Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 112

Author: Lewis publishing company, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1128

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APTAIN N. A. CARRELL, one of the leading citizens of Dallas county, was born in Lawrence county, Tennessee, March 7, 1828, a son of Stephen and Annie Carrell, the former a native of Georgia and the latter of North Carolina. Captain Car- rell, one of a family of nine children, lived with his father until the latter's death, in 1846. In November, 1870, he landed in Texas, stopping first in Ellis county, but after one year he moved to Dallas county and settled in the vicinity where he has since lived. By his honest and upright dealings he has won the confidence of his neighbors, and, as an evidence of the high esteem in which he is held, he was elected Justice of the Peace in November, 1882, and held that office continuously until the fall of 1890. He is now Notary Publie for this precinet for the next two years, which office he holds by appointment under the present Governor,

James Hogg. In November, 1861, Mr. Car- rell enlisted in the Confederate service, as Second Lientenant of Company H, Forty- eighth Tennessee Regiment, under Captain J. N. Kirtly. In April, 1862, he was pro- moted Captain of his company, which posi- tion he held until the close of the war.

He was married in 1847, to Miss Maria H. Bailey, a danghter of John and Mary Bailey, natives of Virginia and South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Carrell are the parents of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living, and all are married except the youngest, Arbell C., who is living with her sister, Mrs. H. S. Williams. Mr. Carrell is a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1861. Ile is a firm believer in the Bible, and is one of the Stew- ards of the Cedar Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the Recording Secretary of the Red Oak Cirenit of Waxahachie District of Northwest Texas Conference, which office he has held for several years.

C. CAVENDER, of Dallas county, was born in Williamson county, Tennes- see, March 4, 1836, a son of Stephen Cavender, a native of Virginia. Our subject came to Texas in 1886, settling in the neigh- borhood where he now lives, where he is engaged in farming and stoek-raising, and is at present the owner of some of the finest horses in the State. He was one among the first to enlist in the Confederate service, joining the First Regiment of Cavalry, and was under Colonel Bifull one year, after which he returned home.

Mr. Cavender was married in 1857, to Miss Helena Kirk, a daughter of Hugh A. Kirk, a native of Tennessee. By this union there are eight children, seven of whom are still

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living. Mr. Cavender was afterward married to Miss Leona Estes, and they have had nine children, all of whom are still living. He is at present a widower with sixteen living chil- dren, five of whom are married. Mr. Cav- ender has been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church about fifteen years.

R. J. A. EWING, a prominent physi- cian and surgeon of Dallas, Texas, was born in Callaway county, Missouri, July 12, 1847, son of William N. and Lucy (Maupin) Ewing, both natives of that State. His father was a farmer by occupation, and later in life was a money lender. At one time lie was engaged in teaching school in Missouri. His death occurred in 1876, at about the age of fifty-six years. His wife was thirty-two years of age at the time of her death. To them were born five children, namely: Nancy, wife of Thomas Terry, of Pettis county, Missouri; J. A., the subject of this sketch; Henry Clay, who died at the age of thirty-five years: Sarah, wife of George Kemp; and George W., of Kansas.

Dr. Ewing received his education in the common schools of Missouri. IIe attended Bellevne Medical College, New York, of which institution he is a graduate with the class of 1873. Previous to his entering col- lege he read medicine with Dr. E. M. Kerr of Fulton, Missouri. In 1873, he came to Texas and established himself in practice at Dallas, since which time he has been identi- tied with the medical profession of this place. Doctors W.H. Sutton, Johnston, Thruston and Childress are the only physicians now in act- ive practice here who were in Dallas then. Dr. Ewing has been employed as examiner for several life insurance companies.

He was married, in 1874, to Miss Susan Robberson, daughter of W. B. Miller. Her father is now living on Ross avenne, Dallas, aged about eighty-five years, her mother having died many years ago. The Doctor and his wife are the parents of two children, Lncy and William Gordon, aged respectively sixteen and fourteen years. Both parents are members of the Christian Church.

Dr. Ewing has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1868. He is a member of the County and State Medical Associations. While he is a Democrat and votes with that party, he takes little interest in political matters, preferring to give his whole atten- tion to his chosen line of work. He is well read in his profession and is classed with the leading physicians of the country. However, he is enterprising and public-spirited and has done well his part to aid in the material growth and prosperity of the city of Dallas.

URTIS P. SMITH, one of the promi- nent attorneys and progressive citizens of Dallas, Texas, is a native of Indiana, born in the city of Vincennes, October 21, 1862. His parents are Dr. Hubbard Mad- ison and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith, the latter a native of Bourbon county, Ken- tucky. The former, a native of Clark county, Kentucky, is a prominent physician of In- diana.

The subject of our sketch attended high school and academy, received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from De Pauw University of Indiana, and in 1887 received the degree of LL. B. from the Cincinnati Law School. The same year he graduated in Cincinnati, he came to Texas and located at Dallas, de- pending on his own resources, as he had but

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little means. In 1888 the late Judge John- son, at that time City Attorney, appointed young Smith his assistant, and in 1889 he frequently presided over the City Court as Judge, under appointment of the Executive. In 1890 he was chosen a member of the Board of Education for the Fifth Ward, with- ont opposition, and during his term on said board he has been an important factor in the educational affairs of the city. Shortly after his arrival in Dallas, he identified himself with the Board of Trade, and when the new incorporation of that body took place in Feb- ruary, 1892, Mr. Smith was unanimously chosen as its official attorney. At the elec- tion of city officers, in April, 1892, he was elected, without opposition, to the position of Alderman, on the Democratic ticket, from the Third Ward, which is recognized as one of the best wards in the city.

Mr. Smith, at times, lays aside the law and takes up literary work. In the newspaper field he is recognized as a writer of ability, and articles from his facile pen are found in many of the leading journals of the day. In fraternal circles he is also popular; lias held office in both the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges.

October 2, 1891, he wedded Miss Anna Elizabeth Renick, a lady of education and refinement, the winsome daughter of W. Il. Renick, Esq., a prominent short-horn cattle raiser of Bourbon connty, Kentucky.

Of quick perception, broad information, natural business ability and genial disposi- tion, Mr. Smith is a general favorite with his large circle of acquaintances. Ile is in the line of promotion, and there is little doubt that a bright future awaits him. He comes of an honored and distinguished an- cestry, of which the following brief record is made:

Mr. Smith's great-grandfather was Hub- bard Taylor, Sr., who went to Kentucky, as a surveyor, with General Knox, abont 1777. He located land in Clark county, Kentucky, and brought his family and negroes to this location abont 1780. His brother, General James Taylor, a paymaster in the United States army, went to Kentucky about that time and settled at Newport, where the Uni- ted States barracks were located. His younger brother, Reuben, emigrated to Ken- tucky about 1800. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., had four sons and four daughters. The sons were Hubbard, Knox, John Pendleton and Thomas Madison. Of the four daughters be it recorded that the eldest married Mr. Lane, a merchant of Winchester, Kentucky; the second was the wife of Dr. Taliaferro, of Paris, Kentucky; the third married a Mr. Tebbs, a farmer of Harrison county, Ken- tucky; and the youngest, Mr. Smith's grand- mother, Elizabeth Taylor, married Willis R. Smith, a lieutenant in the army in the re- cruiting service at Winchester, Kentucky, during the war of 1812. He afterward be- came a merchant in that town. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., was a first cousin of General Zachary Taylor's father. One branch of the Taylor family settled in Clark county, and the others in Oldham and Jefferson counties, Kentucky. Elizabeth (Taylor) Smith was connected with the Minors, Pendletons, Mad- isons and other old and distinguished families of Virginia, her mother's maiden name being Clarissa Minor: hence the family names among the Taylors of Madison, Minor, Pen- dleton, etc. Our subject's middle name, Pen- dleton, comes from his mother's side, bow- ever, she being a daughter of General Edmund Pendleton of Kentucky, whose father emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky early in the present century. He was closely

William Olyan

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related to the Virginia Pendletons, Edmund being a family name. Mr. Smith's grand- father, Willis R. Smith, was closely related to the Lee, Green and Willis families of Virginia and Maryland. One branch of the Green family (Mr. Smith's great-grandmoth- er's maiden name was Green) emigrated to Kentucky in an early day and settled in Mer- cer county. (Boyle county was formerly a part of Mercer county.) Judge Duff Green and two Presbyterian ministers, Louis and Joshua Green, were consins of our subject's grandfather, Willis R. Smith. Hubbard Taylor, Sr., and Henry Clay were the most intimate friends, although they differed in politics, Mr. Clay being a Whig of the strictest sort, while Mr. Taylor was a stanch Democrat. Mr. Clay was a frequent visitor at the home of Mr. Taylor. Collins, in his history of Kentucky, gives an extended sketch of Hubbard Taylor, and says of him that he was a great favorite among the peo- ple, but would never accept office or he would have been better known.

ILLIAM RYAN, a farmer and stock- raiser of Dallas county, was born in Ireland, June 18, 1841, a son of Patrick H. Ryan and Mary (Harty) Ryan, natives of Ireland, where they died. Will- iam left his native country at the age of twelve years, and came, with his uncle to New York city. He emigrated to Shreveport, Lonisiana, in 1857, but remained there only a short time and then came to southern Texas, where he has been engaged in the stock business. In 1861 he enlisted for one year in Company F, Third Texas Cavalry, and was in the battles of Elkhorn, Spring- 59

field, Corinth, and Iuka. He was wounded at Corinth and sent to the hospital at Canton, Mississippi, thence to Quitman, and then back to his command. Ile was on a furlongh at the time the company disbanded. Mr. Ryan has improved his farm, and now owns 125 acres in a good state of cultivation.

He was married in Dallas county, in 1865, to Mrs. Ellen Mary Murray, a native of Indiana and daughter of Wesley M. Chenanlt, also a native of Indiana and an early pioneer of Dallas county. In company with Jack Smith and Judge Patterson, Mr. Chenault erected a saw and grist mill on White Rock, which they conducted for a number of years. His death occurred many years ago, in Mon- tague county, Texas, and his wife, Elizabeth (Hatfield) Chenault, died in Dallas county. Mr. Ryan lost his excellent wife by death, March 23, 1886. They had ten children, nine of whom are living: William Emmett, who is working for the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express agency, in Dallas. He began life for himself at the age of nineteen, teaching school for two terms in Dallas county. He was then employed by William Kelly, as salesman in the furniture business. His next business experience was with the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express agency, in the re- sponsible position of money deliverer. The ability and integrity displayed by him in this capacity won the confidence of the company, who promoted him to the position of depot agent, which he now fills to the entire satis- faction of the company and the public. He will, probably, continue to rise in position with the company. George H., the second son, is in the furniture business at Ardmore, Texas; John W. is a member of the Fire De- partment of Dallas; Edward died Novem- ber 30, 1891; James H .; Patrick; Rosa; Lizzie; Hattie and Etta.

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Mr. Ryan sakes an active interest in poli- tics, voting with the Republican party. Re- ligiously, he is an earnest and useful mem- ber of the Catholic Church at Dallas.

AMES F. RAMSEY was born in Frank- lin county, Georgia, October 6, 1835. His parents, Caswell and Malinda (Mays) Ramsey, were born in the same State and connty, his mother's birth occurring in Sep- tember, 1811. They were married in 1834, and in 1836, the year following the birth of James F., they moved to Murray county, Georgia. There in 1851 the father died. IIe was a farmer by occupation. Of Mr. Ram- sey's grandparents, we record that his grand- father, James Ramsey, went from Virginia to Georgia in an early day; that he married a Miss Strong, who bore him one child; and that the wife and mother died when her child, Caswell, was two years old. James Ramsey was subsequently married to a Miss Christian, and this union also resulted in the birth of one child, whom they named Rachel. She grew up and married Joseph Keith, who died in 1886. Mrs Keith is now a resident of Georgia. Mr. Ramsey's mother has one sis- ter living,-Cynthia Mays. He is the oldest in a family of six sons, namely: James F., William H., Andrew K., Thomas J., Edward and Caswell L.

James F. Ramsey was married December 10, 1857, to Miss Margaret M. Stewart. She was born March 10, 1841, and died February 16, 1889, at the age of forty-eight years. (See history of the Stewart family in the sketch of William W. Sebastian.)

Mr. Ramsey was still living in Georgia when the war broke out. He enlisted on the 16th of May, in Company F, Third Georgia

Volunteers, in the Confederate army, Colonel Howard; was appointed Third Lietunant and afterward promoted to First Lieutenant. The six brothers all served in the war, all came ont alive and are still living. William H. went in as Lieutenant and when the war closed had command of his regiment. An- drew K. was promoted to Captain. They were in many hard battles and only two of them were ever wounded. William H. was shot five times, but was never disabled. Andrew K. was shot once through the thigh.

After returning home James F. was en- gaged in farming in his native State until he moved to Texas. He started overland for this State on the 14th of October, 1872. He sent his wife by water in company with Mr. Sebastian, while he took charge of the latter's children and his own-nine in all-and made the journey in safety by wagon, covering a distance of 970 miles it. thirty-five days. He first landed in the city of Dallas. He rented land, and after he had fitted himself out for work had seventy-five cents left. For four years he continued to rent. Then he pur- chased a farm of 160 acres, three miles south- west of Garland. He afterward traded it for 200 acres, located three miles south of Gar- land, and to this he has since added until he now owns 652g acres of fine land, all well improved. After thirty years of happy mar- ried life his wife died. They have eleven children born to them, and all are now living except three. Their names are Franklin L., a practicing physician of Rose Hill; Harvey M., Amanda J., wite of Red Ruth, of Dallas, died, leaving one child, Mary; John Marion, Willis S., Huston H., James, Maggie Lee and Mary S.

Mr. Ramsey chose for his second wife Mrs. Mattie (Foster) Nash, widow of Joseph Nash, who was killed in a cotton gin. She was

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born in September, 1845. Her father moved from Barren county, Kentneky, to this State before the war By her first husband she had five children: Ora May, Samuel T., Clay C., Marvin V. and Josephus. Mrs. Ramsey owns 180 aeres of good land, valued at about $40 per aere. Of late years Mr. Ramsey has given his attention niore to stoek-raising than to farming, having some fine Indian horses and Durham cattle.

Mr. Ramsey is a member of the Masonic order, Duek Creek Lodge, No. 441. to Duck Creek Lodge, No. 304, I. O. O. F., and of the Knights of Honor. He served as Deputy Sheriff five years in Dallas county. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ramsey is in every respect a straightforward and upright man, and is one of the foremost citizens of Dallas county.

W. HENDRICKS, one of the most prosperons and energetie farmers of Dallas county, was born August 2, 1829, in Scott, Indiana, the son of A. A. and Sophia A. Hendricks, natives of South Caro- lina and Indiana respectively. They were married in Indiana and afterward removed to Illinois, where they resided until the fall of 1853. In that year they came to Texas, buying and improving the farm on which the subjeet of this sketch now lives. The latter eame to Texas in 1852, one year in advance of his father, settling at Cedar Hill, where he first worked for a Mr. Combs, and afterward bought a team of oxen and broke prairie. In 1863, in company with his father, he bought 193 acres, to which he has since added until he now owns 120 acres of the famous black land, one mile east of Cedar Hill, and also ten acres of timber land.

Mr. Hendricks was married November 23, 1858, to Miss Mary J., a daughter of Bryson and Mary Jackson, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Jackson came to Texas in 1854, and later moved to Johnson county, where she lived until her death, in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are the parents of five children, viz .: Annie, James, William,-and the re- mainder are deceased. Annie is the wife of S. Fuleher. On the farm of Mr. Hendricks is to be found a comfortable home, good barns and outbuildings, and everything about the place denotes thrift and prosperity. He and his wife are both members of the Cedar Hill Baptist Church.

A. PERRY, of Dallas county, was born near Toronto, Canada, a son of Henry and Jane Perry, the for- mer a native of Ireland, and the latter of England. They came to Canada in their yonth, where they were married about 1846, and the spring of 1858 they landed in Red River county, Texas. After two years they moved to Doaksville, Indian Territory, where they lived until Mr. Perry was waylaid and shot, February 15, 1863. About one year later the mother moved again to Texas, set- tling in Red River county, where she lived until the spring of 1866. She then made a visit of two months in Canada, returning to Van Buren, Arkansas, where, a short time after her arrival, she was deceased. W. A. Perry, the subject of this sketeli, being the eldest of eight children, the care of the family fell to him. From Arkansas he moved to southwest Missouri, where he remained until July, 1873, when he returned to Texas and settled in Cedar Hill. Ile is a boot and shoe maker by trade, having served seven years as

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an apprentice, and has also been in the United States service as Deputy Marshal under Dr. White. After landing in Cedar Hill he did not engage in business for about one year, when he opened a shop and worked at his trade. He has been engaged in various oeen- pations sinee coming to this State, and is now the leading agricultural and implement dealer of this section of the county.

Mr. Perry married Miss Irene E. Stewart, and they have had three children: Clement L., Mary P., and Jessie S. Mr. Perry is a member of the order of Freemasons, and also of the Odd Fellows.

D. MCELROY, one of the most in- telligent and prosperous farmers of Dallas county, was born in Ruther- ford county, Tennessee, September 20, 1841, a son of M. L. and Jane MeElroy, natives of Virginia and Missouri. The parents eame from Tennessee to Texas in the latter part of 1856, settling near the line of Dallas and Ellis connties, where they improved a farm of 220 aeres. Here they lived until the death of the father. W. D., the fourth in a fam- ily of thirteen children, enlisted in the Confederate service early in 1861, Com- pany F, Twelfth Texas Cavalry, and was in active service four years. He was most of the time in Louisiana and Arkansas, and was fortunate enough never to participate in any of the hard-fought battles. He returned home immediately after peace was deelared, and he now has a fine farm of 180 acres, twenty miles southwest of Dallas. Ile is a carpenter by trade and has built many of the bridges that span the streams of this county, and in connection with his trade he has improved his farm, and to-day stands among the

best farmers of his section of the country.

Mr. MeElroy was married May 2, 1866, to Miss Hattie, a daughter of Josiah and Druy Culbertson, natives of Missouri, and they have five children. He lost his first wife by death September 29, 1878, and November 23, 1880, he married Miss Mollie, a daughter of Robert J. Merideth, a resident of St. Clair county, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. McElroy have had five children.

M. IIAMILTON, who resides on his farm of 333 acres fifteen miles south- 6 west of Dallas, and four miles east of Cedar IIill, is one of the most prosperous and representative citizen of this county. He was born in Menard county, Illinois, the son of Miles G. and Barbara E. Hamilton, natives of Virginia and Warren county, Kentucky. The father was reared on a farin, but later in life learned the trade of a brick mason. A few years after his marriage he moved to Illinois, where he resided until 1853, and October 29 of the same year he landed in Texas, having made the trip from Illinois in a wagon. He bought 640 acres of land, where he lived un- til his death, in June, 1889. He had pro- vided his sons with good homes of 160 aeres each.

F. M., the youngest of three sons, now owns and lives on his father's old homestead. He was yet a youth when he came to Texas, and the first event of his life of any note was his enlistment in the Confederate army, in September, 1861. He was a volunteer under General Ross, in the Sixth Texas Regiment, and followed this brigade through all its vieis- situdes until the general surrender, when they disbanded and returned home. He was in all the famous battles east of the Missis- sippi river, and when he laid down his arms

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he had been present at over 500 engagements. Ile held the office of Sergeant almost from the beginning to the close of the war. On his return from the scenes of battle he re- sumed farming, and shortly afterward, August 10. 1865, was married to Miss Mary L., a daughter of Samuel Ramscy, a native of Mis- souri. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are the par- ents of eight children, two of whom are de- ceased, a son and daughter, and the surviving children are all danghters. On the farm of Mr. Hamilton there is the appearance of thrift and enterprise, which characterizes an enter- prising citizen. He is a member of the order of Freemasons, and also of the Christian Church.

R. JAMES DRURY BOYCE, one of the prominent and successful physicians and surgeons of Dallas, Texas, was born in De Soto county, Mississippi, November 14, 1855.

His parents were James Monroe and Bet- tie (l'atterson) Boyce, natives of South and North Carolina respectively. Grandfather Boyce died when his son James M. was an infant, and little is known of the latter's an- cestry, except that he was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and subse- quently took a medical eonrse at Charleston, South Carolina. He gained eminence in his profession, being engaged in the practice thirty-seven years, first in Lawrence district, South Carolina, and afterward at Byhalia, Mississippi; and not only as a skilled phy- sieian, but also as a worthy citizen was he held in high esteem. During the war he was the only doctor left in his locality to care for the sick, and he waited on the soldiers of both the North and the Sonth. IIc was an

honored member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred at the age of sixty-three years. The mother of the sub- ject of this sketch died when he was quite young, she being forty-seven years of age at the time of her death. Of her ancestry lit- tle is known. She was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Six children were born to them, viz .: C. R .; Mollie; James D .; P. P .; Laura and Bettie. C. R., a lawyer of Fernando county, Missis- sippi, died at the age of thirty-nine years. He married Miss Mildred Boone, a relative of the distinguished Daniel Boone. She and her three children survive him. Mollie, wife of S. W. Mullens, of Byhalia, Mississippi, died at the age of twenty-nine years, leaving a husband and one child. P. P., a merchant of Memphis, Tennessee, married Miss Hattie Boone, a sister of his brother's wife. They have three children. Laura and Bettie died at the age of sixteen and nineteen years re- spectively.

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 112

Author: Lewis publishing company, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1128

Author: Lewis publishing company, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1128