Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 114

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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his brother-in-law's families were the only ones in that locality at that time, although four or five settlers had located about three miles south of where Lancaster now is, and other families soon afterward came. At that time there were no roads in the southern part of the county, except the trail to Dallas, and the one between the straggling chain of set- tlements on Ten Mile creek. Captain Perry brought supplies with him to last a year, anticipating that these would be hard to pro- cure; but there was a small store, however, at Cedar Spring, near Dallas, erected by Perry Overton. Mr. Perry has followed farming and stock-raising all his life, and, with the exception of the office of County Commis- sioner, which he held for two years during an early day, he has never accepted any public office. He entered the Confederate army in March, 1862, as a member of Company I, Eighteenth Texas Cavalry. He organized that company, mostly from his neighborhood. and took it into service. He resigned his position as Captain only a short time before the regiment was captured at Arkansas P'ost, Arkansas. Captain Perry was in the service one year in Arkansas, one year along the Gulf, and came home in February, 1864, and served with the Home Guards until 1865.

He was married in Greene county, Illinois, March 10, 1842, to Ellen M. Ellis, danghter of Thomas M. and Mary Ellis, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have had seven children: Mollie, wife of Bruce Brazil, of Cleburne, Texas; Mar- garet, wife of Woodson White, of Dallas county; Lenora, now Mrs. J. E. Stout, of Quinan, this State; Albert L., of Greer county, Texas; William Yancy, of Lancaster, Dallas county; Lura and Middleton Lee, at home. Captain Perry bears the reputation of being one of the most successful men in

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the southern part of Dallas county, upright in all his dealings, and exceedingly kind and accommodating. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Baptist Church, as are also their four eldest daughters. Mr. Perry has been a Mason for more than thirty years, having joined the first lodge that was ever organized at Dallas, and also assisted in organizing the first lodge in Lancaster.

ILLIAM FLEMING, one of the early settlers and prosperous farmers of Dallas county, Texas, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1820. His parents, Williamn and Sarah (Mc- Kinney) Fleming, were natives of Armagh county, Ireland, and on the Emerald Isle they were married and had three children born to them. In 1819 the family emi- grated to the United States, first settling in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, where they lived for three years; thence to Circleville, Ohio. The father was a weaver by trade and followed that business in Pennsylvania and Ohio. After living in Circleville two years he moved to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he took up the trade of coopering, which he had learned in his earlier days. Two years later he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, continning work at the cooper's trade there one year. Next we find him at Harmony, Indiana, where he worked two years at the cooper's trade; thence to Mount Vernon, Indiana, and a year later to Golconda, Illinois. He afterward lived at Alton and from there moved to Exe- ter. same State, where he and his wife died. They were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters: William, born in Ireland, died in infancy ; Thomas, a native of Ireland, came to the United States with his

parents, lived with them until they moved to Exeter, where he married and lived until two years ago, dying at that time and leaving a family of six children; Jane, also a native of Ireland, is the widow of Joe Smith and lives in Scott county, Illinois; William, the subject of our sketch, was the first of the family born in America; Mary Ann is the widow of Sam- uel Shaw and resides in Beardstown, Illinois; Sarah, wife of W. B. Landrum of Mount Vernon, Missouri, died, leaving five children ; Isabella, wife of George Mills, resides with her husband in the State of Washington.

William Fleming learned the cooper's trade in his boyhood and worked at it with his father until he was twenty years old. He then went to Wilmington, Greene county, Illinois, and established a cooper shop for himself, where he worked about three years. At that place he married his first wife, Al- bina Rawlins, in September, 1840. She was a native of Cole county, Illinois, and a daugh- ter of William and Euphanie (Martin) Rawlins.

Early in the fall of 1846, Mr. Fleming sold out and started for Texas, and on October 6, in company with eleven other families, landed on Ten-mile creek, fourteen miles south of where the city of Dallas now stands. Here he laid a patent on 640 acres of land. During the first year of his stay on this place he lived on corn bread, water and wild meats. Their only means of grinding corn was with the old fashioned mortar and pestle.

By his first wife, Mr. Fleming had seven children, of whom only one survives: S. C. Fleming,-the others having died in infaney. Ilis second marriage occurred with Mrs. Zelda Knox, September 28, 1890. She was the widow of Albert Plesson Knox, by whom she had two children.

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Mr. Fleming has by his own exertion gained what of this world's goods he now possesses. Ile owns 320 acres of his original holdings, having given the other 320 acres to his son. He is a member of the Christian Church and worships at the old Rawlins Church on Ten-mile creek.

RANCIS M. BEAVER, a farmer of pre- cinct No. 3, Dallas county, was born in Gwinnett county, Georgia, October 16, 1835, the twelfth child in his father's family. (For history of his father's family, see sketch of J. T. Beaver.) Francis remained at home with his mother, his father having died when he was sınall, until after his marriage, after which he rented land and continued to farm until after the war. He enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, and served for four years. He was wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House. He participated in twenty-two regular battles, and was in four engagements at Seven Pines, Virginia, and in the battles at James' farm, Savage Station, seeoud battle of Manassas Junction, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, White Post, second engagement at Chancellorsville, Pe- tersburg, Strawsburg, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Mr. Beaver enlisted as a private, and was first promoted Regimental Drummer, next Orderly Sergeant, then Third Lieutenant, at the battle of the Wilderness was promoted Second Lieutenant, receiving his commission in time of the battle. He was captured but once, and then made his escape. After the war he returned home and continued farming until 1883, after which he lived one year in this State with his brother, but returned to Georgia, and one year later came again to this State with his family. Shortly after his

arrival he bought his little farm, and in con- nection with this operates a gin-mill.

Mr. Beaver was married March 15, 1853, to Emily C. Dass, of Forsythe county, Geor- gia, and daughter of Jarrett and Elizabeth (Thompson) Dass. The father was born Feb- rnary 10, 1810, and the mother May 5, 1813, Mrs. Beaver has one brother and three sisters living, viz .: Martha, wife of William Bruce, by whom she had one child, William, and she was again married to Thomas Bell; Naney, wife of Leander Pace. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver have had seventeen children, only three of whom survive, viz .: Joseph G., who resides in Georgia; Andrew, of Dallas county; and John W., also of this county. The parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the former has filled sev- eral small offices in the I. O. O. F., Duck Creek Lodge, No. 444.

2010 HARLES H. TIPPETT, of Mesquite, Dallas county, was born in Hookins- ville, Georgia, September 1, 1864, the youngest of eight children of Abner L. and Cynthia (Whaley) Tippett. The former was born in Washington county, Georgia, in 1822, and died at the age of fifty-six years, and the latter is still living in Georgia, at the age of seventy years. The father was a mechanic by occupation, and as such served in the South- ern army until the close of the war. After the death of his father our subject lived with his mother until fifteen years of age, and then served as an apprentice to learn the print- er's trade about three years; next he went to Florida and worked in a sawmill four years, then he returned home and engaged in farm- ing; in 1887 he went again to Florida and re- mained until December, 1887, and returned home December 18, 1888; January 28, 1889,

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he went to the mountains in Arkansas. May 24, of the same year, he came to Mesquite, Dallas county, and worked for wages the first year, after which he bought his present fine farm of 216 aeres.

Mr. Tippett was married to Mrs. Kate C. Thompson, nee Crumby, who was born No- vember 23, 1865, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Beeman) Crumby. The father was born August 10, 1820, and the mother July 22, 1824, and they were married August 17, 1854. Mrs. Tippett has three brothers and one sister, but Hustus is the only one now living, the others having died in childhood. Mr. Tippett has two brothers now living: John T. and William Albert. The former is now living in Georgia, and the latter in Florida. Mrs. Tippett had one daughter by her former husband, Eliza Olive Thompson.

AMES B. FRANKLIN, a resident of Dallas, Texas, is one of nine children born to James B. and Louisa (MeKin- ney) Franklin. The father came to Marshall, Texas, in 1835, from DeKalb county, Ala bama. His death occurred in Collin county, this State, in November, 1887. The mother was originally from South Carolina. She was married to Mr. Franklin in Marshall. They moved from there to Upshur county and thenee, in the fall of 1861, to Collin county. She, too, died at the latter place- her death oeeurring December 26, 1873.

Of their children be it recorded that James B. was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1844. He came to Dallas from Collin county in the spring of 1867. He has been twice married. November 11, 1877, he wedded Ida Moss, of Dallas county, and by her had one child that died in infaney. July 11, 1882, he was

united in marriage with Belle Bowen, also of Dallas county. They have no children. While in Collin county he was engaged in the cattle business. Since then he has been interested in mercantile pursuits in Hens rietta and Dallas, but at the present writing is not actively engaged in any business. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his political views are in harmony with Demo- eratic principles. William W. Franklin, born in Marshall. Texas, was married at that place to Margaret Wright, by whom he has eight children. They reside near Leonard, Collin connty. Benjamin M. Franklin, also a na- tive of Marshall, lives at Mineral Wells, Texas. He married Melissa Dobkins, of Collin county, and has one child. Mary R. Franklin, a native of Upshur county, Texas, was married in Collin county to Charles Con- nolly, of Lamar county. Her death occurred January 19, 1891. Mr. Connolly is now a resident of Erath county. John M. Frank- lin, born in Upsbur county, was married in Celeste, Hunt county, this State, and has one child. He and his family are residents of Ardmore, Indian Territory. Joseph A. Frank- lin, born in Upshur county, is now a resident of Collin county; is married and has two children. Octavia, a native of Upshur county, has been twice married and is now a widow, residing in Greenville, Hunt county, Texas. She has two children, one by each marriage. Lonise, native of Upshur county, and is now the widow of Benjamin Shaw. She has three children ; lives in Jones county, Texas. Mattie, born in Collin county, was married there, and died, leaving no issne.

The following refers to the family of Mrs. James B. Franklin, wife of the subject of this sketch:

Ahab Bowen, father of Mrs. Franklin, was born in Granger county, Tennessee, in 1807;

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went to Polk county, Missouri, where he en- gaged in farming and also carried on mer- cantile pursuits; removed from Polk county to Arkansas in 1862; thence, in 1864, to Collin county, Texas; and in 1865 to Dallas. At the latter he was engaged in mercantile business for several years. He owned twelve acres of land here, which has been divided among his children. He was married in March, 1832, in Tennessee, to Mary L. Early, who died August 7, 1889. 'They had a fan- ily of nine children, all natives of Polk county, Missouri. Their names with brief mention of each, arc herewith given: Saralı C. was married in Polk county to W. C. Akard, who was subsequently a merchant in Dallas, Texas. He died in Calvert, leaving three children: Coleman B., a banker at Montrose, Colorado, married Ollie Heifner, of Shreveport, Louisiana; W. C., of Dallas, married Gertrude Staley, of Springfield, Mis- souri, and has one child, Fred A .; and Sarah C., wife of A. C. Daniel, of Dallas, has one child, Lillie. John W. Bowen, a resident of Dallas, has been twice married. By his first wife, nee Sidney Lacey, he had two children : Clinton and John; by his second union, with Lizzie Britton, of Louisiana, he has one child. William W. Bowen was first married in Polk county, Missouri, to Mary Goss, by whom he had seven children: S. Price; Walter A .; Ida, who married James Austin, of Dallas, and has one child: Allie, who married E. T. Overad, Dallas, and has two children: May, Booker and Mack. His second wife is Jennie (Wilkins) Bowen, of Waco, and by her he has three children. Elizabeth C. has been twice married. By her first husband, B. F. Lacey, of Polk county, Missouri, she had two chil- dren: Rosa Belle, deceased, and Ed. F. Lacey, of Dallas. By her present companion, General G. Worthington, of Dallas, she has 60

one child. Jennie is the wife of J. T. Boren, Dallas: their seven children are: Lucy, wife of A. L. Ledbetter, Dallas connty, has one child; Charles F., deceased; William A .; Annie L .; J. Edgar; Ben E. and Arthur Lee. Henry Booker married Alice Easley, has five children, and lives in Antelope, Jack county, Texas. Adeline was first married in St. Louis, Missouri, to William Harlje. By her second marriage, to A. M. Thompson, of Dallas, she had three children, two of whom are living: Rosa and Hugh. Fannie, wife of B. J. Jackson, of Kentucky, has no children. Belle, wife of the subject of this sketch.

ON. CHARLES FREDERICK TUCKER, an eminent jurist and es- teemed citizen of Dallas, Texas, was born September 18, 1847 He is descended from a family which has furnished to the bar of this country many eminent lawyers. His parents were the Hon. Alpheus L. Tucker, late of Franklin, Louisiana, and Maria Susan Thomas, the former for many years a leader of the bar of southern Louisiana, who repre- sented his parish in the Senate and Lower House of the State Legislature for several terms, and who acted for fifteen consecutive years as Mayor of Franklin. He was not only an able lawyer and eloquent orator, but was distinguished for his genial disposition, open-handed charity and upright character. He died in Franklin, in 1885, aged sixty- seven years, his loss casting a gloom over an entire community, which knew and appre- ciated his worth. The mother of the subject of his sketch died in 1852. She was a lady of superior attainments, great eulture and refinement, who added to her intellectual accomplishments the charm of a kind heart;

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who was eminently fitted to be a companion to a person of her husband's acknowledged ability and worth.

Judge Tucker, whose name heads this no- tice, spent his early childhood in Franklin. At the close of the war, in 1865, he entered the freshmen class at Austin College, in Huntsville, Texas, where he remained until the close of the session of 1866-'67, having passed through the freshmen, sophomore and junior courses. On leaving that institution he pursued his studies two years in the Uni- versity of Virginia, graduating in several of the academic schools of that well known seat of learning.

On his return to his home in Louisiana he entered his father's office, where he studied law for three years, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in July, 1872. In April, of the following year, he sought the opportunities afforded in a newer and less crowded locality, locating in Dallas, Texas. Soon afterward he entered into a law partnership with Colonel William E. Hughes, with whom he continued until 1875, meeting with gratifying success in the practice of his profession, and soon acquired a leading position at the Dallas bar. On the creation of the Forty-fourth Judicial District in 1889, upon the recommendation of the bar of Dallas, he was appointed Judge of the District by Governor Ross. At the expira- tion of his term of office in 1890, he was elected withont opposition as his own suc- cessor for a term of four years.

IIe was married in December, 1874, to Miss Mary Sydnor Jones, an estimable lady. a native of Galveston, a daughter of the late Colonel Gustavns A. Jones, and a grand- daughter of the late Judge John B. Jones, a distinguished Judge of the Republic of Texas, and a granddaughter, on her mother's side,

of John S. Sydnor, for many years a leading merchant of Galveston. They have three sons and one daughter.

In politics Judge Tucker is a Democrat.

ILLIAM P. ARMSTRONG was born in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1839, son of William Armstrong, who was born at the same place, April 19, 1794, both father and son being farmers by occupation. The senior Mr. Armstrong was merging into young manhood when the war of 1812 broke out, and in answer to his country's call he entered the army as a private soldier, serving until he was hon- orably discharged. In 1822 he married Mrs. Sarah (Sheltman) Smith, a widow. By her first husband she had one child, Elizabeth, who became the wife of Samuel Wallas. Mrs. Armstrong died in Texas, at the age of fifty- four years. William Armstrong moved from Virginia to Morgan county, Indiana, in 1841. In 1852 he came to Texas and settled in Dallas county, where he purchased a large tract of land, located about two miles and a half northeast of Garland. He there lived and farmed till the time of his death, which occurred at the age of ninety-one years. Ho and his wife were the parents of eight ehil- dren, the subject of our sketch being the sixth-born. John is now a resident of Moran, Allen county, Kansas; George died, leaving a family of five children; Franklin was the third-born, and the next in order were Robert and William P; Martha J. is the wife of George Canatsay; Dranah married William Nelson; Mattie was first married to Nat. Potter, who died, leaving her with three children; she subsequently married R. H. Mallabone, by whom she had two children. Her death occurred April 13, 1891.

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William P. Armstrong was about thirteen years of age when his father moved from In- diana to this State. They made the journey in wagons and were about fifty days on the road.

Mr. Armstrong was married October 29, 1859, to Miss Anna Parker. After his mar- riage he began farming on his own account. When the war broke ont he enlisted in the Fifteenth Texas Regiment, Colonel Sweet.' bnt was soon discharged on account of ill health. He afterward regained his health and again enlisted in the army, serving until the close of the war. Returning to his home and farm he again took up the peaceful occu- pation of farming, in which he is still eu- gaged. He owns a nice 200-acre farm near Garland.

Following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong: Charles Crawford, deceased; Sarah and Minnie, also deceased; Franklin, and Elizabeth. Mrs. Armstrong is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Armstrong is associated with the Masonic order, being a member of Duck Creek Lodge, No. 441.

A. JACOBS dates his birth in Inde- pendence county, Arkansas, December 17, 1845. For the history of his par- ents see the sketch of John C. Jacobs, in this volume.

After his mother's death Mr. Jacobs was taken to his aunt in New York, and she cared for him until he was grown. When the Civil war came on he enlisted in the Union army, as a member of the Fourteenth Vermont Regiment, First Army Corps, Third Division, and served one year, participating in the battles of Fredricksburg and Gettys-

burg, besides several skirmishes. His brother, John C., was in the Confederate army. The term of his enlistment expiring, Mr. Jacobs returned to his home in New York. He then spent one year in Virginia, after which he traveled for a machine company for several years, and came to Texas in 1887.

Mr. Jacobs was married while in New York, December 19, 1867, to Catherine Osterhoudt. She died August 31, 1880, leaving no issue. IIe was subsequently married to Mrs. Anna- bell Troop, a widow with one child, and a native of Tennessee. By Mr. Jacobs she had one child, Katy J. His second wife departed this life in September, 1867. On the 28th of August, 1888, he wedded Margaret Dan - iels, of Humphreys county, Tennessee.

After locating in Texas Mr. Jacobs rented land of his brother, John C. He was success- fnl in his farming operations, made enough money with which to purchase land, and is now the owner of the 155 acres on which he lives.

USAN COX, who for many years has been a resident of Dallas county, Texas, lives in the town of Fisher, Precinct No. 1. Her parents were Benjamin and Fannie (Mckinsey) Chenoweth. She came from Missouri to Texas with her mother and brother Joseph, her father having died while making preparations for the journey. The mother died in February, 1872.

In 1859 she was married to Jesse Cox, son of William and Ruth (Dixon) Cox, early set- tlers of this neighborhood, they having come here from northern Missouri in 1845, when Jesse was about nineteen years old. To them one child was born, Fannie A., who is now the wife of James A. Williamson, and has two children: Ina L. and James C. Mr. Williamson is a farmer, came here from

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Hiekory county, Missouri, and he and his family now reside with Mrs. Cox.

Previous to his marriage to the subject of our sketeh, Jesse Cox was married, Oeto- ber 1, 1850, to Rosanna MeComas, sister of John McComas, and by her had three ehil- dren, two of whom are still living, namely: John W., a resident of Williamson county, Texas; and Ruth Ann Seals, wife of James Seals of Johnson county, Texas, has five children.

Jesse Cox was a farmer by ocenpation, and owned 300 aeres of land. The homestead farm comprises fifty-three aeres, and is devoted to the production of cotton. Mr. Cox served eighteen months in the Mexican war. During the late war he enlisted in Colonel Stone's regiment, and was in cavalry service in Louisiana. His death oceurred January 16, 1865, of disease caused by ex- posure in the army. He was a member of the Masonie fraternity.

The parents of Mrs. Cox had eleven ehil- dren, whose names, with brief mention of eael. are as follows: Rachel married David Wood, and resides in Missouri. James mar- ried Matilda Moss, of Tennessee. He died in 1886 and his wife the following year, leav- ing a family of eight children .; Thomas lives in Wise eounty, Texas, is married, and has seven children; Mary; Cassandra married I. T. Mitchell, of Indiana, by whom she has two children. After his death she eame to Texas, and is now a resident of Collin. Betsey married J. L. Derryberry, of Polk county, Missouri, and their union was blessed with seven children. She is deceased. Sarah married H. A. Derryberry, of Polk county, Missouri. They are now residents of Wise county, Texas, and have seven children. Susan Cox, subject of this article. Rebeeea married S. H. Hardniek, of Virginia. They

are now living in Denton county, Texas. Joseph married Rebecea Crawford, of Denton. They live in Collin county, Texas, and have a family of nine children; Missouri I. mar- ried Land Smith, of Missouri, their marriage oeeurring in Dallas. She is now a resident of this place. He died, leaving her with four children.

DWARD C. BECHITOL, of Mesquite, Dallas county, was born in Frederiek county, Maryland, June 10, 1860, a son of Daniel Bechtol, who was born on the same farm as his son, January 13, 1824. He was a farmer and stock-raiser by oeeupation, and lived in his native State fifty-two years. He served three months in the Union army, and at the elose of the war he came to Texas, and in April, 1876, brought his family to this State. He lias one brother, Jolın Beelı- tol, now living, and three sisters: Elizabeth Ringor, of the State of Washington, and Catherine Kifower still resides in Maryland, Mr. Bechtol was married in 1846, to Miss Mahala Boser, and the former is now a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church, and the latter of the Reformed Church, and strictly live np to their faith.

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 114

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