Dallas County, Texas - The whole text, 1892 (part 9 of 32)

State. After Mr. Paschall was married he moved to Trigg county, Kentucky, wliere lie lived until 1840. He then moved to Springfield, Missouri, and a year later to Arkansas. In the fall of 1844 he came to Texas and settled in Red Eiver county. The following spring he located near Willow Springs in what is now Rockwall county. A year later he moved to Dallas county and settled near Barnes' Bridge, buying land there. He subsequently sold out and located in Fannin county. In 1847 he enlisted in the Mexican war, and after serving twelve months was discharged on account of a wound he received by being thrown from a horse, receiving his discharge in February, 1848. From the effects of that wound he is still a sufferer. In the fall of 1848 he moved to Terrell, Kaufman county, where he still resides, now at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died November 11, 1882, aged sixty-nine. The names of their nine children are as follows: James C, Daniel A., Isaac A., Susan P., Josiah N., Mary E., Sarah J., Nancy A., Georgia Roberts. The Doctor was the second born, and only he and his two sisters, Mary E. and Georgia Roberts, are now living. The former is the wife of A. A. Laroe, and the latter is now Mrs. Charles Brady.

The subject of our sketch was onl}' six years old when his father came to Texas. At the age of sixteen he began the study of naedicine under Drs. Hawkins and Paschall, of Fulton, Kentucky. In 1859 he graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, after which he began the practice of his profession at Haught's store, Dallas county, and was thus engaged there when the war came on. He enlisted in Colonel Greer's regiment and served in it until July. 1862. He then returned home and enlisted under Colonel Bass in the Nineteenth Texas Regiment, and served four months as a private. He was then detailed as assistant surgeon of a hospital in the northern part of Arkansas, and stayed there until January, 1864. He was then sent back to Haught's store to practice, remaining at that place until 1868. That year he moved to Turner's Point.

Dr. Paschall was married on the 23d of February, 1865, to Miss Virginia Haught, who was born October 29, 1848. She died November 4, 1884, at the age of thirty-six years. Her parents, Samuel and Isabella (Duvall) Haught, reared a family of nine children, namely: Jane, wife of MoteGolden, and after his death of M. M. Farmer; Emma, wife of M. M. Farmer, is deceased: one will see, M. M. Farmer married two sisters; Alfred; S. A.; Isabella, deceased; Juliette, wife of S. H. Cuinley, and Louisiana, deceased.

The Doctor's second marriage occurred April 28, 1889, to Mrs. Maud Bounds, nee Thompson. She was born November 18, 1864, daughter of Tipton and Evaline (Coon) Thompson. She has six brothers and sisters: Lillie, wife of John Rnpford; Nellie, wife of F. L. Watterson; and May, Willie, Clifton and J. Wellington.

By his first wife the Doctor had nine children: Idaho, wife of J. M. H. Chisholra; Jesse P., Samuel A. H. and Nettie being the only ones now living. By his present companion he has one child, Daniel A., who was born June 20, 1890.

In 1871-'72 Dr. Paschall took a course at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, a!id graduated. Returning to Haught's store, he continued his practice there till 1877, when he bought a farm of 570 acres at Terrell, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, also continuing his medical practice. He still owns that farm. In 1885 he left his farm at Terrell and located again in Dallas county, at Mesquite. lie has had an extensive and Buccessful practice, and liere he is regarded not only as a skillfnl pliysician hut as oneofthe most prominent and leadiiigcitizens. He discovered a cure for malignant congested fever or spotted fever, and in the treatment of that dread disease has met with unusual success.

lENJAAIIN T. DAVIS, a farmer of Dallas county, was horn in Monongalia county, Virginia, September 17, 1828. His father moved to La Porte county, Indiana, in 1835, and to Texas in 1847, when Benjamin was but nineteen years of age. The latter learned the carpenter's trade in Indiana, which he also followed in Texas. At one time lie took a claim of 320 acres of land, which he improved and cultivated, and at the same time also worked at his trade. He afterward sold this farm, and bought the one on which he now resides. He then owned 500 acres, but this he afterward divided and gave all but 288 acres to his children. Mr. Davis enlisted in the war in 18G1, in Colonel Hawpe's regiment, and served until the close of the war, being discharged at Hempstead May 26, 1865. Being a musician, he wae put in charge of the field band, and held that position until the close of the war. He also participated in the battles of Spring River, Mansfield, Yellow Stone, Utona, and was under fire forty-two days in going to New Orleans. He was slightly wounded three times with shell. Mr. Davis saw the war was coming to a close, and wisely exchanged his Confederate script for greenbacks, and after reaching home had over $200 in greenbacks. He had lost all his horses and cattle in the war, but had enough money to com mence anew. His brotherand himself, John W., engaged in the hedge seed business, in which he was very successful, selling the seed as high as $21 per bushel.

Mr. Davis was married July 4, 1836, to Miss Lydia J. Mills, who died October 14, 1890, at the age of fifty-four years. They were the parents of thirteen children, only ten of whom reached maturity, viz.: Eugenus A.; Ruth Ann, wife of Joseph E. Erwin; Benjamin T.; Tiddy J., wife of E. M. Colwell; Sarah A., wife of H. M. liamsey; John W., Mariah E., wife of Thomas Lanford; Hanson C, Cora L. and Caleb B. Mr. Davis is a well educated man, having attended some of the best schools in Indiana. He attended the Asbury University, now the De !*auw University, two years, which is one of the leading schools in the United States. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Piano Lodge, No. 114, and at one time was a member of the Alethodist Episcopal Church, of which his family are nearly all members.

EORGE H. SHAWVER is a native of Macon county, Missouri, born December 28, 1848. John Shawver, his father, was born in Monroe county, Virginia, November 20, 1800, and was married in the Old Dominion to Miss Caroline Walker. They moved from Missouri to Texas in 1869, and the father bought 255 acres of land near Mesquite, where his son George H. now lives. He improved his property and resided on it a number of years. He returned to Missouri on a visit, and while there was taken sick and died, his death occurring in

July, 1880. His wife departed this life Miirch 12, 1872, at the age of forty-five years. To them worn bom ten children. The names of each and a more extended mention of the family will be found in the biography of M. T. Shawver, in this volume.

George II. Shawver was married, May 16, 1889, to Miss Dora A. Sniitli, who was born in Indiana, March 4, 18()5. Her father, Abraham Smith, was born in Indiana in 1825, and her mother, who before her marriage was a Miss Greene, was born in 1832. The names of the children composing her father's family are as follows: Sella, wife of Seymour Ilosa; Marshall; Alice, wife of John Kockey ; Eilet; Dora, wife of George H. Shawver; Lawrence; Elmer, and Gordon. Mr. Smith came to Texas in 1888 and settled near Mosquito, Dallas county. Mr. and Mrs. Shawver have two children: Otto, born July 29, 1890; Anna, born December 30, 1891.

Mr. Shawver is a Mason and a Knight of Honor, belonging to the lodges at Mesquito. lie and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

l^i^l^ILLIAM STULTS, M. D., deceased, was for many years a physician widely and favorably known among the citizens of the western part of Dallas county. lie was born in Hamilton county, Tennessee, and, having been left an orphan, received only a moagor education. He was an industrious and self-reliant boy, and niade his own way from tho beginning of his career. At the age of seventeen years ho went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he apprenticed himself to the carpenter's trade, and followeil the same for al)out two years. He then returned to Tennessee, settling in Rutherford county, where he read medicine for two years, mostly under Dr. J. W. January, a successful physician of that day. Mr. Stults came to Texas on a prospecting tour in 185G, and decided to locate in Dallas county, December 3, 1857. He returned to Tennessee and married Miss Lou S. Wilson, of Gibson county, after which he came again to Texas, taking np his residence in the western part of tho county, on a farm of 320 acres, lying on the west fork of Trinity river. He at once began farming and the practice of his profession, and followed these occupations assiduously as long as he lived. He sold his first purchase in 1860, and bought a place on CJrapevine prairie, where ho lived about fourteen years, and at the end of that time he again sold out, and purchased another farm adjoining. lie remained on the latter place until his death, which occurred May 17, 1877. At the time of his death he had considerable landed interests, owning 738 acres, where he has successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. He also had an extensive practice, riding for miles in every direction, and this was at a time when there were no roads in the county, having had to make l)is way by bridle paths. Mr. Stults was highly esteemed, both as a physician and a citizen. Ho was alife lonti niombor of the Baptist Church, and was always active in all church work, of which most of his children are also members. His widow is a member of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Stults was horn in Gibson county, TonnoBsee, Juno 16, 1834, a daughter of Samuel and Lou (Sharp) Wilson, natives of Maryland and North Carolina. The father emigrated to Kentucky when a young man, where he was niarried, and then moved to Rutherford county, Tennessee, and afterward to Gibson county, that State, where he died in 1854, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife died in Rutherford county, Tennessee, in 1S34, at the age of thirty years. They were the parents of nine children, as follows; Mary, Martha, John, William, Enialine, Belle, Eliza, Caroline and Lou S. The only one of thescchihlren now known to ho living is Mrs. Stults. Dr. Stults and wife reared to maturity a family of eight children, all of whom are still living, viz.: William Wilson, a merchant of Ballinger, Runnels county, this State; P^annie, the wife of B. 8. Taylor, also of Ballinger; Carrie S., the wife of J. E. Murray, of Fort Worth; John S., of Dallas county; Charles W., of Wilbarger county, Texas; Lon Belle, the wife of L. S. Sherwood, of McKinney, ("oUin county Texas; Sallie S.. the wife of J. C. Farley, of Ballinger; and Ida, unmarried. The old home place has been divided among the children, and Mrs. Stults makes her home among them. The part on which the house stands belongs to John S., who may he said t^) have taken his father's place in a certain sense.

lie was born within a short distance of where he now lives, June 2'J, 1864, on the place where his father first settled after moving to Grapevine prairie. He received a common-school education, finishing with an academic course at the high school of Grapevine, Tarrant county. He selected medicine as his profession, and began reading about 1886, spending considerable time over his books at home before taking up the study under a preceptor. He took one course of lectures at the Tulane University, at New Orleans, in 188U-'90, read for a short time under Burtis, Fields &, Duringer, of Fort Worth, then under Dr. D. W. Gilbert, of Sowers, Dalla.s county, and has taken one course of lectures at the ^[issouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. He expects to complete his medical education at an early date, and enter regularly on the practice of his profession, in which he has every assurance of success. The Doctor was married March 18, 1891, to Miss Pearl Price, a daughter of Mrs. L. A. Price of this county.

COTT BEEMAN, a farmer and stockraiser of Precint No. 1, was born in Bowie county, Texas, May 23, 1841, the tenth in a family of twelve children born to John and Emily (lluunicutt) Heeman, natives of South Carolina. The father emigrated from his native State to Calhoun county, Illinois, and thence to Bowie county, Texas, in 1829. In 1841 he came to Dallas county, and took up 360 acres of land, and was the first man to cultivate any soil in this county. His death occurred here in 1856, and his wife still survives, living near De Soto, at the advanced age of eighty-six years.

Scott Beeman was reared to farm life, and educated in the 8ubscri])fion schools of this county. He aided his father in opening up and improving the home farm and afterward began farming on his own account. In 1802 he enlisted in Captain Beard's Company, and was in the battle of Yellow Bayou, in a number of raids under General Marmaduke, and was in the Red River expedition, where he fought for thirty-two days. He was also in cavalry service, and at the close of the war Mr. Beeman returned to Dallas county, and later removed to the farm ot 150 acres which he now owns, and which is in a good state of cultivation. He was married in this county, in 1865, to Betty Merrifield, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of Milton and Margaret Ann (Singleton) Merrilield, also natives of Kentucky. The parents moved to

Dallas county, in 1849, settling in what is now West Dallas, were the father bought and improved a farm. His death occurred in November, 1889, and the mother now resides near Cedar Elill. Mr. and Mrs. Beeman had seven children, viz.: Annie, wife of Richard Lagow, of Precinct No. 4; Emma, Lizzie, Milton, Katie, Grover and Ira. Politically, Mr. Beeman is a member of the Democratic party, and socially of the Farmers' Alliance.

tM. FARGASON, a prominent citizen of Dallas county, was born in Henry * county, Georgia, in 1827, the eldest of seven children born to John and Elizabeth (Mason) Fargason, natives of South Carolina and Georgia respectively. The father moved to Georgia at an early date, where he was married, and in 1852 emigrated to Tallapoosa, Alabama, where his death occurred in 1866; the mother survived him until 1878, dying at the age of eighty-two years.

L. M. Fargason, our subject, was reared in Henry county, Georgia, where he was engaged as a clerk in a store four years. He was then in the ambrotype business at West Point until 1861, when he came to Texas, and was associated with Dr. Bradfield in the drug business at Dangerlield one year. In 1862 he raised Company G, Nineteenth Texas Infantry, was elected its Captain, and served in Arkansas and Louisiana. He was held in reserve at Little Rock, Arkansas, to reinforce General Hindman or the Arkansas Post, and during the winter of 1862-'63 was at Pine Bluff. He remained there until May, 1863, when he went to Louisiana, and was in Texas at the close of the war. He afterward returned home and engaged in the general mercantile business until 1881, when he was burnt out, losing |3,000 or $4,000. Coming to Dallas in 1882, he embarked in the grain and cotton trade one year, but since that time he has never engaged in active business. Mr. Fargason is identified with the Democratic party, was collector of water rents in 1887, for the city, and is now serving his second year as Deputy County Assessor of Dallas county. Socially, he is a member of Oasis Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., in eastern Texas, has been a Mason for over forty years, and is a prominent Odd Fellow.

Mr. Fargason was married in Henry county, Georgia, in 1849, to Elizabeth Odell, a native of North Carolina and a daushtor of Solomon and Sarah (Childress) Odell, also natives of North Carolina. The father, a farmer by occupation, moved to Henry county, Georgia, in 1845, and in 1859 to what is now Morris county, Texas, where he made his home until death, in 1862. His excellent wife survived him a few years, dying in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Fargason have had nine children, seven of whom still survive, viz.: John E. ; Willie L., clerk in the Pacific Express Company; David B., bill and rate clerk for the same company; Sarah E., wife of James T. Childress; Mary E., wife of J. M. Mc Reynolds, of Texas; Georgie, widow of M. T. Mitchell, of Greenville, Texas; Mattie Lee, wife of Howell Bailey, collector of the Dallas ice factorv. Mrs. Farccason is a member of the First Baptist Church at Dallas.

R. KELLEY H. EMBREE, a practicing physician and prominent citizen of Garland, Texas, dates his birth in Monroe county, Kentucky, February 9, 1848.

1873. Previous to his coming to this State he had devoted liimself earnestly to the study of medicine, under the instruction of Dr. Clilowin^ of Tennessee, liad graduated at tlie American Medical College of Cincinnati, Oiiiu, and had practiced one year in Tennessee. After his arrival in Dallas county, he followed his profession seven years, at the end of which time he turned his attention to the mercantile business in Garland, continuing thus employed five years. Disposing of his stock of goods, he then returned to the practice of medicine and has since devoted himself exclusively to his professional duties. He has won tiie confidence and esteem of all who know hitn, and has established an e.xtensive practice in this vicinity. Starting out a pool' boy, he has been successful in life, and is now comfortably situated. He owns a nice little liome at the edge of Garland, and a grove of twenty acres near by, - one of the titiest parks in the State. People come to it from far and near to hold picnics and religious services.

Joshua £mi)ree, the Doctor's father, was born in ^fonroe county. Kentucky, and passed most of his life in that county. He was married April 1, 1845, to Miss Catherine B. Kelley, who was born January 1, 1823, a daughter of Mason and Sarah (Cowring) Kelley. To them seven children were born, viz.: Virginia, wife of Wesley Guthrey, is now deceased; Kelley n.; Chlowring A.; Sarah A., wife of Duncan A. Morgan; Venetia M., wife of Kanson Smith; Mary M., wife of N. Thorp; Ida S., wife of Prank Clark. In later life Mr. Einbree moved to Tennessee, where, May 23, 1865, he was accidentally killed, at the age of fifty-one years. The Doctor was then only eighteen years of age, and he being the oldest son his mother and her family looked largely to him for support. In 1870

Mrs. Embree and her four daughters came from Tennessee to Texas, making the journey by teams and coming with another party, arriving here in safety after being six weeks en route.

Dr. Embree was married, November 26, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Erwin, who was born June 16. 1861. (For the history of Mrs. Embree's parents, see the sketch of Matthew Erwin.) He and his wife have five children, namely: Emma, born September 24, 1878; Earl, March 15, 1881; Edd, October 9, 1883; Ernestine, December 12, 1886; Evon, December 11, 1889. Mrs. Embree is a member of the Christian Church. The Doctor is an Odd Fellow and belongs to the Duck Creek Lodge. He is also a member of the Knights of Honor, and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge at Galveston, Texas, on two occasions.

l'="^Pr3 " i'onipany, was born in Fayette county, Indiana, May 30, 18G0, the youngest of five children horn to John and Adaline (Dean) Logan, natives of Ireland and Scotland. At an early day the parents came to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the father engaged as a merchant tailor, and thence to Connorsville, Indiana. In 1862, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana Regiment, and died at Indianapolis, from wounds received in the service. The mother survived him until 1864, her death occurring at Connersville, Indiana.

The subject of this sketch was reared iu Indiana, and educated in the schools of Fayette county, and also attended school at Valparaiso, Indiana, from 1878 until 1880. After leaving college he was engaged as a bookkeeper for Richmond & Hatclier, at Connersville, Indiana, and tive months afterward embarked in the laundry business. He subsequently removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, and thence to Dallas, Texas, where he now conducts the oldest laundry in the city. He gives employment to fifty men, and is also engaged in the manufacture of soap. The business was first started under the firm name of W. J. Logan & Company, later, about 1886, was changed to Brand & Logan, in 1887 to W. J. Logan & Brother, and in December, 1890, Mr. Logan purchased his brother's interest and established the Logan Manufacturing Company.

He was married in this city. May 27, 1885, to Minnie Sites, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of John J. and Mary Sites, natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Logan have three children, - Jessie Eugenia, John A. and Clarence Eugene. Mr. Logan is a member of the Republican party, is now serving his second term as Alderman of the First Ward, and has been represented in the City Council. Socially, he is a member of Dallas Lodge, No. 70, K. of P., of Dallas Division, No. 18, K. of P. Uniformed Rank, and is now Adjutant of the Third Texas Rank, is a member of Dallas Lodge, No. 44, 1. O. O. F., and also of the Knights of Honor.

fAMES ARBUCKLE, of the firm of Arbuckle & Sons, stock brokers of Dallas, was born Glasgow, Scotland, in 1840, the eldest of eleven children born to George and Margaret (Baird) Arbuckle, natives of Scotland. The father was a merchant in Glasgow, and lived in that country until his death in 1870; his wife died of diphtheria,

James, our subject, was reared and educated in the city of Glasgow, and graduated at the Andersonian University of that city. At the age of nineteen years he left home and came direct to New Orleans, in connection with a wholesale dry-goods house, arid became their adjuster for several years during the war, in Louisiana, Texas, and Indiana. During the war Mr. Arbuckle was also interested in vessels in Mexico, through Eagle Pass and Brownsville. In 1866 he established the first bank in Eastern Texas, at Jefferson, the head of navigation on the Red river, under the firm name of James Arbuckle & Co., and continued there until the railroad facilities established business elsewhere. He then engaged in the cotton exporting trade at Galveston, and in 1884 came to Dallas, where he engaged in importing Jersey and Ilolstein cattle, being the first to establish that business in northern Texas. While in that city Mr. Arbuckle was also engaged in the insurance, banking and stock brokerage business, and was the first projector of the State Fair, of which he was a director for three years. In 1889 Mr. Arbuckle bousrht 178 acres of land in this county, which he has since improved.

He was married in Houston, Texas, in 1880, to Mary Helen Castleton, a native of New York, but reared in Virginia. She was a daughter of Rev. Thomas and Maria (Rutland) Castleton, natives of Norwich, England, who emigrated to New York, and thence to Virginia. For many years the father was at the head of an institution of learning at Baton Rouge, and later was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Houston. He was lost at sea while on route from Galveston to

New York in 1865; the mother died some years previous in New York, and was buried at Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuckle have liad seven childreti, namely: George, now of St. Louis, was married to Marie Brancotiier, a member of an old French family of St. Louis; Maclyn, a leading member of the McLeon Prescott Dramatic Company; James, Jr., who is in business with his fatlier; Mary Clyde, attending the Episcopal College at Dallas; Alexander, also attending school; Andrew Egon, at home. Socially, Mr. Arbuckle is a member of the Masonic lodge at Jefferson, and both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

T. OVERAND, contractor and ])uilder, 204: Thomas avenue, has been foUow- '* ing his calling here since 1886, erecting most of the fine residences in the Nintli Ward and some in the Eighth, besides the Thomas building at the corner of Kemp street and Griffith avenue, the Thomas residence at the corner of Pearl street and Mc- Kinney avenue, the residence of S. A. Mahon on Mclvinney avenue, and the Worthington residence at the corner of McKinney avenue and Jjoal street. At present he is engageil in erecting three line brick residences in the Ninth Ward, to rent or sell.

He was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, in 180-4, the second of the three children of Wesley and Mary (Campbell) Overand, natives of Ireland who came to America in their young days and settled in Pennsylvania. Next they moved to Illinois, and finally to Dallas, and for two years attended the military institute at Bryant, this State. Then he learned tiie carpenter's trade, commencing with his brother, at the age of nineteen years.

He opened Overand's Addition to the city of Dallas, selling his first lot in 1887. Since that he has sold eighteen lots, and he has eighteen still left for sale, most of which have buildings upon tiieni: they are for rent also, until sold. These houses have all the modern improvements, - apparatus for gas, hot water, etc. He dug and equipped the first well in the Ninth Ward, which furnishes water for the neighbors. The only people there now are the families of Messrs. Bo wen, Thomas, Fletcher and Smith. Mr. Overand has been one of the busy and energetic men of the city, always taking an active interest in the public welfare and material advancement of Dallas.

December 25, 1887, he married Allie C. Bowen, a native of this county and a daughter of William and Mary Bowen, natives of Missouri, who came to this county in 1868. The mother died in Navarro county, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Overand have two children: Eddie and J. W.

^ANIEL C. LAN DESS. - This gentleman has been a resident of Texas since 1878. He landed in Dallas county, January 9, of that year, with a wagon and team and §10 in money. He at once rented a farm and commenced work, and from the first has been successful in his undertakings. He now owns a tine farm of about 400 acres, all well improved. His cozy and attractive residence has about it many features characteristic of the Northern home. All this ])roperty he has made since he came here, with the exception of fifty acres, which was a present to his wife from her father.

Landess, was a native of the same county, born in 1814. His mother, wliu before her marriage was Miss Racliel Michael, was born in 1818. In 1865 they moved to Illinois and settled in Pike county, where the father bought land and is still living. His wife died there in 1878, at the age of sixty years. To them were born ten children, and at this writing all are living except two. Their names are as follows: William, Levi, Nancy (wife of E. A. Colvin), Asenath, Daniel C, John H., Merica, Harvey, Samuel, Thompson, Amanda, wife of Eustace Cumby, and Martin.

Daniel C. was married, October 17, 1878, to Miss L. J. Potter, who was born December 12, 1857. For further mention of her family see the sketch of J. P. Potter, in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Landess have live children: Valtie, born October 2, 4880; Zula, February 23, 1882; Leslie, February 13, 1884; Alvia, February 16, 1886; and Dona, March 10, 1889.

LI. HAKRELL, architect and superintendent of public works and of I * the school buildings of the city of Dallas, was born in Warren county, Georgia, in 1846, the eldest of the eight children of J. W. B. and Mary (Hubert) Harrell, natives of Georgia. The Harrell family settled in North Carolina before the Revolutionary war, in which both the subject's grandfathers participated. His father, a farmer, came to Pittsburg, in what is now Camp county, Texas, in January, 1858, settling on a farm, when the country was so new that he had to go to Shreveport for supplies. In 1870 he removed to Bell county, this State, and followed farming there until his death, in April, 1881. His widow now resides with her children. Mr. Harrell, our subject, was about twelve years of age when the family came to this State, and he consequently obtained the most of his schoolinti at Pittsburg. In 1862 he enlisted, in Upshur county, Te.xas, in Company F, Fourteenth Texas Infantry, Walker's division, and was in the battle of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, forty days' fight at the Yellow bayou, Jenkins' ferry, Opelousas, etc. Then he was transferred to Company F, Second Texas, Partisan Rangers' Cavalry, and was engaged in many skirmishes and in the scouting service.

After the close of the warhei'eturned to Pittsburg and lived at home until 1870, meanwhile engaging in building and contracting. From 1870 to 1887 he was a resident of Bell county, Texas. He came to Dallas in February, 1887, and here he has erected the buildings of E. G. Knight, at the corner of Elm and Howard streets, Jones Bros, on Main street, D. N. Boren on Browder street, W. B. Gano and George Mellersh at Oak Lawn, R. D. Coughanour on Ross avenue, an addition to the Catholic convent, the first building in Oak Clift', the Tenth street station, and the first school building, a two-story f r*me. He is connected with Isaac Taylor & Co. on Main street. He is superintending the construction of school buildings for the seventh, eighth and tenth wards. They are builtof brick, contain eight rooms eacii and are equipped with all the modern improvements. Besides, he will superintend the building of the sehoolhouse for colored ihildren, the cost of which will be $2,500 each. Mr. Harrell has had charge of the cit}' works since July, 1890, and is also a member of the Board of Trade.

Louisiana, December 2, 1889, to Lucy A. Oliver, a native of Louisiana and a daughter of Theotrie and Lucj (Hollowaj') Oliver, natives of" South Carolina, wlio in 1850 emigrated to the above parish. Mr. Oliver, a planter, resided at his Louisiana home until his death. His widow resides with the subject of this sketch. Mr. Ilarrell has had eight children, of whom seven are living, namely: May L., Ella, Harmon, Anna, Willie, Belle and Pearl.

jARGARET S. SMITH, who resides in precinct No. 1, Dallas county, is the widow of Joseph L. Smith. His father, the Rev. James A. Smith, moved to Texas in 1847, coming from Tishomingo county, Mississippi, and settling in Dallas county, about eight miles north of this city. He was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, with four appointments in the county. He was accompanied to this State by his wife and three children: Wesley, Joseph L. and Robert. Wesley married Sarah Arm Wilbun, and they had eeven children, all of whom are now living. Joseph L. married the subject of this sketch in Dallas, in 1853, she being the daughter of the late John M. Daniel, of Tennessee, a sketch of whom will be found in this work. They had five cliildren, three now living, viz.: James A-, who married Mattie M. Laytou, of Dallas, and they had one daughter, Lillian: Fannie, who married H. 13. Johnston, of Dallas, and they have two children; Sophronia A., who married a Mr. Moore of Dallas; Robert Smith, the third son of Rev. James A. Smith, married a Miss Winn, of this city.

also for some years a Justice of the Peace-, and as sucii had the reputation of being a magistrate of rare judgment, whose decisions were relied upon as clear, equitable and just. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Colonel Stone's Regiment, with whom he served two years, taking part in the battle of Elkhorn, and was also in several engagements with hostile Indians in the territory. His regiment crossed the Mississippi and came under the command of Colonel Ross, being then mounted as cavalry. This command was engaged at Corinth, and in several other important battles. Mr. Smith returned homo on account of sickness, caused by privation and exposure, and after having recovered his health he joined Colonel Gurley's Command, Gano's Brigade, and served principally in Arkansas and Indian Territory. In this last command he formed and commanded Company I, and lield a commission as Captain when his command was mustered out. After the close of the war he returned home, where he died in 1867, at the age of thirty-five years. During the last two years of the war, while her husband was in the field, Mrs. Smith took a few negroes and settled on a farm live miles north of Dallas, where she was engaged in farming. She subsequently purchased a farm eight miles north of Dallas, consisting of 30C acres, wliich she has since divided among her children, but retains seventy acres for a homestead. Joseph L. Smith always took a lively interest in public affairs, and, though not a politician, he was active and alert in matters affecting the best interests of the county. He was a member of the Masonic order, being at the time of his death a Knight Templar, and his family are m'embers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

I<'riinl< Austin was the ^(^viMilh in the fauiily ami was rear(«l in i'hiladelphia, where he receiv(td his education in the common scIiooIn of that city. After linishine; his education he leai'ued the jeweler trade, which he worked at for Bomo bIx years in I'hila- (hdphia and IIkmi came to Wisconnin, in ISnC), and Hcttlod in liipon, wlnire he opeiusd a jewelry store. Here he reiriain("l for throe years and then riMiioved to Warsaw, MiBflouri, and opened a store there and also riimaiued there for three years. From there he went to Waukesha, Wisconsin, and opened a store which he ran until l.S7(), then came to Dallas, wduire he opened a store and has heon en - ^ao;ed hen; in tlu? jewelry business ever since, with buccobs.

Mr. Austin was elected Alderman of the city in IK72, but does not care for jiolitical iionors, business claims eugrossiiiii; his uttentioti.

Our subject was married, in 184-8, to Miss .lane Colson, dau(.(hter of David (!olson, of I'emherton, New .lerstiy, and she bore her husband thi-(>e children, nann^ly: D. (/., who is in t-hej(!welry business at Ohi Idress, Texas, marriiMl to a Miss ,1. T. Orr, of Dallas; Willi.'im V. and Martha .lane.

The mother di(Ml in 1^6-1, w^m\ tw(nityfour. She was a member of the I'aptist ('hiirch. Mr. Austin's second marriaf^e occurred fi'liruary If), 1850, and the lady of his (du)ice was M iss .Ian(! W. Wheeler, daughter of l'.(<njamin and I'eatrice Wheeh^r, of Northam|)tonshire, Kne;land, wiicre they w<ire miurieil, and where Mrs. Austin was horn. There were eij^ht children in her family, two of whom died in early childhood. Of the remainder, live are still livinj,'. Mr.

Wlieeler was a farmer wlio came to America witli Ih'h famil}', in ISU, si-tlliii^ in Waiikonlia, Wipcoiisin, on a farm and removed from tlicrc to Iowa, (iyin<r at Kdtiyvilie, Iowa, in 1874, after H residence of four years. His age was seventy-one, and both lie and liis wife were members of the Baptist Church. His wife survived him two years and tlien died at the same age as her lamented husband.

Mr. and Mrs. Austin have had five children, namely: Frank, died at the age of cij^hteen months, October 18, 1858; Ijenjaniin W., married Miss Fannie Swindells, daughter of the publisher of the Dallas Herald, at that time, resides at Oak Cliff and is bookkeeper at the Waters- I'ierce Oil Company, and Florence Marie is their only living child; Jacob H. and 8alina -land (twins): the former married Miss Ida L. Hickman, resident of Ilico, Texas, engaged in the jewelry business.

Mrs. Austin is a member of the Haptist Church of Dallas, and Mr. Austin is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a highly esteemed and valued citizen, who, with his wife, a very intelligent, Christian woman, are such peo|)le as give character to a community and (jf whom Dallas is proud. Tlieir i)lamelo88 lives and many sterling qualities of head and heart have endeared them to a host of friends, botli here and in other localities whore they have lived.

We clip the following from one of the leading papers of the day: "Said Major Henry Brown to Round About Town: ' Five years ago at a birthday dinner given by Henry Holl, a solemn league and covenant was formed by six friends present, which was that annually at the birthday of each they should all meet and t)reak bi-ead together in the bonds of personal friendship. Since then on«! of tlieir numl)cr, William Werden, died and was biirieij amid their tears. On tlu; second of this month the reunion was on P'raiik Austin's sixty-sixtii birthday, and all but .ludge Hurford were present. Mrs. Austin officiated at the dinner, assisted by her daughter-in-law, Fannie Swindells, now the wife of Mr. Benjamin Austin. To these old citizens, some of whom knew her parents before Fannie Swindells was born, it was a sweet souvenir. Each of the old friends, Frank Austin, Dr. A. A. Johnston, Ih^nry Boll, and by inference Nat. M. I'urfrjrd, left the scene a happier and bett(!r man.' " p,EUBEUT PRICE, Vice-President and ^ (leneral Manager of the Texas Mortgage and Agency Company, Dallas, Texas, is a man of marked business ability, wide awake to the interests of whatever enterprise with which he identifies himself. He was elected to his jiresent position .January 1, 18(J2, and with his characteristic push and energy is conducting the business of the company. The above company represents some of the strongest English and Scotch mortgage companies.

Mr. Price was born in Cheshire, England, October 10, 1804, being the youngcht hoii of John and Emily (Marsh) Price, natives of F^ngland. His father, a ship merchant, left Liverpool, bound for New York, about December, 1805, and as the vessid on which he sailed was never heard from or sighted after leaving Queenstown, it is supposed that he was lost with the balance of the crew and passengers. Mr. Price was at that time thirty-eight years of age. He and his family were memlters of the Established Church of England. At the time he was lost his wife was living at Soxithport, near Liverpool, and was left with three children, - John, Walter and Herbert. John, the eldest, died in England in 1874, aged twenty-oue years. Walter, still a resident of his native country, is junior partner of the firm of Montgomery, Jones & Co., of Liverpool, importers of all kinds of grain, shipping from all countries, principally India and South America.

Herbert Price was educated at the Tatten Hall School, England, completing liis studies there in 1877. Then as one of the agents of Messrs. Perry, Berry & Co., esparto merchants of Liverpool, he went to Africa and thence to Spain, returning to England after a three years' sojourn in those countries. Many features of this trip were not of the most pleasant nature. Until the Tunisian war opened between the Frencli and the Arabs he was stationed principally at Tunis, Sfax and Tripoli. Then he was recalled, as it was impossible to do further business. This was in 1879. From England Mr. Price came to America, landing in Canada. In Manitoba he was engaged in farming two years. At the expiration of that time he went to Winnipeg and joined the expedition of the Hudson Bay Company, and went to the Northwestern Territory and the Hudson bay. He subsequently returned to Winnipeg, and from there, in 1885, directed his course to New Orleans. We next find him in Abilene, Taylor county, Texas, where he was engaged in sheep- raising two years; thence to Jones county. In 1889 he came to Dallas, where he has since been with the Texas Mortgage and Agency Company.

Mr. Price was married September 17, 1890, to Miss Florence Flinn, daughter of Alfred Flinn, a ship-owner of Liverpool, England. They were married in that city, and came to America on their bridal tour.

For one of his age, Mr. Price has had an extensive traveling experience. Although comparatively a recent acquisition to Dallas, he has made many friends here, by all of whom he is held in high esteem.

Mr. Bond was born in Harrison county, Mississippi, in 1854, the third in a family of four children born to Rankin and Charity Josephine (Dale) Bond. His father was a native of Mississippi and a member of one of the prominent early families of the southern part of that State. He was a stock dealer and farmer. His death occurred in Pass Christian, Mississippi, in 1858, of yellow fever. The mother, a native of Georgia, is still living and resides with her son, S. D. Bond. Grandfather Bond was a distinguished politician in southern Mississippi, and served as a member of the Legislature.

The subject of our sketch was reared and educated in Pass Christian, Mississippi, coming direct from there to Dallas, Texas. For a few years he worked at the carpenter's trade, and then began taking contracts in connection with his building. Then for eight 01' ten years he was engaged iu the mercantile business on Main street. He built and sold a brick block on Mc Kinney avenue. He also erected a number of other buildings, and has been actively engaged in buying and selling property here.

political affairs of the county, voting with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Tannehill Lodge, No. 50, A. F. & A. M. He is a public-spirited man, and takes an active interest in any measure that has for its object the promotion of good.

:iLLIAM B. MILLER, a pioneer of |A" Dallas county, was born in Madison county, Kentucky, in 1807, the second of seven children born to John and Mary (Brown) Miller, natives of Kentucky. The father moved to Madison county, Alabama, in 1818, and opened up a farm, and his death occurred in that State in 1864; his wife survived him until after the war.

Mr. Miller, whose name introduces this brief sketch, was reared to farm life and educated in the public schools of Madison county, and also at the academy at lluntsville, Alabama. He subsequently rented land and engaged in farming, but in 1834 began merchandising at New Market, Alabama, which he followed two years, when, on account of the Henry Clay bankrupt law, he failed in business. He then moved to Tennessee and again engaged in farming for ten years, after which, in 1847, became to Dallas county, settling in Precinct No. 1. In 1856 he bought 562 acres of land where he now resides, but later sold seventy acres for $30 an acre, and afterward bought two acres back, giving therefor §12,500! and he still owns a a part of the original 562 acres.

For forty-tive years has Mr. Miller ranked as one of the foremost and most honorable citizens of Dallas county, a model farmer and raiser of fine stock and fruits, with eminent success; and now, at the advanced age of eight-five years, enjoys the esteem of the community as fully as any man living. Unpretentious, affable and accommodating, he is a model man and citizen. In politics he is a steadfast Democrat.

He was married in Madison county, Alabama, in 1828, to Elizabeth Waddy, a native of that State, whose ancestry on one side is traceable back to the Cherokee Indians, noblest speciuien of their race. By this marriage there was one child, - Charilaus, - who is married and resides in the Cherokee nation, in the Indian Territory. He was a gallant Colonel in the Confederate army from Texas, has seen much of the world, spent several years in California, and is a very popular man. He is familiarly denominated -' Crill." At present he is in very poor health. His mother died in Alabama in 1835, and in 1837 Mr. Miller, Sr., our subject, married Minerva Barnes, also a native of Madison county, Kentucky, and daughter of Jesse and Patsy (Ohlen) Barnes, also natives of Kentucky. In 1844 Mr. Barnes moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he subsequently died. This Mrs. Miller died in 1856, after having had five children: Alonzo, who died about 1855; Martha, wife of W. C. Leonard, of Kaufman county; Mary, wife of Mr. Guess; Elizabeth, now Mrs. John Edmonson; and Susan, now Mrs. Dr. Ewing of Dallas. Mr. Miller was again married, in Dallas, in 1860, to Mrs. Emma Miller, widow of Madison M. Miller, and daughter of Silas II. and Amy (Spencer) Dewey, natives of New York. The parents were married at Cooperstown, New York, and later emitrrated to Ohic , wliei-e the father engaged in farming. The grandmother Dewey, previously Miss Hyde, was a granddaughter of Lord Chancellor Hyde. The maternal grandfather, a AVescott, was of Indian origin, and grandfather Eliphalet Dewey participated in the Revolutionary war. Silas fl. Dewey came to Walker county, Texas, in 1855, and his death occurred near Bloomfield, Missouri, in 1863; his wife died in Grayson county, Texas, in 1884.

D. D. S., was born in the State of Arkansas in September, 1853, and is a son of J. M. and Lucy J. (Greer) Barham, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively. The father emigrated to Arkansas in early days, and was one of the pioneers of that State. He was killed in the late war. The mother was born and reared in Nashville, Tennessee, and now resides in Arkansas. They had born to them eight children, the Doctor being the lifth-born. He passed his youth in liis native State, and attended the common schools. He acquired a good education, and began life as a teacher, following this profession for two years. In 1878 he took np the study of dentistry, which he pursued at Vanderbilt University, Nasliviile, Tennessee. He was graduated in the spring of 1885, taking the degree of D. D. S. He went to Hope, Arkansas, and there established himself in a paying practice. In 1886 he came to Texas, and located at Terrell, where he remained one year, coming at the end of that time to Dallas. He is a member of the Texas State Dental Association, and has won an enviable standing in professional circles. He is a careful operator, and is well posted on all the improved methods of treatment.

member of Amity Lodge, No. 108, Knights of Pythias. He is a man of honor and integrity, and is entirely worthy of the esteem in which he is held.

JI^SILLIAM L. WHITE, deceased, for ^0;lM1| many years a "prominent business I'-^^fc^ man of Lancaster, and at his death proljably the wealthiest man in the southern part of Dallas county, was born in White county, Tennessee, November 15, 1824, a son of Woodson P. and Nancy White, and a brother of Francis M. White, a sketch of whom appears in this work and contains their family biography.

William L. was reared in White county, Tennessee. When about thirteen years old he commenced clerking in his father's store of general merchandise in Sparta and continned in that business until his father's death. He afterward went into the mercantile business with his uncle, J. G. Mitchell, at the same place.

In about 1846 he was elected clerk of the branch bank of the Tennessee Bank, located at Sparta, in which capacity he remained about six years. During this time he lived miles in the country, riding horseback each day over rough, mountainous roads, braving all kinds of weather, promptly and faithfully filling his position at the bank, also superintending his farm work at home.

In the spring of 1854 he made his first visit to Texas, remained about three weeks, returned to Tennessee and brought his family to Texas the following October, bought and improved a 640-acre tract, now owned by J. P. Apperson. After coming to this county Mr. White was for a number of years engaged in the stock business, buying and selling horses and innles, in which he made considerable money. In 1800 he removed to Lancaster, where, in the fall of that year, he opened a dry-goods store and was so engaged dnring the war. In 1865 his brother-in-law, John T. Ellis, hecame a partner, but later Mr. White sold his interest to his brother, Francis M. White. During the war he was also engaged in the milling business, operating^ what was then known as the Keller mill, at Lancaster, which was then the only mill at that place, and during that time he was also Postmaster. After selling his interest in the dry-goods business Mr. White began liamlling cattle, and was actively engaged at that for a number of years, buying in western and central Texas and shipping or driving to Junction City and Abilene, Kansas. New Orleans and Shreve port, Louisiana, and other places. When the cattle business went down he be^an handling cotton, and was also interested in farming. Having considerable money of his own and business connections with parties East, he was engaged in the brokerage business, in which he made a great deal of money, and in fact was successful in everything he undertook and at his death left a large estate. He was a man of clear head, good foresight and great adaptability, and was the financier of Lancasr ter and vicinity for many years. He died at Nashville, Tennessee, May 28, 1881, while there for treatment under the celebrated Dr. Briggs, and was buried at the cemetery at Lancaster. Mr. White was always interested in the welfare of the community in which he resided, and tpok a leading part in every public enterprise. Five years before his death he made a bright profession of faith in Christ.

Turney, a prominent and at that day a wellknown lawyer of Sparta, Tennessee. This lady accompanied her husband to Te.xas, and died a few months later near Wiliner, in the southern part of the county. She had two children, viz: Woodson P., who is now a citizen of this county, and Sophronia, who died young.

Six years after the death of his first wife, Mr. White was married, April 17, 1860, to Louisa F., the youngest child of Thomas M. and Mary Ellis, whose sketch appears in this work. To tiiis union were born seven children, as follows: Addie H., the wife of Samuel L. Randlett, of Lancaster; Minnie E. ; Willicim L.; Hallie E.; Karl L.; Lula Pearl and Byrd E., twins. The children still reside with their mother. Mrs. White is a member of the Baptist Church and gives of her means to that and other worthy causes. She has acted as guardian for the six youngest children, developing a wonderful business woman and a devoted mother, as best she could tilling her own and that of her deceased husband.

HOMAS BEGGS, of the firm of Watson & Beggs, contractors and builders, can>e to Dallas in 1885, and were employed by C. A. Gill, general contractor, and formed their partnership in 1888. They have built many fine residences in Dallas and Oak Clift", as those of J. S. Armstrong, S. E. Wilson, Messrs. Zang and Rich, of Chestnut Hill, Pearce and Cooper, etc., - buildings costing from $3,000 upward, besides many cottages of $1,500 to $2,000, - and the First Baptist Church of Dallas (all the wood and iron work). During the last year (1890) the firm employed thirty-tive men four months,

Mr. Beggs was born in Ireland in 1862, the son of William and Mary (Beggs) Beggs, natives also of Ireland. His father died in his native country, and his mother now resides in Dallas. Mr. J>eggs learned his trade in Belfast, Ireland. In July, 1882, he landed at New York, and soon after went to Pittsburg and St. Louis, and finally came to Dallas, as already stated. He was married here in September, 1887, to Frederica A. Lawther, a native of New Orleans, and a daughter of Colonel R. Lawther, who now resides in Dallas. They have one child, by name Robert William. Tiiey are meiribers of the Second Presbyterian Church of Dallas, On national matters Mr. Beggs is a Democrat.

fUDGE ARTHUR THOMAS WATTS is one of the public-spirited and enterprising citizens of Dallas, and one of the leading members of the Dallas bar. Of his life and ancestry we present the following facts :

Judge Arthur Thomas Watts was born in Covington county, Mississippi, August 31, 1837. His parents, William and Patience (Lott) Watts, both natives of Georgia, were born near Milledgeville. His father went with his parents to Mississippi about 1810, at which time the Lott family also settled there. Thomas Watts, the Judge's grandfather, served in both the Revolution and in the war of 1812, being nineteen years of age when he took part in the first war. He died in Smith county, Texas, in 1856, at the age of about ninety-four years. His grandfather, Arthur Lott, also served through the Revolutionary war. In 1810 he started to Mississippi from Georgia, in company with a number of families, and was shot from his horse and killed by Indians in Alabama. Several others of the party were wounded at the same time. His widow with her children went on their sad journey to Mississippi, and in due time the large familj spread out over western Mississippi and Texas.

William Watts, the Judge's father, conducted farming operations on a moderate scale, working about thirty hands. He was a good business man, quiet and unassuming in manner, and in every way a worthy and highly respected citizen. He sold his interests in Mississippi, came to Texas, and settled on a farm in Harrison county in 1841. He died there in 1844. For a numlier of years he was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a man of earnest devotion and great usefulness. His widow is still living, an honored and highly esteemed pioneer of Polk county, Texas. She is an earnest Christian woman, and since her girlhood days has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is now eighty-five years of age. Of her eight children, five are still living.

The subject of our sketch received his education at Zion Seminary, Mississippi. After completing his course there, he began the study of law under the direction of John E. McNair, Circuit Judge of that district. His marked success and high standing in the legal profession show the wisdom of his choice for a life work. He was admitted to the bar at Livingston, Polk county, Texas, in 1859, and at once began practice in partnersliip with Judge Crosson, now of Balllnger, Texas. This partnership continued a year. Mr. Watts then went to Mississippi on business, and while he was there the war opened. He enlisted on the first of

August, 1861, as a private soldier in Company A, Sixteenth Mississippi Kegiinent, and served through the war in the Army of Northern Virginia, being first under "Stonewall " Jackson, then under Longstreet, and latterly in A. P. IlilPs corps. During the war he received several slight wounds, at one time being disabled for about twenty days, but on the whole he stood the service well.

The war over, he came to Livingston and began anew the practice of law. In 1872 he was elected to a seat in the lower house of the State Leaislature, and served in the session of 1873. lie was instrumental in the passage of an election law, and also in securing a compromise with the Texas & Pacific Railroad for a bond grant of $6,000,- 000, besides rendering other efficient services. January 1, 1874, he moved to Weatherford, Te.xas, and with Mr. Lanham, now a Congressman, practiced law there until 1878. In October of that year he settled in Dallas. Here he conducted a successful practice until December, 1880. At that time he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Appeals for the State of Texas, receiving his appointment from Governor Roberts, and in that capacity he served till October, 1885, since which time he has been in the practice of his profession. The work of the Commissioners of Appeals, with which he was connected, will be found in the Texas Reports, volumes lifty-four to sixty-four inclusive.

Judge Watts was married in June, 1869, to Miss Mary Victery, daughter of John Victory, of Polk county, Texas. Her father, a farmer by occupation, has been dead for a number of years. Mrs. Watts died Octol)er 7, 1890, aged forty years. She was an Episcopalian and a most estimable woman, loved by all who knew her. She left four children, viz.: Ella, a former student of Dr. Wheat's school, Winchester, Virginia; Samuel, a stenographer and typist in his father's othce, reading law at intervals; and Arthur and Rosa, attending school.

ILLIAM J. OWEN was born near the city of Rochester, New York, and inherited from his father the genius of handling stock. He was educated in the high school of Rochester and in that State learned the trade of a butcher, mastering all its details - -practical and theoretical - with great aptness. After some years spent in business on his own account he removed to Hot Springs, Arkansas, then to Waco, Texas, and finally drifted to Dallas in 1883, and at once began l)usiness at his present location on Elm street, his establishment being in a very flourishing condition, owing to his upright and honorable business methods. Although he began in a modest way his business has increased very rapidly, and at his market the largest business in the city is done. Two thousand beeves are disposed of each year and other meats in proportion. He is one of the orijanizers of the Texas Butchers and Drovers' Association and is vice-president of the National Association and president of the local branch. He is an enthusiastic and influential member and attends all the national associations. He also belongs to the order of Red Men and the Fat Men's Association. His present position is due to his own industry and integrity and he is probably one of the most universally popular men among all classes in the city

He is kind-hearted and generous, and his purse has been many times opened to the calls of suffering humanity. He has built him a cozy home on Oak street and lives in a manner becoming liis position and intiuence.

V. COLE, a retired farmer of Dallas county, was born near Fay- etteville, Washington county, Arkansas, January 2, 1837, the tenth child of John and Polly (McDonald) Cole, natives of Virginia. The father moved to Tennessee in an early day, where he opened up a farm, and later removed to Arkansas, and in 1843 to Dallas county, spending many years of his life on the frontier. He took up a claim of 640 acres in Precinct No. 1, where his death occurred in 1850, and his wife's death occurred there also, in 1869. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life and was educated in the subscription schools of the county and also attended the Hudson Academy, near Dallas. He came to this county at the age of six years, and, after reaching manhood, commenced farming and stock-raising. In 1862 he enlisted in Scott's Battalion, which was attached to Darnell's regiment, and was couiined mostly in Arkansas. He was discharged in the latter part of 1862, after which he returned to Dallas and engaged in farming. Mr. Cole has since added to his original purchase, one and a-half miles from Dallas, until now he owns 300 acres, ail of which is well improved. He also owns a tine residence and six acres in the city. Mr. Cole affiliates with the Democratic ^^'^^''^y' ^"^ i" 1873 was elected County Treasurer serving tliree terms.

and 1884 served one year as County Commissioner of Precinct No. 1. He is a nieml)er of the School Board from the Ninth Ward, and was active in securing the erection of a fine school building, costing $20,000. Socially, Mr. Cole is a member of Tannehill Lodge, No. 52, A. F. & A. M., at Dallas, and religiously both he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

He was married in this county, in 1862, to Margaret Preston, a native of Tennessee, and daughter of George and Anna (Roddy) Preston, natives of Virginia. The parents moved to Tennessee in an early day, thence to Cass county, Missouri, and thence to Dallas county, where the lather died in 1868, and the mother a short time previous. Mr. and Mrs. Cole have four children: Georgie, now Mrs. John F. Irwin, of Dallas; Edwin L., reporter for the Herald, of Dallas; Birdie May, at home, and Marshall v., also at home.

A. POYNOR, City Engineer, was born in 1854, in Tennessee, and spent ® his youth in that State. He pursued a course of study at the Nashville University, with the specialty of civil engineering, and graduated in 1874. The next year he came to Texas and was employed as civil engineer on the Texas Pacific railroad for a number of years, in addition to general work at his profession throughout the State. In 1890 he was called by the city of Dallas to the office of city engineer, and he entered at once upon the discharge of his duties. His fitness for the place is amply tested by the excellent condition of all the public works under his control, - waterworks, sewers, streets, etc. He employs twelve men, skilled and efficient.

The mother of our subject, Mrs. Charlotte T. (Stephens) Poynor, has been a resident of Dallassince 1874, coming here from Williamson county, Tennessee. She is now in her eighty-second year, and has powers both of body and mind quite well preserved for that advanced age. Her children are: J. W., re siding in the Pan Handle of this State; Dr. J. S., of Williamson county, Texas; A. M., residing near Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas; and D. A., whose name heads this brief sketch. The entire family are members of the Christian Church.

?AMES M. BRITAIN, a farmer and stockraiser of Dallas county, Texas, dates his birth in Henry county, Missouri, November 21, 1841. He is the second son and third child of Joseph and Sena (White) Britain, and when seven years of age came with them to Dallas county, Texas, where he was reared on a farm and educated in the subscription schools of that day. At the age of fourteen he engaged in freighting with oX teams, hauling from ports on the river and lumber from the pine woods. This occupation he followed till the breaking out of the late war, when he enlisted, January 1, 1862, in Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry, and was in active duty in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama,' Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri, participating in all the battles with his regiment and suffering the many hardships incident to a soldier's life. While they were on the retreat from Corinth he was taken prisoner and confined ten days. He served till the close of the war, after which he returned to Dallas county and again engaged in freighting, driving horses and continuing the business successfully for five years.

Mr. Britain was married February 9, 1870, to Miss E. H. Gray, a native of Virginia and daughter of William and Betsey (Alderson) Gray. Her fatnily came to Texas in 1860; her father was killed during the war and her mother resides with her children. Soon after his marriage Mr. Britain bought 160 acres of land and engaged in farming, which, with stock-raising, has since claimed his attention. He now has 327 acres of line land, under a high state of cultivation, and is raising corn, cotton and oats.

Mr. and Mrs. Britain are the parents of nine children: Otis D. E. married Kate T. Wright, of this county; PVeddie J., Eldon W., Oscar R., Claud, Elizabeth, Morris A. Addie and Blake B. Politically, Mr. Britain is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. They have been particularly fortunate in the enjoyment of good health. Only on two occasions have they required the services of a physician in their family on account of sickness.

I^ENRY MOULARD, a carpenter and builder of Dallas, was born in the Department of Loier et Cher, France, in 1862, the sixth of the seven children of August and Ann (David) Moulard, natives also of France. The father, a carpenter by trade, died in France, in 1882, aged sixty-three years; and the mother died in Dallas, October 11, 1891, aged sixty-nine years, a believer in the Catholic faith, as are also the family still. Their children are: Eugene, who resides in Orleans, France, married to Josephine Forgeat; Camile, who died in Or- leaus, France, at the age of twenty-three years, unmarried: he served a year in the French army; Henry, the subject of tliis sketch; Jule J., unmarried, a resident of Dallas since 1871, and a successful carpenter, having been an employe of the firm of Murpliy & Bolas for the past seven years; and Anna, the wife of J. F. Martine of Dallas: she died in 1877, at the age of twentythree years.

Mr. Moulard, our subject, was brought to the United States in 1871, by his parents, with three brothers and a sister, arriving at Dallas December 24. He has a brother unmarried, living here in Dallas, Jule J. by name. Henry began learning his trade in 1876, in Dallas, and completed it in Orleans, France, spending two and a half years there, where they both, Henry and Jule J., completed their trade. Not witiistanding he has suffered many privations and encountered many obstacles, he has been an industrious laborer ever since he was eleven years of age, and his present prosperity is proof of his wisdom. He has taken great interest in the material welfare of the city of Dallas and has seen many changes in its phenomenal growth.

QAKNETT GIBBS, attorney at law and capitalist, Dallas, was born in Yazoo, Mississippi, a son of Q. D. Gibbs, - French and Irish on the paternal side: his father was also a lawyer. His paternal grandfather, General George W. Gibbs, was a well known lawyer and politician in the early days of Tennessee. For a time he was Attorney General of the State. Mr. Gibbs, our subject, completed his school days at Cumberland University, and in 1873 settled in Dallas, for the practice of law, and since then he has also taken an active part in politics. Was City Attorney six years, from 1876 to 1882; State Senator from 1882 to 1884, from the district composed of Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwell counties, and after serving two years was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas. His popularity is shown by the fact that he ran far ahead of his ticket. For a time he was acting Governor. Since the close of his official career, he has been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession and in looking after his large landed interests in Texas and New Mexico. He is a leading Odd Fellow, in which order he was once the youngest Grand Master the State ever had; and he is also a Knight of Pythias. It is probably as a public speaker that he is best known His services on the rostrum are in constant demand, whether there is a campaign on hand or not. His views on prohibition and finance are clear and sound. Probably no man in the State has had more to do with molding public sentiment than he. In addressing his fellow citizens his chief delight is to find them cool and calm, so that they will follow I'eason only.

Mr. Gibbs has erected many buildings and spent much money in improving the city of Dallas. He has also a large farm in this county, and is developing Arkansas Pass, on the coast.

Quesney Dibrelle Gibbs, the father of the subject of the foregoing sketch, was a native of Tennessee, who became a leading lawyer in Mississippi, to which State he moved in the '30s, and finally died in the Confederate service, in which he was Captain, in the Thirtieth Mississippi Regiment. He had held the office of Judge of Probate, although he never took kindly to politics. He married Miss Sallie Dorsey, a native of Kentucky and a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal

He was married in 1876, to Miss Sallie llaynes, the daughter and only child of J. W. llaynes, a merchant. Siie was educated in New York and Virginia, and is a lady of rare culture. They have two sons and one daughter: Sallie IJayues, Wildy and Barney, Jr. The wife's parents, John W. and Maria J. (Phunraer) llaynes. came to Texas early in the '50s, perhaps in 1851. Mr. llaynes was a leading citizen in McKinney, and later in Dallas, where he died in 1873. Mrs. Hayneg was a native of West Virginia, and died in 1888.

l?]V. J. A. HARTNETT, Rector of St. Patrick's Church, Dallas, is a native of Erin's Isle, county of Limerick, Ireland, and a son of Daniel T. and Ilanora (Donuugh) Ilartnett. The father died in Weatherford, Parker county, Texas, in July, 1890, aged seventy years, and the mother now resides at the homestead in that county, aged sixtyeight years. They were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom are still living: Thomas D., a railroad contractor through Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, and is now in Indiana on a contract for a railroad leading from Chicago East; Michael D., a hardware and farm implement merchant of Graceville, Minnesota; Cornelius D.,a wholesale grocer of Weatherford, being the senior member of the firm of C. D. ilartnett & Co.; Bridget, wife of Charles Nolan, a farmer of Ankeny, Iowa; Margaret, wife of John Ilartnett, a railroad C(jntractor and farmer near Weatherford; Augustine, an Ursuline nun of Dallas, and known as Madam St. Mary Augustine; J. A., our subject; and Daniel D., a retail grocer of Weatherford.

Our subject's father's half-brother, John F. Meagher, is ex-Governor of Minnesota. Daniel T. Ilartnett was a man highly respected for his honesty and industry, ant! his children grew to mature years under the best parental influence, as is evinced by the business tact and high standing of each. They are all persons of prominence in their line, and are respected by a large circle of acquaintances.

The subject of this sketch came to America with his parents in 1863, and to Texas in 1871. He was educated at St. Mary's College, of St. Mary's Kansas, and his theological studies were pursued at St. Mary's Seminary, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained July 5, 1891, and first served as assistant at the Pro-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, located at the corner of Bryant and Ervay streets, Dallas. Two months later he was appointed to his present position, which he has tilled successfully and satisfactorily. His congregation is increasing rapidly, and in fact, has almost doubled since his pastorata began. Since early life Father Hartnett has taken kindly to theology, his reading and studies l)eing directed chiefly to his present work, and his habits and customs being in strict keeping with his high calling. He is a worthy man, an esteemed citizen, and is endowed with both vigor and public spirit.

Born in New Orleans, he spent his boyhood days and learned the trade of copper, tin and sheet-iron worker there. After working in different cities of the country for sometime, be settled in Dallas in 1882. In 1888 he and his brother, J. E. Burke, established business for themselves, since which time they have been having a thriving trade and employing constantly eight or ten men, tlieir work extending to various towns in the northern part of this State.

Mr. Burke's father, H. D. Burke, was a native of Ireland, was married at Independence, Louisiana, to Miss Mary Taggart, also a native of Ireland, was a grocer for tliirtyfive years in New Orleans, before and during the war had charge of Rowell, Sons & Wadleigh's Southern Car Works, was a member of the Catholic Church, an honest and honorable man, and died June 30, 1886, at the age of sixty-six years. His widow is still living, at Houston, Texas, now aged dfty-eight years. Of their eight children five are living, namely: J. E. ; W. D., the subject of this brief notice: Agnes, wife of Frank Alcala; Margaret M , unmarried and living with her mother; and Henry D. ; the others died in early childhood. J. E. married Mary Meninger and their children are: Mamie, Lena Bell, Irene and John E. Mr. J. E. Burke is foreman on the Houston & Texas Central steam shovel, which position he has held for eleven years, being an excellent workman. Agnes has one child, John E., and she and her family live at Houston.

W. U. Burke married, in Dallas, in 1886, Miss Angelica Vilbig, daughter of John C. and Barbara Vilbig, natives of Germany and married in Wisconsin. Mr. Vilbig was a shoemaker, and later a farmer; he died in 1880, a Catholic, aged forty-eight years, and his wife is still living, in Dallas. Their children are: August, who married Kate Cramer, resides in Dallas and has one child, Anna; Sophie, who is the wife of E. A. Lott, resides in Dallas and has Teresa, Alfred, John,

Mr. Burke's children are William H. and Eleanor Irene. He is a thorougiigoing, earnest business man, and an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. Socially, he is a member of the Dallas Lodge, No. 70, K. of P.

ETH SLOCUM, plaster contractor at Dallas, ^tlie oldest contractor in his line of the city, - was born in Harrison county. West Virginia, in 1839, the thirdborn of the thirteen children of Elias and Maria (Pitcher) Slocum. His father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Connecticut. The grandfather, Slocum, a native of New Jersey, settled in Virginia. Elias Slocum, a farmer, died in Virginia, about 1878, at the age of sixty-five years. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and of good reputation and extensive influence. At one time he was president of the agricultural society of Clarksburg, West Virginia. His widow died in the spring of 1892, at the age of about seventy-five years. She had been totally blind for about twelve years before her death, having lost her sight from catarrh. She was a good Christian woman.

Mr. Slocum, our subject, was raised on a farm in Virginia. In 1863 he enlisted in Company D, Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry, and served therein until the close of the war, being engaged in the battles of Droop Mountain, Virginia, Fisher's Hill, Champion Hill, Shenandoah Valley, etc. Two horses were killed under him. At Droop Mountain be was wounded. After the war he went to Ohio, and learned his trade at Parkersburg,

West Virginia, and in Ohio. In 1872 he came to Dallas, 6ettling near where he now re- Bides, and engaged in his trade, in Dallas and siirrouiidiiig towns. Some of the principal contracts he has made and tilled are those for the building of the North Texas National Bank, Middleton Bros.', Central Bank, Barnett C. Gibbs' building, the St. George building, the greatest portion of the Grand Windsor, the new Eighth and Seventh Ward school buildings. Exchange Bank, etc. He generally has about eight skilled men in his employ, and twelve laborers. The Acme Cement Plaster is superior, as it gives a very hard finish. One hundred and onehalf tons of Acme plastering was used in the building of the new courthouse. Mr. Slocum was the contractor for the plasterincp of the new courthouse of Dallas and did a most excellent job, costing over $8,000. His bid was accepted over all others, even while bidding the highest, although plenty low enough. This speaks well of the confidence of the community in him as a finished and thorough workman in his line.

[AVID MACKAY, M. D., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 26, 1832, a son of David and Agnes (Cruikshanks) Mackay, natives of the same country. The father was a manufacturer and with his wife came to America in 1870, settling with his son in Louisiana, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying in May, 1872. There were seven children in this family, two of whom survive, - a sister living in Scotland and the subject of this notice.

then went as assistant surgeon on one of " Her Majesty's" war-ships, and witnessed many of the engagements of the Crimean war. Upon the cessation of hostilities in that quarter he returned to Scotland, and in 1857 emigrated to America. In 1861 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Uygeio-Therapeutic College of New York.

At the beginning of the Civil war he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry (Highlanders), as Surgeon, and served at Vicksburg, Knoxville, etc., and in the Army of the Potomac under General Burnside. He was field surgeon in many of the most noted battles of the war, servinar faithfully until the close of the national contest, being honorably discharged at Brownsville Texas, in November, 1865.

Engaging next in his practice in the city of New Orleans, he was soon appointed Surgeon of the Marine Hospital, and was City Physician of New Orleans for three years, the trying duties of which position he discharged satisfactorily to the public, and with credit to himself. Soon after his removal to Texas he was appointed Supervisor of the free schools of Dallas and sixteen other counties, comprising the Fifth Educational District, thus -establishing the first free schools in these counties. The present excellent public-school system is the outgrowth of the efforts of the Doctor at that early day. He met with marked success in his professional work in this county, and he has wou a wide and lasting reputation as a skillful practitioner. He has inherited many of the sterling straits characteristic of tlie Scotch nation, and he is well known as a fearless advocate of his principles. Under I'resident Harrison he was ajipointed a member of the Hoard of Pension Examiners, - an office which his experience on the battle-iields fitted him to till with much more than ordinary ability. The Doctor was united in marriage to Sarah Weir, also a native of Glasgow, whose parents were natives of Scotland; she was their only child. She died in New Orleans, of yellow fever, in 1867, while the Doctor was Surgeon in charge of the Marine hospital there. He was married a second time, in 1870, to Maggie McDonald, of New Or leans, Louisiana, also of Scotch birth and parentage, of Dundee. She has always been an active member in high standing of the Women's Relief Corps, G. A. R., Department of Texas. The Doctor and his wife have had two sons: David, who was born December 14, 1871 and Alexander, July 22, 1875, both in Dallas, Texas.

Politically the Doctor is a pronounced Republican, but a free-trader. He is an enthusiastic member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has occupied high official positions in tbat body. He is a decided vegetarian, a system of dietetics he has practiced since boyhood.

W. HUNT. - Among the brightest young business men of Dallas, Texas, is J. W. Hunt, who was born in the city of Salina, Alabama, November 13, 1863. He was the younger in the family of two children born to William J. and Mary J. (Smith) Hunt, both natives of Alabama. The father was a blacksmith by trade and was well and favorably known in the city where he lived. His death occurred in 1865 and soon afterward the mother and family moved to Monroe county, Mississippi, where the former now resides. She is the wife of William T. Isbell, a native of Mississippi, and the fruits of the second union were four children:

Priestley, Charlie, Nettie and Emma. J. W. Hunt was reared on a plantation in Mississippi, received his education in the common schools, was united in marriage to Quilla Judon, the only child born to Newton and Amarilla (Miles) Judon, the father a native of North Carolina. Mr. Judon died in the army and his widow afterward married C. M. Jones, a native of South Carolina and a prominent citizen of his county.

In 1883 Mr. Hunt and family moved to Texas and located in Dallas November 20, of that year. He rented a farm near the city and tilled the soil for two years, after which he accepted a position with the Spillraan Bros, on their dairy farm, and continued with them three years. After this he embarked in business for himself, starting a dairy of his own, and keeping two milk wagons on the road. He continued business alone for a year and then took a partner to whom he sold his interest some time afterward. He then engaged in his present business and is very popular in trade circles for his integrity, justly meriting the large measure of success achieved by industry and uprightness.

To his marriage has been born two children: Amanda Lou, whose birth occurred August 10, 1889, and Minnie Lee, who was born December 11, 1891. Mr. Hunt is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas Lodge No. 70, and in politics he is Democrat.

kHILIP LINDSLEY comes of distinguished lineage, both social and literary. His descent is directly traceable, through nine generations, to Colonel Francis Liudsley, who left England in 1680, on account of religious persecution, emigrating to America and settling in New Jersey. His grandfather,

Philip Lindsley, LL. D., D. D., was one of tlie most philosophical and accomplished minds of this country, and one of the leading spirits of his time. So says the eminent Dr. Leroy J. Ilalsey, now of the McCormick Theological Institute, of Chicago, in his preface to "Tiie Life and Writings of Philip Lindsley, Theological, Educational and Miscellaneous:" 3 volumes. Here will be found the richest treasures of thought, concentrated into a single discourse. A man of impetuous and imperious energy, his sermons, lectures, and orations, wielded a vast influence for good throughout the whole country. His great life work was as President of the University of Nashville, Tennessee, for which undeveloped field of labor, (and that he might develope it), he left the Presidency of Princeton College, New Jersey. Indeed, he was elected to, and declined, the presidency of more American colleges than any other man of his age.

The father of the subject of our sketch, Dr. N. Lawrence Lindsley, an educator and scholar of national reputation, added lustre to tlie literary life of Tennessee, and was a man of singular beauty of character, blended with ability and erudition rarely equaled. He had in preparation, but which his death left undone, a noble work, such, indeed, under the same name and of similar scope, as the dictionary recently published by the Century Company. After helping largely to build upCumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, while professor of Ancient and Modern Languages, and of Mathematics, he founded, at his own elegant residence, near by, a school for young ladies, the Greenwood Seminary, which became known as one of the foremost schools of the South. After his death, his accomplished widow, Mrs. Julia M. Lindsley, carried it on with signal ability and success. This lady's excellence of mind and heart won the strong alfection of pupil and friend. Her father, Moses Stevens, was an eminent educator at Nasliville, Tennessee. So that Mr. Lindsley comes of an educated race, and a family of educators, whose students are now scattered over Texas and the Southwest, filling posts of honor and usefulness.

The subject of this sketch was born in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1872 he was President of the City Council of Nashville, and at the same time was a member of the Tennessee Legislature, from theoldllermitagedistrict. His wife, Mrs. Louise D. Lindsley, is a danghterof the late Chancellor, Henry Dickinson, of Columbus, Mississippi. Their children are Henry D., now in business with his father; Annie Louise; McGavock; and twin daughters, Julia and Kate. On her mother's side, Mrs. Lindsley is a great-granddaughter of Felix Grundy, the invincible advocate and lawyer, and Attorney General of the United States, whose wonderful achievements at the bar, will always live in American traditions. Her maternal grandfather was Jacob Mc- Gavock, who moved to Tennessee from Wytheville, Virginia, where his immediate relatives of the same name still live. His name was a synonyme in Nashville, for more than fifty years, for all that was good and noble. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley, of Dallas, are thus directly descended from the noblest families of tlie land.

Mr. Lindsley removed to Dallas in 1875, and for twelve years after settling here, he WHS engaged in a large and successful law practice. He has numbered among his clients, three Dallas banks, the Pacific Express Company, Wells, Fargo & Company's Express, Bradstreet Company, and leading banks and mercantile firms of the East and West, in their Texas business. He found time, in the midst of these multifarious duties, to write some able legal papers, the publication of which attracted much attention and commendation from the bar of Texas. Some years ago, he retired from the active practice of the law, since which he has established a lucrative business, as an investment banker, with which is connected an admirably conducted real-estate department, the latter of which is under the charge of his son and brother.

By impartial critics, Mr. Lindsley is pronounced a writer of rare wit, and of the choicest diction. Some of his writings, published in the R(nind Table and Dallas News, have been widely coj^ied by the press of the country. He has also written some little poems, which editors of noted journals have commended as gems of beauty. He has found recognition in leading periodicals of the East, where his productions appear bv the side of those of the world's greatest writers. Successful and conservative in business, both in his own matters, and in those entrusted to him, possessed of a beautiful home and a happy family, Mr. Lindsley enjoys life, and the fruits of his earlier labors.

lAPTAIN THOMAS FLYNN, a farmer and stock-raiser of Precinct No. 1, Dallas county, was born in Ireland in 1833, a son of Patrick and Margaret (Flynn) Flynn, also natives of Ireland. The father came to America in 1887, but was never heard from after reaching New York; the mother died about 1881. Thomas was reared to farm life, and at the age of eighteen he joined the British army, serving five years. He was at the siege of Sebastopol, and served in all the attacks before that city. At the close of the Crimean war, in 1856, Mr. Flynn left England and came direct to New York city, and then ce to Loudoun county, Virginia, where he remained two years. In 1858 he came by water to Jefferson county, Texas, thence by ox teams to Hopkins county, where he engaged in brick making. In 1860 he sold out and came to Dallas city, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick. At the breaking out of the war in 1861, Mr. Flynn helped to raise Company A, Thirty-iirst Texas Cavalry, known as T. C. Hawpe's Regiment, of which he was elected First Lieutenant, and later Captain. He was in the battle of Spring Creek, Missouri, was taken prisoner at Neosho, Missouri, was confined at Springfield, same State, then at McDowell's College, next at Alton, Illinois, thence to Camp Chase, Ohio; was exchanged to City Point, Virginia, and later engaged with the same company and regiment. He was in the Red River expedition against Banks. At the close of the war he was at the mouth of Oyster creek, Texas.

After the war Mr. Flynn was engaged in the manufacture of brick until 1875, when he moved to his farm of 810 acres, about eight miles from the city of Dallas, where has a good brick residence and other buildings. He also bought 140 acres of the old Moneyham homestead, owning in all about 500 acres. Mr. Flynn held the office of City Marshal of Dallas in 1872-'73, has taken an active interest in the Democratic party, and socially is a member of James G. Smith Lodge A., F. & A. M. He was married in Dallas, in 1873, to Jimmie Coleman, a native of Todd county, Kentucky, and daughter of Mr. Coleman, an early settler of Tarrant county. Mr. Flynn lost his excellent wife in 1874, and May 16, 1877, in Dallas county, he married Eliza J.

Terry, a native of South Carolina. She was the fourth in a family of nine children horn to Ashury and Winnie (Graydon) Terry, natives of Greenville, Lawrencedistrict, South Carolina. They were married in their native State and in 1841 the father started for Texas hut did not arrive there. His death occurred in Mississippi, in 1850. The mother came to Dallas county in 1871, and her death occurred in 1889 in West Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn liave one child, Jaines T.

W. A BRIGHT, of the firm of Sonnetield, Emmins & Abright, contractors V and builders, Dallas, came to this city in 1883, engaging in his present business. Tlie present partnership was formed August 14, 1891. Mr. Abright has erected the Gould building and a line residence on the Corner of Koss avenue and Harwood street, the Dargan btiilding on Commerce street, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger depot, the Frank Hanim building on Elm street, the Dallas City Water Works, the residence of J. B. Simpson on Maple avenue, and many other fine buildings of lesser note, and a bank in Waxahachie; and since the partnership was formed the tirra has erected the Dallas county jail, the Bowie county courthouse and jail at Boston, Texas, and inside finish of Dallas county courthouse.

Mr. Abright was born in the city of New Orleans in 1858, the only child of R. W. and Elizabeth (Murphy) Abright, lather a native of Ohio and mother of Ogdensburg, New York. His fatlier went to New Orleans when a young man, was a joiner and builder, and ilied there, in 1858, of yellow fever. The subject's mother came to Dallas in 1884 and resides now on Pacific avenue, the wife of

D. F. Buckmaster. When grown up Mr. Aliright went to Shreveport to learn his trade. His first contract was for the New York Lumber Company at Alexandria, Louisiana, putting up their mills, etc., which structures cost about half a million dollars. After that he came to Dallas, and has since taken an active interest in the welfare of the city. On State and national questions he votes with the Democratic party.

He was married in Shreveport, in 1880, to Anna Davies, a native of New Orleans, and daughter of Reese and Mary (Williams) Davies, natives of Wales, who emigrated to the Crescent City before the war. Mr. Davies was foreman in a dry-goods store. He moved to Shreveport in 1869. The mother died in Shreveport in 1873 and the father in New Orleans in 1879. After his marriage Mr. Abright settled in Shreveport. He has had five children: Mary E., Anna M.. Isabelle, Robert W. and Arthur Re3se.

AM H. DIXON, Inspector of Te.xas State Penitentiaries, was born in Hays county, Texas, Ausust 4, 1860, son of Dr. Shadrick and Ju<lith (Covington) Dixon. Dr. Shiidrick Dixon was engaged in agricultural pursuits in connection with his professional work, and was a prominent nun in his day. He was a member of the State Legislature of Alabama, in 1840 and 1841, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of that State, of 1841, he and e.x-Governor O. M. Roberts serving in the Legislature together, the latter in the Senate and the former i n the lower house. He was an officer in the Indian wars, ami was one of the commissioners who removed the Indians west of the Mississippi. He came to Texas in 1853, spent the residue of his life here, and died at the advanced age of eighty-five years. He was born in North Carolina, February 29, 1800, and died Febrnary 14, 1885. He was a member of the Baptist Chui'ch and of tlie Masonic fraternity, and was held in the highest respect by all who knew him, his word being his bond and his name a synonym for honest and square dealing. His wife was born in 1813 and is still living, an honored resident of the old homestead in Hays county, a devoted Christian and a Toeinber of the Ba])tist Church. She is the mother of sixteen children, ten of whom are living. One son, Benjamin F , is an eminent divine in the Baptist Church, stationed at Gonzales, Te.xas. Another son. Dr. W. C. Dixon, is a prominent physician of this State. During the late war he served with distinction as a surgeon in Lee's army. Sam H. Dixon i-eceived his education at Baylor University, graduating with the class of 1878, Dr. William Gary Crane, one of the most eminent educators of the South, being president of the University at that time. The four years following his graduation he was engaged in teaching, and while thus employed won the respect and esteem of both the pupils and patrons. After that he was eueacred on the Galveston JVews. Next he secured a position as clerk in one of the departments at Austin, and was subsequently elected journal clerk of the Twentieth Legislature. He was then appointed by Hon. L. L. Foster, commissioner of agriculture, insurance, statistics and history, as Chief Clerk of the Agricultural Department, which position he held two years. At that time he was elected by the Board of Directors of the Farmers' State Alliance as editor of their State organ, The Southern Mercury., and continued in the editorial chair until January, 1891, when he was elected Chi»'f