captain Lemmon is an Elder and an active worker of the First Christian Church of Dallas, with which congregation he has for years been connected. Politically he has always been actively identified with the Democratic party, having frequently attended as a delegate its State, district, county and city conventions, and has served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the city of Dallas through some exciting campaigns. He is a member of James A. Smith Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and also a member of the Knights of Honor. Captain Lemmon is one of the enterprising and public-spirited citizens of L^allas, and is keenly alive to her best interests. He is a worthy and intelligent citizen, such as gives character to a community.

fM. STEERE, assistant general freigh agent of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa ' Fe Railroad, was born in Providence cQunty, Rhode Island, November 8, 1844. His parents were Arnold and Amey D. (Hutchinson) Steere, also natives of Rhode Island. Arnold's father, John Steere, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family trace their ancestry back to those of that name who came over in the May Flower, and both the Steere and Hutchinson families are of New England stock, and related to a good race on both sides. Our subject's father died in September, 1844. He was a farmer by occupation, was extensively known, was highly respected, and was a man of strict integrity. His wife is still living, at the age of four score years and five. Her home is in Providence, Rhode Island. She has been a member of the Methodist Church since her early girlhood days, is an excellent woman, and her friends areas numerous as her acquaintances. Besides being a member of an unusually esteemed family, she has endeared herself by noble traits of person and character to a host of friends. She has marked abilities and ennobling traits of character in her line, and her Christian profession is the spiritual program of a refined yet simple and natural life. These qualities, vitalized by ambition, have drawn about her a wealth of rare love and hope, the rounding out of a devout Christian character. She lives like one who goes on a journey, expecting to renew the joys of a well spent life in a better country. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Steers were th^ parents of seven children, as follows: Adaline E., wife of Ellery C. Arnold of Laramore, North Dakota: her son, Horace \!'., is a member of the North Dakota Assembly, and editor of a Republican paper at Laramore; Addie C. and Emma are hdr other children, and tlie former is a graduate of Grand Forks Seminary, Dakota; Charles W., a resident of Oakland, California, wAh married to Rebecca Mowry, and they have one child, Eva; Albert A., resides in North Dakota; Frances E., wife of George E. Mc Kenzie; Nellis L. married Maria Albee, and tliey have one child, Earle; Rose A., at home; and J. M., our subject. In this immediate family there was not a death in forty years^ ending in 18901

J. M. Steere enlisted February 14, 1862, in the First Rhode Island Cavalry, which served in the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the engagements of Cedar Mountain, Kelly's Ford, second battle of Bull Rnn and Chantilly. Before the battle of Antietam he was taken sick with typhoid fever, was taken to Alexandria Hospital and was discharged at Fort Schuyler, New York. In company with bis brothers, Charles W. and Nellis L., he returned home, but in 1864 again enlisted in the Third Rliode Island Cavalry, and served in the Department of the Gulf until the close of the war. Mr. Steere was in no battles during his last service, and was Regimental Commissary Sergeant of his regiment. In the fall of 1805 he engaged as secretary of the Missouri Iron Works for one year, was next engaged in traveling for a commission firm, and in 1876 was appointed agent for the Canada Southern Fast Freight Line, stationed at St. Louis. In 1885 he was appointed general agent for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe road. Mr. Steere entered the railroad service as contractinuf freight agent on the Canada Southern Fast Freight Line, from December 1, 1876, to November 16, 1884, was agent of the same line; from December 1, 1876, to 1880, was also foreign freight agent of the Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Company; November 25, 1884, to January 1, 1886, was general agent of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, with residence at Dallas; and since January 1, 1886, assistant general freight agent of the same road. He has been in the service for sixteen years, with only the two companies. Mr. Steere was married Christmas day, 1866, at St. Louis, to Miss Fannie M. Baker, a daughter of Captain W. C. and Mary C. W. Baker. The father died in 1882, and the mother now resides in Wichita, Kansas, ased sixty -eight years. The parents had four children: Fanny M., now Mrs. Steere; Hattie M., wife of W. H. Mears of Peoria, Illinois; Edna, wife of W. H. Maxwell of Wichita, Kansas; and Jackson B. Mr. and Mrs. Steere have three children: Rosie, Mamie C. and Charles W. The latter is employed as clerk for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad Company. Mrs. Steere was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and her death occurred at Fort Worth, March 24, 1886, aged thirty-nine years. She was a devout Christian woman, and her life was devoted in making people happy, in which she had few equals. Her memory will long be cherished for many Christian virtues and excellent traits of character.

Mr. 8teere was again married, to Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds, daughter of Dr. Emory A. Allen, at her home in Randolph, Massachusetts, June 20, 1892. She is a most estimable and winsome lady of culture and refinement. She is a native of Massacluisetts.

Mr. Steere has held the office of Exalted liutler of the Elks of Dallas, is also Post Commander of George 11. Thomas Post, No. 6, Grand Army of the Republic, is a member of Kirkwood, Missouri, Lodge, No. 484, of the F. & A. M., and of tlie lioyal Arcanum. He is a public-spirited citizen, such as gives character to a community.

jLEXANDER COCKRELL, deceased, was born in Kentucky, June 8, 1820, a son of Joseph Cockrell, a native of Russell county, Virginia. When ayoungmanthe father moved to Kentucky, and when our subject was four years old, he moved to Johnson county, Missouri, where Alexander was reared and where his mother died when he was yet a child. His fatlier died in the same county, in 1838, after which he went to the Indian Nation and engaged in the stock business for a contractor of that country. He remained there until entering the Mexican war, under Colonel McCullough, and served until its close. Mr. Cockrell was at Monterey with dispatches during that battle, where he was kept for three weeks, after which he came to Dallas and engaged in the stock business. After his marriage he took a claim of 640 acres of the Peters Colony, situated ten miles west of Dallas, where he engaged extensively in the stock business, and also freighted from Houston, Jefferson, Shreveport and other points with ox teams. He followed this from the spring of 1848 to the winter of 1852, and in the latter year he sold his stock and purchased John Neely Bryan's headright of the city of Dallas, and in 1853 moved to this city and engaged in the brick business and various other occupations. Mr. Cockrell gave employment to all ti)e young men who came to the country at that time, was a benevolent and enterprising man, and respected by all who knew him. He also built the first bridge across the Trinity river, and in an early day ran a ferry boat.

He was married September 9, 1847, to Miss Sarah Horton, and they had live children : Morgan, who died an infant; Aurelia E., the wife of Mitchell Gray, who died February 28, 1872; Robert 13., who died May 21, 1886; Frank M. and Alexander. Mr. Cockrell departed this life April 3, 1858, and his widow April 26, 1892. He left a large estate, which was managed and successfully handled by his widow. At her death she was Beventy-three years of age and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her childhood.

fAMES W. McMANUS, manager for B. F. Avery & Sons, is a native of Toronto, Canada, where he was born in 1854. At the age of fourteen he began learning the trade of carriage building in Wellington Square, Canada.

After thoroughly mastering the business he located in Michigan and spent some years in Lansing, Jackson, Owosso, Detroit and Howell; then he spent a brief season in St. Louis, and in 1878 came to Texas, k>cating at Houston and then in Dallas, as a representative of the Weir Plow Company, of Monmouth, Illinois.

In this line liis success was so marked that when the business was merged into that of The J. B. Simpson Carriage Company, he was appointed manager of the combined interests.

When tlie old and well known firm of B. F. Avery & Sons of Louisville, Kentucky, decided to open a branch house in Dallas and include vehicles with their popular line of implements, Mr. McManus was selected as their manager. They represent the Hacine Wagon and Carriage Company, Racine, Wisconsin, and the Henney Buggy Company, Freeport, Illinois, and other well known lines.

Their business is both wholesale and retail, and is carried on at the corner of Lamar and Commerce, in a large and commodious brick building, and is conducted on the basis of integrity and fair dealing, such as has marked their career of over half a century, and patrons may rely upon their representations of goods sold.

Mr. McManus is a model citizen, quiet and unassuming, but exceedingly popular; he is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and politically is a Demt)crat.

fOHN H. DANIEL, a farmer and stockraiser of Precinct No. 1, Dallas county, was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, in 1826, the second of twelve children born to Edmond and Frances (Herndon) Daniel, natives of Virginia. The parents were both reared in Kentucky, and in 1835 they went to Missouri, where the father improved a farm. His death occurred in Monroe county the same year, and the mother afterward moved to Dallas county, where she died, in 1880.

Grandfather Edmond Daniel, a native of Virginia, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was wounded in the battle of Brandywine, and died some years later from the effects of the wound. The Daniel family are of Scoth-Irish descent, and were early settlers in the Colonies.

John H., our subject, was reared and educated in Monroe county, Missouri, where he also aided in opening up and improving the home farm. At the age of twenty years he came to Texas, and later enlisted in the Mexican war, under Captain Kinzy, and after reaching the Rio Grande he enlisted under Captain Witt. In 1849 Mr. Daniel bought 120 acres of land, which he improved, and later built a good house, and he has since added to the original purchase until he now owns 220 acres, all of which is under a good state of cultivation. In 1863, in Dallas county, he enlisted in Stratton's company. Stone's regiment, for twelve months, or until the the close of the war. He participated in many skirmishes, and was discharged in Louisiana, after which he returned to Texas. Mr. Daniel takes an active interest in politics, voting with the People's party, and has held the office of Constable of his township and is now one of the School Trustees. Socially, he is a member of Tannehill Lodge, No. 52, A. F. & A. M., of Dallas, and also of the Farmers' Alliance.

He was married in this county, December 6, 1849, by Parson James A. Smith, to Rebecca Ray, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Robert and Mary (Denton) Ray. In 1847 the parents came to Texas, settling in Dallas county, where the father was engaged as a farmer and blacksmith. He died in Cook county, Texas, in 1889, and his wife in Dallas county, about 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel have had thirteen children, nine of whom survive, namely: W. R., a resident of Hardeman county, Texas; T. B., of the same county; Mary F., wife of George II. Alexander, County Commissioner of Hardeman county; B. F., at liome; E. W., a resident of Dallas; S. P., of Creer county, Texas; C. A., a member of the police force at Dallas; Mattie J., at home; Arthur Ellis, also at home.

fB. HENDERSON, retired stock farmer of Harrison county, Texas, resides atthe ® corner of Twelfth and Grand avenue, Oak Cliff. He was born in York county? South Carolina, May 26, 1817, and was the eldest of sixteen children, ten sons and six daughters born to the union of W. B. and Mary (Barry) Henderson, natives of the Palmetto State also. The parents were of Scotch origin and belong to the early families of South Carolina, the ancestors emigrating to this country from Scotland at a period antedating the Revolution. W. B. Henderson was a farmer and in 1832 moved to Georgia, where he remained one year among the Indians. In 1833 he moved to Cherokee county, Alabaina, and settled on a farm which he cultivated until his death in 1872. After his death the mother came to Harrison county, Texas, in 1875, and died itil887, at the advanced aged of ninetyfour years.

J. B. Henderson was reared to farm life in South Caroliin, but moved from there to Georgia with his parents and thence to Alabama. He was married at Greenville, South Carolina, in 1841, to Miss Nancy J. Berry, a native of that city and the daughter of Rev. Nathan and Mai-y (Hiett) Berry, natives also of Greenville, South Carolinii. Her father was a Baptist minis ter and he and wife were both descendants of early families of South Carolina. He died in that State, in 1840, and his wife in the same State, in 1857. Grandfather Henderson participated in the struggle for independence. After his marriage J. B. Henderson settled in Georgia, but moved from there to Cherokee county, Alabama, where lie entered a large tract of land and immediately commenced improving it. In 1856 he moved to Tippah county, Mississippi, improved a farm, and remained there two years, when he moved with team to Pulaski county, Arkansas. He followed farming there for three years and then located in Columbia county, Arkansas, where he made his home for another three years. In 1867 he moved to Mount Pleasant, Titus county, Texas, opened up a farm near that town and also l)ecame the owner of considerable real estate in Mount Pleasant. From there he moved to Harrison county in 1871, followed farming, and later engaged in line stock-raising, principally Jersey cattle. He still owns a large farm in that county. During the war he was in the Commissary Department, and had the contract for furnishing all Confederate soldiers west of the Mississippi river with beef. After the war he supplied the Federal soldiers at Mount Pleasant with beef until they left Texas. Mr. Henderson takes some interest in politics, and he and Mrs. Henderson are worthy members of the Presbyterian Church, both having been members of the same for many years.

To their marriage were born eleven children, eight now living: W. B., a traveling salesman for Orr Lindsay, of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1861 he enlisted in Garland county, Texas; in the First Arkansas Infantry, and was promoted to the rank of Adjutant Major; he surrendered in Lee's army in 1865; he is married and resides in Mai-sliall, Texas; James N., married, is a farmer and stockraiser of Harrison county: Texas, he was a member of the Engineer Corps for three years, and served until the cessation of hostilities; John A., single, is receiving agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, Dallas; Andrew L., married, is a farmer of Harrison county, Texas; Ella, wife of J. C. Mow, resides at Oak Cliff, and her husband is Station Agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, Dallas; Nannie is the wife W. C. Lane, an attorney of Marshall, Texas; Muggy, wife of W. B. Wynne, an attorney of Wills Point, Texas; Hattie Lee resides at home, and is abstract clerk in the Missourii Kansas & Texas Railroad, Dallas; Mary died in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1863; Sallie, wife of C. H. Shilling, died in Texas in 1876; and Fannie, wife of Frank Howard, died in Harrison county, Texas, in 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson passed their golden milestone of life September 16, 1891, and the principal part of their lives have been spent on farms on the frontier. They have twenty-two grandchildren. Both are honored and respected by a host of warm friends, and may the sunset of their lives be cloudless.

AMU EL N. BRAS WELL, Justice of the Peace for Precinct No. 1, Dallas, was born in Georgia, January 23, 1827, a son of Samuel Braswell, a farmer who was born in North Carolina and removed to Georgia at an early day. Both the parents died in Georgia. Mr. Braswell, the youngest of four children, received his education in excellent private schools and became a successful teacher in his native State; read law and began practice in Barnesville, Georgia.

In 1858 he moved to this State, settling in Mount Pleasant, Titus county, where he was in 1866 elected State Senator, to represent the Eighth district. This being the first election after the war, he took an active part in the stirring scenes incident to reconstruction. In 1871 he moved to Corsicana, this State, and finally, in 1874, to Dallas In 1886 he was elected Justice of the Peace for Precinct No. 1, this county, and served with such fidelity that he was re-elected in 1888 and again in 1890. He is noted for the equity of his decisions and promptness in the execution of business. The "Judge," as he is called, is one of the old-school Southern gentleman, - honest, affable and able. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty years, and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty- five years. Politically he is a Democrat of the Jacksonian school.

ff J. BEKKERS, proprietor of a saloon on Elm street, Dallas, was ® born in Belgium, in 1859, thesecoud son of J. J. Bekkers and Cleraentee (Van Grinderbeck), natives of Belgium. The father was an artist, and was a director of drawing and anatomy for many years. He was chairman of the committee that organized the French colony that came to Dallas in 1853 under the management of Mr. Considerant. Mr. J. J. Bekkers took an active interest in the general government of the colony in Dallas county, but always remained in his native country, where he died, in 1872. His wife still lives in that country, and is a pensioner of the Beltrian Government.

W. J. Bekkers, our subject, was reared in the city of Louvain, Belgium, where he served six years as a volunteer in the regular array, and was Sergeant Major of his regiment. After leaving the service, in 1879, he came direct to Dallas county, Texas, where he engaged in the barber business, and in 1885 embarked in his present occupation. Mr. Bekkers votes with the Democratic party, but is not active in politics. Socially, he is a member of Dallas Lodge, No. 70, K. of P., of Division No. 18 Uniformed Rank, K. of P., and was also a volunteer member of the Fire Department. His lather was Grand Master of the Masonic order of Belgium, and was always an active Mason. Mr. Bekkers has witnessed a great change in the city of Dallas since its organization, and has always taken an active interest in everything pertaining to its good.

fAMES C. ARNOLD, Chief of Police of the City of Dallas, was born near Wellington, Morgan county, Georgia, April 29, 1851. His parents were W. B. and Martha B. (Bostwick) Arnold, bothjiatives of Georgia. His father was a merchant at Social Circle, Walton county, Georgia, at the commencement of the war, and enlisted in the Confederate service as private and served until the war closed, mostly on the coast of Georgia. He was a supporter of Breckenridge and Lane in the presidential race in 1860, and a strong advocate of State rights, and has been for many years a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and is living near Madison, Morgan county, Georgia, farming. He was born August 31, 1820. Martha B., his wife, was born August 24, 1824, and died August 15, 1854, a member of the Baptist Church from early childhood. There were born to these parents seven children, three of whom died at an early age. John H., the oldest, at the commencement of the war, enlisted for six months defending the coast of Georgia, but later joined the Fifty-third Georgia Regiment, and served under General Longstreet until the time of his death, December 26, 1862. William T., the second son served in the Second Georgia Regiment during the war, and is still living, and lias been for ten or twelve years District and County Clerk of Sabine county, Texas; Emma D. Arnold, their daughter, sister of our subject, the wife of M. A. Parker, is living in Atlanta, Georgia; Mr. Parker served in tlie Fifty-third Georgia Regiment during the war under Longstreet. James C. Arnold, whose biography we give, was raised in Morgan and Walton counties, Georgia, went to school at Social Circle and old Fair Flay, same State, and left his home for Carroll county, Mississippi, on the 14th of February 1866, and there worked on a farm for P. H. Echols, W. A. Gayden & Colonel J. D. McLemore, and in December, 1869, came to Texas to Doctor R. S. McLemore (a son of Colonel J. D. McLemore), who owned Camp's Ferry, on Sabine river, in Upshur county, and lived with him until 1871, when McLemore sold the ferry to A. Ferguson & W. L. Wilburn: he was then in their employ until the fall of 1872; he then went into partnership with E. B. Winn in supplying contractors with beef. The contractors were building the tirst fourteen miles of railway from Longview west; he then went from there to Fort Worth expecting to be engaged in the same business, but the railroad suspended operations west of Dallas. He then followed the grocery business for a time, connecting himself with the firm of Connell, Arnold & Co. at Fort Worth: he remained there for a short time. He closed out and came to Dallas in Api'il, 1874, and has been a resident of Dallas ever since.

He was then engaged in different vocations of business until November 5, 1874, when he was appointed on the police force of the city of Dallas under General W. L. Cabell, Mayor, and June Peak, Marshal. He served as patrolman and mounted officer until 1879, when he was appointed Deputy City Marshal under W. F. Morton who was then the City Marshal. In June, 1881, he was appointed City Marshal, vice W. F. Morton resigned, and then an election was ordered to fill the unexpired term of W. F. Morton, at which election he was chosen and held the position of City Marshal and Chief of Police ever since that time by virtue of an election and the choice of the people of Dallas up to the present time. During these periods of elections for Chief of Police of the city of Dallas from 1881, up to the present time, he has had only three opponents, and at the last city Democratic convention, which was held April, 1892, he was the unanimous choice of that convention as the nominee of the Democratic party for the office, and was elected without opposition This is his nineteenth year as a member of the police force, and during all these years of service both as a subordinate and an official, his acts have been for the fullfillment of the law without endangering life or limb to those violating the law, which was his sworn duty to have executed. By and under his jurisdiction as Chief of Police, there have been from the incipiency of his office np to the present time 48,225 arrests made, showing that the members of the police force, under his management and supervision, have been faithiul to their trust. He is ready, quick and genial in his manner, cool and clear-headed, and hia wonderful success in dealing with men is due to these qualifications, together with the courage displayed by him in his official capacity in arresting many desperate criminals and violators of the law. He is a member of the following charitable and beneficent orders: Masonic, K. of P., I. O. O. F., and the Elks.

He was married in 1871, to Miss Callie Staples, daughter of David W. and M. A. Staples of Talladega, Alabama. He has always borne an enviable reputation both as a citizen and an officer of the law, and the acts of his past life have always been commendable wherever he resided.

fAMES W. GURLEY, D. D. S., M. D., was born in South Carolina, September 18, 1840, and is a son of Martin A. Gnrley, a descendant of one of the oldest Southern families. Mrs. Gnrley's maiden name was Isabella Youngblood, which is also an honored name of the South.

The Doctor is the oldest of a family of seven children, and until his twelfth year was trained in a private school. He was partially paralyzed, caused by sciatica, at ten years of age. At the age of twelve years he was induced to accompany a squad of Georgia gold miners to California. He sailed from New York city for the Pacific coast in January, 1852, in the steamship El Dorado, which was sent out by a bogus company. This company sold their tickets to San Francisco, but had no connecting steamer on the Pacific; hence all passengers who were landed on the Isthmus at the mouth of the Chagres river were compelled to pay extra for their transit across the Isthmus to Panama, there to find that they had been deluded by false representations of this bogus company. The most of them were moneyless, with no means of proceeding further. Our subject was one of six thousand in this terrible condition. At this juncture C. K. Garrison »fe Co., of New York, and bankers in Panama, were fitting out every available vessel, coal hulks and other unseaworthy crafts for passenger vessels bound for San Francisco. Among the number was a bark, Clarissa Andrews, on which he sailed under the following circumstances: While ho was at Panama he had no money, and went to the American Hotel and engaged as errand boy. The maladies among the travelers were terrible, people were dying off by the hundreds with yellow fever, smallpox and other terrible diseases. At the American Hotel he remained two days. The second day he found a ])urse containing nearly five liundred dollars. This he took to the clerk of the hotel, as an honest boy would. It was about eleven o'clock, a. m. After dinner the authorities of the hotel gave him his discharge. He does not know, but can give a guess, what became of the money.

Soon after leaving the hotel he met a Portuguese sailor with whom he had become ac(|uainted while on the steamship El Dorado, and the latter was then employed as one of the crew to sail the bark Clarissa Andrews to San Francisco. Tlie sailor asked him if he had a dollar. "Not a dollar in the world," was the reply. At that moment he thought of a pair of boots which he left at the hotel. These he procured, sold them for a dollar, and was "fixed." The sailor then told him to follow him. The bark was lying at anchor four miles from shore. This dollar was to pay his passage on a small boat which landed him in due time at the bark. During the passage to the bark the sailor laid a plan

As soon as all the passengers were aboard a clamor was set up as to the unseaworthiness of the bark. This was quieted only by the American consul making a casual examination and pronouncing her seaworthy. There was no time lost in weighing anchor and putting to sea. The captain and crew, having California as their destination, made up their minds never to put into J)ort on the way for fear of the vessel being condemned; hence they made preparations for a long voyage, carried with them a still for obtaining fresh water from salt water, etc. The voyage was long and tedious, being sixty-live days from Panama to San Francisco. There were 400 steerage passengers, twelve cabin passengers and tlie officers and crew. They had eighteen deaths on the way, and our subject came near dying with Isthmus fever, with which he had already suffered nearly four weeks, and on arriving at San Francisco he was not able to walk ashore.

Here he was, a boy, sick, in a strange place, without an acquaintance, a friend or a dollar. The Portuguese sailor, whose name he never learned, shook his hand, bade him good-bye and said: "15oy, 1 hope you will make a fortune in California and go home with plenty of gold." Our subject was taken to tlie hotel and was there taken care of by the late John Flood, the millionaire, who was then a plasterer in San Francisco. The same aided Mi'. Gurley in obtaining a situation as assistant bookkeeper in the old Niantic Hotel, corner of Sansome and Merchant streets.

After remaining there one year he sought his fortune in the mining district, remained there two years working in the mines, but was not successful. He then made up his mind to return to San Francisco. On his way he stopped in Sacramento, and there he obtained a situation in a drug house with Gates Brotliers, which he held four years. Dr. Gates, being a dentist, induced Mr. Giirley to take that as a profession. He had access to iiis library and office and put in his evenings in study and practice. He then practiced in merchandising and speculation for several years. Finally, in 1864, he entered regularly into the practice of dentistry in the lower part of Shasta valley. He remained there six months and then traveled through Oregon and Idaho, practicing until September 1, 1866, when he left Boise City for Philadelphia, to attend the dental college, sailing from San Francisco September 21. They were twelve days on the' voyage to Greytown, at the mouth of the Nicaragua river. The connecting steamer, which sailed from New York, was caught in the equinoctial gales raging on the Atlantic coast at that time. She was so disabled that she had to return for repairs to New York. This left our bubject in Greytown. Two weeks the company took care of their 1,400 passengers at their own expense. He was among the cabin passengers and was nicely cared for.

The connecting vessel on which Dr. Gurley took passage became disabled and short of coal, and found it necessary to put into the Charleston harbor. South Carolina, in view of repairs and fuel. There several hundred passengers, our subject among the rest, left the steamer and took rail for different points. The Doctor then went to search for his parents, who had not heard from him since the opening of the war, as it will be remembered all communications were cut off. He found them living in another county, their old home all swept away by the ravages of war; his mother and two brotliers were dead, and the living were in abject poverty. There he found a place to spend a part of his money in assisting the father and family. Placing them in a comfortable condition he proceeded to Philadelphia and attended the Pennsylvania Dental College, graduating therefrom in the class of 1866-'67, with the highest honors of the class. He then practiced in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for one year, and went to Anderson, South Carolina, in 1868. He practiced there, and in that year married Miss Julia Fant, daughter of O. H. P. Fant, one of the worthiest and most honored citizens of that county (Anderson). In 1872 he entered the Maryland University of Medicine, graduating in the class of 1873-74, with the title of M. D. After graduating he located in Atlanta, Georgia, and practiced there until 1884, and then removed to Nashville, Tennessee, early in 1885, and practiced there five years, coming to Dallas in 1890, where he has built up a large and increasing practice. It should have been mentioned that after graduating in dentistry he took special instructions in the manufacture of continuous gum work and the art of carving porcelain teeth, preparing himself to take a position with Dr. Evans, of Paris, France, who was then dentist to the Emperor. The illness of Dr. Gurley's father, Martin A. Gurley, prevented him from doing the same. As a physician and surgeon the Doctor has been eminently successful, successfully performing some of the most delicate operations on the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Our subject's father was a tailor by trade. He stood well among his acquaintances. He took part in the war of 1812, and received a pension, both for his own services in said war and for his father's (John Gurley) services in the Revolutionary war, the latter fio-htino' under General Francis Marion. The father,

Martin A., died at the age of ninety-six years, in 1869. He and his wife were devout and life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch. His wife died during the war, aged about forty-five years. Of their seven children only four are yet living, viz.: Our subject, the oldest; Henrietta, widow of Frank Allen, residing in South Carolina; Pleasant and Duncan, the younger brothers, reside there also.

Our subject and wife's liome has been blessed in the birth of six children: Alice, wife of Frank Dickason, of Dallas, - Delphine is their only child; Eugenia, Bessie, Lulie and James are of the home circle; Millie, the second child, died at the age of two years. Mrs. Gurley and daughters are members of the Baptist Church.

Probably there is no other dentist in the South who has had such thorough and scientific training in his profession as Dr. Gurley. He has been a close and careful student, and takes pride in keeping fully abreast with the times in all the tnethods of treatment and scientific discoveries.

fOHN S. BALLARD, has been a resident of Dallas county, Texas, since 1857. Mr. Ballard was born in Charleston, Virginia, in 1823, the youngest in the family of nine children of John and Phebe (Berry) Ballard, natives of Virginia. His father, a farmer by occupation, emigrated in 1825 to Boone county, Kentucky, and settled on a farm. He spent the rest of his days there, and died in 1859. His wife passed away in 1850. John S. was reared in Boone county, Kentucky, and received his education in the subscription schools of that place. In 1846 he went to Shelby county, Indiana, and was employed as clerk in a store. About 18J:9 he went to Carthage, Rush county, Indiana, and in 1851 to Henry county (Knightstown); in 1850 was married there, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Goble, a native of Henry county, Indiana, and a daughter of Ebenezer and Sallie (Ferguson) Goble, natives of Ohio. They lived in Indiana until they came to Dallas, Texas, the father coming in 1856, and the mother in 1857. He died in 1863, and she in 1868.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ballard settled in Henry county, where they lived until 1857, when they came South and located near Lancaster, Dallas county. Mr. Ballard bought prairie land, improved it, and lived on it until coming to Dallas in 1861. He settled on Carter street, and engaged in the milling business, being a miller by trade. He also learned the trade of millwright. He erected the Terry Mills in 1863-'64, known as the City Mills. In 1867 he built a large mill in Dallas and continued milliner some three or four years longer. After that he turned bis attention to carpenter work, contracting and superintending. He built the first threestory brick building in Dallas. In 1887 Mr. Ballard moved to his present residence at Oak Cliff; he owns eight acres of well improved and valuable property. He has taken an active interest in political and municipal matters. He is a Democrat; has served as Alderman for the Second Ward nearly four years. Socially, he is a member of Dallas Lodge. No. 44, I. O. O. F. He has passed all the chairs in both the Subordinate Lodge and Encampment. He and his wife are both members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Dallas. Followincr are the names of the children born to them: George S , who is married and resides at the corner of Seventh and Ewing streets. Oak Cliff, is engaged in the wholesale hat business in Dallas; Butler E., who died in Dallas county at the age of nine years; John M., who died at Oak Cliff in February, 1891, left a widow and two children; Addie, widow of Beverly L. Steminons, has two children: Bessie S., and Beverly E.

lOLONEL MARTIN WILLIAM MANN, one of America's most loyal citizens, was born in Gangrehweiler, Ehein, Bavaria, Germany, in 1830, and is a son (if Johaiin Adam Mann, also a native of Germany. His father was a contractor, and died in the Fatherland, in 1863. There were four sons in the family, and three of them emigrated to America, namely: Va|entine, who resides in Missouri; Philip, in Indiana, and our subject, in Texas. The Colonel received a good education in Germany, b,ut believing the New World had more in store for him than his native land, at the age of eighteen years he sailed away, leaving the beloved home of his youth and his relatives and friends who were very dear to him. He stopped at New York city for eighteen months, where he wqrked at the trade of marble cutting, which he had learned in his own country. He then started out from home and for several years traveled extensively over the United States. When the Civil war broke o\^t he enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, April 17, 1861. He went to Cairo, Illinois, and was mustered out Augiist 1, 1861. August 14, 1861, he ye-enlisted, joining Company E, Second Illinois Light Artillery, and was soon active in the service. He participated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and the siege of Corinth. At Shiloh he was wounded. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and was afterward transferred to the Gulf Department. He saw some fighitng in the last year of his enlistment, and was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, September 29, 1864, as First Lieutenant. When peace had been declared he engaged in business at Clinton, Missouri, which he continued until 1874. In that year he came to Texas, and located at Brenham, where he established himself in the marble business. He conducted this very successfully until August, 1890, when he disposed of his interests at Brenham and removed to Dallas.

Colonel Mann is an active member of the G. A. R., which he joined March 16, 1868. He is a member of Camp Lyon Post, St. Louis, Missouri, but since coming to Texas has been a member of a post here. He was a delegate to Milwaukee in 1888, and March 5, 1890, he was elected Commander of the Texas Department, G. A. R., by a unanimous vote. He has the oversight of fifty-seven posts, of which 1,695 comrades constitute the membership. He is devoted to this organization, giving it much of his time and attention. He belongs to Graham Lodge, No. 20, A. F. & A. M., in which he has been Worshipful Master three terms; to Brenham Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., for which he has been High Priest two terras; of Brenham Commandery, No. 15, K. T., of which he has been Eminent Commander; of Hellah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Dallas, and he is also an active member of Trinity Lodo'e, I. O. O. F., of Dallas. He has been a Kepublicau from the organization of the party. Was one of the Trustees of the public school, is a Trustee of Blinn Memorial

PR. J. S. LETCHER, one of the leading ])hjsicians of Dallas county, and a highly respected citizen of Dallas, dates his birth in Coosa county, Alabama.

His parents, J. D. and Martha A. (Bozeman) Letcher, natives of x\labaina, were married about 1836, are now honored pioneers of that State, and have reached the advanced age of eighty-si.x and seventy-eigiit years respectively. Mr. Letcher has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all liis life, and by his honorable and upright course has won the confidence and respect of all who have known him during these years. The Bozeman family was composed of four sons and three daughters. Of the former, only Nathan, the celebrated gynecologist of New York, is living. Mrs. Letcher's sisters are Elizabeth, wife of General Bulger, of Alabama; and Martha, widow of a Mr. McKinney, of Milam county, Texas. Following are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Letcher: Dr. Francis M., of Cross Keys, Alabama, married Claudia Canton, and has seven children: Susie, wife of Dr. W. R. Chapman, resides on a farm in Monroe county, Alabama, two of their four children being doctors; Hattie, wife of Henry Davis, died at the age of fifty years, leaving six children; Elizabeth, widow of K. King, lives in Rockdale, two of her six children being doctors ; Mattie, wife of A. H. Pylant, died, leaving ten ciiildren, two of the daughters having married doctors; Nathan G. died at the age of thirty-three years, unmarried; John D., Jr., a large stock-dealer, of Jones county,

Texas, was first married to Miss Neighbors, and after her death to Miss Zellner, having four children by his present wife; Dr. J. S., the subject of our sketch; Lulu, wife of J. H. Hughes, Burnet, Texas; and James Talbert, an attorney at Lampasas, Texas, who died at the age of thirty, unmarried. For fifty-six years Mr. and Mrs. Letcher have traveled life's pathway together, sowing the seeds of kindness that have long since ripened into a fruitful harvest. Tliey are Hfe-loug members of the Baptist Church.

The subject of this article received his literary education in Cross Keys, Alabama, and began the study of medicine there under the direction of his brother. Dr. Francis M., a physician of prominence at that place. He then entered the Medical Department of the University of New Orleans in 1870, and gi'aduated at the Medical College of Alabama in 1872. He practiced medicine in Milam county, Texas, eleven years, in Lampasas six years, and since 1889 has been at Dallas. In 1883 he atteded Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in 1884 took a post graduate course at the Post Graduate Medical College in New York, and in J888 attended the Polyclinic in New York, thus fi^rther preparing himself for ills life work. In the practice of his profession he hag been vpry successful. He is medical examiner and referee for several prominent insurance companies of the East. While in Lampasas he was president of the First National Bank, which position he resigned when he moved to Dallas.

Dr. Letcher was married in 1876 to Miss M. M. Oxsheer, daughter of Honorable W. W. Oxslieer and his wife, nee Martha Kirk, natives of Tennessee and for over fifty years residents of Milam county, Texas, the former seventy- eight and the latter sixty-eight years of age. Mr. Oxsheer has represented his dis- trict in the Legislature several times. He is a surveyor of much experience. He and George Erath and George Green, of Milam county, established most of the county lines west of the Brazos river. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. O.xsheer are F. G.. an extensive stock-raiser, of Colorado, Texas, who married Mary Beal and has seven children: Viola, wife of H. F. Smith, a merchant of Cameron, Texas, has six children; and Mrs. Letcher. The Doctor and his wife have three children, Oakey, Elma and Ann.

Dr. Letcher is prominently connected with the Masonic fraternity. He has served as "Worthy Master of the blue lodge, and is also a member of the Royal Arch Chapter; is a K. of P. as well. In politics, he is a Democrat. He and his wife are both members of the Baptist Church.

ti CRADDOCK, capitalist and real estate 'ji dealer, is one of the progressive busi- V ® ness men of Dallas, and is entitled to the following space in this record of tiie county's leading men. He is a native of Henry county, Alabanja, born October 10, 1847, and is a soi; of Joseph P. and Jane (Byrd) Craddock, natives of New York and Virginia respectively. The father was a plai^ter f<nd owned s, number of slaves before the war. He died in 1867, and his wife passed away in 1863. When our subject was sixteen years of age he enlisted in the Confederate service, and participated in the siege pf Atlf^nta and numerous skirmishes and iqiuor engagements, in the fall of 1864 his pompany was disbanded, after which he went ^;q Mobile, and was there transferred to the fourth Tennessee Battalion. April 9, 1865, he was captured and taken to Ship Island, where he was held three months; he was then taken across the river to Meridian, and thence to Vicksbnrg, where he was liberated. He returned to his father's farm in Alabama, and remained there until 1870, when he removed to Bosque county, Texas. lie went into business, but became dissatisfied and sold out, coining to Dallas in 1875. He embarked in the liquor trade, and later added a wholesale department, which he developed into one of the largest wholesale houses in the city. In 1887 he sold this interest to Mr. Swope and Mr. Mangold, retiring from commercial life. Afterward, however, he opened a real-estate office, and has taken stock in various corporations in the city. He is ever ready to give a cordial support to those movements which are calcnlated to benefit the entire community, and has contributed his share to all laudable enterprises. Mr. Craddock received his education in the common schools of Alabama, and the advantages offered in those early days were not by any means equal to those of the present time; he worked on the farm dnring the summer season, and in the winter devoted his time to his books. The breaking out of the Civil war, however, put an end to all such pursuits. In 1873 he was united in marriage to Miss Nannie E. Legg, a daughter of James M. and Mattie (Smith) Legg, natives of Alabama. Mr. Lew was a large planter in Alabama, but believing the opportunities greater further west, removed with his family to Arkansas in 1852; he purchased an improved farm in Clark county, and resided tiiere until 1868, when he moved to Johnson county, Texas; there he lived a retired life until his death, which occurred in February, 1886; his wife survived him only seven days. The wife of our subject was called to her final rest March 8, 1887, leaving her husbauil and three children: two daughters Birdie and Jimmie, and a son, Lawrence. Mr. Craddock was married a second time, December 16, 1891, to Miss Mattie Y. Long, a native of Georgia. Mrs. Craddock is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Politically, Mr. Craddock is identified with the Democratic party. He holds a membership in Dallas Lodge, No. 44, I. (). (). F., in Cceur de Lion Lodge, No. 8, Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the Knights of Honor.

jBRAHAM HART, a farmer and stock, raiser of precinct No. 1, was born in "^ Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1822, the eldest of ses'en children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Huffiance) Hart, natives also of North Carolina. The father emigrated from his native State to Sangamon county Illinois, in 1830, later to Christian county, and in 1844 came to Dallas county, Texas, settling and breaking ground where the city of Dallas is now situated. It is the farmer who must lay the foundation for the thousands who later on will leave the farm, and enter the active, pushing, professional and commercial world, and help to move the car of progress in the onward course to greater possibilities. He died in this county in 1847, and the mother survived until 1883.

Abraham, our subject, was reared and educated in Sangamon county, and in 1844 he came to this county and took up 640 acres in his father's name, located near the city. He sold this land in 1853, after which he bought eighty-three acres of unimproved land where he now lives, of which he has improved ninety-nine acres. In 1863 Mr. Hart enlisted in Colonel Stone's regiment. Captain Stratton's company, and served until the close of the war. He was in the Bayou tight, was taken prisoner at Bourbon Bayou, and afterward was exchanged and sent home. He was married in this county, in 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Ray, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Robert and Mary (Denton) Ray, natives of Kentucky. The parents moved to Illinois in an early day, and in 1846 to Dallas county, Texas, where the father died in 1883, and the mother in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have had eleven children, nine of whom survive, namely: Mary Ellen, wife of William Cartwright, of Denton county, Texas; Jane, wife of Robert Bethnrura, of Dallas county; Robert Henry, who resides in this county; Douglas, also of this county; Frank, of Gieer county, Texas; Electa Ann, wife of John Curtis, of -Rockwall county; Edward, a resident of this county; John, at home. Politically, Mr. Hart is a Democrat, and socially a member of the Farmers' Alliance.

UTLER COMPANY, manufacturers of brick in Dallas, were organized as a firm in 1883. Their works have a capacity of 30,000 a day, and they run on an average nine montiis in a year, employing about twenty hands. They make a No. 1 handmade brick, and keep constantly on hand a full line of all grades.

P. J. Butler, of the above firm, is also a general contractor. He came to Dallas in the spring of 1873, and at first was foreman for Leonard Brothers, brick manufacturers and contractors. He was born in Ireland, in 1846, the youngest of eight children of John and Catharine (Minehan) Butler, natives also of the Emerald Isle. His mother died in 1870, and his father in 1874. Mr. Butler grew up to years of maturity in his native land. In 1867, lie emigrated to A.merica, the land of oppoi-tunity, stopping fiist at Troy, New York, where he commenced his trade as bricklayer and builder. Then he proceeded to Milwaukee and Sparta, Wisconsin, Dubuque and Independence, Iowa, thence with his brother to St. Louis, and to Yicksburg. Little Rock, and finally to Dallas, where lie has since erected many important buildings, as the Merchants' Exchange, Pacific depot, Blankeuship & Blake's wholesale house, five stories, 50 X 200; Schoellkopfs building (same size), the Ursuline Convent Academy, Mr. Gill's building on Elm street, 50 x 200, Sanger Brothers' building, and many others. As to polities, Mr. Butler votes with the Republican party, bnt is not active in its councils. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church.

He was married in St. Louis, June 17, 1874, to Catharine Hefferman, a native of that city, and they have six children living, as follows: Mary Thei-esa, boarding at the convent; Margery, attending the Bryant school; and A¥illiam Joseph, Ellen, Catharine and John.

L. PEACOCK, of the firm of Peacock & Shirley, paint and paper supply store, No. 153 Main street, Dallas, has been engaged in his present business since 1884. Mr. Peacock was born in Muscogee county, Georgia, December 31, 1846, the third in a family of seven children of Levi L. and Mary (Lamb) Peacock. His father was a native of England, came with his parents to this country and settled in Virginia, and from there moved to Georgia, where he followed the life of a planter. His mother was of German descent and was born in Georgia. When the subject of this sketch was a boy his parents moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where, in 1864, they died, their deaths occurring only a day or two apart. In Montgomery Mr. Peacock was reared, receiving his education in the schools of that city. During the war he served as a member of Company G, Sixtyfourth Alabama Regiment, doing provost duty.

At Atlanta, Georgia, in 1871, Mr. Peacock married Miss Sadie Fisher, a native of that State and a daughter of Professor Fisher, who for many years was professor of music in the Macon University. He was a native of Germany. His death occurred in Atlanta about 1868. After his marriage Mr. Peacock settled in Nashville, Tennessee, from which place he subsequently came to Texas and loated in Dallas. He had learned the painter's trade in Montgomery, and upon his arrival here, in 1875, at once engaged in that business. He and his partner now employ from ten to twelve men and are doing a thriving business.

Politically, Mr. Peacock is a Democrat. He is a public-spirited citizen, and ever since he took up his residence here has been identified with the best interests of the place. He has been a member of the School Board for two years, and as such has been actively interested in educational matters, and has been closely connected with the building of three new schoolhouses. These were erected in 1891, at a cost of $25,000 each, are located in the south, east and north parts of Dallas, and are known as McKinney Avenue, San Jacinto and Cedar Lawn schools. Mr. Peacock is prominently associated with the following organizations: Tannehill Lodge, No. 52, A. F. & A. M., being Treasurer of the same; Dallas Chapter, No. 47, R. A. M., of which he is Treasurer; Dallas Commandery,

No. 6; Hella Temple; Dallas Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 44, of which he is a trustee and member of the building committee; and of the Original Encampment of I. O. O. F., being Treasurer of same. He and his wife are both members of the Baptist Church. They are the parents of eight children: Willie L., Eugene, Horace, Jewell, Elva, Jacob, Leslie, Charlie and Leona.

II!^()YAL A. FERRIS is one of the live, ^ energetic business men of Dallas, Texas^ )roniising well for the future. For many years he was well known as a successful banker, and is one of the directors, as well as second vice-president of the National Exchange Bank of this city.

He was born on the 8th day of August, A. D. 1851, in Jefferson, Texas, then a flourishing town, situated at the head of navigation on the lakes which lead into Red river, near Shreveport, Louisiana. He is the eldest son of Judge J. W. Ferris, of Waxahachie, Texas, who has been a leading and prominent lawyer of north Texas for over forty years. Judge Ferris, the father, is known as having creditably occupied several important positions in the State, such as member of the Legislature, Judge of the District Court, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875, and Commissioner with four others, to revise and codify the laws of the State. The mother of Royal A. Ferris is a native of the State of Kentucky; her maiden name was Mattie J. Ci-ow; she was born and reared In Floydsburg, Oldham county, Kentucky. Her father, Andrew D. Crow, was one of the Kentucky volunteers who fought against the British army, under General Jackson at New Orleans, and aided in securing the great victory which ended the war of 1812. After the battle he was honorably discharged, and as a footman he sought his way, as best he could, through a vast wilderness, inhabited by Indians, back to his old Kentucky home. He was prosperous and prominent among his neighbors, living to the good old age of eightyfour years, loved and honored by all who knew him. His name, Andrew, was transmitted to the grandson, the subject of this sketch.

Li the fall of 1854, Judge Ferris removed with his family from Jefferson to Waxahachie, Texas, then a small town, located near the clear, crystal waters of Waxahachie creek, and in the heart of a rich agricultural prairie country. Here health came back to the family, followed by continued and increasing prosperity. It was here that Royal A. was principally reared and educated. In the school room he was apt and quick to learn, standing generally at the head of his classes. His education was completed at the Kentucky Military Institute, located at Farmdale, near Frankfort, Kentucky, which was then under the skillful superintendence of Colonel R. T. P. Allen. His advancement and proficiency as a student was very marked, especially in mathematics, bookkeeping and the sciences. He left the institute quite a favorite witii the teachers and his associates.

Returning to his home in Texas in 1870, he took employment at once in the private banking house of Ferris «& Getzendaner, his father being the senior member of the firm. For a time, he there discharged the duties of both cashier and bookkeeper. In 1875, the father retired from the bank in favor of his son. Royal A., whereupon the name of the firm was changed to Getzendaner & Ferris, the son becoming the junior member. From 1875 to 1885, a period of ten years, til is banking iionse, under the skillful management of W. H. Getzendaner and Royal A, Ferris, as well as by honest and fair dealing with all persons, grew and prospered beyond expectation. It commanded the confidence of the entire business public, and its financial standing was unsurpassed by any other bank in the State.

It so happened that the track of the Houston & Texas Central railroad in Ellis county was located eleven miles east of Waxahacliie, the county seat; and there began to be agitated the question of moving the courthouse and jail to some point on the railroad. It became necessary, therefore, to put on foot at once the construction of a tap railroad from Waxahachie. A charter for the purpose was obtained from the Legislature, and Royal A. Ferris was principally instrumental in bringing to a successful termination the building, equipping and running of the Waxahachie Tap railroad, which was made to connect the town of Waxahachie with the Houston & Texas Central railroad at Garrett. He went to the Eastern cities, taking with him the sul)sidy bonds granted by the city to the amount of $63,000, and sought to enlist railroad capitalists in the enterprise. Failing in this, he, together with Jeremiah Riorden, took the contract to build, equip, and operate the road upon the same terms offered to others. By the skillful management of Royal A., all financial difiiculties were overcome, and the road was completely equipped and operated to the satisfaction of all parties, a complete triumph for Waxahachie. The Tap railroad proving to be a success, it very soon, by purchase, went into the hands of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company.

stockholder in it. This company purchased the grounds formerly occupied by the old and popular Rogers Hotel, and constructed thereon a large block of brick buihlings, the second story of which was utilized for a hotel, bearing the name of the Rogers House, in honor of Major E. W. Rogers, who was the original founder of the town. This property still belongs to the company, and proves to be a good investment.

In 1885 the private bank of Getzendaner & Ferris was merged into a National Bank, named the Citizens' National Bank of Waxahachie, with a paid up capital of $100,000. Royal A. F'erris being a stockholder. It was about this time, however, that ambition led him to seek a larger field of operations. A very flattering offer was made for him to take charge of the Exchange Bank of Dallas, Texas, and manage its business, allowing him to i)ecorae owner of a specified interest. The offer was accepted, and Royal A. Ferris became a citizen as well as an active business man of the young and growing city of Dallas.

Under his management, the Exchange Bank of Dallas greatly flourished, and continually grew in the confidence of the public. He became owner of a large share of the stock; and the charter from the State having but a short time to run was abandoned. In its stead, and under his direction, the National Exchange Bank of Dallas was chartered and organized, with a paid up capital of $300,000. In this l)ank also he was, and continues to be, a large stockholder; has been a director from the date of its organization, was its first vicepresident, and managed the bank the first year. Heavy oflice work and close confinement began, iti time, to wear manifestly upon his liealth and constitution, so tliat in 1888 a change became necessary. He therefore resijjned as an active working official, continu- ing, however, to serve as one of the directors, and to fill the position of second vice-president. It may be justly said, without derogating from others, that the National Exchange Bank of Dallas is indebted to Royal A. Ferris as much as to any otiier one person for its prosperous condition and present high standing in commercial circles.

After giving up office work in the bank, the street railway plants of Dallas commanded his attention. He obtained a controlling interest in the companies owning and operating the Main street and the San Jacinto street railway lines. At his suggestion and under his direction a consolidation was effected between those companies and the companies owning other lines, so as to form one company under the name of the Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company. He became president of the company in 1889, and has filled the position ever since. The increasing demand for street railway service in a new city, rapidly widening out in every direction, caused the company to enter largely upon railway construction, until they now own and operate about thirty miles of street railway, located upon the most important streets of tlie city. It is believed and expected that che early growth and development of the city will, in the near future, fully justify the adventure. It has, in any event, already contributed very largely to the city's advancement and prosperity; and the president of the Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company merits this day, and doubtless will receive, the commendation and support of every true friend of Dallas.

Mr. Ferris is classed as an active, publicspirited man. He assisted largely in setting on foot the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, and is one of the directors at this writing. Other enterprises might be

In fraternal circles he also occupies a prominent place. He is Past Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias; is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 80, at Waxahachie, Texas; and was once its representative to the Grand Lodge of the State.

On December 13, 1882, he was most happily married to Miss Lulu Brown, daughter of John T. Bi'own, then of Atlanta, Georgia. She was a beautiful, highly accomplished lady, and possessed of many loval)le qualities. She was also an exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In less than one year from the marriage, when returning with her husband from a pleasure trip to Kentucky, she was overtaken by I'atal illness on the way; and she had barely reached the loving arms of parents and friends at home when cruel, relentless death came and snatched her away. This was a sad, sad blow to the devoted husband ! The wound then made has scarcely healed as yet.

The leading traits in the make-up of Royal A. Ferris are, an active, vigorous brain, quick, clear perception, honesty of purpose, strong will power, good executive ability, and genial good nature. He is yet in his prime. What he has accomplished in the past is a forecast of what may be expected in the future.

,R. BENJAMIN L. RAWLINS, a rising young physician of Dallas, was born in Dallas county, Texas, July 30, 1867, son of Roderick D. and Henrietta C. (Jacobs) Rawlins, a sketch of whom follows near by. The Doctor attended school in Dallas. He read medicine for several years under the tutelacre of the late celebrated Dr. Morton, well and favorably known as an eminent physician of Dallas. He received his medical ediicatioti at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May, 1889, since which time he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. He is medical examiner for the Equitable Life and the Fidelity Mutual Insurance Companies, andis a member of Dallas County Medical Society and the Texas State Medical Association. He has identified himself with the Christian Church, but takes little interest in political matters.

|KB HOLT, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon, proprietor of Holt's San- * itai'ium, corner of Eighth street and Lancaster avenue. Oak Cliff, is a native of Upshur county, Texas.

His parents, L. E. and Elizabeth (Parker) Holt, were both natives of Bedford county, Tennessee, where they were both raised and married. They came to Texas in 1848. The father farmed for two years and then turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. He moved to Fort Worth in 1849 and there continued the mercantile business until the war opened, when he was obliged to discontinue. He and his brother-in-law, Daniel Parker, built the third store in Fort Worth, located on the corner of Main street and the public square. That building is still standing.

Tlie father took part in the late war, enlisting" at an early date and served as a private until the war closed. He was captured while detailed to take care of some wounded soldiers in northern Kentucky. He was soon after paroled, returned home and was soon exchanged and returned to the service. He has been in John H. Morgan's command, and while at home tlie command was captured

After the war he engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he continued during his active life. He is now retired and resides in Wheeler county with his daughter, Almeda Holt, aged sixty-eight years. His wife died in 1878, at the age of fifty-two years. They were both members of the Christian Church.

Onr subject received his literary education at Fort Worth and Birdville, Texas. He studied medicine under Dr. J. D. liay of J'ort Worth. He attended a medical course at Cincinnati, Ohio, and then practiced for nine years. In 1884 he attended medical college at Indianapolis, - the Physio- Medical College of Indiana, - graduating therefrom in 1885. He then resumed practice at Bedford, Texas, remaining one year, from there going to Chico, where he practiced three years, then to Weatherford, where lie practiced for three years, then removing to Oak Cliff, his present location, in April, 1892. He opened a sanitarium, where the outlook for his business is very promising. He treats every kind of disease that flesh is heir to, except contagious or infectious diseases. His business has been on the increase ever since his advent to the city.

He was married on October 3, 1877, to Miss Fannie Campbell, daughter of H. W. and N. F. Campbell, of Louisiana, Missouri. The Doctor and Mrs. Holt have one child, - Campbell, - who is still living. The wife died February 15, 1884, aged twenty years; was a member of the Christian Church. The Doctor's second marriage was September 6, 1885, to Miss Ellen Bumpas, daughter of John Bumpas, one of the pioneers of Dallas county, coming here at an early date.

Both the Doctor and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of the American Association of Physio- Medical Physicians and Sftrgeons. Dr. Holt contributes to the Physio- Medical Journal of Indianapolis, also to Sanative Medicine of Westerville, Ohio.

The Doctor is well read in the school of medicine in which he practices, his skill is acknowledged throughout the country, and it has brought him a large practice. In politics he supports the principles of the Democratic party, although he is no politician, the cares of his profession pressing upon him too heavily for that.

D. RAWLINS, of the firm of Moore & Rawlins, dealers in building ma- V* terial, 271 Elm street, Dallas, Texas, is a native of Greene county, Illinois, born June 10, 1842. His parents were Pleasant King and Lydia (Heaton) Rawlins, natives respectively of Indiana and of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Illinois. The mother was a widow and had two children when she married Mr. Rawlins, and by him she had six children, viz. : Alexander, a merchant of Lancaster, Texas, married Georgia Rogers, Alma, being their only child; R. D., the subject of this sketch; John S., of Hutchins, Texas; Mary, wife of J. H. Ellis, resides on a farm near Lancaster; Lucy, wife of James I. Lavender, Lancaster, and Benjamin, deceased. The mother is a resident of Lancaster, and is now seventy-six years of age. She has been a devoted member of the Christian Church for many years. She is an estimable and most agreeable lady, having many dear friends among the old time residents of Dallas county.

R. D. Rawlins spent his early life on a farm, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1872. Since that time he has been variously employed. In 1878 he was elected Tax Assessor, and served four years, and previous to that time served four years as Deputy County Clerk.

In the fall of 1861 Mr. Rawlins enlisted as a private in Company F, Sixth Texas Cavalry, Ross's Brigade, and served about three and a half years. He participated in many of the leading engagements of the war, but was never wounded or taken prisoner.

After the war he was engaged in the official capacities already referred to, and for some years has been enterested in his present business. They have a large and growing trade, deal in doors, sash, blinds, moldings, lath, lime, cement, plaster, mixed paints, fire brick and clay, and manufacture stone flues and sewer pipe.

Mr. Rawlins was married in 1866 to Miss Henrietta C. Jacobs, youngest of the seven children born to Elder Lewis Jacobs, of the Baptist Church, the others being Mary, Anna, Eliza, Fanny, Mattie and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins, have four children, namely: Dr. Benjamin L. ; William H., married Miss Lallah Martin, of Fort Worth, and has one child, Lucile; Leola V., who is heinsr educated at Columbia, Missouri, and Bertha Lee. Mrs. Rawlins is a member of the Christian Church.

connected with frontier life in Texas, has overcome obstacles and surmounted difficulties, and is now ranked with the most substantial men of his county. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, and in politics is a fAMES G. SAIMS, M. D., was born in the city of Belfast, Ireland, in the year 1888, and is the fifth of a i'amily of nine children. In 1840 his parents, Sweip and Mary (Vance) Saims, emigrated to America with their children, and settled in the Susquehanna valley in Pennsylvania; there they lived until 1856, removing then to Asheville, North Carolina. The father was a linen maker by trade, and after coming to this country he built a linen and woolen factory, which he operated for several years; disposing of this interest he removed to Covington, Georgia, and built another large cotton and linen mill, with a flouring mill attached; here he conducted a large and important business, which was ended by the war; the entire plant was burned by Sherman on his march to tlie sea. The mother of our subject died in 1863, and the father survived her one year.

Dr. Saims was in Tennessee at the beginning of the Civil war, and remained there until the proclamation of Jefferson Davis. Being in sympathy with the North, he started to go through the Union lines, but was taken prisoner, and detained in the jail at Cleveland, Tennessee, for three months. At the end of that time he was released and furnished with a pass to Cumberland Gap; tlience he to Louisville, Kentucky, and to Nashville, Tennessee; there he has detained several months, and in August, 1863, he was commissioned by Andrew Johnson to organze a company for service; this he did, and was then cotnmissioned First Assistant Acting Surgeon, a position he held until compelled by a most painful accident to resign. In mounting a spirited horse he was thrown and severely wounded. After two weeks he sent in his resignation, and at the end of five months he was able to resume his duties. He went to Nashville, and was employed in the Revenue Department until he was honorably discharged in April, 1863.

His early education was acquired from any available source, and later he took a course at Sand Hill Academy, six miles from Asheville, North Carolina, finishing his literary studies at Norwood College, Asheville. He took his first course of medical lectures at Atlanta, Georgia, and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.

After the war was ended, he began the practice of his profession at Scottsborough, Alabama, but continued there only a short time. He next went to Jasper, Tennessee, and thence to Dunlap, Tennessee, and thence to Chattanooga; in this city he resided until 1876, when he removed to Alvarado, Texas; here he practiced two years, going at the end of that time to Lancaster, Texas, where he remained only one year. About this time his health failed and he went to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for medical treatment. After his restoration he settled in Perryville, Arkansas, and resumed his professional work. At the end of two years he came to Dallas, where he has since resided, devoting his time and attention to professional labors. He is now Surgeon on the United States Pension Board for the Dallas district.

Dr. Saims was married to Miss Minerva A. Larkin, a daughter of Henry Larkin of Franklin county, Tennessee. Mr. Larkin was a Presbyterian minister; his death occurred in 1864. The Doctor and his wife have had born to tliein three children, and after these little ones were added to the household the mother lost her mind, and was pronounced incurably insane. Dr. Saims was married a second time, January 23, 1880, to Mrs. Walters, a daughter of Thomas Howell, a merchant of Lancaster, Texas, who died in 1879. Dr. Saims is a member of Olive Lodge, No. 75, and is Surgeon of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. He affiliates with the Kepublican party. He represented Franklin county, Tennessee, in the Legislature of that State one term, from 18(35. He is one of the leading members of the medical profession in Dallas county, and is a liberal supporter of home industry. His wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

M. C. H I L L, a farmer and stockraiser of Dallas county, was born in I* Franklin, Simpson county, Kentucky, April 5, 1846, the sixth in a family of ten children born to Isaac and Pauline (Carter) Hill, natives of Virginia and Tennessee. The father, a mechanic by trade, was married in Tennessee, and in an early day located at Franklin, Kentucky. lu 1861 he started for Texas and died en route at Shreveport, Louisana,in September,and the motherand youngest daughter, Amanda, also died about the same time, from fever contracted en route. Our subject and his sister, Mrs. C. G. Gracey, were then left alone, but were taken care of by their brother-in-law, J. P. Goodnight.

In 1862, in Dallas county, Mr. Hill enlisted in Company K, Ninetenth Texas Cavalry, for three years, or during the war, and was confined principally in Arkansas and Missouri. He was also in the Red River campaign in Louisiana, and at the close of his service he returned to Dallas county and followed teaming about four years. In 1871 he engaged as clerk for Uhluran & Co., where he also remained four years, and in May, 1875, Mr. Hill engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business. In November, 1882, he was elected County Clerk of Dallas county and served until 1888, since which time he has been engaged in breeding fine stock. He has a large stock ranch of 3,000 acres in Dallas county, where he is principally engaged in breeding trotting horses and mules, and also in raising graded shorthorn cattle. He has opened up Fairview addition to this city, has made many profitable investments in land iu Dallas, and is one of the directors in the American National Bank, of this city. In August, 1885, Mr. Hill bought a lot and built a fine residence on Guston avenue, where he now resides. Politically, he votes with the Democratic party, and in 1877 was elected Alderman of this city, which position he resigned after one year. Socially, he is a member of Tannehill Lodge, A. F. & A. M., in which he has passed all the cliairs; of Dallas Chapter, No. 47, R. A. M.; of Dallas Commandery, No. 6, and of the K. of P., Cceur de Lion Lodge, No. 70. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hill are members of the East Dallas Baptist Church.

Mr. Hill was married in Ellis county, Texas, in July, 1875, to Lena Bullard, a native of Missouri, and daughter of Jolm Bullard, a native of Tennessee. Mrs. Hill's mother, 7iee Parmelia Hodges, was a native of Tennessee, and died about 1858, in Missouri. The father afterward emigrated with his slaves to Ellis county, settling first near the Louisana line in Texas, and later near Waxahachie, where he bought land. He died at the home of Mr. Hill in Dallas, in

October, 1876. Onr subject's father was prominent in political matters, in Kentucky and served as an officer for many years. He was well and favorably known, and was a church member, though not very active; his wife was a cjiurch member from girlhood days and was a good and excellent woman.

M. SCRIPTURE, 214 Houston street, Dallas, forms the subject of this biogli'' raphy. He has been identified with the best interests of Dallas county since 1872, and is justly entitled to representation in this volume.

K. M. Scripture was born in Saline county, Missouri, January 6, 1850. His father, 0. B. Scripture, was a native of New Hampshire. His grandfather, Charles Scripture, died in New Hampshire in 1885, aged ninty-seven years. They were of Puritan ancestry. At the age of eighteen years C. B. Scripture went to Norfolk, Virginia, and there in 18-11 was married to Miss Elizabeth Wright, a native of that place and a daughter of Captain Wright, who was lost at sea, and who was a member of a family of seafaring people. Mrs. Scripture was educated in Boston. In 1844, Mr. and Mrs. Scripture emigrated to Missouri and settled in Saline county, where he followed the milling business, both flouring and lumbering. During the war, in 1863, he was burned out, and all of his property destroyed. Previous to this he had been engaged in the manufacture of wagons. In 1868 he came to Texas and located in Elmo, where, in 1873, the family joined him. In 1873 they took up their abode in Dallas, and in this city the parents passed away, the father dying August 15, 1883, at the age of

After coming to Texas, R. M. Scripture engaged in the mercantile business at Dallas and at Denton for about eight years, following this business until 1890, and in connection with it has also been farming. He has a landed estate of 700 acres. He was married October 2, 1878, to Miss Fanny E. Horton, a daughter of James Horton, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. They have had six children, two of whom are living: Blanch O. and Reginald M.

BaR R. HUGHES, a mail carrier, of East Dallas, was born in middle Tennes- I'-^sji^^ ® see, Murray county, in 1850, the eldest of five children, born to William H. and Zuleka (Kittrell) Hughes, natives of South and North Carolina. The father, who was educated for a Methodist minister, was married at Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, and in the fall of 1852 he came to Dallas county, settlincr in Precinct No. 1, where he bought and improved a farm, and also followed the ministry. He assisted in building the Cochran Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, and later moved into the city of Dallas. During the war he was Presiding Elder of this and adjoining counties, and is now stationed at Pilot Point, Texas. In 1882 Mr. Hughes laid out Hughes' addition to the city of Dallas, which contained about nine acres, and was located in the eighth and ninth wards.

he came to Dallas county, and in 1885 was appointed mail carrier of East Dallas, which position he has since filled. He has taken an active interest in politics, voting with the Democratic party, and socially is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He has witnessed the complete growth of Dallas, and has always taken an active interest in everythinu; for the good of the city and county. Mr. Hughes was married at Farmers' Branch, in 1887, to Miss Belle Gilberts, a native of Dallas county, and a daughter of S. H. and Julia (Richey) Gilbert, natives of Mississippi and Tennessee. They came to Dallas county at an early day, settling at Farmers' Branch, where the motlier died in 1881, and the father in 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have one child, William Gilbert. Mrs. Hughes is a member of the Methodist Church.

fHOMAS WILKINSON. Chief of the Fire Department of Dallas, was born iu Alexandria, Virginia, in 1886, but was brought np in Maryland. On the maternal side he belongs to the old family of Oldham of Baltimore. In that city he learned the trade of foundryman and machinist, and afterward followed his trade at Baltimore and Cumberland, Maryland. In 1876 he he came to Dallas, where he was soon chosen a member of the Fire Department. In Baltimore he had been a member of the old Volunteer Fire Brigade, that was one of the in the United States. It was in that company that he learned those lessons which have made him one of the most efBcient of chiefs. He was promoted to his present position in 1887. Under his control the Dallas Fire Department stands first in the South and West. He has a total of forty-four assistants, and a more willing and alert band of firemen it is impossible to find. Mr. Wilkinson sleeps constantly at his post, and the fireman must be a rapid mover who gets into action quicker than he. He attends the annual meetings of the National Association of Fire Engineers of the United States, and keeps abreast with the times. The chief officers of the Fire Department are the chief, assistant chief, city electrician and six captains. The steauiers and outfit are the best and kept in perfect condition. She stations are models of neatness, and taken all together Dallas has reason to be proud of its Fire Department.

Mr. Wilkinson has been a Freemason for twenty-six years a member of the K. of H. and also is a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Uniformed Rank, K. of P. He has also been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from his youth.

He married October 4, 1859, Miss Caroline Wilson. The Wilson family is one of the oldest and most favorably known families in Maryland. Her parents are Edward and Elizabetli Wilson. The home of our subject and wife has been blessed in the birth of seven children, four of whom are living.

Nora L. is the wife of James Scliool field, superintendent Electric Light & Power Company of Dallas. Their two living children are: Jessie and Lillie May. They have two sons deceased.

Mr. Wilkinson's mother, Mrs. Edward Wilson, died when the former was six years of acre. Mrs. Wilson's maiden name was North, daughter of Squire John North. The latter raised Mrs. Wilkinson after the death of her mother.

Our subject's father was Thomas Wilkinson. who was born in England and came to America with his parents, Thomas and Jane (Scott) Wilkinson, when he was eight years of age. He served an apprenticeship of five years as foundryman and machinist in Baltimore. He was presumed to be one of the best mechanics the State of Maryland ever produced. He was a natural genius and mechanic. He moved to Cumbei'land, Maryland, and there went into the foundry business, in which he remained seventeen years, then purchased and moved to a farm in the same county and there died, December 31, 1877. He was born in 1810.

Our subject's mother was Susan E,. Oldham. She was a cousin of Bishop Roberts, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother was a cousin of Reverdy Johnson. Susan R. died November 18, 1884, aged eighty years. She was a devout Methodist from early childhood. Her parent's house was the home of the Methodist Episcopal ministers for more more than half a century.

George W. died in the Federal army. He was in the first battle of Bull Run. He died in 1861, from diseases contracted in the army. He was commissioned Lieutenant. He died at Hagerstown, Maryland, at the age of twenty-two years.

Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson is the second in a family of four children. She is a most worthy and deserving woman, a lady of culture and good mental attainments. She joined the church in early life, and lovingly has continued its communion ever since.

Susan, the third child, is the wife of Benjamin Robertson. They reside in Cumberland, Maryland. He was a member of the Second May land United States Volunteer Infantry. He served as private four years.

Mrs. Wilkinson has been anoflicer in the W. C. T. U., also in the W. R. C. for so:ue time. She is prominent and active in all church work in its various organizations and is on several committees at present writing.