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gan writing a recommendation that an office be located here, and that our subject should be the Postmaster. Mr. Spencer was asked for a suitable name for the office, and, think- ing of the free and easy character of the people, answered, "Call it Liberty Hill, Gen- eral." Mr. Spencer held the office several years, and then resigned the position in favor of the first merchant that located in this sec- tion.
married in Fulton county, Illinois, where her father had moved his family in 1841, in 1844, to James B. Spencer, a younger brother of ber present husband. They had four chil- dren: Theodore, of Lovelock, Butte county, California; Ann E., wife of J. M. Spencer, of Belton, Texas; Harriet E., widow of Jeff J. Miller, who lives with her parents; and William A., of Liberty Hill. Mr. and Mrs. William O. Spencer have also had four chil- dren: Perry, deceased; Oliver, of Liberty Hill; Lizzie, wife of M. C. Hurley, of Ft. Worth, Texas; and Tacy, now Mrs. J. M. Grant, also of that city.
Mr. Spencer was first married July 19, 1829, to Amy Wilcoxon. They had twelve children, only four of whom grew to years of maturity, viz .: Eliza Ann, widow of J. T. Miller, and a resident of Anstin; Emily, de- ceased; J. M., of Belton, Texas; and Ellen, - wife of J. W. Owen, also of that county. The wife and mother died in Bastrop, Jann- H. KRENEK, a prominent farmer of Lee county, is a son of Joseph and Rozina (Reek) Krenek, natives of Bo- hemia. The grandfather of our subject, Joseph Krenek, was a farmer of that country, as was also his maternal grandfather, Hon. John Reek. The father of our subject was born, reared and married in Bohemia, and emigrated from near Frankstadt, Moravia, to America, in 1866, locating in Fayette county, Texas, three miles south of Fayetteville. The father died there June 1, 1887, and the mother September 20, 1892. The parents had nine children, seven now living; Ignatz, of Fayette county; Jnhana, now Mrs. Spacek, also .of that county; Rozina, now Mrs. Skopik, of Burleson county, Texas; John HI., our subject; Mary, now Mrs. Reek, of Fayette county; Anton, of that county; and Rozallia, now Mrs. Frank, also of Fayette county. ary 12, 1853. In 1854 our subject returned on a visit to Fulton county, Illinois, and was there married to Mrs. Margaret Spencer, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1826, a daughter of William B. and Mary (Reagan) Smilie. On the maternal side, the family located in the latter county front Wales before the Revolutionary war. The Smilie family are of Irish descent, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Spencer, John Smilie, having emigrated to America from that country. He was one of the first set- tlers of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and while there was prominent in public affairs, having represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. The grandfather, Robert P. Smilie, passed his entire life in that county. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Smilie had seven children: Weldon R., of Woodford county, Illinois; Margaret C., wife of our subject; Robert P., of Liverpool, Fulton county, Illi- J. H. Krenek was born in Moravia, No- vember 24, 1853, and was reared to manhood in Fayette county, Texas. He subsequently nois; Harriet, wife of C. A. Babcock; Norvel, deceased; and Norman and David H., of Stella. Nebraska, Margaret Smilie was first | located on a farm in Burleson county, where
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he remained until coming to his present place, three miles east of Dime Box. Ile owns 450 acres of land, 130 acres of which is under eultivation, has a fine new residence. a good orehard, is giving considerable atten- tion to sheep-raising, and bis annual yield of eotton is from ten to fifteen bales. Mr. Krenek paid $3,300 for his farm, and the place is now worth about $6,000.
In Washington county, Texas, November 19, 1874, he was united in marriage with Alzbeta Shebesta. They have had seven chil- dren, viz .: Louis, Albina, Emma, Eddie, de- ceased; Eddie, Terezia, deceased; and Tere- zia. Mr. Krenek votes with the Democratic party, and was raised in the Catholic faith.
EORGE E. GAY, a sneeessful farmer of Lee county. is a son of Thomas and Eleanor (Hope) Gay. The father emigrated from Georgia to Texas, and was one of the 300 persons to form the Austin colony in 1828. He was then abont eighteen years of age. In 1831 in the town of San Felipe, he was united in marriage with Eleanor Hope. Her father had moved his family to Texas a year or so previous to her marriage, and had returned to England to settle his affairs. On coming again to this country the ship was wrecked, and he has never been heard from sinee that time. The father of our subject was a machinist by oc- enpation, but during the stampede was con- ducting a store at San Felipe. He took part with Honston in the battle of San Jacinto, and afterward located in the town of Wash- ington, on the Brazos river where he was en- gaged in business under the firm name of Bailey, Gay & Hoxie. Ile contracted the yellow fever while on a business trip to Gal-
veston, and died soon after returning home in 1839. lle was a shrewd and thrifty busi- ness man, and at his death owned about 100,- 000 acres of wild land. Mr. and Mrs. Gay were the parents of four ehildren .- George E., our subject; William, deceased; Milam. deceased; and Ann, wife of B. A. Watson, of Burton, Texas. About ten years after the father's death, the mother married Luke Roberts. Her death occurred in 1857.
George E. Gay, the subject of this sketelı, was born in San Felipe, Texas, November 3, 1833, and was reared to manhood in the town of Washington. He came to his pres- ent location, String Prairie, seven miles from Lexington, January 1, 1859, where he owns 300 acres of land, 125 acres under a fine state of cultivation. In 1861 Mr. Gay enlisted as a private in Company A, Seventeenth Texas Infantry, and he served west of the Mississippi river. He participated in the battles of Mill- iken's Bend, Yellow Bayou, Saline, took part in a great deal of marehing and scout service, and was paroled at Hempstead, Texas. In his political views, he affiliates with the Democratic party, and during the war served as Treasurer of Burleson county. Socially, l:e has taken the Royal Arch and Council degrees of Masonry.
Mr. Gay was married in this county, in January, 1855, to Mary H. Barbee, a mein- ber of an old Texas family. They have had thirteen children, namely: Thomas, of Rock- dale, Texas; William F., a resident of Cald- well, this state; Virginia, now Mrs. James Stockton, of Lometa; George, deceased ; Leola, deeeased; Bnlah, now Mrs. D. B. Green, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; T. E., of Lubbock county, Texas; Ella, wife of A. M. Nalley, of Lee county; C. E., deceased; Pearl, now Mrs. Edd Arendale, of near Lexington; Ernest. Genoa, and Sam Houston, at home. Mr. Gay
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is well and favorably known in his commun- ity, and is versatile, intelligent and progress- ive in everything pertaining to the education and advancement of liis locality.
W ILLIAM FLEAGER, late of George- town, Texas, was born in Harris- burg, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1819, a son of Daniel and Susan (Snively) Fleager, who were born and married in Penn- sylvania, and of German descent. The father was a wagon-maker by trade, and both par- ents died quite young.
William Fleager, our subject, served an apprenticeship at the tailor's trade in Harris- burg and Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He then resided in Richmond, Indiana, two years; lived in Putnam, same State; was in Ottawa, Illinois, during the digging of the canal; in 1838 went to St. Louis; the following year to New Orleans; witnessed the celebration of the battle of New Orleans in 1841; spent eight years in Haywood county, Tennessee; was then in Mississippi for a time, and in 1852 located near Lexington, Texas. Mr. Fleager was engaged in farming tlere until 1860, when he came to Williamson county, locating two miles west of Florence. After 1880 he was a resident of Georgetownl. During the war he did mnuch service in making clothes, and after the close of the struggle he purchased a wagon and six mnles and engaged in freigliting from Brenham to Austin and Columbus, also on the coast. In this way he made his start in life. After the railroad came to Austin he engaged in the sewing-machine business in 1873, which he long continued in a small way. He sold over 3,000 machines, averaging over 300 a year.
Mr. Fleager was married in Haywood county, Tennessce, to M. J. Moore, and they
had two children: Charles N. and Rosell. The latter is the widow of J. B. Whittenberg, and a resident of Florence. She has four children: William B., Olin B., Mary and An. Charles N., proprietor of a jewelry store in Georgetown, married Maggie Whit- tenberg, and they have seven children: Jo- seph E., Ernest B., Bessie L., Mary L., Lncy B., Bertlia L. and William H. Mrs. Fleager was born in 1825, a danghter of Richard and Mary (McKendree) Moorc. The latter was a niece of Bishop McKendree, by whom Mrs. Fleager was baptized. Mr. Moore was a native of Virginia, a farmer by occupation, and was married near Nashville, Tennessee. They afterward located near Brownsville, Haywood county, Tennessee, where he died in 1829, aged forty years. He was a devout and prominent member of the Methodist Church, as were also all his children. Mr. and Mrs. Moore liad six children, viz .: James, who served through the late war, and died of dropsy soon after the close of the struggle, at the age of fifty-seven years; Dionecia, de- ceased in Mississippi in 1844, was the wife of Thomas Wadkins; Martha, deceased in 1860, aged thirty five years, was three times married, first to P. Trailor, second to a Mr. Brown, and her third husband was Rev. Arnold; Sarah Ann, who died in 1859, at the age of forty years, was the wife of William Wynn; M. J., now Mrs. Fleager; and Caro- line, wife of J. W. Bates. After the father's death the mother married J. W. Moser, and they had four children: Elizabeth, wife of Rev. J. W. Bates, a Methodist minister of Mississippi; John, who took part in the late war, with General Hood, and died at Rome, Georgia, in 1863, aged twenty-five years; Roena, deceased at Salado, Texas, at the age of thirty-seven years, was the wife of P. Mil- hollin; and Daniel, a farmer of Reynolds
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county, Texas. Mrs. Mosher died in 1868, aged sixty-eight years. She was a devont member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from girlhood. Mrs. Fleager's father, step- father and both grandfathers, James Mc- Kendree and Nathaniel Moore, were minis- ters in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is now sixty-eight years of age, and her life has been an inspiration to gentleness, faith, patience and courage. Socially, Mr. Fleager was a member of the I. O. O. F. Our subject and wife would have celebrated their golden wedding June 26, 1893, but the former died of puenmonia on the 28th of December, 1892.
T .HOMAS ADKINS, deceased, was born
at Stratford-on-Avon, made famous as the home of Shakespeare, May 25, 1847, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Allibone) Adkins, also of England. The father was a machinist by occupation, and Thomas was early inured to that calling. At the age of eighteen years he emigrated alone to America, and for a number of years re- mained in the Northern States, bnt finally, in 1871, came to Burleson county, Texas. For the following year he was engaged in the stock business, and then came to what is known as the Dime Box neighborhood, Lee county, following agrienltural pursuits there five years. In 1877 Mr. Adkins embarked in mercantile pursuits in Giddings, county seat of Lee county, where he continued that occu- pation until death, March 22, 1891. He was also engaged in stock raising and farming, and owned a steam brick yard, a livery stable, e'c. In his political views, he was identified with the Democratic party, and religiously, was a member of the Baptist Church.
December 19, 1872, in the String Prairie neighborhood, Lee county, Mr. Adkins was united in marriage with Martha E. McClan- ahan. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Ad- kins has resided with her brother, Harvey MeClanahan.
OIIN T. RICKS, one of the representa- tive citizens of Williamson county, was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, July 7, 1818, a son of William and Susan (Chal- fant) Ricks, natives also of that State. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a Revolutionary soldier, and his wife was a rel- ative of General Cox, who served with W. H. Harrison. William Ricks died in 1832. He was the father of six children: Eleanor, John T., Nancy, Louisa, Margaret J. and William. The last named now resides in Pettis county, Missouri. Only four of the children are now living.
John T. Ricks, the subject of this sketch, and the only one in his father's family to come to Texas, received a limited education, and was reared to farm-life. In 1836, at the age of eighteen, he removed with his widowed mother and her family to Missouri, where he lived in several different counties. At the time of the Mormon uprising, he assisted in raising a company, of which he was made Lieutenant, and they went to Independence, Missouri, the Mormon stronghold. The Mormons, however, surrendered, and no blood was shed. In 1840 Mr. Ricks returned to Kentucky, went thence to Missouri, in 1850 to California, where he followed mining fif- teen months, and then went again to Mis- sonri. In 1856 he located in Texas, where he followed carpentering in Webberville two years, and tlen engaged in buying horses in
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Mexico. From 1860 nutil 1862 he followed merchandising, was then a member of the State Gnards one year, and at the close of the war, Mr. Ricks found himself financially ruined. In 1869 he opened a mereantile store in Round Rock, Williamson county, in partnership with II. B. Sheppard, which he continned two years, after which he bought and improved a tract of raw land, erected a fine roek honse, made many other valuable improvements, and still resides on this place, located one mile from the city. He also owns two other improved farins, and his attention is now given to his land interests, in the loaning of money, ete.
Mr. Rieks was first married in Missouri, in 1852, to Miss Emily Homes, a native of Kentneky, and they had two children, bothi now deceased. The wife and mother died in July, 1855, and in 1860, in Texas, our subject married Virginia E. Glascoek. She died in February, 1870, and in Austin, in the follow- ing year, he married his present wife, Mrs. Angusta Wilson. She is a daughter of Dr. T. T. Sandifer, a native of Sontlı Carolina, but who afterward removed to North Car- olina, where he followed the practice of mnedi- eine. He still resides in that State, but is retired from the active duties of his profes- sion. At one time he was a member of the Legislature. His father, Philip Sandifer, was also a native of South Carolina, and was a prominent planter and slave-owner. The great grandfather of Mrs. Ricks, Zachens Wilson, was one of the signers of the Decla- ration of Independence. Dr. Sandifer and wife had four children: Saralı, Angusta, Calvin (deceased), and Robert. The latter, an attorney by profession, resides in North Carolina, where he has served two terms in the State Senate, and was elected to the same in the present year. Mrs. Ricks' first lis-
band, Mr. Wilson, eame to Texas at the age of nine years. In 1861 he entered the Con- federate service, in Tom Green's Rifles, Cap- tain MeLaren's Company, Hood's Brigade, Fourth Texas Regiment; served four years, and was wounded at Drury's Bluff. He was discharged in the following February, after which he returned to North Carolina. He was married December 22, 1864, and in Oc- tober, 1865, eame to Williamson county, Texas, where he died June 28, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Rieks have had no children of their own, but have an adopted son, Frank C. Rieks. He became a member of the family at the age of seven years, and is now fifteen years old. Mr. Rieks takes an active interest in politics, was formerly identified with the Democratie party, but is now independent. Socially, he affiliates with the Royal Arch Masons and the I. O. O. F., and in religion, bothi lie and his wife are members of the Baptist Church ..
H B. SHEPPARD, one of the enter- prising and successful citizens of Williamson county, was born in Georgia, November 20, 1837, a son of William and Susan (Adamns) Sheppard, native of South Carolina. The father came to Texas, enlisted in the late war in 1862, and his death occurred at Galveston, in 1864. The mother died in Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard had tive children: Eliza, a resident of Newton county, Texas; II. B., our sub- jeet; Naney, wife of Elijah Kelly, of San Augustine county; William A., a resident of Georgia; and John, a farmer of Newton county, Texas.
II. B. Shephard, came to Texas with his parents in 1849, at the age of ten years,
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locating in Jasper connty. He received a limited education, and at the age of fifteen years was employed as a mail-carrier. He re- mained under the parental roof until twenty- one years of age, after which he followed elerking eight years, and in the winter of 1860 embarked in merchandising in Ronnd Rock, Williamson county. At the opening of the late war Mr. Sheppard hired a substitute, bnt later was conscripted, and served in the commissary department, held the rank of Captain, and held another position under the Goverment. In the spring of 1866, Mr. Sheppard resumed merchandising, which he continned until 1882, and in that year sold his store. He has held the office of Tax As- sessor fonr years, served as County Commis- sioner three years, and is now assisting in conducting a general mercantile business. In addition to this, he also owns a large tract of land, where he was formerly engaged in stock-raising, but he now rents his farmn.
Mr. Sheppard was married in Round Rock, in 1862, to Miss T. C. Blair, who was born in Gibson county, Tennessee, July 8, 1839, a dangliter of D. D. Blair, a native also of that State. The latter came to Williamson county, Texas, in 1854, where he died in 1868. Mr. Sheppard takes an active interest in the Dem- ocratic party, and has held many minor and prominent offices. Socially, he is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Knights of Ilonor and the I. O. O. F. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
D W. PROCTOR, one of Williamson county's most enterprising business men, was born in Maine, September 11, 1838, a son of Jason and Mary ( Whitehouse)
Proctor, natives also of that State. The pat- ernal grandfather came from England. The maternal grandfather, Thomas Whitehouse, was a native of Maine, of English extraction, and was an influential and public spirited man. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor had two child- ren, and the last known of the oldest son bis residence was in Ohio, but nothing has been heard from him since that time.
D. W. Proctor, the subject of this sketch, was left an orphan at the age of seven years, and he grew to manhood in New York city, under the care of an uncle. He received no educational advantages, and while in that city worked in a printing office. From 1860 to 1862 he followed mining in Colorado, and in the latter year engaged in the electrotype business in St. Louis. In 1864, after some experience with army tactics, Mr. Proctor re- turned to New York; traveled for a time; conducted a restaurant in Boston; from March, 1866 to 1870, was engaged in rail- roading in Minneapolis, Minnesota; in the latter year removed to Galveston, and after- ward located in Liberty county, Texas. While in Liberty county he engaged in mer- chandising and the cattle business, driv- ing beef cattle to Lonisiana, and had a large and profitable trade. He also fitted up wagons, and sold goods over the country. After closing business there, Mr. Proctor drifted to Galveston, and in 1877 opened a mercantile store at Corn Hill, Williamson county. In 1878 he erected a large steam gin, and in 1879 closed his mercantile bnsi- ness, since which time he has been engaged in farming and ginning. For the past few years onr subject has handled stock quite en- tensively, having a registered male Jersey, and also has both the Percheron and roadster horses. Since erecting his gin, he makes about 600 bales of cotton anunally.
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Mr. Proctor was married in 1874, to Miss Maggie Robertson, who was born in Missis- sippi, in March, 1854, a daughter of widow Robertson, who came to Texas during the late war. To this nnion has been born three children: E. M., born November 17, 1875; Etta, January 5, 1877; and Mary Bell, May 20, 1888. Mr. Proctor takes an active in- terest in politics, voting with the People's party, but was formerly identified with the Democratic party. He affiliates with the I. O. O. F., and Farmers Alliance, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.
APTAIN THOMAS S. DOUGLASS, a farmer of Lee county, is a son of James and Lncy (Scurlock) Douglass, of Scotch descent. The ancestors settled in North Carolina before the Revolutionary war, The grandfather of our subject, James Douglass, moved with his family to Sminner county, Tennessee, where he raised a large family. In 1856 there were 500 of that name in Summer county. When a young man the father of our subject moved to Louisi- ana, where he was married in 1826, but on account of failing health returned to Tennes- see. In 1852 he came to Texas, first locating in Orange county, but two years later came to Lee connty, where he died in 1884, aged eighty-four years. The mother died in 1876. Mr. Douglass was a thrifty farmer and large land owner, a stanch Democrat in his polit- ical views, and a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Donglass were the pa- rents of four children: William A., deccascd; Rebecca A., wife of Judge Thomas H. Brenan, of Lexington, Texas; Felicianna, de- ceased; Thomas S., the subject of this sketch.
Thomas S. Douglass was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, September 17, 1838, and came to Texas with his parents in 1852. In August, 1861, he enlisted as First Lieutenant of Company H, Second Texas Infantry, and took part in the battles of Shiloh. Farming- ton, Inka, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou and siege of Viekabnrg. After the battle of Iuka he was promoted to Captain of his company. Mr. Douglass was severely wounded in the head by the bursting of a shell at the siege of Vicksburg, remained in a hospital for a time, and was then paroled and returned home. The regiment was afterward reor- ganized and stationed at Galveston, and Mr. Donglass served as Provost Marshal until the surrender. After the closc of the war he pnr. chased his present farm of 300 acres. He has always taken an active interest in poli- ties, is a stanch Democrat, but has never sought public office. Socially, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and religiously, a Steward in the Methodist Church.
September 22, 1863, after his return fromn Vicksburg, Mr. Douglass married Miss Ada, a daughter of Mrs. M. Massey. The latter was a niece of the noted Captain Shaw, a prominent character in early Texas history. She moved with her parents froin Missouri to Texas in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass have had four children: Arthur and Ellen, de- ceased; Homer, at home; and a babe un- named.
FRANK ATKINSON, engaged in the drug business at Florence, Williamson county, was born in this city, October 30, 1863. He attended the common schools of Florence, and in 1883, at the age twenty years, began clerking in the drug store of his
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brother, George C. In 1886 he purchased and took charge of the business, which he still continues, and also owns a half interest in another drug store. He is one of the most enterprising young business men of Florence.
Mr. Atkinson was married in this city, January 20, 1889, to Bertha R., a daughter of C. C. Ridley. She was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, and, her mother having died when she was small, was raised by an annt, the wife of Dr. George Crosthiwit. Mr. Ridley was again married and moved to Flor- ence, Texas, where Mrs. Atkinson joined him in 1885. Our subject and wife have two children; John Ridley and Frank. In his political views, Mr. Atkinson is a Democrat.
D ANIEL V. GRANT, a merchant of Liberty Hill, Williamson county, is a son of Matthew M. and Sarah M. (Brown) Grant. The following is extracted from an autobiography of Matthew M. Grant. The family name was brought from Scotland before the Revolutionary war by Alexander Grant, the great-grandfather of our subject. He was Captain of a company during that struggle, and died at about its close from wounds received in service. Grandfather Daniel Grant was left an orphan at the age of seven years, and was bound out to a plasterer and stucco worker in Washington, District Columbia, where he remained until 1805. In that year he went to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and was soon afterward married to Mary McLean, of Scotch descent. The MeLeans were prominent in Western Pennsylvania in an early day, a brother of Mrs. Grant, David McLean, having pub- lished the Pittsburg Gazette for many years. Mr. Grant remained in Westmoreland
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