A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 107

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Publication date: 1893
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USA > Texas > Henderson County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107
USA > Texas > Freestone County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107
USA > Texas > Leon County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107
USA > Texas > Anderson County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107
USA > Texas > Limestone County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107
USA > Texas > Navarro County > A memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties, Texas from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospects; also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens > Part 107


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A. CRAWFORD, of Limestone county, is a son of James J. Craw- ford, who was born near the mouth of the Big Blue, in what was then the Ter- ritory of Arkansas, December 31, 1821. His father, Robert Crawford, was born in Virginia. In 1843 James J. married Sarah F. Gillum, who was born in Tennessee, January 14, 1824, a daughter of Thomas Gillum, of Johnson county, Arkansas. In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Crawford settled in Fannin county, Texas, in which and in Tar-


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rant, Wise, Hunt, Ellis, Limestone, Jack and Concho counties, the father spent the remainder of his life, dying at Point Rock, in the last named county, June 21, 1890. His wife died in Erath county, April 17, 1883. Mr. Crawford spent almost his en- tire life on the frontier, and was an lion- ored, grey-haired witness of old days and deeds. He came to this State before the advent of the railroads or telegraph lines, had many skirmishes and personal encoun- ters with the Indians, and, were liis life history known, much could be learned of those olden days,- the glory and sorrow of every Texas heart. He lived to see the mighty empire called Texas grow from an Indian hunting-ground to a proud and beautiful land. In early life he was en- gaged in the mercantile business, but later in stock-raising. Mr. Crawford was a Ma- son for many years, and was a zealous mem- ber of the Christian Church. He was the father of nine children, as follows: Celia E., born June 8, 1845, married Wallace Davis, and resides in Erath county, this State; Sarah L., born October 6, 1846, is the wife of M. S. Stout, of Concho county; Gustavus Adolphus, our subject; Robert T., born January 27, 1851, died October 13, 1852; William W., born September 21, 1853, resides in Jack connty, Texas; John H., born June 28, 1855, resides in Waco; Mary L., born September 8, 1857; James L., December 10, 1862; and A. Guy, December 9, 1865. The last three reside at Point Rock, Concho county, Texas.


The third of these children, and the subject of this sketch, was born October 13, 1848, in Fannin county, this State, and


was reared mainly in Ellis county. He settled ou the place where he now lives in Limestone county, in 1876, was engaged in the stock business in the Pan Handle tive years, but has regarded this county as his home since settling here. He owns a sınall farm of ninety-five acres, fifty acres of which is under a fine state of cultivation. For the last twelve or fifteen years Mr. Crawford has given his attention wholly to agricultural pursuits, but formerly followed the cattle business.


He was married in Ellis county, Texas, December 14, 1871, to Fannie A. Wiggins, who was born in Mississippi, a daughter of Theophilus Wiggins. She died August 22, 1879, leaving the following children: James W., born October 9, 1872: Guy Thomas, February 4, 1874; Ida May, Sep- tember 21, 1875; and Robert A., May 19, 1877. Mr. Crawford was married a second time, October 28, 1883, to Cornelia A. Harper, who was born in Murray county, Georgia, June 15, 1859, a dangliter of Thomas J. and Nancy J. Harper, both of whom were born in Tennessee, and came to Texas in 1859, locating in McLennan county. The mother died there June 25, 1891, and there the father still resides. They were the parents of eight children, viz .: Mary Ann, wife of D. Barnes; Rosa Jane, wife of G. B. Barren; Cornelia A., now Mrs. Crawford; Josie, wife of John Crawford; William M .; Helen Elizabeth, wife of Charles Yowell; John M .; and Sarah H., wife of Henry Davis. The chil- dren all reside in McLennan county, ex- cept Mrs. Crawford. Our subject and wife have had five children: Fay A., born July 29, 1884; Gustavus, December 23, 1885;


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Sarah Effie, September 1, 1887; Eva Ethel, July 7, 1889; and Edgar Jefferson, De- cember 19, 1890.


Mrs. Crawford is a member of the Pres- byterian Church, of which her mother was also a member.


H. VICKERS, real-estate, loan and collecting agent, of Mexia, Lime- stone county, is a son of Berry A. and Marrella (Ransom) Vickers. The fa- ther was a native of Georgia, was a carpen- ter by occupation, and died in the Confed- erate army in 1863, aged thirty-five years. He was a member of the Ninth Georgia regulars, and died of small-pox. The mother, also a native of Georgia, died in Freestone county, this State, in 1882, aged forty-five years. They were the parents of six children, four daughters and two sons, four of whom lived to years of matur- ity: J. H., Susan, William D., and Eliza.


J. H. Vickers was born in Troup county, Georgia, April 12, 1848, and was reared in that county. In 1863 he entered the Con- federate army, in a company of Home Guards, and was in active service until the close of the war. He then lived in Geor- gia until 1869, in that year moved to Ala- bama, and in December, 1871, to Freestone county, Texas. He had then only $1.40 in money, and went to work by the day at whatever he could find to do, and as soon as able sent for his mother and two sisters, his little brother having accompanied him. In 1882 he moved to Mexia, and became a clerk in a mercantile house, was then in the employ of the Grange store, with H. M.


Munger in the lumber business, and with Smith, Ross & Kennedy, general mer- chants. In 1890 Mr. Vickers began the real-estate, loan, insurance and abstract business. He is one of the leading public- spirited citizens of Mexia, and takes an ac- tive part in everything looking to the im- provement of his town. He owns a farm in the western part of the county, consist- ing of 600 acres of fine black land. So- cially, he is a Mason, belonging to the blue lodge and the chapter; is also a member of the Knights of Honor, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and religiously is a member of the Methodist Church.


Mr. Vickers was married in Bullock county, Alabama, June 28, 1870, to Lu- cinda J. Rutland, a native of that county, and a daughter of S. J. Rutland. Mrs. Vickers died in 1887, and in 1889 our sub- ject married Mrs. A. C. Walker, widow of Sanders Walker, a pioneer citizen of Lime- stone county. By his former marriage Mr. Vickers had the following children: Everett, John H., Benjamin, Carrie, Lilla D. and Joseph.


LVIN MOORE, a prominent and much esteemed citizen of Oakwood , Leon county, Texas, was born in Ala- bama, July 18, 1839, of German descent.


R. S. Moore, his father, was born in North Carolina, December 28, 1815, son of John and Polly (Mathews) Moore, both natives of North Carolina. John Moore was a son of John Moore, Sr., a Revolu- tionary soldier and also a native of North Carolina. R. S. Moore was the third born


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in a family of five children. IIe had two brothers who came to Texas. One died, and the other, Allen Moore, is a resident of Leon county. Until he reached his twentieth year, R. S. Moore's life was spent on a farm in his native State. Then he went to Alabama, where he was married, in 1838, and where he resided, engaged in farming for several years. He subse- quently removed to Arkansas, and in 1863 came to Texas, locating in Leon connty, where he has since resided. Here he was variously employed, chiefly at freighting, until 1870, when he bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He af- terward bought another farm, and still owns them both. He has a five-acre tract of land in Oakwood, where he has a com- fortable home, and where he is now living, retired from active business. Mr. Moore has his second wife. His first wife was Mariah Robinson, daughter of Henry Rob- inson, of South Carolina. She died in Ala- bama. They had twelve children, namely: Alvin, whose name heads this article; Elizabeth, who has been twice married, her first husband, John Harlo, dying in the army at Little Rock, and her present husband being D. Holly; John H., who died at Little Rock while in the Confed- erate service; William, who served in the army and died since; Azeltim, wife of Mart Pruitt, resides in the West; Cyn- thia is the wife of John Post, a farmer in Leon county; Parnetta, wife of James Post, lives in the West; James S., a partner of his brother Alvin, at Oakwood; Jasper, of Leon county; Ilenry and John, both engaged in farming in this county; and Minnie, wife of Frank Baggett. The moth-


er of these children died May 24, 1872. In September, 1875, Mr. Moore married Mrs. Mary J. Bell, daughter of W. Yarbro, a native of Sonth Carolina. Her father came to Texas at an early day and settled on a farm in this connty, where he spent the residne of his life, and where he died about 1880. Mr. Moore votes the Demo- cratic ticket bnt takes little interest in political matters. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as also was his first companion.


Alvin Moore was about five years old when he went with his father to Arkansas. He was reared on a farm there and was ed- ucated in the common schools, remaining at home until the opening of the late war. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Confed- erate service, becoming Second Lieutenant of Company C, Ninth Arkansas Infantry. Three weeks later he was ordered to Mem- phis, Tennessee, from there to Columbus, and then to Bowling Green. On the march he was taken violently sick and for a time was left behind. Joining his command at Murfreesborough, he went with it to Corinth, and was all through the campaign at Vicksburg. At Tupelo he was again taken sick, and this time he resigned his commission and returned home. He had an uncle moving to Texas about this time, and concluded to come with him, which lie did. This was in 1862. Hle then came to the locality in which he now lives, remain- ing here until May of the following year, when he was employed to freight cotton to Mexico, and after going past La Grange, the company that employed him sold out. Then he returned and was engaged with a company, gathering tithing cotton for the


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Government, and hauling the same to Parker's Bluff. In the fall of 1863 he joined the Twelfth Texas Cavalry, hunting deserters. through the winter, and the fol- lowing spring joining Parsons' brigade at Mansfield; was on skirmish duty to the Yellow Bayou, and took part in the fight there, after which he was with the forces that went back up the Red river. Here- mained in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas until the war closed, being at Little Rock at the time of the surrender. From there he returned home.


In the meantime, in 1863, as already stated, his father had settled in Texas, and, coming here, he remained under the parental roof until 1868, when he was mar- ried. In 1866 he rented land and culti- vated a crop, and in 1867 he bought 375 acres. Soon afterward he added 100 acres to it, and later bought another farm of 250 acres. Until recently he lived on a twen- ty-acre tract near town. He now has all three of these places rented. In August, 1890, he bought an interest with his brother in the general merchandise busi- ness at Oakwood, and under the firm name of J. S. Moore & Co. has since been doing an extensive business, dealing in general merchandise and buying and selling cotton and produce. In June, 1892, he rented the hotel at Oakwood, to which he moved and which he has since conducted. He also runs a livery business. Indeed, he is one of the most enterprising business men of the village.


Mr. Moore married in 1868, Miss Celia A. R. Hattly, daughter of James and Nancy Hattly, of Alabama. Her parents came to Texas in 1856, first settling in Bell


county, and two years later coming to Leon county. Her father died here in February, 1892, and her mother, still living at the old homestead, is now sixty-eight years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have no chil- dren. They are members of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, and in politics he affiliates with the Democratic party.


G. RUCKER, County Judge of Limestone county, is one of the rising young men of the State. His path has not been strewn with roses, but on the contrary it was filled with boulders difficult to remove. But his pluck and perseverance hurled them aside, and his education is now finished, his profes- sional career begun, and the responsibilities of one of the important offices of the county resting upon him. Mr. Rucker was born in Robertson county, May 17, 1861, a son of John Rucker, a native of Virginia. The latter received only a limited education, was a farmer by occupation, a gallant Con- federate soldier, a man with no political aspirations, but a stanch Democrat and supporter of the claims of his friends. He died from wounds received by an acci- dental discharge of a gun in 1865. He was married in Tennessee, to Martha Ann, a daughter of Samnel Vest, who came to Texas in 1849, settling near Bonham. Mr. and Mrs. Rucker were the parents of five children, four now living: Lura, wife of J. M. Archer; Hamilton ; J. C., of Dublin, Erath county; and W. G. His mother married a second time in 1867, Mr. B. D. Smith, who treated the subject of this


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sketch kindly in his early training and always set him a good example in morals and industry, and Mr. Rucker speaks of him now as a kind and loving parent.


To his mother's untiring care through lis afflictions in boyhood he attributes whatever of success he has had or may have in life. She still lives, a source of pleasure to him and those who know her best.


Up to the age of nineteen years the sub- ject of this notice did not receive even what might be styled a common-school education, but at that age he formed a resolution to educate himself. His means were always limited, and he was forced to interrupt his studies frequently to procure the funds necessary to meet the next year's expenses. At only one time did he receive assistance from his people, and this only for one year. He spent three months with a gentleman in Robertson county, initia- tory to the line of work mapped out. In 1879 he secured five months' schooling, and to get the means for his next term he farmed and hauled cordwood on the Inter- national & Great Northern Railroad. Mr. Rucker then induced his people to move with him to Thornton, Texas, where he spent two years quite profitably under Prof. Chambers. This enabled him to re- ceive a first-grade certificate on examina- tion, and the following summer he taught a four months' term, receiving $60 a montli, and later a salary of $76 a month. The school closed in the middle of August, and he then took an agency for Alexander Stephens' History of the United States, a work on penmanship, but continued this business only a few months, again took up


teaching, and later, having been a sufferer from a chronic sore on his ankle for a long time, caused by an injury in youth, he went to Hot Springs, Arkansas. He re- turned somewhat improved, but with fin- ances about exhausted, and he was then engaged as assistant teacher by Prof. Cham- bers. Before the beginning of the term he spent a few weeks at the State Univer- sity at Austin. The larger portion of the following two years was spent with Prof. Chambers, saving sufficient means to take him through the Law Department at Austin. In 1885 Mr. Rucker assisted in the organ- ization of the first mess club in the univer- sity, and after entering the school made rapid and noticeable progress. In April, 1886, a $40 gold medal was offered as a prize for the best original oration, and onr subject won the medal, the subject of his production being " The Life and Public Acts of Colonel Ashbel Smith," who was one of the Board of Regents of the Univer- sity at the time of his death. Mr. Rucker graduated in the Law Department with the degree of B. P. in 1887, and located for practice in Groesbeck. September 15, of the same year, he formed a partnership with W. T. Jackson, and his first case was the State vs. Wesley Callahan, a negro. Dur- ing the warm canvass of the county upon the question of the removal of the court- house, Mr. Rucker championed the cause of Groesbeck and made many friends. In 1890 he became a candidate for the office of County Judge, defeating Captain Gib- son, of Mexia, and at the general election secured the next highest vote, the Sheriff leading him by four. When the decision of the commissioners was made as to the


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kind of structure that should be erected for a new courthouse, Judge Rucker favored and cast the deciding vote for a fire-proof building.


In 1886 he married Agnes, a daughter of Judge Calvert, of Robertson county. He was a pioneer farmer, and held the offices of County Judge, Sheriff and County Treasurer. Judge and Mrs. Rucker have had three children, two now living: Duncan and Nellie. The family are members of the Christian Church. Judge Rucker is ex-offico Superintendent of Schools, and keeps up a warm interest in teachers' meet- ings and summer normals. For the inter- est manifested in the course of education, the teachers of his county presented him a gold-headed cane in May, 1892. He is in every sense a progressive man.


R. HAL C. MCKINNEY, a repre- sentative citizen of Navarro county, is a son of R. R. Mckinney, who was born in Kentucky in 1810. He afterward removed to Fayetteville, Tennessee, where he was a practicing physician until the time of his death, in 1876. He graduated in the medical school at Lexington, Kentucky, was considered the leading physician in his county, was a Democrat in his poli- tical views, was a member of the Masonic order and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of Dr. Charles and Polly (Russell) Mckinney, natives of Ken- tucky. The father served in the war of 1812, and was a wealthy and successful practitioner. The branch of the Mckinney family of which our subject is a member


are descendants of the latter's great-grand- father, who came to America and settled in Kentucky in an early day. R. R. McKin- ley married Elizabeth Jane Crutchfield, who was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Richard and Ann (Wheeler) Crutchfield, natives of Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The father was prominent in the politics of Kentucky, and at one time served as the Secretary of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Kinney were married in 1831, and were the parents of nine children, viz .: Joel, a grain and produce dealer of Fort Smith, Ar- kansas; Cordelia, widow of R. A. Mc- Donald, formerly a broker and farmer of Fayetteville, Tennessee; Jolın V., a farmer near that city; Charles D., deceased; Hal C., whose name heads this sketch; Elvira of Tennessee; Robert, deceased, was as- sistant superintendent of the Southern Express Co .; Jennie, wife of A. S. Thomas, a banker of Tennessee; and Kate, wife of J. K. Williams, a Inmber merchant of Fayetteville, Tennessee.


Hal C. Mckinney was born in Ten- nessee in 1848, and remained with his parents until 1866, during which time he was educated at Wilton College, Fayette- ville, Tennessee. A short time before com- pleting his course at that college he began the study of medicine under his father, and in the fall of 1866 took a course of lectures at the Kentucky School of Medi- cine, at Louisville, after which he engaged in the drug business at Selma, Alabama. In the fall of 1868 he returned to Louis- ville, graduated in 1869, began practice at Lincoln county, was at Wadeville, Texas, two years, and in 1882 came to Kerens, where he has since been engaged in med-


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ical practice. Dr. Mckinney began life for hinself at the age of eighteen years, paid for his own medical course, and has never received any assistance since. While he has not been ambitious to acquire a for- tune, he has succeeded in gaining what is more endearing, the reputation of being a success in his profession, and a good sub- stantial citizen.


He was married in 1871, to Henriette Sawyers, a native of Tennessee, and a daughter of G. W. and Rebecca (Cun- ningham) Sawyers, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Mckinney have had six children: Lizzie, a teacher by occupation; . George, a drug clerk of Mr. Washburn; and Pearl, Arthur, Ernest and Orris, at home.


ENRY BASSETT, deceased .- While the gentleman who is our subject was not a pioneer of Limestone county, he was one of its most substantial and progressive citizens. His mother was a cousin of General Putnam, and both his parents were natives of Connecticut. There were three brothers of the Bassett family, who came to America in Colonial times, and settled in Connecticut. Our subject was born in 1817, in New Haven, Con- necticut. At the age of eleven he was thrown on his own resources, his parents having a large family, with limited means. He first apprenticed himself to the car- penter trade, which he continued for three years, then removed to Buffalo, New York, where he pursued his trade for a number of years and became a large contractor. He


subsequently took large contracts in many of the first cities of the United States.


He sailed from New Orleans for Cuba, where he was employed as a bridge con- tractor, and from there he went to Lyun, Iowa, where he remained until 1860, when he removed to Montreal, Canada, and en- gaged in the banking business, and con- tinued in the same until 1865, when he returned to Bridgeport, Connecticut. After a residence of one year in that place he came to Texas and first settled in Grimes county. He then removed to Kosse, Lime- stone county, and from there to the place where he died and where his widow now lives, making the change in 1869.


Previous to his eleventh year, when only eight, he was employed in a cotton factory, for $1.50 per week; one half of this amount he paid to his father for board. After some years of hard work he accumulated $1,000, which he loaned to his employers and lost it all, but this did not discourage him, as he again began to accumulate more to use it for the benefit of his sister and mother. He and another sister, Cornelia, purchased a fine home for this mother and sister, and placed $5,000 to their credit.


Unlike many of the settlers of Texas, Mr. Bassett possessed some capital to begin on in the new land, as he had $7,000. At the time of his death he owned 1,700 acres of land, 1,000 of which was in a high state of cultivation. To this large farm his widow has added 300 acres, making in all, 2,000 acres.


In 1874 he was married to Hattie Pope, a native of Louisiana and daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Lee) Pope, the latter of


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whom was closely connected to the Lees of Virginia. Jacob Pope was an extensive planter of Mississippi.


Mr. and Mrs. Bassett had three children, namely: Jay C., Olen and Willie, all at home.


Our subject was a Democrat in politics and a member of the I. O. O. F. He was a good citizen and his deatlı was deeply lamented by all who knew him.


HOMAS B. POSEY, one of Lime- stone county's early settlers and highly respected citizens, is a son of Benjamin and Eliza (Barryhill) Posey. The father was born in Georgia in 1806, and came to Nacogdoches county, Texas, in 1847. He afterward removed to Lime- stone county, and thence to the Indian Territory, where he died in 1883. He was a farmer and stock-raiser all his life. He settled in what is now Chambers county, Alabama, when the Indians were still there, and was also an early pioneer of Texas. The mother of our subject was born in 1807 and died in 1881. The par- ents had a family of fourteen children, as follows: Sarah Ann, born May 10, 1825; Thomas B., September 14, 1826; Piety Jane, August 13, 1828; Benjamin Bell, December 9, 1829; John Deach, May 2, 1831; Martha Elmira, October 3, 1832; Narcissa, August 2, 1832; Uriah, Febru- ary 6, 1836; Nancy Green, Angust 29, 1837; Eli, March 20, 1839; Tinsley Eliz- abeth, January 31, 1841; James Marion, June 30, 1842; George Washington, Sep- tember 6, 1844; William Andrew, June 16, 1846; and Eliza Hulda, October 9, 1849.


Thomas B. Posey, the subject of this .notice, was born in Troup county, Geor- gia. When young he removed with his parents to Chambers county, Alabama, and accompanied them to Texas in 1847. In 1855 he came to Limestone county, and lived successively on the Navasota river, Cottonwood and Christmas creeks, and finally, . in 1869, located on Hornhill. Mr. Posey purchased 270 acres of land, paying $20 per acre, and engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising. He afterward added 200 acres to his original purchase, paying $18 per acre; and later 400 acres more, for which he paid $1 per acre. The latter is located about three miles west of his home farm. In 1876 Mr. Posey aban- doned the stock business, afterward divided his land among his children, and since that time has made his home with them, principally with his youngest son.


Our subject was married in Nacogdo- ches county, this State, October 11, 1849, to Hulda Hughes, who was born June 7, 1822. Mr. and Mrs. Posey have reared a family of seven children, as follows: Ben- jamin Franklin, born August 25, 1850, married Nora J. Burvis December 14, 1871, and died November 17, 1877; Rich- ard Thomas, born December 15, 1851, married Beatrice E. Waller September 24, 1874, and is now a prosperous farmer of Limestone county; William Uriah, born July 24, 1854, died before marriage; Eliza Elizabeth, born February 6, 1856, died at the age of eigliteen years; James Silas, born December 10, 1858, married Emily Hannah December 18, 1878, and resides in this county; Walter, born December 18, 1859, was married October 6, 1881, to




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