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 110

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Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co.
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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 110
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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 110
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 110

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The marriage of our subject took place in 1856, to Miss Josephine Reed, of Loui- siana, a daughter of Watt and Penelope (Black) Reed, of Missouri and of Arkan- sas, but Mr. Reed became a planter of Louisiana, and died in February, 1890. There were thirteen children born to this marriage, twelve of whom grew to ma- turity, and seven of whom still survive. The names of this family are as follows: Helen, deceased, wife of John Cornish; Jane, widow of William Smith; Robert, deceased; Mary, deceased, wife of Jolın Cole; Augustus, deceased; Josephine, wife of our subject; Watson, of Taylor county; John, of Limestone county; Sallie, wife of Lonis Brown; Mira, widow of Watt Tur- ner; Penelope, deceased; Jane, of Fisher county; and Zenobia, deceased. Mrs. Reed died in 1886.

To Mr. and Mrs. Smith six children have been born, namely: John H .; Ola, deceased, wife of H. W. Roe; Augusta L., wife of James Admondson; Jessie, Lela and Jasper, deceased.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The parents of Mr. Smith were John K. and Mary (Hite) Smith, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, who were married in Ken- tucky, removed from there to Alabama,

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thence to Arkansas, where the father en- gaged in farming, and died in 1844, his wife surviving him until 1881. The Smith family originated in Virginia, and the Hite family is one of the oldest names in the Old Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Sr., had twelve children, as follows: Henry; Samuel H .; Sarah J., deceased, wife of Martin Jones; Susan, wife of J. F. Burns; Elizabeth, deceased, wife of William Wat- son; Leonidas was killed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee; John W .; Frances M .; Gilbert L., deceased in the hospital during the war; Jasper died in prison, probably in Camp Donglas; Harriet, married; and James, deceased.

EV. JAMES H. BOUNDS, one of the early settlers of Limestone coun- ty, was born in North Carolina in 1823, a son of Thomas and Agnes (Cole) Bounds, natives also of North Carolina. The family came originally from England and settled in that State, but are now scattered through the Western States. The grandfather of our subject, Jesse Bounds, was a soldier in the war for independence, removed to Tennessee in 1826, ten years later to Pickens county, Alabama, in 1841 to Kemper county, Mississippi, and his death occurred in Rankin county, that State, in 1866, aged seventy-six years. His wife died in 1867, at the age of sixty- seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Bounds were the parents of eight children, viz .: James H., our subject; Jesse, deceased; Hulda J., widow of Rev. Elkins; T. D., of Wortham; Reuben, deceased; Peter M.,

of Wortham; Sinai, widow of Frank Looper; and William, deceased.

James H. Bounds received a limited education, and commenced life for himself at the age of twenty years, as a farm laborer. During the summer and fall months he worked in shops for ten years. In his fifteenth year he professed religion, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the age of twenty-seven years united with the Methodist Protestant Church. When thirty one years of age lie engaged as an itinerant minister, which he followed for thirty-seven years, and during that time preached for eleven years in various counties in Mississippi. In 1865 he came to Texas and located on the farm on which he now resides, consisting then of 478 acres, with a small log cabin, and ten acres improved, for which he paid $3.15 per acre. Mr. Bounds actively con- tinued his ministerial duties for twenty- five years after coming to this State, but for the last three years has accepted a State charge. He has given each of his children a farm, and still owns over 300 acres, 100 acres of which is under a fine state of cultivation, with splendid resi- dence, outbuildings, etc. He also has a fine drove of graded horses and cattle.

Mr. Bounds was married in 1843, to Margarett E. Woolf, a native of Alabama and a daughter of John and Mary (Ste- phens) Woolf, natives of South Carolina. To this union has been born twelve chil- dren, namely: T. A., whose sketch ap- pears in this work; J. E., of Navarro county; Martha J., widow of Jott Long- botham; J. V., of Wortham; Sarah A., widow of Rev. W. Andrews; Elisha L.,

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deceased; J. S., an attorney of Hillsboro; Mary M., wife of J. L. Lnndley; Hulda C., wife of V. E. Lee; Amanda, wife of John Mallord; Willis M., deceased; and T. W., a physician of Wortham. Mr. Bounds is one of the pioneer ministers of lis county, and but few in the Conference are as old in service as he.

ARKIN HILL, a resident of Dawson, Texas, is the gentleman of whom this sketch is written. He was born in Warren county, Tennessee, February 26, 1839, a son of John and Matilda (Killian) Hill, of English descent. By occupation Mr. Hill, Sr., was a farmer, but entered the Mexican war, where he was killed in the battle at Monterey. Our subject's mother died when he was young, and thus he was left an orphan. There were but two chil- dren in the family, of whom our subject was the oldest; his sister married Angustus Knox, and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mr. Hill was reared on a farm and his educational advantages were very limited. An uncle took care of him after the death of his parents, and he did not get much chance to go to school. However, he has improved every opportunity throughout life, and is a very intelligent man. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Sixth Alabama Regiment, and was sent to the Army of Virginia, and was under the command of Stonewall Jackson until the latter's sad death. He participated in the first battle at Bull Run, the fight at Seven Pines, the seven days' fight at Richmond, at Sharpsburg, and was captured there and

taken to Fort Delaware, where he was kept twenty-three days. Being exchanged, he returned to his command, and was at tlie battle of Fredericksburg, and at Chancel- lorsville, where Jackson was killed. He was at Gettysburg, at the Wilderness, Spott- sylvania, Cold Harbor, and from there to Lynchburg, on to Harper's Ferry, and into the District of Columbia, with the Early raid. There were skirmishes all along tlie way and on the return to the Shenandoah valley, and the men played see-saw with Sheridan all through the fall of 1864. Then the regiment went to Petersburg and was placed in the ditches when the final sur- render was made at Appomattox. Generals Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee were the last lines to cut through three lines deep, and our subject was in line with his regiment where they were held for final action, but was not permitted to make a move. His subsequent commander was I. F. Culver, and our subject, with Lieutenant Overdere, were the only two members of the original company left to stack arms at the surren- der. His only wound had been a very slight one, being made by a bullet along the side of his head.

In 1868 our subject came to Texas, set- tling in Dallas county, later removing to Na- varro county, where he now lives. He bought a tract of 100 acres of improved land, and lias since added to it, nntil he now has 420 acres, about 200 of which he has under cultivation. He rents his land, rais- ing cotton, corn and oats, makes all of his supplies, and raises some cattle. He aims to make the farm support itself.

Mr. Hill has been married twice, the first time to Mrs. Parnetta Fullerton, a

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daughter of Henry Hill, and the widow of William Fullerton. Mrs. Hill died in March, 1871. In January, 1872, Mr. Hill again married, this time Miss Sally J. Preddy, daughter of Richard Preddy, a na- tive of Mississippi, who came to Texas in 1854, and lived in Navarro county, but has since moved to Hill county. During the late war he was in the ranger force. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are the parents of seven children, as follows: Susie E., Richard H., Jimmy E., Ida J., Katie A., and two died while young. The birth of Mrs. Hill took place in 1854. Mr. Hill is a member of the Masonic blue lodge, and he affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Hill of the Presbyterian. They are excellent people, much respected in the community.

B ERRY V. SOWDERS is the son of Andrew J. Sowders, who was born in 1813 in Rock Castle county, Ken- tucky, taken from there to Indiana when a child. From thence he went into Tennes- see when a young man, and from there on into Texas in 1846. He first settled in Harrison county and then moved into Limestone county, Texas, in 1856, where he remained until he died in 1886. By occupation he was a farmer and miller, and in politics a Whig until later he became a Democrat. He was a good, Christian man, and a member of the Baptist Church.

The mother of our subject was Mary Jane Dearing, a native of Tennessee, where she married, and died in Harrison

county, Texas, October 22, 1855. She was the daughter of Berry Dearing and Nancy (Davis) Dearing, who were natives of North Carolina. The marriage of the parents of our subject took place in 1833, and they were parents of nine children, viz: Will- iam D., deceased, a mail contractor; Mary Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of R. W. Darden of Tennessee, a successful farmer; then came our subject; Sarah is the widow of James Peaks, a farmer and stock-raiser near Corpus Christi; John A. is a farmer and Baptist minister in Falls county; Elisha D. is a farmer and resides in Texas; David L. resides in Freestone county; Nancy Davis is the wife of I. N. Roak, a farmer and a stockman of Limestone county ; and Rebecca J. is the wife of Jaines Hamilton of Parker county, where he is a farmer.

The father of our subject was married a second time, to Margaret Erskine, a native of North Carolina, and four children have been born, all of whom are living, as follows: Robert, Thonias, Levi and Sa- muel J.

Our subject was born in Tennessee, in 1838, and was taken then to Harrison county, Texas, at the age of eight years, and remained with his parents until 1857. His life was spent upon the farm with the ex- ception of one year, which he employed in steamboating upon the Mississippi river, and thus had but poor educational advan- tages. After his marriage in 1860 lie con- tinued farming until the breaking out of the war, when lie enlisted in the army and served in the Confederate service in Com- pany I, Speight's regiment and the same year he was transferred to the heavy artil-

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lery, and remained at Galveston until he was discharged on account of bad health and a crippled leg, in 1864. He then re- turned to farm life upon a place which he now owns, and upon which he has lived ever since with the exception of two years, when he moved to Blue Ridge on account of the school advantages.

In 1860 our subject was married to Miss Mary E. Rodgers, native of Alabama, who had come from there with her parents. She is a daughter of Larkin and Mary (Aycock) Rodgers, natives of Alabama. Fourteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sowders as follows: Mattie, now the wife of James Loggins, a farmer of Limestone county; Eugenia, the wife of Frank Wright of Falls county; Lillie O. died at the age of eight; Jack H. and Vernon are at home; Berry is in Falls county ; Amarilla is the wife of C. L. Polk, of Limestone county; Mary E. is the wife of Henry Forsum, of Robertson county; Sallie A .; Maggie; the twins Mittie B. and Minnie Lee are at home: Taylor, de- ceased; and Clandius E.

Our subject began life for himself when nineteen years of age with no assistance, and has since received but $600, and he now has 382 acres of land, and has 180 under cultivation. Upon his land there are wells which are becoming famous on account of their medicinal properties, and are said to contain iron, magnesia, nitre, sulphur, lime, bismuth and borax. Many persons have been cured of chronic diseases of stomach, liver, kidneys, blood and bladder by the use of these waters. In his poli- tical views Mr. Sowders is a reformer. Mrs. Sowders is a member of the Cumberland

Presbyterian Church, but our subject has been for a number of years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been actively engaged in the local ministry of that church since 1876, and in 1882 lie was ordained Deacon. He is a mnan highly respected in the county.

F. PELLS, ex-postmaster of Palestine, Texas, now in the coal business, who is widely known as a man of sterling principles and superior ability, was born in Poughkeepsie. New York, in 1841. His parents were J. G. and Phœbe (Fleager) Pells, both natives of New York State, where the former was born in 1807. His father was an agriculturist, who, while ever- seeing his farm, also acted as Clerk of his county for twenty- five years, besides which he held other offices of profit and trust. He was born, reared and died on the same farm, and was a man of unblemished char- acter, noted alike for his many good quali- ties and his excellent business qualifica- tions. He died in 1871, aged sixty-four years, leaving many sincere friends to mourn his loss. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Peter Pells, came with four brothers from Holland to America in an early day, settling on the farm in New York State, which was in the possession of the family for more than half a century. The mother of the subject of this notice is still living, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and is an honored resident of Poughkeepsie, New York. This worthy couple had three children: J. F., whose name head this biography, who is

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the oldest; Mary C., second in order of birth, is the wife of A. W. Sleight, of Poughkeepsie, New York; and E. W., also a resident of Palestine, Texas.

The subject of this sketch was reared in the place of his birth, and received his education in the common schools of his vicinity. When a young man he engaged in the livery business in Brooklyn, New York, where he remained a year. From 1865 to 1868 he was engaged in the lum- ber business in Norfolk, Virginia. After this he was in the commission business in Baltimore, Maryland, for a year and a half. He then went to California, in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, where he constructed snow sheds. He afterward conducted a store for a year, furnishing supplies to the railroad and others in his vicinity. From California he went to South America, and for some time was engaged in mining for gold in the United States of Colombia, where he inet with very good success. In 1870 he came to Texas, settling first in Groesbeck, Lime- stone county, where he was Postmaster for eight months. He was then mail agent on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad for eight months, afterward coming to Dallas, where, in 1871, he became Postmaster and express agent, acting as Postmaster for fourteen years, until April, 1886, serving thirteeth monthis under Cleveland. He was express agent for ten years. He afterward became ticket agent for the In- ternational & Great Northern Railroad at Palestine, in which capacity he served for four years. In 1890 he acted as superin- tendent of the census, doing good work, and closing up his business to the satisfac-

tion of the Government and of himself. He has since then been engaged in the coal and insurance business. He has been an officer of two of the building and loan associations of Palestine, for which he did efficient service. He was one of the Elect- ors of the Republican ticket from the Second Congressional District, and takes an active interest in politics. He acted as Deputy United States Marshal from 1871 to 1878, winning golden opinions for the energy and impartiality with which he executed his duties.

Mr. Pells was married July 15, 1875, to Samantha Ray, a lady of domestic tastes and accomplishments, who was born and reared near Findlay, Ohio. Her mother's maiden name was Routzen; the family is one of the most prominent and well con- nected in the Buckeye State. Mrs. Pells was the second of four children. Jolin C. Ray was the oldest, and now resides in Tam- pico, Mexico. He has been for many years an agent for the Mexican National Rail- way, and resided for several years in the city of Mexico. Jessie, the third, is the wife of Hiram Wilhelm. Mr. and Mrs. Pells have two children: Josepli R., a stu- dent at Fort Defiance, Virginia; and Phœbe L., a pupil in the public schools of Pales- tine. Both young people are bright and promising, and are naturally the pride of their parent's hearts.

Socially, Mr. Pells is a member of the Chosen Friends, and he also belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Honor.

Of wide experience, secured by extended travel and association with men of various nationalities, Mr. Pells is a most interest- ing companion. In the various walks in

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life he has laways been characterized by the strictest honesty and the utmost fidelity to trusts. As a Postmaster he is probably withont an equal in the State for efficiency and despatch. He is enterpising and pub- lic-spirited, and has materially contributed to the welfare and progress of Palestine.

L. McDONALD, a merchant and stock-raiser of Mexia, was born and reared in Coosa county, Ala- bama. He emigrated to this State in 1869, at the age of nineteen years. His father, Daniel McDonald, was born in South Caro- lina in 1811; was a farmer by occupation ; was a pioneer settler of Alabama, and his death occurred there. The original an- cestor of that name was from Scotland, and probably came to America before the Revolution. Daniel McDonald was united in marriage with Mary Logan, and they had children, seven now living. The · mother died in 1875. After locating in Freestone county the family had very little means, and tilled and rented land until 1880.

In that year D. L., our subject, came over the line to Limestone county, and pur- chased a tract of 460 acres, 200 acres of which is under a good state of cultivation. Althongh Mr. McDonald secured very lit- tle education, he is endowed with good business sagacity, and his plans have in the main worked out admirably, his in- vestments seldom reversing him financially. Of late years he has handled cattle ex- tensively, feeding and shipping, and if he continues to meet with the same good for- tune, his pecuniary standing will be at the

lead of the procession. In June, 1891, Mr. McDonald engaged in the retail gro- cery business in Mexia, succeeding Reuben Long, and has a fine trade.

Hle was united in marriage, in 1880, with Miss Carrie, a daughter of Richard Burnett, who came from Mississippi to Texas in 1870. To this union has been born the following children: Barney, Ona, Ena, Talmage and an infant. Mr. McDon- ald is a member of the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church, of which he was a Ruling Elder.

EFFERSON S. BLANKINSHIP, a prominent farmer of Freestone county, Texas, was born in Fayette county, Alabama, October, 1852. His parents, W. J. and Mary (Taylor) Blankinship, were natives of Alabama and Tennessee, re- spectively. The father was a farmer and died at the age of twenty-five. Althoughi so young when his death occurred, he left a family of five children to mourn his loss, only two of whom lived to maturity, the eldest of these two being the subject, and the other, A. J., of Erath county. The fa- ther, W. J., came to Texas, overland, in 1853, and located at Nacogdoches county, where he engaged in farming and stock- raising. His father, the paternal grand- father of subject, was in the war of 1812 and engaged in the battle of New Orleans. The maternal grandfather also came to Texas, and took his little grandson back with him, the mother also having died when Jefferson was only ten years old.

When our subject was only twelve years of age he was cast upon the world and be-

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gan life as a farm hand and worked for monthly wages. For three years he worked in this manner and then rented land, which he worked for several years more. He then purchased a portion of the land he now owns, the farm consisting of 143 acres of unimproved land, for which he paid $3.50 per acre. He has since added to this property, until he now owns 340 acres, 200 of which is under a fine state of culti- vation, with a fine residence and outbuild- ings upon it. In addition to his grain- raising he handles cattle, horses and mules, which he buys and sells. In addition to his farm, on which he and his family re- side, his wife is the owner of a fine farm, given her by her father. These two people are among the best families in that section of country and are greatly beloved by their hosts of friends.

When our subject was twenty-three he married Miss Bettie Lamb (see sketch of Sam Lamb). To these people have been born two children, one of whom is deceased, Mary I. The other one is Horatio A.

HRISTOPHER F. BOWER, of Limestone county, is a pioneer Texan, having emigrated to the United States from Germany, in 1849. His parents, Christopher and Johannalı (Broech) Bower, followed garden farming in the land of their birth, and only came to America be- cause of the additional advantages offered by this country for greater development of resources. While Mr. Bower was yet a German subject he took part in one of King William's wars, but never served in

a military capacity in the United States. He came direct to Texas, locating in Lime- stone county, near old Springfield, and en- gaged at once in farming. At his deathı, in 1866, he had accumulated a large prop- erty. Mr. and Mrs. Bower were the parents of seven children, as follows: Jolnı, deceased; Jake, deceased; Johannah, widow of Henry Wicke; Christopher, our subject; Catherine, deceased; William, deceased ; Christina, wife of Ben Clendenning, of Jack county, Texas.

Our subject was ten years of age when le came to the United States, and, owing somewhat to the straitened circumstances of the family, he was set to work doing what he could for his father's material ad- vancement, not having an opportunity to secure inore than a very ordinary educa- tion. He had barely attained his majority when the horrors of civil war rent this country asunder, and made military service necessary. Joining the Eighth Texas Regi- ment the first year of the war, Mr. Bower saw service nnder Colonel Mills. The regiment was captured at Arkansas Post, but, a prison pen having no fascination for him, our subject escaped and joined Walker's Division, in the Trans-Mississip- pi Department. He was in the campaign against Banks of forty-two days' fighting and skirmishing, was after Steele in Ar- kansas, and in the battle of Helena. In the spring of 1865 he returned to Texas, having been discharged at Hempstead, and began life anew in Limestone county. His share of his father's estate was 100 acres, which he improved, and to which he has added eighty acres by successive purchases. He is a good farmer, industrious and

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thrifty, and makes money. Politically he is a Democrat, but aspires to no office, be- ing content to look after the interests of his friends. He has been many times a delegate to the convention.

Mr. Bower was married in 1865 to Ma- hala, a daughter of William Wilson. They have had the following children: Joamma, wife of Jim Meadows; Sallie, wife of John Wodel; John, deceased; Henry, Leona and Cora. Socially, onr subject is a Mason, and the family are identified with the Methodist Church.

OHN THOMAS SUTTLE, late senior member of the firm of Drs. Suttle & Suttle, was for years a leading medical practitioner of Navarro county. He was born in Perry county, Alabama, January 23, 1831, and was a son of Isaac and Fran- ces (Thomas) Suttle, the former a native of Georgia, and the latter of South Caro- lina. The grandparents of J. T. Suttle were among the early settlers of Alabama, moving there about the first of this cen- tury. His parents were mainly reared there, and in that State inarried and lived for some years, moving thence to Missis- sippi, where the inother died in 1868, the father coming to Texas two years later and dying in Navarro connty in 1877, in his seventy-first year. They were both plain, unpretentious people, good types of the industrions, substantial farmning class to which they belonged and to which their ancestors had belonged for so many gener- ations.

Of the eight children born to them, John Thomas was the eldest. Ile was reared

partly in Alabama and partly in Missis- sippi, receiving his early education in the schools of the latter State. He began the study of medicine in 1854, with Drs. Elijah Lloyd and Kerk, of Louisville, Mississippi, and after reading the usual time attended Jectures at the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating in 1856. The same year he married Miss Mattie L. Pettigrew, of Louisville, Mississippi,and settled at that place for the practice of his profession. He was engaged uninterruptedly, and with much success, at that place until 1870, when he came to Texas, locating at Corsicana, which was ever after his home. Dr. Snttle gave his whole time to the practice of medicine, and throughout his entire career met with marked success. He enjoyed the highest regard of his medical brethren and was greatly esteemed as a citizen by the community in which he resided for so many years. He was a worthy member of the Knights of Honor, the Masonic frater- nity and the Baptist Church. His death occurred December 16, 1892, his loss car- rying personal sorrow to every one who knew him on account of his many sterling qualities of mind and heart.

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Author: Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 954

Author:
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 954