Dallas County, Texas - The whole text, 1892 (part 29 of 32)

fAMES B. LOWREY whose sketch is given below, is a son of Mark Lowrey, who was born in the blue-grass region of Kentucky in 1791, but at an early day removed to Wiiite county, Tennessee, where he died in 1879. The following article is taken from the press where he was known for fourscore years: "Mark Lowrey was a gallant and true soldier in Murdock's company in the Creek and Seminole wai'. He was married the first time to Miss Margaret Barger, about 1813; he then settled on a farm near Sparta, Tennessee, where he lived till the hour of his death; and by industry he reared a large family of respected and intelligent children, four boys and four girls, two of wliom have long since passed away to their reward. He was a devoted husband, kind father and as a neighbor he was always ready to lend a helping hand; he was the poor man's friend and tiiere was nothing he could do for the needy but he was always at his post ready to supply tlieir wants. He was a prominent citizen, and an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser. He was for many years an exemplary membsr of the Christian Church, in which he lived until death called him home to rest with friends long since gone before, to rest prepared for the people of God. In 1817 he was married to the widow of the late Colonel Bunch of East Tennessee. There was something very remarkable in the history of Mr. Lowrey: for eighty-eight long years he lived without pain with one exception, which was caused by his horse stepping on his foot. He never had even the tooth-ache or headache in all his life, and never, since he could remember, did he lose a meal of victuals on account of sickness until a short time ago, when he was attacked with a cancer which caused his death. Just before liis death, wiiile some of his children and friends were standino- around his dying bed, he told them he had no pain wiiatever, and calmly closed his eyes in deatli and passed away, and 'heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, right blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from hence fortii, yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them.'" The paternal grandfather, Alexander Lowrey, was born in North Carolina and removed from there to Kentucky and from tliere to Tennessee. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Mark Lowrey and his wife became the parents of eight children: Barger came to Texas in 1851 but without unloading liis wagon re turned to Tennessee, but in 1888 returned to this State and here is now living; Finnette (deceased) was the wife of James M. Carrick; Amanda is the widow of James Scott; Amy (deceased in 1876) was the wife of Dudley Hunter; Charles died in 1888; Bettie, the wife of Wayman Clark is a resident of Sparta, Tennessee; James B. and Vance C, who died in 1885. James B. was born in Tennessee in 1823, and remained with his father until twenty-two years of age, when he engaged in merchandisintj, farming and stock-raising on his own account. In 1859 he emigrated to Dallas county, Texas, and for about two years was engaged in farming near Lancaster, but during the war carried the mail from Dallas to Waco. Succeeding this he followed merchandising in Lancaster for about eight years, after which he moved to the farm where he now lives

He was married in 1845, to Elizabeth Hunter, who was born in Tennessee, in 1829, the daughter of Dudley and Henriette Hunter. Mrs. Lowrey's paternal grandmotlier was a niece of Daniel Boone. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowrey five children have been born: Dudley B., who died in 1886, was a soldier in the Confederate service, enlisting between the ages of fifteen and sixteen years, in Company F, Darnell's regiment, but was sent home on account of his age. He afterward joined Captain Baylor's company, Init was again sent home on account of his age. Being of a determined disposition and possessing much youthful enthusiastn, he started to join Ross's regiment, but on his way iieard of the surrender and returned home. For a number of years he was chief clerk in the Comptroller's office under A. Bledsoe. Seth C. comes next in order of birth, then Nick O.; Henriette, who died in 1876; Ida H.. tlie widow of Dr. Thomas Little. At the close of the war Mr. Lowrey was the possessor of five cents and five children, but to day has about 2,500 acres of land well improved and and well stocked. He is a Democrat politically.

P. CORNELIUS, deceased, was born in Kentucky, July 27, 1828. He lived ^s|^® in tliat State until he came to Texas, in 1848, settling where he lived until his death, in May, 1887. His parents lived in Kentucky until their death. Our subject was married November 23, 1855, to Miss E. M.

Horn, who was born March 26, 1836, a daughter of William and E. M. Horn, natives of Tennessee. The parents came to Red River county, Texas, in 1844, where they lived until 1849, and in that year they moved to Dallas county, settling about eleven miles south of where the city of Dallas now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are now living: J. W., Martha A., Maggie, A. L., P. J., Charles C. and Henry M. Four of the children ai-enow married and live in Texas. Mr. Cornelius was a firm believer in the Bible, and was at one time a member of the Christian Church. He devoted his life to the rearing of stock and farming, and at his death left each of his children a good farm and his widow well provided for.

lAPTAIN ]S. A. CARRELL, one of the leading citizens of Dallas county, was l)orn in Lawrence county, Tennessee, March 7, 1828, a son of Stephen and Annie Carrell, the former a native of Georgia and the latter of JS'orth Carolina. Captain Carrell, one of a family of nine children, lived with his father until the latter's death, in 1846. In November, 1870, he landed in Texas, stopping first in Ellis county, but after one year he moved to Dallas county and settled in the vicinity where he has since lived. Ry his honest and upright dealings he has won the confidence of his neighbors, and, as an evidence of the high esteem in which he is held, he was elected Justice of the Peace in November, 1882, and held that office continuously until the fall of 1890. He is now Notary Public for this precinct for the next two years, which office he holds by appointment under the present Governor,

James Hogg. In November, 1861, Mr. Carrell enlisted in the Confederate service, as Second Lieutenant of Company H, Fortyeighth Tennessee Regiment, under Captain J. N. Kirtly. In April, 1862, he was promoted Captain of his company, which position he held until the close of the war. ,

He was married in 1847, to Miss Maria H. Bailey, a daughter of John and Mary Bailey, natives of Virginia and South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Carrell are the parents of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living, and all are married except the youngest, Arbell C, who is living with her sister, Mrs. H. S. Williams. Mr. Carrell is a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1861. He is a firm believer in the Bible, and is one of the Stewards of the Cedar Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the Recording Secretary of the Red Oak Cii-cuit of Waxahachie District of Northwest Texas Conference, which oftice he has held for sevei'al years.

C. CAVENDER, of Dallas county, was l^!^ born in Williamson county, Tennes- " see, March 4, 1836, a son of Stephen Cavender, a native of Virginia. Our subject came to Texas in 1886, settling in the neighborhood where he now lives, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and is at present the owner of some of the finest horses in the State. He was one among the first to enlist in the Confederate service, joining the First Regiment of Cavalry, and was under Colonel Bifull one year, after which he returned home.

Mr. Cavender was married in 1857, to Miss Helena Kirk, a daughter of Hugh A. Kirk, a native of Tennessee. Qy this union there are eight children, seven of whom are still living. Mr. Cavender was afterward married to Miss Leona Estes, and tliey have had nine children, all of whom are still living. He is at present a widower with sixteen living children, tive of whom are married. Mr. Cavender has heen a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church about fifteen years.

iR. J. A. EWING, a prominent physician and surgeon of Dallas, Texas, was born in Callaway county, Missouri, July 12, 1847, son of William N. and Lucy (Maupin) Ewing, both natives of that State. His father was a farmer by occupation, and later in life was a money lender. At one time he was engaged in teaching school in Missouri. His death occurred in 1876, at about the age of fifty-six years. His wife thirty- two years of age at the time of her death. To them were born five children, namely: Nancy, wife of Thomas Terry, of Pettis county, Missouri; J. A., the subject of this sketch; Henry Clay, who died at the age of thirty-five years: Sarah, wife of George Kemp; and George W.,of Kansas.

Dr. Ewing received his education in the common schools of Missouri. He attended Bellevue Medical College, New York, of which institution he is a graduate with the class of 1873. Previous* to his entering college he read medicine with Dr. E. M. Kerr of Fulton, Missouri. In 1873, he came to Texas and established himself in practice at Dallas, since which time he has been identified with the medical profession of this i)lace. Doctors W.H. Sutton, Johnston, Thrustun and Childress are the only physicians now in active practice here who were in Dallas then. Dr. Ewing has been employed as examiner for several life insurance companies.

He was married, in 1874, to Miss Susan Robberson, daughter of W. B, Miller. Her father is now living on Ross avenue, Dallas, aged about eighty-five years, her mother having died many years ago. The Doctor and his wife are the parents of two children, Lucy and William Gordon, aged respectively sixteen and fourteen years. Both parents are members of the Christian Church.

Dr. Ewing has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1868. He is a member of the County and State Medical Associations. While he is a Democrat and votes with that party, he takes little interest in political matters, preferring to give his whole attention to his chosen line of work. He is well read in his profession and is classed with the leading physicians of the country. However, he is enterprising and public-spirited and has done well his part to aid in the material growth and prosperity of the city of Dallas.

[URTIS P. SMITH, one of the promi- HJK., nent attorneys and progressive citizens of Dallas, Texas, is a native of Indiana, born in the city of Yincennes, October 21, 1862. His parents are Dr. Hubbard Madison and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith, the latter a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky. The former, a native of Clark county, Kentucky, is a prominent physician of Indiana.

The subject of our sketch attended high school and academy, received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from De Pauw University of Indiana, and in 1887 received the degree of LL. B. from the Cincinnati Law School. The same year he graduated in Cincinnati, he came to Texas and located at Dallas, depending on his own resources, as he had but little means. In 1888 the late Judge Johnson, at that time City Attorney, appointed young Smith his assistant, and in 1889 he frequently presided over tiie City Court as Judcre, under appointment of the Executive. In 1890 he was chosen a member of the Board of Education for the Fifth Ward, without opposition, and during his term on said board he has been an important factor in the educational affairs of the city. Shortly after his arrival in Dallas, he identified himself with the Board of Trade, and when the new incorporation of that body took place in February, 1892, Mr. Smith was unanimously chosen as its official attorney. At the election of city officers, in April, 1892, he was elected, without opposition, to the position of Alderman, on the Democratic ticket, from the Third Ward, which is recognized as one of the best wards in the city.

Mr. Smith, at times, lays aside the law and takes up literary work. In the newspaper field he is recognized as a writer of ability, and articles from his facile pen are found in many of the leading journals of the day. In fraternal circles he is also popular; has held office in both the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges.

October 2, 1891, he wedded Miss Anna Elizabeth Renick, a lady of education and refinement, the winsome daughter of W. H. Renick, Esq., a prominent short-horn cattle raiser of Bourbon county, Kentucky.

Of quick perception, broad information, natural business ability and genial disposition, Mr. Smith is a general favorite with his large circle of acquaintances. He is in the line of promotion, and there is little doubt that a bright future awaits him. He comes of an honored and distinguished ancestry, of which the following brief record is made;

Mr. Smith's great-grandfather was Hubbard Taylor, Sr., who went to Kentucky, as a surveyor, with General Knox, about 1777. He located land in Clark county, Kentucky, and brought his family and negroes to this location about 1780. His brother. General James Taylor, a paymaster in the United States army, went to Kentucky about that time and settled at Newport, where the United States barracks were located. His younger brother, Reulien, emigrated to Kentucky about 1800. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., had four sons and four daughters. The sons were Hubbard, Knox, John Pendleton and Thomas Madison. Of the four daughters be it recorded that the eldest married Mr. Lane, a merchant of Winchester, Kentucky; the second was the wife of Dr. Taliaferro, of Paris, Kentucky; the third married a Mr. Tebbs, a farmer of Harrison county, Kentucky; and the youngest, Mr. Smith's grandmother, Elizabetli Taylor, married Willis R. Smith, a lieutenant in the army in the recruiting service at Winchester, Kentucky, during the war of 1812. He afterward became a merchant in that town. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., was a first cousin of General Zachary Taylor's father. One branch of the Taylor family settled in Clark county, and the others in Oldham and Jefferson counties, Kentucky. Elizabeth (Taylor) Smith was connected with the Minors, Pendletons, Madisons and other old and distinguished families of Virginia, her mother's maiden name being Clarissa Minor: hence the family names among the Taylors of Madison, Minor, Pendleton, etc. Our subject's middle name, Pendleton, comes from his mother's side, bowever, she being a daughter of General Edmund Pendleton of Kentucky, whose father emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky early in the present century. He was closely related to the Virginia Pendletons, Edmund being a family name. Mr. Smith's grandfather, Willis R. Smith, was closely related to the Lee, Green and Willis families of Virginia and Maryland. One branch of the Green family (Mr. Smith's great-grandmother's maiden name was Green) emigrated to Kentucky in an early day and settled in Mercer county. (Boyle county was formerly a part of Mercer county.) Judge Dnff Green and two Presbyterian ministers, Louis and Joshua Green, were cousins of our subject's grandfather, Willis R. Smith. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., and Henry Clay were the most intimate friends, although they differed in politics, Mr. Clay being a Whig of the strictest sort, while Mr. Taylor was a stanch Democrat. Mr. Clay was a frequent visitor at tlie home of Mr. Taylor. Collins, in his history of Kentucky, gives an extended sketch of Hubbard Taylor, and says of him that he was a great favorite among the people, but would never accept ofiice or he would have been better known.

HILLIAM RYAN, a farmer and stock- 1| raiser of Dallas county, was born in Ireland, June 18, 1841, a son of Patrick H. Ryan and Mary (Harty) Ryan, natives of Ireland, where they died. William left his native country at the age of twelve years, and came with his uncle to New York city. He emigrated to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1857, but remained there only a short time and then came to southern Texas, where he has been engaged in the stock business. In 1861 he enlisted for one year in Company F, Third Texas Cavalry,

Held, Corinth, and luka. He was wounded at Corinth and sent to the hospital at Canton, Mississippi, thence to Quitman, and then back to his command. He was on a furlough at the time the company disbanded. Mr. Ryan has improved his farm, and now owns 125 acres in a good state of cultivation.

He was married in Dallas county, in 1865, to Mrs. Ellen Mary Murray, a native of Indiana and daughter of Wesley M. Chenault, also a native of Indiana and an early pioneer of Dallas county. In company with Jack Smith and Judge Patterson, Mr. Chenault erected a saw and grist mill on White Rock, which they conducted for a number of years. His death occurred many years ago, in Montague county, Texas, and his wife, Elizabeth (Hatfield) Chenault, died in Dallas county. Mr. Ryan lost his excellent wife by death, March 23, 1886. They had ten children, nine of whom are living: William Emmett, who is working for the Wells, Fargo &, Co.'s express agency, in Dallas. He began life for himself at the age of nineteen, teaching school for two terms in Dallas county. He was then employed by William Kelly, as salesman in the furniture business. His next business experience was with the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express agency, in the responsible position of money deliverer. The ability and integrity displayed by him in this capacity won the confidence of the company, who promoted him to the position of depot asrent, which he now tills to the entire satisfaction of the company and the public. He will, probably, continue to rise in position with the company. George H., the second son, is in the furniture business at Ardmore, Texas; John W. is a member of the Fire Department of Dallas; Edward died November 30, 1891; James H.; Patrick; Rosa; Lizzie; Ilattie and Etta.

Mr. Ryan sakes an active interest in politics, voting with the Republican party. Religiously, he is an earnest and useful member of the Catholic Church at Dallas.

fAMES F. RAMSEY was born in Franklin county, Georgia, October 6, 1835. His parents, Caswell and Malinda (Mays) Ramsey, were born in the same State and county, his mother's birth occurring in September, 1811. They were married in 1834, and in 1836, the year following the birth of James F., they moved to Murray county, Georj^ia. There in 1851 the father died. He was a farmer by occupation. Of Mr. Ramsey's grandparents, we record that his grandfather, James Ramsey, went from Virginia to Georgia in an early day; that he married a Miss Strong, who bore him one child; and that the wife and mother died when her child, Caswell, was two years old. James Ramsey was subsequently married to a Miss Christian, and this union also resulted in the birth of one child, whom they named Rachel. She grew up and married Joseph Keith, who died in 1886. Mrs Keith is now a resident of Georgia. Mr. Ramsey's mother has one sister living, - Cynthia Mays. He is the oldest in a family of six sons, namely: James F., William H., Andrew K., Thomas J., Edward and Caswell L.

James F. Ramsey was married December 10, 1857, to Miss Margaret M. Stewart. She was born March 10, 1841, and died February 16, 1889, at the age of forty-eight years. (See history of the Stewart family in the sketch of William W. Sebastian.)

Volunteers, in the Confederate army. Colonel Howard; was appointed Third Lietunantand afterward promoted to First Lieutenant. The six brothers all served in the war, all came out alive and are still living. William H. went in as Lieutenant and when the war closed had command of his regiment. Andrew K. was promoted to Captain. They were in many hard battles and only two of them were ever wounded. William H. was shot five times, but was never disabled. Andrew K. was shot once through the thigh.

After i-eturning home James F. was engaged in farming in his native State until he moved to Texas. He started overland for this State on the 14th of October, 1872. He sent his wife by water in company with Mr. Sebastian, while he took charge of the latter's children and his own - nine in all - and made the journey in safety by wagon, covering a distance of 970 miles it. thirty-five days. He first landed in the city of Dallas. He rented land, and after he had fitted himself out for work had seventy-five cents left. For four years he continued to rent. Then he purchased a farm of 160 acres, three miles southwest of Garland. He afterward traded it for 200 acres, located three miles south of Garland, and to this he has since added until he now owns 652^ acres of tine land, all well improved. After thirty years of happy married life his wife died. They have eleven children born to them, and all are now living except three. Their names are Franklin L., a practicing physician of Rose Hill; Harvey M., Amanda J., wife of Red Ruth,* of Dallas, died, leaving one child, Mary; John Marion, Willis S., Huston H., James, Maggie Lee and Mary S.

born in September, 1845. Her father moved from Barren county, Kentncky, to this State before the war By her first husband she had five children: Ora May, Samuel T., Clay C, Marvin V. and Josephns. Mrs. Ramsey owns 180 acres of good land, valued at about $40 per acre. Of late years Mr. Ramsey has given his attention more to stock-raising than to farming, having some fine Indian horses and Durham cattle.

Mr. Ramsey is a member of the Masonic order, Duck Creek Lodge, No. 441, to Duck Creek Lodge, No. 304, L O. O. F., and of the Knights of Honor. He served as Deputy Sheriff five years in Dallas county. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church. xMr. Ramsey is in every respect a straightforward and upright man, and is one of the foremost citizens of Dallas county.

fW, HENDRICKS, one of the most prosperous and energetic farmers of * Dallas county, was born August 2, 1829, in Scott, Indiana, the son of A. A. and Sophia A. Hendricks, natives of South Carolina and Indiana respectively. They were married in Indiana and afterward removed to Illinois, where they resided until the fall of 1853. In that year they came to Texas, buying and improving the farrp on which the subject of this sketch now lives. The latter came to Texas in 1852, one year in advance of his father, settling at Cedar Hill, where he first worked for a Mr. Combis, and afterward bought a team of oxen and broke prairie. In 1863, in company with his father, he bought 193 acres, to which he has since added until he now owns 120 acres of the famous black land, one mile east of Cedar Hill, and also ter| acres of timber land.

Mr. Hendricks was married November 23, 1858, to Miss Mary J., a daughter of Bryson and Mary Jackson, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Jackson came to Texas in 1854, and later moved to Johnson county, where she lived until her death, in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are the parents of five children, viz.: Annie, James, William, - and the remainder are deceased. Annie is the wife of S. Fulcher. On the farm of Mr. Hendricks is to be found a comfortable home, good barns and outbuildings, and everything about the place denotes thrift and prosperity. He and his wife are both members of the Cedar Hill Baptist Church.

3f?Bill ^' P^^KRY, of Dallas county, was ^uMHI ^ovn near Toronto, Canada, a son l"^^^^ <3> of Henry and Jane Perry, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of England. They came to Canada in their youth, where they were married about 1846, and the spring of 1858 they landed in Red River county, Texas. After two years they moved to Doaksville, Indian Territory, where they lived until Mr. Perry was waylaid and shot, February 15, 1863. About one year later the mother moved again to Texas, settling in Red River county, where she lived until the spring of 1866. She then made a visit of two months in Canada, returning to Van Buren, Arkansas, where, a short time after her arrival, she was deceased. W. A. Perry, the subject of this sketch, being the eldest of eight children, the care of the family fell to him. From Arkansas he moved to southwest Missouri, where he remained until July, 1873, when he returned to Texas and settled in Cedar Hill. He is a boot and shoe maker by trade, having served seven years as an apprentice, and has also been in the United States service as Deputy Marshal under Dr. White. After landing in Cedar Hill he did not engage in business for about one year, when he opened a shop and worked at his trade. He has been engaged in various occupalions since coming to this State, and is now the leading agricultural and implement dealer of this section of the county.

Mr. Perry married Miss Irene E. Stewart, and they have had three children: Clement L., M»ry P., and Jessie S. Mr. Perry is a member of the order of Freemasons, and also of the Odd Fellows.

D. McELROY, one of the most intelligent and prosperous farmers of 1® Dallas county, was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, September 20, 1841, a son of M. L. and Jane McElroy, natives of Virginia and Missouri. The parents came from Tennessee to Texas in the latter part of 1856, settling near the line of Dallas and Ellis counties, where they improved a farm of 220 acres. Here they lived until the death of the father. W. D., the fourth in a family of thirteen children, enlisted in the Confederate service early in 1861, Company F, Twelfth Texas Cavalry, and was in active service four years. He was most of the time in Louisiana and Arkansas, and was fortunate enough never to participate in any of the hard-fought battles. He returned home immediately after peace was declared, and he now has a fine farm of 180 acres, twenty miles southwest of Dallas. He is a carpenter by trade and has built many of the bridges that span the streams of this county, and in connection with his trade he has improved his farm, and to-day stands among the best farmers of his section of the country. Mr. McElroy was married May 2, 1866, to Miss Hattie, a daughter of Josiah and Druy Culbertson, natives of Missouri, and they have five children. He lost his first wife by death September 29, 1878, and November 23, 1880, he married Miss Mollie, a daughter of Robert J. Merideth, a resident of St. Clair county, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. McElroy have had five children.

fM. HAMILTON, who resides on his farm of 333 acres fifteen miles south- ® west of Dallas, and four miles east of Cedar Hill, is one of the most prosperous and representative citizen of this county. He was born in Menard county, Illinois, the son of Miles G. and Barbara E. Hamilton, natives of Virginia and Warren county, Kentucky. The father was reared on a farm, but later in life learned the trade of a brick mason. A few years after his marriage he moved to Illinois, where he resided until 1853, and October 29 of the same year he landed in Texas, having made the trip from Illinois in a wagon. He bought 640 acres of land, whei-e he lived until his death, in June, 1889. He had provided his sons with good homes of 160 acres each.

F. M., the youngest of three sons, now owns and lives on his father's old homestead. He was yet a youth when he came to Texas, atid the first event of his life of any note was his enlistment in the Confederate army, in September, 1861. He was a volunteer under General Ross, in the Sixth Texas Regiment, and followed this brigade through all its vicissitudes until the general surrender, when they disbanded and returned home. He was in all the famous battles east of the Mississippi river, and when he laid down his arms he had been present at over 500 engagements. He held the office of Sergeant almost from the beginning to the close of the war. On his retnrii from the scenes of battle he resumed farming, and shortly afterward, August 10. 1865, was married to Miss Mary L., a daughter of Samuel Ramsey, a native of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are the parents of eight children, two of whom are deceased, a son and daughter, and the surviving children are all daughters. On the farm of Mr. Hamilton there is the appearance of thrift and enterprise, which characterizes an enterprising citizen. He is a member of the order of Freemasons, and also of the Christian Church.

jR. JAMES DRURY BOYCE, one of the prominent and successful physicians and surgeons of Dallas, Texas, was born in De Soto county, Mississippi, November 14, 1855.

His parents were James Monroe and Bettie (Patterson) Boyce, natives of South and North Carolina respectively. Grandfather Boyce died when his son James M. was an infant, and little is known of the latter's ancestry, except that he was of Scotch -Irish descent. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and subsequently took a medical course at Charleston, South Carolina. He gained eminence in his profession, being engaged in the practice thirty-seven years, first in Lawrence district. South Carolina, and afterward at Byhalia, Mississippi; and not only as a skilled physician, but also as a worthy citizen was he held in Iiigh esteem. During the war he was the onlj' doctor left in his locality to care for the sick, and he waited on the soldiers of both the North and the South. He was an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred at the age of sixty-three years. The mother of the subject of this sketch died when he was quite young, she being forty-seven years of age at the time of her death. Of her ancestry little is known. She was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Six children were born to them, viz.: C. R. ; Moliie; James D.; P. P.; Laura and Bettie. C. R., a lawyer of Fernando county, Mississippi, died at the age of thirty-nine years. He married Miss Mildred Boone, a relative of the distinguished Daniel Boone. She and her three children survive him. Moliie, wife of S. W. Mullens, of Byhalia, Mississippi, died at the age of twenty-nine years, leaving a husband and one child. P. P., a merchant of Memphis, Tennessee, married Miss Hattie Boone, a sister of his brother's wife. They have three children. Laura and Bettie died at the age of sixteen and nineteen years respectively.

Dr. James Drury Boyce was educated in the University of Mississippi, graduating with the class of 1872. He then began reading medicine under his father - the very best medical tuition in the world. He attended the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, from which institution he graduated in 1876, after which he began the practice of his profession in Byhalia, Mississippi, remaining there till 1885. That year he came to Dallas, and since then has successfully conducted a practice iiere. He has been examining physician for several insurance companies. He is a member of the following organizations: the Marshall County (Mississippi) Medical Association, Dallas County, Texas State and Tri-State Medical Associations.

Lena Wilson, daughter of Newton and Lucy "Wilson, residents of Pleasant Hill, De Soto county, Misissippi. Their union was lilessed in the birth of three children, Gracie, Perry and Lena. Mrs. Boyce died on the 8th of August, 1890. Her only sister, Ella, is the wife of P. M. Black, and resides at Pleasant Hill, Mississippi. Their father died in 1878, aged fifty-five years. He was a successful farmer, and was highly respected in the community where he lived. The mother is still living, and makes her home with Dr. Boyce. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a lady of many amiable qualities that have endeared her to a large circle of friends here. The Doctor is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as also was his wife. Politically, he is a Democrat.

^R. LAWRENCE ASHTON, a prominent physician and surgeon of Dallas, Texas, who was born in King George county, Virginia, August 29, 1845, son of Dr. Horace D. and Martha (Thornton) Ashton, both natives of the Old Dominion.

Dr. Horace D. Ashton, a ripe scholar and distinguished physician, is a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with the class of 1840. He still has an extensive practice in Virginia, although he is now seventy-two years of age. His wife died March 2, 1891, aged seventy-one years. She was reared in the Episcopalian faith and was a devoted member of that church. She was a granddaughter of General Stewart, of Eutaw Springs fame. Of the nine children born to this worthy couple, the subject of our sketch is the eldest, and one of seven now living, all being in Virginia, near the old homestead except him. The youngest brother,

Dr. Lawrence Ashton had the best of educational advantages. He received his literary training in the University of Virginia, and is a graduate of the medical department of the Columbian University of Washington, District of Columbia, with the class of 1872. He subsequently entered the University of New York, where he further pursued the study of his profession. After leaving college he located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he at once established himself in a large practice. He was about four years in the hospitals of New York, and practiced in Fredericksburg fifteen years. There he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice, and gained distinction as a skilled physician. Soon after beginning practice he became a member of the Virginia Medical Society, of which he served as vice-president eight years, and as president one year. He is the originator of the law to regulate the practice of medicine in Virginia, and was on the Board of Examiners of the State for five years. He is an active member of the American Medical Association, of which he was elected vice-president at the meeting in Chicago, in 1887. He is a member of the Texas State, the North Texas, and the Dallas County Medical Associations, and is a frequent contributor to various medical journals.

Dr. Ashton was married in 1887 to Miss Nannie Green, daughter of Captain Duff Green, the Greens being a prominent Virginia family. Mrs. Ashton is a member of the Episcopalian Church.

The Doctor has been a resident of Dallas since 1890, and soon after locating here found himself engaged in an extensive practice. He is keenly alive to the interests of his pro-' fession, and consequently finds little time for fj. PARKS, an early pioneer and prominent citizen, was born in Monroe county, * Indiana, July, 30, 1833, son of Curtice Amelia (Sharp) Parks, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. These parents moved with their parents to Indiana when young, locating in Monroe county, where they were married, between 1825 and 1830. Mr. Curtice Parks was brought up on a farm, was married about the age of twenty years, and continued to have charge of his father's place near EUiottsville, Lawrence county, Indiana. He also ran a mill which he built near that town in 1838. His parents were George and Catharine (Reeds) Parks, both of whom were from Burke county, North Carolina, settling in Indiana before the Indians had left there, and there he spent the remainder of his days. His wife still survives, now making her home with her son Curtice.

Early in 1848 Mr. Curtice Parks disposed of his interest in Indiana and came to Texas, landing here April 1 of the same year and taking section of land fifteen miles south of the city of Dallas. At this time the county had never had a courthouse or jail.

The subject of this sketch, Mr. J. J. Parks, labored upon the farm with his father until he reached his twenty-fourth year. When but twenty years of age he bought and paid for 116 acres of land, which he had improved to some extent before his marriage.

In December, 1862, he enlisted in the service of the Confederate army, in the Second Partisan Texan Rangers, Company C. (Captain Crill Miller), Colonel W. B. Stone's regiment and General James Majors' brigade. He served most of the time in Louisiana, participating in the resistance to General Banks' expedition up the Red river. He had the good fortune to escape without having been either captured or wounded.

By hard work and untiring energy he has improved his farm until now he is surrounded with all the comforts of a prosperous farmer's home. He is one of the charter members of the Wheatland Lodge of Freemasons, and he is also a member of the Odd Fellows order at De Soto.

He was marrred September 9, 1858, to Miss Margaret Elraira Elizabeth Voorhies, a native of Tennessee and the daughter of John and Angeline Voorhies, who came from Tenuessee to Texas in 1851, setting in Dallas county near where De Soto now stands. By this marriage there were eight children, of whom five are still living, namely; Carrie V., wife of William Allen, near De Soto, this county; Ellen, wife of John Cheshire near Lancaster; J. C, who is married and lives in Ellis county, this State; Dana and Lena, who are still at home. In February, 1880, the mother of these children died, and October 10, 1881, Mr. Parks married Mrs. Dora Wheatley, a sister of his first wife, and by this union there are two children: Odie E. and liena.

HOMAS FRAMES BRENNAN, Bishop of the diocese of Dallas. - The diocese of Dallas comprises all of northern and northwestern Texas, from Lampasas to Texaline and from Texarkana to El Paso. Bishop Brennan was born in Cameron county, Pennsylvania, in 1855, a son of James and

Margaret (Dunn) Brennan, both natives of Ireland. At an early au;e Mr. Brennan went to France to complete a classic education, and several years afterward went to Germany and entered the famous university of Innspruck, where he graduated in 1880, with the degree of D. D. Then he spent a year at liome. Altogether he was in Europe about twelve years. He also traveled a great deal in Europe, Asia and Africa.

After his return to this country he labored in the diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, as priest until December 21, 1891, when, by Pope Leo XIII. he was appointed as Bishop of Dallas, - as Bishop of Northel-n and Northwestern Texas, with residence at Dallas. He is an eminent linguist, being able to speak in twenty different languages. He is efficient in his work, causing Catholicity to spring up as if by magic in this neglected region. To Dallas belongs the distinction of having the youngest bishop in the nation.

As an illustration of his pronounced patriotism, we quote from his address delivered on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day the following: "America's mission of freedom cannot be declared fulfilled till Ireland stands redeemed, resreuerated and disenthralled before all the nations of tlie earth."

Incidentally he dwelt upon Irish societies, and showed how many sprang up in the days of persecution and oppression, notably the Fenian Brotherhood, had been misrepresented and misjudged. His words in this vein are not quoted, but the substance shows that the national feeling is not likely to be outraged without protest from this brave prelate, whose love for the old land is warm with apostolic tire from his consecration. Pointing to the American flag that hung at his right hand, the bishop passed a glorious panegyric upon it and the country that it stood for. "Its bars," he said, "are emblematic of the blood that was shed under its folds for the cause of human liberty, and we live in the constant hope that this flag, or one similar to it, may soon float above the graves where our ancestors and our heroes lie."

The broad character of Bishop Brennan was more clearly disclosed in his reference to the religious aspect of Ireland's wrongs. "Some of the grandest helpers, truest friends of Ireland," he said, "are numbered amoug the Protestants, and her own people, Protestant as well as Catholic, have cast aside the differences of religion and stood in the unity of common brotherhood for the cause of the Irish nation."

irSAAC N. RANGE, a farmer of Dallas |n county, was born in Washington county, ^ Tennessee, March 3, 1855, a son of John M. Range, who was born in the same county, March 27, 1820. He was married in 1850, to Catharine Clipper, who was born in 1834, and married at the age of sixteen years. Her father, Jacob Clipper, died at the age of seventy years. Isaac Range's maternal grandparents have been dead several years, both living to a good old age. Mr. and Mrs. Range were the parents of sixteen children, viz.: Jacob B., Benjamin F., Isaac N., Mary E., John N., Martha (deceased), George W., James A. J., Sarah L., Alfred K., Kittle B., Thomas J., Noah, Eliza, Julia and Becks (deceased), il'our of the sons are now in Texas, one in Oregon, and the remainder in Tennessee.

Isaac N. came to Texas September 9, 1876, when but twenty-one years of age, and for the first five years hired out by the month, when he had saved enough to buy sixty acres of land. Since that tinie he has been adding to his little farm until he now has 344 acres of tine land, where he has a good residence, and is now out of debt. He lauded here with just §9 in money, and besides buying his land he has expended several hundred dollars in improving his farm. Mr. Range was married JMovember 3, 1881, to Miss Fannie B. Mouser, a daughter of F. M. Mouser, whose sketch appears in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Range have four children: John Fred, born August 15, 1882; Willia Maude, October 27, 1885; Oscar N., August 27, 1887; and Anna B., July 1, 1889. The parents have as yet not had the misfortune to lose a single member of their family. Mr. Range is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Range of the Catholic Church.

M. RATION, of Garland, was born in Pickens county, South Carolina, ^S^^*' J^uly 21, 1860, a son of Isaac Ration, a native of the same county. The latter enlisted in the Southern army, and was captured at Columbus, Georgia, in 1862. He was never heard from afterward, and was supposed to have died in prison. His wife, nee Harriet Johnson, was born in South Carolina in 1837, and is now living in Texas near her son. Mr. and Mrs. Ration were the parents of five children: Susan, Mark, M. M., John, and Eliza.

M. M. Ration, our subject, came to Texas, and first settled in Wise county, where he rented a farm and remained two years. He then bought forty acres of land, to which he afterward added forty acres more, but after three years sold this place and bought seventy acres three and a half miles southwest of Garland, which was then partially improved. He paid $28 per acre for this land, and has

He was married August 23, 1885, to Eddie Lee, a daughter of William H. Lee, who was born in 1847: her mother, was Eliza (Hudleston) Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Ration have two children: AUie May and Bessie.

ILLIAM B. BELL, a farmer three miles west of Garland, was born in Collin county, Texas, June 25, 1864, a son of Baxter M. Bell, a native of Tennessee. The latter came to Texas about forty years ago, first settling at McKinney, Collin county, and then in Dallas county, where he remained until his death, at the age of sixtytwo years. He was married to Miss Lu Spurgon, who was born in Tennesse, but moved to this State in an early day, where she was married. She died in 1875, at the age of forty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have had five children: Lizzie, wife of T. L. Eldridge, of Rockwall, Texas; William B., our subject; Frank, who died at the age of seventeen years; and Charles. The father was three times married, first to Miss Taylor, and they had two children: H. N. and Rufns A. His third wife was Rachel Spurgon, and they had one child, S. Houston, now livincr in Garland.

He was married February 8, 1885, to Miss Mary G., daughter of Willis Blankenship, who was born December 11, 1834, and died June 9, 1878, at the age of forty-five years. He was married October 17, 1866, to Georo-ia Strother. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have three children, namely: Georgia L., born December 17, 1885; Leona, deceased; and Frank, born September 16, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the former is also a member of the Knights of Honor, Duck Creek Lodge, No. 2,729.

f«||ILLIAM S. TALLY, of Garland, Hlff Dallas county, was born in Guilford l^-^&rj county, North Carolina, August 28, 1827, a son of Obadiah Tally, who was also born in North Carolina, July 29, 1805. He was married in 1826, to Miss Sarah Parker, who was born July 1, 1808, and in 1831 they emigrated to Sumner county, Tennessee, where they lived ten years. They next moved to Allen county, Kentucky, where the father remained until his death in 1869, at the age of sixty-four years and five months, his wife having died at tiie age of thirty-six years. The father was afterward married to Folly Eaton, who died December 24, 1890, at the age of eighty years. Mr. Tally was the father of eleven children by his first wife, namely: William S., our subject; Eliza A., wife of William Cooper; Louis F. ; Sarah J., wife of Henry Ragstale; David W., a twin brother of Sarah J.; Elizabeth G., wife of Stephen Dallas; Andrew J.; Adaline, wife of La Fayette Dallas; Mary A., who died unmarried; Smith, also deceased; Nancy E., wife of Thomas Dallas. The latter is now deceased, leaving two children, William and Mary, the youngest of whom is now living with her uncle, William S. Tally, in Dallas county.

one year; next he rented a farm three years, and December 15, 1855, he landed in Dallas county, having but 75 cents in money. He rented land four years, from which he made enough to buy ninety-five acres of unimproved land. He now has a good farm of 112 acres of choice black land. Mr. Tally enlisted in Warren B. Stone's regiment in the spring of 1862, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Carrion Crow, Frudoce, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Peach Orchard, Maxwell Prairie, and many skirmishes. During the war Mr. Tally lost everything on his farm, and after returning home he had to commence life anew, but he applied himself strictly to business, and now has a comfortable home.

January 22, 1852, he was married to Miss Virginia Duff, who was born November 24, 1832, and they have had eight children: Sarah T., wife of James A. Foster; John F. ; Amanda A., wife of De Witt Lane; George W. ; James C, deceased; Richard W., who was robbed and murdered November 26, 1887; Virginia F., wife of Barry Sebastian; and Sarah Foster, who resides near her father. Mr. and Mrs. Tally lived to see all their children married, and the former is now sixty-four years of age, but hale and hearty. Both parents are members of the Baptist Church.

ILLIAM McDonald, a farmer and tUWlW stock-raiser of Precinct No. 3, Dal- .-^!^ las county, was born in Jefferson county, Tennessee, August 12, 1846, a son of Thomas McDonald, a native of the same county. The latter moved to Texas in 1852, where he died four years later, at the age of forty-seven years. He was married to Miss Lucinda Bell, who died at the age of forty- five years, in the same county as her husband. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald had seven children: Alexander, vpho died in Bosque county, leaving a family of five children; Arthur W. ; Hannah E., wife of J. McCalough; Jane, who died when young; William, J. W., Thomas, Adaline, wife of M. M. Clark.

William McDonald, our subject, was six years of age when his father moved to Texas. His parents botli died wlieu he was young, and his eldest brother brought him to Collin county, to live with his uncle until he was twenty-one years old. While there he learned the carpenter's trade, and afterward worked on his own account as a contractor. After his marriage he worked at his trade, and also improved a farm of 100 acres, to which he has since added until he now owns 160 acres. Mr. McDonald started out in life with nothing but his trade, but was not long in gathering up enough to buy him a nice little home, which he has well cultivated and improved. He is a young man in years but old in knowledge.

He was married March 18, 1877, to Miss Mary Strother, who was born June 15, 1861, and was the eldest child of Joseph S. Strother. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have four children: Marvin V., Bertie E., Ethel and Yivian. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Masonic order. Duck Creek Lodge, No. 441, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

I^HOMAS UHL. - This gentleman resides on his fine farm of 675 acres, W located nine miles south and two miles west of Dallas, and is ranked with the prosperous and representative citizens of Dallas county.

Maryland, February 24, 1840, son of Archibald and Leo (Fleckinger) Uhl. At the age of nine years Thomas Uhl was left an orphan, his mother dying and his father going to California. The family had moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, and after his mother's death he lived with different parties, working in summer and attending school in winter, generally doing the chorea to pay for his board. In this manner he obtained his education. Having heard of the great advantages this country afforded, in the fall of 1858 he came South, bringing with him a herd of sheep for his brothers, Samuel and A. J. He remained here till about the middle of winter, when he returned to Illinois, making the trip from Duncanville to St. Louis on mule-back, taking with him a number of mules for his brothers. Having received a favorable impression of Texas, he returned South in the fall of 1859. After coming back he worked for his board with Mr. H. K. Brotherton, and attended school three months, at the end of which time he hired to Mr. Brotherton and remained with him till the fall of 1861. He then enlisted in what was originally Colonel B. W. Stone's regimeixt, Company F. In the spring of 1862 the command was reorganized and Colonel Ross was chosen commander. Previous to its reorganization the command operated in Arkansas and the southwestern part of Missouri. On Christmas, 1861, they had a fight with the Indians on the headwaters of the Arkansas river. In April, 1862, they crossed the Mississippi river, and served in the States east of that river until the close of the war. In the spring of 1865 Mr. Uhl was sent home on f urloutrh. where he remained till the general surrender a few months later.

instock, buying cattle, sheep, mules and horses, and driving thein to Mississippi and Louisiana for market. He was the second man to fatten and market cattle in this section of the country. A portion of his land Mr. Uhl obtained through his marriage, but the greater part has been gained by his own skill and industry. It was all wild when he came into possession of it, and now all is fenced and a large portion under a high state of cultivation. In January, 1890, he began the dairy business on a small scale, and at this writing he has one of the finest dairies in the county. His home is an attractive one, and here he is surrounded with all the comforts of life.

April 10, 1867, Mr. Dhl was united in marriage with Miss Emily Branson, who was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, the daughter of Thomas and Louise (Cole) Branson. (See Mr. Branson's biography in this volume.) Mr. and Mrs. Uhl have had three children, one dying in infancy. The others are "W. Sterling and Leon Fox.

IRAWFORD TREES, deceased, was born in Union county, Illinois, December 26, 1823, a son of Jacob and Catherine Trees, natives of Germany. The parents came to the United States in an early day, being among the tirst settlers of the State of Illinois. Crawford, the youngest of their six children, lived with his parents until became to Te.Kas in 1845. He settled on the farm where his widow now lives, in what was then known as Peters' Colony. In 1846 Dallas county was organized, and Mr. Trees was the first to obtain license to marry in the county. In 1849 he left his family for the gold fields of California, where he spent the greater part of two years, and as a reward for his adventure he returned in the spring of 1851 with several thousand dollars in gold. With the exception of the two years spent in California his life was devoted to farming and stockraising, and by hard work and conservative dealings he amassed quite a fortune. Before his death, January 31, 1889, he deeded to each one of his children a farm of 160 acres, and at his death he left all his possessions to his widow, which amounted to about $40,000, consisting of 3,858 acres of land, stock and cash. He lived to see what was a wild prairie, inhabited mostly by wild animals, converted into one of the finest farming sections in the State.

In 1846 Mr. Trees was married to Miss Annie Kimmel, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Kimmel, who were of German descent. Mrs. Trees was born December 12, 1831, and when only fourteen years of age she came with her mother to Texas, her father having died in 1842. She is one of three children that came with her mother from Illinois in 1845, and settled on the farm where she now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Trees had ten children, viz.: Catherine, Beatrice, David, Philip W., Samuel H., Crawford, Texanie, Mary E., Lee and George W., all of whom Mrs. Trees has lived to see married except Lee, who still resides with her.

[APTAIN MID PERRY, a successful farmer of Dallas county, was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, December 15, 1814, a son of Franklin and Rebecca (Harbison) Perry, natives of Virginia. The parents were both reared in Kentucky, and in 1800, they moved to Indiana, settling in Jefferson county, three miles from the Ohio river. In 1817, they removed to Polk county, Illinois, six years later to Greene county, that State, where the father died in 1840, at the age of sixty-five years, and the mother in 1865, aged eighty-nine years. Mr. Perry in early life followed the stone mason's trade, bnt was a fanner later in life, and always lived on the frontier. The parents had ten children: Sarah, Eliza, Melinda, Western, Mary Jane, Franklin, Rebecca, Mid, Roderick Randolpli and Alexander Wilson.

Mid Perry, the subject of this sketch, was reared mainly in Greene county, Illinois, where he received a limited common-school education. September 26, 1844, acconipattied by his wife, his brother-in-law, Jones Greeve, and his family, he started for Texas. They made the trip with teams, reaching Lamar county on the north line of the State after five weeks, and settled on Pine creek, near Paris, the first week in November. Captain Perry had made a previous visit to Texas in 1837, coming as far as Red river and Lamar counties, but there being no settlements further AVest he did not penetrate the interior. At the time of his second coming, there was only a settlement or two in Dallas county, and Mr. Perry thought it best, therefore, to leave their families in Lamar county, while they looked over the country. They came on to Dallas county in the spring of 1845, and bought 320 acres of land each, from Judge E. L. R. Patton, of Brazos, lying on Ten Mile creek, about three miles east, and a little south of where the village of Lancaster now stands. About the same time they each took a headright for 640 acres of land in the same locality, after which they returned to their families in Laraar county. In November of the same year, they brought their families to this county, settling on their claims, and Captain Perry still resides on the land which he took at that time. His and his brother-in-law's families were the only ones in tiiat locality at that time, although four or five settlers had located about three miles south of where Lancaster now is, and other families soon afterward came. At that time there were no roads in the southern part of the county, except the trail to Dallas, and the one between the straggling chain of settlements on Ten Mile creek. Captain Perry brought supplies with him to last a year, anticipating that these would be hard to procure; but there was a small store, however, at Cedar Spring, near Dallas, erected by Perry Overton. Mr. Perry has followed farming and stock-raising all his life, and, with the exception of the ofiice of County Commissioner, which he held for two years during an early day, he lias never accepted any public ofiice. He entered the Confederate army in March, 1862, as a member of Company I, Eighteenth Texas Cavalry. He organized that company, mostly from his neighborhood, and took it into service. He resigned his position as Captain only a short time before the regiment was captured at Arkansas Post, Arkansas. Captain Perry was in the service one year in Arkansas, one year along the Gulf, and came home in February, 1864, and served with the Home Guards until 1865.

He was married in Greene county, Illinois, March 10, 1842, to Ellen M. Ellis, daughter of Thomas M. and Mary Ellis, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have had seven children: MoUie, wife of Bruce Brazil, of Cleburne, Texas; Margaret, wife of Woodson White, of Dallas county; Lenora, now Mrs. J. E. Stout, of Quinan, this State; Albert L., of Greer county, Texas; William Yancy, of Lancaster, Dallas county; Lura and Middleton Lee, at home. Captain Perry bears the reputation of being one of ths most successful men in the southern part of Dallas county, upright in all his dealincrs, and exceedingly kind and accommodating. He and ids wife are members of the Baptist Church, as are also their four eldest daughters. Mr. Perry has heen a Mason for more than thirty years, having joined the first lodge that was ever organized at Dallas, and also assisted in organizing the first lodge in Lancaster.

^sf; ILLIAM FLEMING, one of the early settlers and prosperous fanners l-=^ifeS of Dallas county, Texas, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1820. His parents, William and Sarah (Mc- Kinney) Fleming, were natives of Armagh county, Ireland, and on the Emerald Isle they were married and had three children born to them. In 1819 the family emigrated to the United States, first settling in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, where they lived for three years; thence to Circleville, Ohio. The father was a weaver by trade and followed that business in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Alter living in Circleville two years he moved to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he took up the trade of coopering, which he had learned in his earlier days. Two years later he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, continuing work at the cooper's trade there one year. Next we find him at Harmony, Indiana, where he worked two years at the cooper's trade ; thence to Mount Vernon, Indiana, and a year later to Golconda, Illinois. He afterward lived at Alton and from there moved to Exeter, same State, where he and his wife died. They were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters: William, born in Ireland, died in infancy; Thomas, a native of Ireland, came to the United States with his parents, lived with them until they moved to Exeter, where he married and lived until two years ago, dying at that time and leaving a family of six children; Jane, also a native of Ireland, is the widow of Joe Smith and lives in Scott county, Illinois; William, the subject of our sketch, was the first of the family born in America; Mary Ann is the widow of Samuel Shaw and resides in Beardstown, Illinois; Sarah, wife of W. B. Landrum of Mount Vernon, Missouri, died, leaving five children; Isabella, wife of George Mills, resides with her husband in the State of Washington.

William Fleming learned the cooper's trade in his boyhood and worked at it with his father until he was twenty years old. He then went to Wilmington, Greene county, Illinois, and established a cooper shop for himself, where he worked about three years. At that place he married his first wife, Albina Rawlins, in September, 1840. She was a native of Cole county, Illinois, and a daughter of William and Eu])hanie (Martin) Rawlins.

Early in the fall of 1846, Mr. Fleming sold out and started for Texas, and on October 6, in company with eleven other families, landed on Ten-mile creek, fourteen miles south of where the city of Dallas now stands. Here he laid a patent on 640 acres of land. During the first year of his stay on this place he lived on corn bread, water and wild meats. Their only means of grinding corn was with the old fashioned mortar and pestle.

By his first wife, Mr. Fleming had seven children, of whom only one survives: S. C. Fleming, - the others having died in infancy. His second marriage occurred with Mrs. Zelda Knox, September 28, 1890. She was the widow of Albert Plesson Knox, by whom she had two children.

Mr. Fleming has by his own exertion gained what of this world's goods he now possesses. lie owns 320 acres of his original holdings, having given the other 320 acres to his son. He is a member of the Christian Church and worships at the old Rawlins Church on Ten- mile ci'eek.

fRANCIS M. BEAVER, a farmer of precinct No. 3, Dallas county, was born in Gwinnett county, Georgia, October 16, 1835, the twelfth child in his father's family. (For history of his father's family, see sketch of J. T. Beaver.) Francis remained at home wfth his mother, his father having died when lie was small, until after his marriage, after which he rented land and continued to farm i;ntil after the war. He enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, and served for four years. He was wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Spottsylvauia Court House. He participated in twenty-two regular battles, and was in four engagements at Seven Pines, Virginia, and in the battles at James' farm. Savage Station, second battle of Manassas Junction, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, White Post, second engagement at Chancellorsville, Petersburg, Strawsburg, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Mr. Beaver enlisted as a private, and was first promoted Regimental Drummer, next Orderly Sergeant, then Third Lieutenant, at the battle of the Wilderness vvas promoted Second Lieutenant, receiving his commission in time of the l)attle. He was captured but once, and then made his escape. After the war he returned home and continued farming until 1883, after which he lived one year in this State with his brother, but returned to Georgia, and one year later came again to this State with his family. Shortly after his

Mr. Beaver was married March 15, 1853, to Emily C. Dass, of Forsythe county, Georgia, and daughter of Jarrett and Elizabeth (Thompson) Dass. The father was born February 10, 1810, and the mother May 5, 1813, Mrs. Beaver has one brother and three sisters living, viz.: Martha, wife of William Bruce, by whom she had one child, William, and she was again married to Thomas Bell; Nancy, wife of Leander Pace. Mr. and JV^rs. Beaver have had seventeen children, only three of whom survive, viz.: Joseph G., who resides in Georgia; Andrew, of Dallas county; and John W., also of this county. The parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the former has filled several small offices in the I. O. O. F., Duck Creek Lodge, No. 444.

fHARLES H. TIPPETT, of Mesquite, Dallas county, was born in Hookinsville, Georgia, September 1, 1864, the youngest of eight children of Abner L. and Cynthia (Whaley) Tippett. The former was born in Washington county, Geoi-gia, in 1822, and died at the age of fifty-six years, and the latter is still living in Georgia, at the age of seventy years. The father was a mechanic by occupation, and as such served in the Southern army until the close of the war. After the death of his father our subject lived with his mother until fifteen years of age, and then served as an apprentice to learn the printer's trade about three years; next he went to Florida and worked in a sawmill four years, then he returned home and engaged in farming; in 1887 he went again to Florida and remained until December, 1887, and returned home December 18, 1888; January 28, 1889, he went to the mountains in Arkansas. May 24, of the same year, he came to Mesquite, Dallas county, and worked for wages the first year, after which he bought his present tine farm of 216 acres.

Mr. Tippett was married to Mrs. Kate C. Thompson, nee Crumhy, who was born November 23, 1865, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Beeman) Crumby. Tlio father was born August 10, 1820, and the mother July 22, 1824, and they were married August 17, 1854. Mrs. Tippett has three brothers and one sister, but Hustus is the only one now living, the others having died in childhood. Mr. Tippett has two brothers now living: John T. and William Albert. The former is now living in Georgia, and the latter in Florida. Mrs. Tippett had one daughter by her former husband, Eliza Olive Thompson.

fAMES B. FRANKLIN, a resident of Dallas, Texas, is one of nine children born to James B. and Louisa (McKinney) Franklin. The father came to Marshall, Texas, in 1835, from DeKalb county, Ala bama. His death occurred in Collin county, this State, in Nftvember, 1887. The mother was originally from South Carolina. She was married to Mr. Franklin in Marshall. They moved from there to Upshur county and thence, in the fall of 1861, to Collin county. She, too, died at the latter placeher death occurring December 26, 1873.

Of their children be it recorded that James B. was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1844. He came to Dallas from Collin county in the spring of 1867. He has been twice married. November 11, 1877, he wedded Ida Moss, of Dallas county, and by her had one child that died in infancy. July 11, 1882, he was united in marriage with Belle Bowen, also of Dallas county. They have no children. While in Collin county he was engaged in the cattle business. Since then he has been interested in mercantile pursuits in Hens rietta and Dallas, but at the present writing is not actively engaged in any business. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his political views are in harmony with Democratic principles. William W. Franklin, born in Marshall. Texas, was married at that place to Margaret Wright, by whom he has eight children. They reside near Leonard, Collin county. Benjamin M. Franklin, also a native of Marshall, lives at Mineral Wells, Texas. He married Melissa Dobkins, of Collin county, and has one child. Mary R. Franklin, a native of Upshur county, Texas, was married in Collin county to Charles Connolly, of Lamar county. Her death occurred January 19, 1891. Mr. Connolly is now a resident of Erath county. John M. Franklin, born in Upshur county, was married in Celeste, Hunt county, this State, and has one child. He and his family are residents of Ardmore, Indian Territory. Joseph A. Franklin, born in Upshur county, is now a resident of Collin county; is married and has two children. Octavia, a native of Upshur county, has been twice married and is now a widow, residing in Greenville, Hunt county, Texas. She has two children, one by each marriage. Louise, native of Upshur county, and is now the widow of Benjamin Shaw. She has three children; lives in Jones county, Texas. Mattie, born in Collin county, was married there, and died, leaving no issue.

went to Polk county, Missouri, where he engaged in fanning and also carried on mercantile pursuits; removed from Polk county to Arkansas in 1862; thence, in 1864, to Collin county, Texas; and in 1865 to Dallas. At the latter he was engaged in mercantile business for several years. He owned twelve acres of land here, wliich lias been divided amoncr his children. He was married in March, 1832, in Tennessee, to Mary L. Early, who died August 7, 1889. They had a family of nine children, all natives of Polk county, Missouri. Their names with brief mention of each, are herewith Ejiven: Sarah C. was married in Polk county to W. C. Akard, who was subsequently a merchant in Dallas, Texas. He died in Calvert, leaving three children: Coleman B., a banker at Montrose, Colorado, married Ollie Heifner, of Shreveport, Louisiana; W. C, of Dallas, married Gertrude Staley, of Springfield, Missouri, and has one child, Fred A.; and Sarah C, wife of A. C. Daniel, of Dallas, has one child, Lillie. John W. Bowen, a resident of Dallas, has been twice married. \iy hjs first wife, nee Sidney Lacey, he had two children: Clinton and John; by his second union, witl^ Lizzie Britton, of Louisiana, he lias one child. William W. Bowen was first married in Polk county, Missouri, to Mary Goss, by whom he had seven children: S. Price; Walter A.; Ida, who married Jarnes Austin, of Dallas, and has one child: AHie, who married E. T. Overad, Dallas, and has two childi-en: May, Booker and Mack. His second wife is Jennie (Wilkins) Bowen, of Waco, and by her he has three children. Elizabeth C. has been twice married. By her first husband, B. F. Lacey, of Polk county, Missouri, she had two children: Rosa Belle, deceased, and Ed. F. Lacey, of Dallas. By her present companion, General G. Worthington, of Dallas, she has one child. Jennie is the wife of J. T. Boren, Dallas: their seven children are: Lucy, wife of A. L. Ledbetter, Dallas county, has one child; Charles F., deceased; William A.; Annie L.; J. Edgar; Ben E. and Arthur Lee. Henry Booker married Alice Easley, has live children, and lives in Antelope, Jack county, Texas. Adeline was first married in St, Louis, Missouri, to William Harlje. By her second marriage, to A. M. Thompson, of Dallas, she had three children, two of whom are living: Rosa and Hugh. Fannie, wife of B. J. Jackson, of Kentucky, has no children. Belle, wife of the subject of this sketch.

On. Charles Frederick

TUCKER, an eminent jurist and esteemed citizen of Dallas, Texas, was born September 18, 1847 He is descended from a family which has furnished to the bar of this country many eminent lawyers. His parents were the Hon. Alpheus L. Tucker, late of Franklin, Louisiana, and Maria Susan Thonjas, the former for many years a leader of the bar of southern Louisiana, who represented his parish in the Senate and Lower House of the State Legislature for several terms, and who acted for fifteen consecutive years as Mayor of Franklin. He was not only an able lawyer and eloquent orator, but was distinguished for his genial disposition, open-handed charity and upright cliaracter. He died in Franklin, in 1885, aged sixtyseven years, his loss casting a gloom over an entire community, which knew and appreciated his worth. The mother of the subject of his sketch died in 1852. She was a lady of superior attainments, great culture and refinement, who added to her intellectual accomplishments the charm of a kind heart;

Judge Tucker, whose name heads this notice, spent his early childhood in Franklin. At the close of the war, in 1865, he entered the freshmen class at Austin College, in Huntsville, Texas, where he remained until the close of the session of 1866-'67, having passed througli the freshmen, sophomore and junior courses. On leaving that institution he pursued his studies two years in the University of Virginia, graduating in several of the academic schools ot that well known seat of learning.

On his return to his home in Louisiana he entered his father's office, where he studied law for three years, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in July, 1872. In April, of the following year, he sought the opportunities afforded in a newer and less crowded locality, locating in Dallas, Texas. Soon afterward he entered into a law partnership with Colonel AVilliam E. Hughes, with whom he continued until 1875, meeting with gratifying success in the practice of his profession, and soon acquired a leading position at the Dallas bar. On the creation of the Forty-foui'th Judicial District in 1889, upon the recommendation of the bar of Dallas, he was appointed Judge of the District by Governor Ross. At the expiration of his term of office in 1890, he was elected without opposition as his own successor for a term of four years.

He was married in December, 1874, to Miss JMary Sydnor Jones, an estimable lady, a native of Galveston, a daughter of the late Colonel Gustavus A. Jones, and a granddaughter of the late Judge John B. Jones, a distinguished Judge of the Republic of Texas, and a granddaughter, on her mother's side.

ILLIAM P. ARMSTRONG was born in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1839, son of William Armstrong, who was born at the same place, April 19, 1794, both father and son being farmers by occupation. The senior Mr. Armstrong was merging into young manhood when the war of 1812 broke out, and in answer to his country's call he entered the army as a private soldier, serving u-ntil he was lionorably discharged. In 1822 he married Mrs. Sarah (Sheltman) Smith, a widow. By her first Misband she had one child, Elizabeth, who became the wife of Samuel Wallas. Mrs. Armstrong died in Texas, at the age of fiftyfour years. William Armstrong moved from Virginia to Morgan county, Indiana, in 1841. In 1852 he came to Texas and settled in Dallas county, where he purchased a large tract of land, located about two miles and a half northeast of Garland. He there lived and larmcd till the time of his death, which occurred at t!.e age of ninety-one years. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, the subject of our sketch being the sixth-born. John is now a resident of Moran, Allen county, Kansas; George died, leaving a family of five children; Franklin was the third- born, and the next in order were Robert and William P; Martha J. is the wife of George Canatsay; Drauah married William Nelson; Mattie was first married to Nat. Potter, who died, leaving her with three children; she subsequently married R. H. Mallabone, by whom she i)ad two children. Her death occurred April 13, 1891.

William P. Armstrong was about thirteen years of age when his father moved from Indiana to this State. They made the journey in wagons and were about hfty days on the road.

Mr. Armstrong was married (October 29, 1859, to Miss Anna Parker. After his marriage he began farming on his own account. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Fifteenth Texas Regiment, Colonel Sweet; but was soon discharged on account of ill health. He afterward regained his health and again enlisted in the army, serving until the close of the war. Returning to his home and farm he again took up the peaceful occupation of farming, in which he is still engaged. He owns a nice 200-acre farm near Garland.

Following are the names of the children bo)-n to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong: Charles Crawford, deceased; Sarah and Minnie, also deceased; Franklin, and Elizabeth. Mrs. Armstrong is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Armstrong is associated with the Masonic order, being a member of Duck Creek Lodge, No. 441.

A. JACOBS dates his birth in Independence county, Arkansas, December 'i* 17, 1845. For the history of his parents see tl^e sketch of John C. Jacobs, in this volume.

After his mother's death Mr. Jacobs was taken to his aunt in New York, and she cared for him until he was grown. When the Civil war came on he enlisted in the Union army, as a member of the Fourteenth Vermont Regiment, First Army Corps, Third Division, and served one year, participating in the battles of Fredricksburg and Gettysburir, besides several skirmishes. His brother, John C, was in the Confederate army. The term of his enlistment expiring, Mr. Jacobs returned to his home in New York. He then spent one year in Virginia, after which he traveled for a machine company for several years, and came to Texas in 1887.

Mr. Jacobs was married while in New York, December 19, 1867, to Catherine Osterhoudt. She died August 31, 1880, leaving no issue. He was subsequently married to Mrs. Annabell Troop, a widow with one child, and a native of Tennessee. By Mr. Jacobs she had one child, Katy J. His second wife departed this life in September, 1867. On the 28th of August, 1888, he wedded Margaret Daniels, of Humphreys county, Tennessee.

After locating in Texas Mr. Jacobs rented land of his brother, John C. He was successful in his farming operations, made enough mimey with which to purchase land, and is now the owner of the 155 acres on which he lives.

OSAN COX, who for many years has been a resident of Dallas county, Texas, lives in the town of Fisher, Precinct No. 1. Her parents were Benjamin and Fannie (McKinsey) Chenoweth. She came from Missouri to Texas with her mother and brother Joseph, her father having died while making preparations for the journey. The mother died in February, 1872.

In 1859 she was married to Jesse Cox, son of William and Ruth (Dixon) Cox, early settlers of this neighborhood, they having come here from northern Missouri in 1845, when Jesse was about nineteen years old. To them one child was born, Fannie A., who is now the wife of James A. Williamson, and has two children: Ina L. and James C. Mr. Williamson is a farmer, came here from

Previous to his marriage to the subject of our sketch, Jesse Cox was married, October 1, 1850, to Rosanna McComas, sister of John McComas, and by her had three children, two of whom are still living, namely: John "W., a resident of Williamson county, Texas; and Ruth Ann Seals, wife of James Seals of Johnson county, Texas, has five children.

Jesse Cox was a farmer by occupation, and owned 300 acres of land. The homestead farm com[)ri8es lifty-three acres, and is devoted to the production of cotton. Mr. Cox served eighteen months in the Mexican war. During the late war he enlisted in Colonel Stone's regiment, and was in cavalry service in Louisiana. His death occurred January 16, 1865, of disease caused by exposure in the army. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.

The parents of Mrs. Cox had eleven children, whose names, with brief mention of each, are as follows: Rachel married David Wood, and resides in Missouri. James married Matilda Moss, of Tennessee. He died in 1886 and liis wife the following year, leaving a family of eight children.; Tliomas lives in Wise county, Texas, is married, and has seven children; Mary; Cassandra married I. T. Mitchell, of Indiana, by whom she has two children. After his death she came to Texas, and is now a resident of Collin. Betsey married J. L. Derryberry, of Polk county, Missouri, and their union was blessed with seven children. She is deceased. Sarah married H. A. Derryl^erry, of Polk county, Missouri. Tliey are now residents of Wise county, Texas, and have seven children. Susan Cox, subject of this article. Rebecca fnarried S. H. Hardnick, of Virginia. They are now living in Denton county, Texas. Joseph married Rebecca Crawford, of Denton. They live in Collin county, Texas, and have a family of nine children; Missouri I. married Land Smith, of Missouri, their marriage occurring in Dallas. She is now a resident of this |)lace. He died, leaving her with four children.

DWARD C. BECHTOL, of Mesquite, Dallas county, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, June 10, 1860, a son of Daniel Bechtol, who was born on the same farm as his son, January 13, 1824. He was a farmer and stock-raiser l)y occupation, and lived in his native State fifty. two years. He served three months in the Union army, and at the close of the war became to Texas, and in April, 1876, brought his family to this State. He has one brother, John Bechtol, now living, and three sisters: Eli^abetli Ringor, of tlie State of Washington, and Catherine Kifower still resides in Maryland, Mr. Bechtol was married in 1846, to Miss Mahala Boser, andthe former is now a member of the Lutheran Church, and the latter of the Reformed Church, and strictly live up to their faith.

Edward C, the sixth of a family of seven children, came with his parents to Texas at the age of sixteen years, and lived with his father until his marriage. He then began farming for himself on rented land, but after three years bought eighty acres, paying $10 per acre, which he immediately began improving and cultivating. He now has fiftyeight acres in cultivation, which is worth about $40 per acre. Mr. Bechtol started in life with only a common-school education and no money, but has since made rapid progress, and since his marriage he has applied himself to study, and there are few who are better posted in the matters and polities of his own country.

He was married October 14, 1877, to Miss Sarah Jane Willinghatn, a daughter of Sebron D. and Amanda (Florence) Willinghatn. The father was born in Alabama in 1828, and the mother in August, 1839. Mr. Willingham moved to Texas the year of his marriage, settling in Smith county, where he lived until his death in 1866. They were the parents of four children, viz.: Florence E., deceased; J. K. ; Sarah and I. J.

Mr. and Mrs. Bechtol are the parents of three children: Sebron D., John L., and Charles Isaac Wesley. The parents are both members of the Baptist Church.

I AVID FLORENCE, a farmer of Dallas county, was born in Lincoln county, Georgia, March 2, 1834, a son of David Florence. Our subject lived in his native State until eight years of age, and then moved with his parents to Benton county, Alabama, and next to Talladega county, where he remained until reaching maturity. He was then employed by James Henderson as overseer for four years, and then, December 24, 1856, he landed in Texas, where he rented land the first year, and then bought the farm of 140 acres which he had rented, paying $4 per acre. After one year, he sold this place, after which he again rented land until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, General Walker's division, and commanded by Colonel Clark. He participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, James' Ferry, etc., and

After the war Mr. Florence returned home, and later moved his family to Van Zandt county, where he bought a farm of 370 acres for $500. He lived there twenty-two years, and in the meantime bought a farm of 100 acres in Dallas county, after which he sold his 370 acres, and in 1880 moved his family to this county. He immediately improved this place, to which he has since added another 100 acres, and now owns 200 acres of fine land ten miles from the city of Dallas. Mr. Florence was married in Alabama, December 19, 1852, to Miss J. A. McAife, a daughter of Henderson and Sarah (Stephens) McAffe. The parents had nine children, viz.: William, Marry, Ky., Samuel, Sarah, Eliza, Henry, Amos and J. A. The latter is the only one of her father's family now living in TexAs. Mr. and Mrs. Florence have had seven children, only three of whom survive: Martha Jane, deceased ; Georgia Ann; Eliza, wife of J. H. Somer; Elisha, deceased; Appalton, wife of J. G. Dewberry; Asa C, deceased; and Simon. The parents are both members of the Baptist Chui-ch.

fW. ALLEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Wheatland, Texas. - Every community ® is bound to have among her citizens a few men of recognized iniluence and alnlity, who by their systematic and careful, thorough manner of work attained to a success which is justly deserved. Among this class is Mr. Allen, who has been identified with the interests of Dallas county since 1871. He was born in Page county, Virginia, July 11, 1841, and his father, Moses Allen, was also a native of that county and State. The grand- father, Gilbert Allen, was also a native of the Old Dominion, but the great grandfather; Archie Allen, was a native of Ireland and came to this country in the eighteenth century. Grandfather Allen participated in the struggle for independence. Our subject's ancestors settled on Goiny Mannon, which is still owned by the Allen family. Moses Allen was a distiller by occupation and married Miss Eliza Mannel, who was of English descent and the daughter of John E. Mannel and granddaughter of Wingate Mannel, both natives of Virginia. Wingate Mannel served all thi'ough the Revolutionary war as did also his father. To Mr. and Mrs. Moses Allen were born two children, - our subject, who is the elder, and Chancey, of Rockwall, Texas. Mrs. Allen now resides with our subject, and although seventy-two years of age is strong and vigorous to a remarkable extent.

J. W. Allen remained on the farm and assisted in the arduous duties of the same until twenty years of age, receiving only about seven months of schooling until ten years of age. In June, 1861, he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain L. Breckenridge, who was with Colonel Fremont in his western expedition, and remained with the same until the following December, when he was captured at Mount Zion. He was exchanged three days later, and in March, 1862, he joined the Fourth Missouri Battalion under Major McFarland in southwest Missouri, and participated in a fight with the Kansas Jayhawkers, in which our subject's company came out victorious. His battalion was consolidated with Johnson's battalion on the 1st of May, 1862, making the Fourth Missouri Volunteers. Mr. Allen was made Sergeant Major of the regiment, receiving the promotion for meritorious conduct at Spring Creek, where he saved the Major's life, and he continued in that position until May, 1863. After the battle of (Corinth, his and the First Battery were consolidated, forming the First Missouri Infantry. At the siege of Vicksburg Mr. Allen surrendered with his regiment July 4, 1863.

He then left the service and went to St. Charles, Missouri, where his mother was then living, and resided there from August UTitil September 25, when he went to New York city. He took passage at that point for San Francisco, California, and arrived in that city on the 17th of April, 1864. He began mining, followed it for two years, and then superintended a farm for the same length of time. He also operated a threshing machine and hay-presser, and met with much success in the latter. He returned East in December*, 1868, and was in Missouri from 1869 to 1870, engaged in farming and dealing in beef cattle, and also operated a threshing machine. In May, 1871, he started for Texas, remained in Grayson county one month, and from that time until June, 1872, he was in Ellis county. At the last mentioned date he came to Dallas county, engaged in the lightning-rod business, and followed this for eleven years, when he engaged in the manufacture of endless-chain pumps and in the grocery business. Mr. Allen was married January 14, 1873, to Miss Mary Moss, daughter of A. Moss, and shortly afterward settled in Dallas, where he followed his business until November 27, 1884. While a resident of that city his liberality and warm hospitality was well known. At the above mentioned date he moved to his farm, which he had purchased in 1882, and which consisted of 320 acres of wild land, and he now has one of the finest farms in the county. He has a large, square residence, two-stories in height, and the lovely lawn surrounding it is dotted here and there with shrubs and ornamental trees. Mr. Allen is quite deeply interested in stockraising, horses and cattle, and among the tormer has some fine trotters. He and Mrs. Allen are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Dallas, of which he has been Trustee for ten years.

To this marriage were born nine children, five surviving; James William, Maud Olive, Martam, Sims and Mary Stevens. Effie, the eldest child, died when ten years of age, and three died in infancy. Aside from his extensive farm Mr. Allen owns considerable propperty in Dallas, land in Johnson county and mineral wells.

j^LAUDE A. COUR, secretary of the foK Dallas Fair and Exposition Association, W^ also Alderman of the Seventh Ward of Dallas, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 29, 1858, a son of C. T. A. and Ann G. E. (Marshall) Cour, the father a native of the northern part of France, and the mother of Indiana. The parents were married in Piqua, Ohio. The lather was a merchant by occupation, but is now retired, and is well and favorably known, being a pioneer of forty years' standing of that city. They are members of the Catholic Church. Twelve children were born to this union, ten boys and two girls, of whom our subject was the third in order of birth. The lives of these good old people tell of the true courage of man and woman, who planted new homes in the land where the savages still roamed; who by the physical vigor of body and of limb felled the forest and subdued it to the plow, and the tireless thrift which would be content with nothing short of the brightest civilization and the broadest enlightenment.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the Notre Dame, and also in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After completing his education he was engaged in business with liie father several years before coming to Texas, as accountant and stenographer. He came to this city in 1879, being the first stenographer who held an office in this city, and was engaged in various business houses until 1886, when the Fair and Exposition was inaugurated. Mr. Cour has been with this orccanization since its conception, and has been its secretary the past four years. He has done much to bring it to its present high standing, being now one of the most phenomenal successes of all fairs in the State. They have about 300,000 visitors, which speaks of its success and popularity as a growing institution, and an important enterprise of the city. They have a plant which cost, in the way of location, improvement, etc., about $500,000. The president of the company is J. E. Snider; secretary, C. A. Cour; vice-president, J. N. Simpson; and treasurer, J. S. Armstrong. The Fair and Exposition is open from October 17 to October 30, inclusive. The authorized capital of the Dallas Fair and Exposition is $100,000, and is on a solid footing in every particular.

Mr. Cour is keenly alive to the benefit of all the important enterprises of the city, and stands well to the front in all such that promises good to the community. He was elected Alderman of the Seventh Ward in 1892, takes an interest in politics, and is in every way a worthy and esteemed citizen. He was married in 1882, to Miss Mary Agnes Andrews, a daughter of Charles and Susan Andrews, of Quincy, Illinois, and originally from Alexandria, Pennsylvania The father was killed in the late war, being a soldier from Illinois, and the mother died in 1868. Mrs. Cour has one sister living, Susan Andrews, a resident of St. Louis. Our subject and wife have bad three children : George E., Mary E. and Claude A. Both parents are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Cour is a man of great push and energy, and has ever been one of those public-spirited citizens BO necessary to the progress of any community.

[EORGE L. McFALL, a planter, Duncanville, Dallas county, Texas, has resided here since 1875. He is a native of Maury county, Tennessee, born February 5, 1816, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Furgeson) McFall. His father was a native of Georgia and of Scotch- Irish ancestry, while his mother was born in North Carolina, of "Welsh descent. They moved to Tennessee at an early period, and subsequently located in southern Kentucky, where they passed the residue of their lives and died at a ripe old age.