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On account of the unsettled conditions fol- lowing the Civil war and existing during recon- struction days, Mr. Holt did not enjoy much scholastic education, and he has achieved his splendid success in life through inborn ability and "hustling." He recalls how he began his serious career by working for wages on a farm in Mc- Lennan county, where he remained for two years, receiving fifteen dollars a month, and by working extra hours for money to purchase his clothes, he was able to save every cent of his regular salary. Such economy and persevering industry brought him to the front and made him a substantial man of affairs when yet a young man. When he had accumulated something over a thousand dollars he went into the lumber business at West, in McLennan county, and in the eleven years that he ran that business he made' fifty-five thousand dollars. He helped in many ways to build up the town of West, being a principal backer of every enterprise inaugura- ted to promote the growth of the place. He assisted in organizing the First National Bank of West, in which he is still a stockholder and director. He was a member of the city council there when the council was first organized for city government, as also for several years fol- lowing, and was mayor of the town for eight years. He was one of the promoters of, and took the contract for furnishing all the material for the construction of the cotton mill at West.
costing one hundred and ninety thousand dol- lars. He built a residence for himself at West which cost five thousand dollars.
In the early part of 1903 Mr. Holt brought his family out to Amarillo, seeking the higher altitude of the Panhandle primarily for health considerations. Against the advice of friends, and relying on his own best judgment, which had upheld him throughout his business career, he established in this city the Amarillo Sash and Door Company, which is the leading industrial . plant of the town. It has been a success from the start, and its business has grown beyond all expectations. Several thousand dollars are already invested in the plant, and at the present writing arrangements are being completed for the installation of a connecting factory for the manufacturing of windmills, this adjunct to cost many thousands more. The present plant not only manufactures sash and doors, but takes contracts to erect buildings of all kinds com- plete, from the drawing of the plans to the fur- nishing of the inside finishings. For these pur- poses all the lumber and woodwork are manufac- tured at the plant, and the stone is furnished from the Potter county quarries, of which Mr. Holt has taken charge. He has the contract for building at Amarillo the new forty-eight thou- sand dollar court house for Potter county. For this structure he will manufacture all the wood- work and the stone will be obtained from the Potter county quarries just mentioned, so that. all the money will be expended in this county, a. feature which is much appreciated by the citi -- zens. Much credit is given Mr. Holt by his fel- low citizens for his business courage and enter- prise in establishing such a worthy and valuable. industrial plant in a new western town so distant from the sources of raw material, and in making such a splendid success of it. The factory is- constantly crowded with orders, and many work- men are employed.
Mr. Holt has associated with him in the busi- ness, as secretary and treasurer, his nephew Len McClellan, an enterprising young man who at- tends to the office and various other details of this concern. Although his home is in Amarillo, Mr. Holt still retains the bulk of his interests in McLennan and adjoining counties, such as.
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farms, farm loans, town property, bank stock, etc. He is one of the directors of the National Bank of Commerce at Amarillo, also a director of the board of trade, and a member of the city council. He is participating actively in the up- building of Amarillo, and, being a liberal and public-spirited man, spends money freely either for promoting new enterprises or for entertain- ing visitors to the city and furthering all projects which will place Amarillo at the dominant com- mercial position in the Panhandle.
Mr. Holt was married at West to Miss Katie Glasgow, who was born in McLennan county. They have three children, Mertte, Will and Enid.
FRANK E. WHEELOCK has been a fore- most man of affairs and influence in Lubbock county from before its time of organization, having been actively connected with the im- mense cattle ranch which only a few years ago- but before the time of most of the present resi- dents-covered most of what is now Lubbock county. Mr. Wheelock, being a man of great business energy and force of character, has naturally been foremost in various enterprises and events which have taken place in the history of the county, and his life work, if described in detail, would contain a narrative of all of im- portance that has been effected in this county during the past seventeen or eighteen years.
Born in Erie county, New York, in 1863, he lost his mother when he was a child and does not remember her maiden name. His father, a native of Erie county and reared on a farm, later became a physician, graduating from the medical department of the university of Michi- gan. For several years of his life he practiced medicine at Boston, Massachusetts, San An- tonio, Texas, and in one or two other places. He died at Lubbock in February, 1902.
At the age of six years Mr. Wheelock went west with his father, who located first at Madi- son, Wisconsin, then lived a while in North Dakota, and from there went to Rock Island county, Illinois. His school days were nearly all spent at Moline, Illinois. When a young man he went to Minneapolis and for some time had a position with S. J. Palmer, a fruit com- mission merchant of that city. Through his
uncle, of Moline, he secured the position as manager of the Iowa ranch in Lubbock county. He arrived in this part of Texas on May 1, 1887, three years before the county was organized. The Iowa ranch was owned by the Western Land and Live Stock Company, in which his uncle Wheelock had a controlling interest.
This uncle of Mr. Wheelock's, it should be stated, was a millionaire manufacturer of Mo- line, now deceased, and as is the case with so many other men of his class there is a romantic interest attached to the career by which he made his way from obscurity to financial renown. Starting in life as a poor boy in Erie county, New York, in the early days he came on foot to Chi- cago, with his clothes and a few belongings car- ried in a red bandana handkerchief swung on a stick across his shoulder; came out to Rock Island county and obtained employment in a sawmill near Moline, afterward buying an in- terest in the mill; later establishing a paper mill at Moline, and in its struggling days he took the paper product from the mill and peddled it himself from a wagon to grocers and other mer- chants, there being very limited railroad facili- ties in those days. Thus his interests continued to grow from year to year, until in the city of which he was one of the pioneers he became one of the foremost manufacturers, and at the time of his death was a millionaire, and president of the following corporations, the first one espe- cially being known over the world : Moline Plow Company, Moline Malleable Iron Works, Mo- line Paper Company, Moline National Bank.
The Iowa ranch, of which Mr. Wheelock be- came general manager in 1887, comprised at that time 86,940 acres, an immense demesne which took up a large part of the entire county, and there was only one other established ranch in the county in 1887. Only a small part of the Iowa was under fence, so that Mr. Wheelock was at once initiated into the fascinating cowboy life that prevailed in those days and which has largely passed away before the era of small fenced pastures. He continued as manager of the Iowa ranch for several years, until the West- ern Land and Live Stock Company finally went out of business and the land under their control was divided up into smaller areas. Mr. Whee-
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lock then went into the cattle business for him- "ment of cotton growing in a country which has self, and has since continued in that line as one hitherto been devoted almost exclusively to stock raising, and as an already demonstrated success cotton culture will prove of untold benefit in accelerating the growth and development of Lubbock county. of the leading cattlemen of this part of the state. His ranch consists of seven sections adjoining the town of Lubbock on the east, and is very valuable property, especially in view of Lub- bock's prospects for being the leading city of the " Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock have six children: Cyril E., Eve M., Elwin B., Howard E., Fern and William A. plains country. His stock is of the best, con- sisting of registered and high-grade Hereford cattle.
In 1897 Mr. Wheelock bought an interest in the mercantile establishment of Irvin L. Hunt in Lubbock, the firm becoming Hunt and Whee- lock, which continued a prosperous business until they sold out in the latter part of 1901.
Mr. Wheelock was prominent in the townsite controversy which took place when the county was organized in 1890 .. He owned half the site of the town which was started north of Yellow- house canyon and which was proposed as the county seat. But when the compromise was ef- fected by which the town of Lubbock was started at the present place and the county seat estab- lished there, he at once lent his efforts for the upbuilding and progress of the new town, and has been one of its most public-spirited support- ers ever since." He built the Nicolette Hotel, the first hotel in the county and which has since remained the leading place of public entertain- ment. He was the first man to bring a self- binding harvesting machine into the county. He has been "first" in various other affairs. He was the first man in the county to get married, which happy event in his own life, and also note- worthy in the annals of the county, transpired in December, 1891, his bride being Miss Sylva B. Hunt, a sister of Mr. Irvin L. Hunt, of Lub- bock, whose history appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. Wheelock was a member of the first board of county commissioners elected in the new county, their first regular meeting being held on March 19, 1891, and he served four years. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason, and his wife is a member of the Methodist church.
In the fall of 1904 the first cotton gin in Lub- bock county was established at Lubbock, and Mr. Wheelock was one of the backers of this enterprise, which will result in the encourage-
JOHN W. EUBANK, county suveyor of El Paso county, Texas, is one of the citizens that Kentucky has furnished to the western section of this great state, for his birth occurred in Barren county, near Glasgow, October 26, 1854. There he was reared to farm life, com- pleting his education in the Glasgow Normal school at Glasgow, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1878, after having prepared for teaching and for civil engineering. He fol- lowed the former profession for a time in Bar- ren county and then came to Texas in 1879, settling at Fort Worth, where he secured a position as teacher in the third ward school. In the meantime construction work had begun westward from Weatherford on the Texas & Pacific Railway, and in May, 1880, he joined the engineering corps of that road in surveying the line westward through Texas, being asso- ciated with the engineering corps until the road was completed to El Paso in 1881. It is a matter of interest that few now recall that the original survey for the Texas & Pacific Railway did not terminate at El Paso, but the corps of which Mr. Eubank was a member sur- veyed the line still farther westward to Globe, Arizona, but no construction work was done beyond El Paso.
On the completion of the road to this point Mr. Eubank located in the city, where he has since permanently made his home. He was first elected county surveyor in 1886 and served the regular term of two years and in 1904 he was again chosen to that office, which he is now occupying at the present time. In 1890 he was appointed assistant chief engineer of the Mexican Northern Railway and assisted in locating the line and in building the road, in which work he was engaged for about two
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years. Previously, in 1889 and 1890; he was chief engineer for the irrigating canal that was built at that time in eastern Texas in the early 'gos but returned to El Paso, whence he went into Mexico again as mining engineer of some mines which were being promoted by a Kansas City syndicate in the Sierra Madre country. As surveyor Mr. Eubank has laid off nearly all of the additions to El Paso. At present he is a large stockholder in the Compana de Transportes de Sierra Mojada, a company which owns an extensive tramway for hauling ore in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, a propo- sition that is bringing Mr. Eubank rich finan- cial returns.
Mr. Eubank was married in Michigan Sep- tember 19, 1888, to Miss Jessie Stanfield, and they have one daughter, Eleanor. Mr. Eubank is a member of the Pioneer Association of El Paso. In his active business career he has done much for the promotion of projects that have led to the substantial upbuilding of the western country and has gained a wide and favorable acquaintance as a reliable and ca- pable business man. He has seen almost the entire growth of this section of the state as it has been reclaimed from the free range for the purposes of civilization and transformed into fine ranches and farms, dotted here and there with thriving towns, villages and cities, con- taining all of the industrial and commercial possibilities and interests known to the older east.
WILLIAM A. CARLISLE, merchant and cattleman at Lubbock, is a leading man of af- fairs in Lubbock county and the south-plains country in general. Having been identified with the various phases of the cattle industry from boyhood up, his experience and ability have given him a foremost place among his fellow citizens, and it is said that no man has done more for the permanent welfare and develop- ment of Lubbock county and town than Mr. Carlisle.
Born in Chickasaw county, Mississippi, in 1848, he was a son of Henry and Rhoda (Shaw) Carlisle, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Alabama. His father moved
from Chickasaw county to Texas in 1854, lo- cating in Kaufman county, where he success- fully continued his life occupation of farming until his death in 1866. The mother was reared in Mississippi, and her death occurred in Kauf- man county, this state, in 1872.
Reared on a farm where he received the most practical part of his education, Mr. Carlisle even when a boy became interested in the cattle busi- ness. Before he was grown he began to buy and. sell cattle, and the first money he earned was as a cattle trader: After his father's death he took care of his widowed mother and saw that she was well provided for until her death. For many years in Kaufman county he did cattle- trading on an extensive scale, and he is still remembered by the people of that county as one of their most energetic and successful fellow cit- izens. Mr. Carlisle has always been noted for his persevering industry and large grasp of business affairs. In 1890 he left Kaufman county and came out to the plains country, since which time he has been a resident of Lubbock county. He- at once went into the cattle business on an ex- tensive scale, and his ranch five miles west of the town of Lubbock is one of the model places of the county. His estate consists of eight sec- tions, more than five thousand acres, all of which he owns.
In addition to his cattle ranch interests, Mr. Carlisle is now a partner in the largest mercan- tile establishment in the south-plains country- the store of Carter, Carlisle and Company, of Lubbock. This is a general store and supply outfitting establishment, carrying large stocks of everything needed by the people of this section of the state. This firm sells many large bills of goods to ranchers distant as much as seventy- five miles and more, and the store is the head- quarters of a large portion of the country with- out railroad facilities. The firm is composed of Mr. Carlisle and the Carter Brothers (K. and G. W. Carter), and was organized in September, 1902, to succeed the firm of Hunt and Wheelock. The Carter brothers were born and reared in Texas, and before coming to Lubbock county were engaged for several years in the cattle. business in Crosby county. They are well known and reliable young men. In every respect the:
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firm is a strong one, its business being con- ducted on the highest principles of honor, and it has a patronage that will not be diverted to other channels no matter what competition may arise.
This firm also has a fourth interest in the Lub- bock Gin Company, which was organized in the' fall of 1904 to build a cotton gin at this place and in general promote the growth of the cotton industry in this county. The gin is equipped with the best and most modern machinery, and is destined to mean much to the future growth and prosperity of Lubbock.
These enterprises so briefly sketched give some ideas of the importance of Mr. Carlisle's identification with Lubbock county. It might be well to state that his friends and neighbors say of him that he has done more for Lubbock and Lubbock county than any other one citizen, and this reputation causes no envy on the part of others, for Mr. Carlisle is popular with all-a frank, genial, open-hearted westerner of the best type. Although he is a large cattleman and therefore interested in retaining large pastures for cattle as long as possible, he takes the broad- minded position that, to reach its highest wealth and permanent prosperity, the county must have small, thoroughly cultivated farms and numbers of industrious farmers and planters, and his in- fluence has always been directed to bringing about just such results.
Mr. Carlisle is a man of most generous and philanthropic spirit, interested in all affairs that help the community. Having no children of his own, he has reared and given'a home to several orphan children, and in many other ways has evinced his traits of kindness and liberality. He is a trustee, steward and a leading member of the Methodist church in Lubbock, and has ren- dered invaluable service toward the completion of the new church building, having always seen to it that the pulpit was adequately supported financially.
Mr. Carlisle was married in Kaufman county, September 24, 1874, to Miss Lizzie Spikes, who was born in that county, her parents being from Alabama.
JUDGE WILLIAM D. CRUMP, one of the first settlers and a prominent and successful stockman and business man of Lubbock county, has been identified with the plains. country for the past fifteen years and has be- come a foremost factor in the material, civic and social progress and welfare of his county.
Born at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1844, he- was a son of R. G. and Sarah (Dorsey ) Crump. His father, a native of Virginia, was one of the early settlers of Louisville and a merchant in that city for many years .. He moved to St. Louis in the seventies, but after residing there a few years died and was taken back to Louis- ville for burial. Judge Crump's mother, who- died in Louisville, was a native of Maryland, and her father was a cousin of Senator Dorsey of that state.
Judge Crump was reared in his native city and besides the public school education at- tended the Kentucky University at Lexington. He joined the Confederate army in the winter of 1862-63, enlisting in Company C, Third Kentucky Cavalry, General Morgan's division. General Morgan's army, as is well known, was composed of the flower of Kentucky soldiery, picked from the hardiest and those best fitted for rigorous service. As a member of this famous division his duties were mostly in scouting, although frequently engaged in skir- mishes and battles in Kentucky and Tennes- see. The Cumberland river was the dividing line between the northern and southern armies- and it was left to Morgan's men to guard that river for a distance of a hundred miles or more. Mr. Crump was among those chosen to partic- ipate in that famous raid led by Morgan into Ohio, in July, 1863. There were twenty-five hundred of the raiders and it is estimated that at one time there were as many as two hun- dred and fifty thousand northern soldiers, reg- ulars and militia, engaged in chasing or en- deavoring to check the daring southern caval- rymen. They crossed the Ohio river at Bran- denburg, forty miles below Louisville, then went northeast around Cincinnati, and at the fight at Buffington Island, Mr. Crump, with
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several hundred others, was captured. General Morgan kept on and three hundred and fifty of his men succeeded in getting across the Ohio into West Virginia, but the commander himself and the rest of his men were captured. Morgan was taken to the state penitentiary at Columbus, but later effected his escape. Mr. Crump, when captured, was taken to Camp Morton at Indianapolis, where he was kept about a month and was then confined at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and was not released by ex- change until after the surrender of the south- ern armies.
From his adventurous and varied army experience he returned to Louisville and was in his father's mercantile business for six years. He then spent several years in the west, principally in Colorado, where he was in the mines part of the time and in mercantile business the rest. In 1874 he came to Texas, and for several years was engaged in farming or marchandising in Dallas county. He then located at Henrietta in Clay county, and was a merchant there until 1890, in which year he came out to the plains country and located in Lubbock county, which has been his home ever since. In this county he has given his attention principally to farming and stock rais- ing. His ranch ten miles west of Lubbock contains four sections and is one of the fine pieces of property in this section of the state. Judge Crump has been very prosperous as a stockman, as also in his various other enter- prises. His residence is in the town of Lub- bock, although the family usually spend the summer months out on the ranch.
When Judge Crump came to Lubbock county in 1890 there were only two ranches in the county. In the same year the county was organized and an interesting county-seat con- test arose between two town sites established in short order solely to gain that coveted honor-one of them north and the other south of Yellowhouse canyon. Finally as a compro- mise the present town of Lubbock, lying be- tween the two, was started and became the county seat, and the rival sites soon became identical with the prairie and are at present unknown except to the old-timers. The only
place of business that existed when Judge Crump came was a store kept by George Sin- ger, who had been on the plains a number of years and who, when the town of Lubbock was started, not.caring to stay and endure the stress of competition and permanent settle- ment, pulled his stakes and left.
Judge Crump has been very active in affairs outside of his private business. As a leading Mason, in 1899 he organized the Masonic lodge in Lubbock and was its worshipful master the first two years. The order now has a flourish- ing organization in Lubbock, with both blue lodge and chapter. In 1894 a camp of Confed- erate Veterans was organized in Lubbock, the F. R. Lubbock Camp, and Judge Crump has been its commander since it started. Judge Crump has served by election two terms as county judge of Lubbock county.
Judge Crump was married in Dallas county to Miss Mary King, who was born and reared in that county. They have four children, David, Robert, Mamie and Katie Belle.
THOMAS NELSON CULBERHOUSE. Out in the vicinity of Fruitland where peaches and apples, instead of cotton, are becoming "king" and where the cotton fields are being planted to orchards, and where a complete revolution is taking place in the domain of farming, T. N. Culberhouse, whose name in- troduces this article, maintains his home and is a leading actor in the transformation from agriculture to horticulture which is so rapidly going on. His farms lie in that fertile belt so adapted to the requirements of fruit growing and the encouragement he is lending to the new industry has given it a considerable im- petus and marks him as one of the progressive men of his locality.
Mr. Culberhouse was born in Johnson county, Texas, February 14, 1859, where his father, William J. Culberhouse, settled in 1855. The latter homesteaded a farm there, improved it and cultivated it during his active life, dying on it July 19, 1903, at seventy-nine years of age. William J. Culberhouse was born in North Carolina, and was a son of Thomas Cul- berhouse, who migrated to Weakley county,
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