Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 62

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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pany, and was serving as an officer in a most closely contested engagement. The color bearers were shot down one after another, and when others would not raise the colors he carried them for a time, but in the hot engagement he, too, fell to rise no more. His two messmates, William and Clarence Wren, returned and told the sad news. The names of the four living children are: Dr. Richard, of Brownwood, Texas; Margaret, wife of D. Y. Milling, of Anderson county, this State; Edward J., our subject; and John M., a far- mer of Anderson county.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the Dallas and Woodland College, graduating at the latter in 1864. He then read medi- cine under his brother, Richard Hallum, and afterward graduated in the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, in the class of 1874. After graduating he im- inediately began practice at Kickapoo, An- derson county, Texas; four years later went to Telinacana, this State; next was at Brown- wood eight years; resided near the coast one year, and in 1892 moved to Oak Cliff. He was engaged in the drug business in connec- tion with his practice while in Brownwood, and also served as County Physician during his entire stay there. He has been an ex- aminer for a number of insurance companies.

Dr. Hallum was married February 14, 1875, to Miss Floretta E. Erwin, a daughter of Colonel S. A. Erwin, of Oak Cliff. To this union have been born seven children, viz .: Edna L., Vasca F., Forrest R., Nina L., Eppa B., Dixie O. and Queen. The parents are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the father also affiliates with the A. O. U. W., the K. of P., and is a mem- ber of the blue lodge, chapter and com- inandery, F. & A. M. Dr. HIallum has performed many surgical operations, having

amputated several limbs, arms, a number of tumors of different kinds, -on one occasion removed an eye,-and has made an ex-sec- tion of the tibia and fibula. He trephined the skull when another noted physician said “ it was the only thing that would save his life, but he would die on the table, and he did not care to attempt it." The patient is still liv- ing and doing well. The Doctor has a good reputation as a physician and surgeon, is a late but valued accession to Oak Cliff, is public-spirited and progressive in his views, and is such as gives character to a community.

AMPSON K. LEWIS was born in Wil- son county, Tennessee, September 1. 1846, son of Carroll and Hannah (Adams) Lewis. His father was also a native of Wilson county, Tennessee, born in 1815. He was killed by robbers at Lavergne, in April, 1865. Sampson K. was present, saw them shoot him and saw him fall, but was power- less to give him any assistance. The mother died in Tennessee, in December, 1878, at the age of sixty-four years. They had eleven children, whose names are as follows: William R .; George W .; Elizabeth J., wife of William Bogle; Nancy A., wife of Richard B. Chum- bley; Mary F., wife of John W. Roberts; Peggy P., wife of Elijah F. Robinson; Samp- son K .; Cynthia, wife of William D. Allen, is now deceased; Susan H., wife of Samuel Cooper; Frankie, wife of Benjamin Sutton; l'eter F. Of this large family all are living except one.

Sampson K. Lewis was married, March 4, 1868, to Miss Clara McMillen, who was born June 29, 1849. Her parents, Ptolemy and Jane (Marler) McMillen, were born in the year 1827 and were married in 1847. The names

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of their seven children are Clara, wife of the subject of this sketch; Rebecca, who was first married to W. T. Dodd and afterward to T. P. Somers; Mary J., wife of Thomas Rnyle; Harriet, wife of John Keene, is deceased; Martha, wife of Isaac Eaton, is deceased; James; Tennessee, wife of Bced Erwin, is deceased. After his marriage Mr. Lewis came to Texas and settled in Dallas county near Housley. After renting land for seven years he bought an improved farm of ninety- two acres, the place on which he now lives. To his original purchase he has since added other lands and is now the owner of 325 acres, 136 of this being under cultivation and 250 acres fenced. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis eleven children have been born, viz .: Josie, Samuel M., James C., Wilson, George W., Roxie, William, Peter, Rosie B., Grover Cleveland and Goldie May, all living. Josie was first married to John Cox. Her present husband is John Orr.

Politically, Mr. Lewis is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and two of their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lewis is eminently a self made man. When he landed in Texas he had only $16 in money, and that he invested in a cow. ] honest, earnest work, economy and good judgment he lias secured a competency, and is regarded as one of the wealthy and influ- ential citizens of his community.

E. GROVES, a Dallas county farmer, residing near Garland, dates his birth in Rutherford county, North Carolina, May 18, 1833.

Jesse Groves, his father, a farmer by occn- pation, was born and reared in North Caro-

lina, in the above named county, his birth occurring February 18, 1800. In 1838 he moved his family to Tennessee, where he died, on the 14th of February, 1857, aged fifty- seven years. His wife, who before her mar- riage was Miss Margaret Long, was born in 1811 and was a native of the same county in which her husband was born. They reared a family of ten children, whose names are as follows: Nancy, Andrew, William, John, J. E., Sarah, George, Jane, Daniel and Sophro- nia. Nancy married Richard Proctor and Sarah became the wife of Samuel Shiply. Jane is deceased.

J. E. Groves was the fifth-born of the family and was twenty-five years old when his father died. In May, 1857, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States of America, and served until 1865. He participated in a number of important engagements and was with the forces that followed Sherman on his memor- able march, being forty-two days constantly under fire, and during that time never had his accouterments off. In all his service he was never wounded or captured. On the 25th of April, 1865, he was surrendered in North Carolina, after which he returned to his home.

December 24, 1868, Mr. Groves was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Ballanger, who was born in Tennessee in 1844, February 19. Her father, Elijah Ballanger, was born in 1805 and died in 1872, aged sixty-seven years. His first wife was nee Ruth Edwards, and by her he had seven children. After her death he wedded Mrs. Nancy (Hedelston) who died at the age of sixty years. By his last companion he had a family of six chil- dren, Mrs. Groves being one of these. The names of the others are: J. E. Parlea, Mary Ann (who died when small); Thomas, Frances

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and Sam. To Mr. and Mrs. Groves have been born seven elrildren: John F., Elijah, Sophro- nia, William, Samnel, Naney and Thomas. John F. died at the age of eighteen years.

Mr. Groves dates his arrival in Texas in November, 1872, le and his brother, William Q., having made the journey from Tennessee in wagons. When they landed here they only had $5 between them. But they went to work in earnest and soon had money enough to buy the farm they had rented. They purchased 155 aeres at $20 per acre. They still farm together. By making im- provements of various kinds they have greatly enhaneed the valne of their land, it now be- ing worth twiee the priee they paid for it.

Mr. and Mrs. Groves are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

RANCIS MARION MILLICAN, a prosperous farmer of Dallas county, is a son of Benjamin F. and Rebecca (How- ell) Milliean. The father, a native of Ten- nessee, removed to Alabama when a young inan, settling in Jackson county, where he died in 1840, at the age of thirty years. He was a blacksmith and gunsmith by trade, and followed the same all through life. The paternal grandfather, Solomon E. Milliean, was a native of Ireland, and came to Amer- ica when a young man, settling first in In- diana and afterward in Tennessee, where he subsequently died. Our subjeet's mother, Rebecca Howell, was a native of East Ten- nessee and a daughter of Caleb Howell, an early settler of that State. She died in Jaek- son county, Alabama, in 1856, at the age of forty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Milliean's children are: Solomon E., a resident of Tar- rant county, Texas; Caleb, who died in in-

faney; Susan, also deceased in infaney; Francis Marion, our subject; Naney, de- eeased in infaney; Benjamin F., whose sketeh appears in this work; George, who died a few years ago in the Creek nation; and Mary, the wife of Joseph Milam, of Sebas- tian county, Arkansas.

The subject of this sketeh was born in Grainger county, Tennessee, October 6, 1832, but was reared in Jackson county, Alabama. In the fall of 1858 he emigrated to Missouri' settling in Newton county, where he enlisted, in 1861, in the Confederate army, in Com- pany E, Missouri State Troops, under Captain Ed. McCulloch. He served in the Trans- Missis- sippi department, and was with Price on his raids in Missouri, taking part in the battle of Oak Hill, Missouri, Elk Horn, Arkansas, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and Saline River, Ar- kansas. Mr. Milliean served in the ordnance department, and received a gunshot wound in the left thigh at Saline River, Arkansas. He was twice eaptured, first in Newton county, Missouri, at the opening of the war, and next in the Indian Territory, while try- ing to make his way to the Confederate lines. He was mustered ont at Shreveport, Louis- iana, June 1, 1865, after which he came to Dallas county, Texas, and later went to Tar- rant county, where he was engaged in a mill one year. He then bought a small farm, of the George Burgoon survey, from R. B. Mirrell survey, which he improved and sold in 1883, to Ben Croley. The same year Mr. Milliean bought the place where he now lives, in Grape- vine prairie, near the Tarrant county line, where he lias 141 aeres of black land, nearly all of which is under cultivation.

He was married June 9, 1870, to Marthia D. Fergusson, a native of Mississippi, and a daughter of William Elkanah Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Millican have had eight ehil-

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dren, viz .: Joseph E., Walter Lee, Dewitt Clinton, Charles Marion, Addie, Martha Lilly, Sallie Frank and Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Millican is a Mason, having become a member of the Grapevine Lodge in 1871-'72, and is also a member of Estelle Lodge, No. 570, of this county.

EORGE S. FUQUA, a prominent citi- zen of Dallas county, is a son of Joseph and Anne (Mosby) Fuqua. The father, a lawyer by profession, was born and reared in Henrico county, Virginia, and afterward practiced his profession in Cumberland and Buckingham counties, same State. He was a successsul criminal and civil lawyer, enjoying a large practice; owned a large plantation on on the James river, known as Bear Garden; was prominent in politics, being a life-long Democrat; held a number of responsible public positions, and accumulated a large fortune. He was born December 9, 1800, and died at his plantation in Buckingham county, in 1870. Our subject's mother, nee Anne Mosby, was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, a daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Lipscomb. She died in her native county in 1860, at the age of fifty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Fuqua's children were: William, a physician of Cumberland county, Virginia; George S., our subject; Joseph, a teacher of Osyka, Mississippi; Samnel, a farmer of Buckingham county, Virginia; and three daughters.

George S. Fuqua, our subject, was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, in June, 1825, and was reared to farm life in that and Buckingham counties. He followed that occupation a short time in the latter county, and then, in 1852, came to Texas, settling in

San Augustine county, where he served as Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court a num- ber of years, under Ben F. Benton, a nephew of Thomas H. Benton. In 1862 Mr. Fuqua enlisted in the Confederate army, in Com- pany A, Nineteenth Texas Infantry, Walk- er's Division, and served in the Trans- Missis- sippi Department. After the close of the war he returned to San Angustine and remained about four years; then he moved to Jefferson, Texas, and engaged in buying cotton until the fall of 1878, when he came to Dallas, and carried on the same business.

Mr. Fuqua was married at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in February, 1849, to Anna E. Jones, who was born in that county, and a daughter of Dr. Davis C. Jones, also a native of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Fuqua have a pleasant home in West Dallas, where they have reared a family of four children, viz .: George C., a farmer of this county; Davana, the wife of J. A. Bishop, of Dallas county; Josepli, who is engaged in the lum- ber business of Texarkana, Arkansas; and Willie, the wife of F. M. Clower, who re- sides in West Dallas.

ALVIN TAYLOR, deceased. Nature, no doubt, intended Mr. Taylor for a long and more than ordinarily useful life, but, alas, for human hopes and expecta- tions, he was cut down in the very zenith of his manhood and at a time when his nature was bright with promise. Ile was born in Greene county, Illinois, December 2, 1831, and came to Dallas county, Texas, in the lat- ter part of the '50s, and was married on the 14th of August, 1856, to Harriet Emcline, daughter of Thomas M. Ellis, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. They first

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settled in Lancaster, this county, where they resided until December, 1859, when Mr. Taylor purchased a farm one mile from the village of Lancaster, consisting of 350 acres on which he settled and where he resided until his death, which occurred November 1, 1862, at Forest, Mississippi. He was a farmer all his life, and a fairly successful one. The place which he purchased in 1859 has en- hanced in value, and now affords a comfort- able home to his widow and children. They had two children, a son and daughter: Will- iam, who married Ida, danghter of Irvin Lav- ender, and Eda, who was married to Charles T. Orr.

Mr. Taylor entered the Confederate service at the opening of the Civil war, enlisting in Captain Rawlins' company, which was re- cruited from the vicinity of Lancaster. After remaining in the service for a year he was taken sick and compelled to return home, and his brother Perry took his place. It was while absent at Forest, Mississippi, to take his brother's horse to him, that he was taken sick and died. He was a man who possessed many estimable traits of character, and his untimely death was mourned, not only by his immediate and sorrowing family but also by all who knew him.

OIIN C. STOREY, D. D. S. AND M. D., was born in Greene county, Alabama, May 12, 1836, and is a son of Dr. John and Jane C. (Holland) Storey, natives of South Carolina. The father was one of the pioneer physicians of Alabama, and purchased his lands from the Government before it was a State. He was greatly respected for his high, moral character, and was sincerely mourned at his death, which occurred in

September, 1862. The mother of John C. survived until April 16, 1890, when she passed away at the old homestead in Greene county, Alabama. They reared a family of ten children, nine sons and one daughter; six are still living, and reside in Alabama, with the exception of the Doctor. He passed his youth in Alabama, and received his literary education in the high school. At the age of nineteen years he began the study of medicine with Dr. Charles P. Sanders, of Clinton, Alabama, as preceptor. He read under his direction for a year and a half, and then entered the Atlanta Medical College. He was gradnated in 1857, with the degree of M. D., and immediately began the prac- tice of his profession. From 1857 to 1860 he was located in Greene county, Alabama, and then removed to Louisiana. At the be- ginning of the war he enlisted in the Nine- teenth Louisiana Infantry, Company C, as a private, and was soon appointed hospital steward. He saw some active service, but in July, 1862, he was discharged on account of ill health. He returned to his home in Alabama and resumed the practice of medi- cine until October of the same year, when he re-enlisted as Assistant Surgeon. He was not present at the battle of Chickamauga, but did field service there after the battle. From this time to the close of the war he was busily engaged in caring for the sick and wonnded.

After the war was ended he was married to a danghter of the Rev. Dr. E. E. Wiley, of Emery, Virginia, a lady of rare mental at- tainments. Four children were born of this nnion: John E., Clarence L., Virginia E. and Medora Jane. Dr. Storey engaged in the practice of his profession at his old home in Alabama for two years after the war, when he determined to take up the study of

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dentistry. In order to carry out this pur- pose he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and was graduated in 1869 with the degree of D. D. S. He then spent one year in Virginia, going at the end of that time to Eutaw, Greene county, Alabama. He formed a partnership with Dr. R. E. Watkins, which existed until 1874. For one year he practiced there alone, and then came to Dallas, Texas. He is one of the first members of the profession to settle here, but the discouragements that ineet the pioneer were bravely faced by him, and he is now well established in a fine practice. He is a member of the Sonthern Dental As- sociation, of the Texas Dental Association, and is ex-president of each. He is the originator of the move organizing a grand dental congress in Chicago in 1893.

Dr. Storey has been a member of the Pres- byterian Church for almost half a century. His wife was reared in the Methodist Episco- pal Church, but later in life united with her husband's church. She died June 27, 1891, and her remains were interred in Trinity Cemetery. She was a pious woman, and her life was given to deeds of charity. Politically the Doctor affiliates with the Democratic party, and is an ardent supporter of the issnes of that body.

HARLES F. ALTERMANN has re- sided in Dallas county since 1874, and on account of the eminent position he occupied for many years in the profession of journalism, is fully entitled to a space in this record of the leading men. He is an American citizen by adoption, having first seen the light of day in the city of Leipsic, Germany. When he was a lad of eleven

years his parents emigrated from the Father- land to the United States. and located in New Orleans. The parents soon after died in that city, and by force of cireninstances Charles F. was thrown upon his own re- sources. Ile was apprenticed to learn the printer's trade at Mobile, Alabama, and when he had served out his time he went to New Orleans and worked on the Gazette for a while. In 1874 he came to Texas, and had not been in the State long before he located in Dallas, and established the Texas Volksblatt. He edited this sheet from 1877 to 1889, when he sold out to the Texas Post. The Volksblatt had a daily and weekly edition, and was the best representative of German sentiment in the South. Clear, forcible, and fearless it uttered no uncertain sound, a safe and thoroughly reliable guide on all questions pertaining to the public welfare.

On retiring from the field of journalism, Mr. Altermann engaged in the real-estate business, but still retains his interest in pub- lic affairs. He was president of the Maifest, a German May-day festival, and under his energetic management it was a brilliant snc- cess. Politically he affiliates with the Re- publican party, which sent him to their national convention at Chicago, in 1888, and he is candid and open in the expression of his sentiments without being intensely partisan. He is a member of the Turn- verein, the singing society (Frohsinn), Sons of Hermann, and the Knights of Honor. He has all the social traits characteristic of the Teuton, and is an acknowledged leader in German society. At present he is connected with the Word Texas Presse, a new German paper started by the German citizens of Dal- las, upon the withdrawal of the Texus Post to Galveston, whence they came in 1888.

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In 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Schultz, of Houston, Texas, and six children were born to them, five of whom are living.

HARLES A. FLOYD, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, of Hutchins, Dallas county, Texas, has been identified with the best interests of this county since 1848.

Mr. Floyd is a native of Illinois, born in Greene county, June 28, 1840, a son of George and Nancy (Finley) Floyd. His father was born in Vermont in 1811, and when a lad of eight years was bound out. At the age of eighteen he left his home and went to New York, and after remaining there for a time went, in company with the noted Joseph Call, to Illinois. That was about 1829. There he engaged in varions occupations, and in that State was married to Nancy Finley, a native of Illinois, and daughter of John Fin- ley. John Finley had moved from Sonth Carolina to Illinois at an early day. The grandmother of our subject was captured by the Indians, was held in captivity for several years, and was rescued, at a great expense, by her father. After his marriage Mr. Floyd purchased a farm in Greene county, improved it, and continued to reside there until 1848, when he came to Texas, making the journey with horse teams and being four weeks en route, landing in Dallas county just before Christmas. Previous to this the father had come South, had taken a headright in Peters' Colony, and had built a cabin, and when he returned with his family moved to this place. He was accompanied by John Conoway, Anthony Fisher, George Martin and William Spencer and their familes. Mr. Floyd at once began the improvement of his

new home, and remained there farming and stock-raising as long as helived. He and his wife were the parents of five sons, viz .: David H., who died in 1863, at the age of thirty- four years; Charles A., the subject of this sketch; Oscar, who died in Illinois during the war, aged nineteen; Caswell B., a minister in the Christian Church, died in November, 1890; and Alfred B., a resident of Dallas county, Texas. Mrs. Floyd was a member of the Baptist Church. The father died in March, 1884, and the mother is also de- ceased.

Charles A. Floyd was eight years old when he came to Texas, and on his father's frontier farm he was reared, receiving his education in the common schools. He remained with his parents until the breaking ont of the late war, and in July, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Sixth Texas Cavalry, and served in the west- ern army until the battle of Corinth. He participated in the battle of Pea Ridge, Iuka and Corinth, and was taken prisoner. IIe then took the oath of allegiance and returned to his home, after being absent four years. He at once engaged in farming, and that occupation has since elaimed his attention.

January 13, 1867, Mr. Floyd was united in marriage with Miss Angelina E. Metlock. a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Ab- salom and Nancy Malvina (Harris) Metlock, of that State. The Metlock family came to Texas in 1852 and settled near where Mr. Floyd now lives. They had a family of five children, Mrs. Floyd being the oldest. The others are Amanda, Joseph, Eliza and Thomas A. Mrs. Metlock died in 1862, at the age of thirty-five years, and Mr. Metlock in 1865, at the age of thirty-eight.

After his marriage Mr. Floyd settled on his present farm, which he first rented and sub- sequently purchased. He now owns 200 acres

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of land, including a part of the Metlock and his father's homesteads. He and his wife have eleven children, as follows: Oscar M., of Greer county, Oklahoma; Lora E., wife of Joseph Boyd, also of Greer county, Okla- homa; Finley E., Augusta M., Absalom, Lannie, King David, Elvia, Eula, Donia and George.

Mr. Floyd is a member of the I. O. O. F., Trinity Lodge, of Dallas, No. 198, and of the Caddo Tribe of I. O. R. M., Dallas, Lodge No. 8. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance and is vice-president of the organ- ization at Hutchins.

AMES P. GOODNIGHT, deceased, set- tled in Dallas county, Texas, November 19, 1854, and for many years was a prominent citizen of the county and an im- portant factor in promoting its best interests. Briefly given a sketch of his life is as follows:

James P. Goodnight was born in Allen county, Kentucky, November 21, 1831, a son of Henry and Jane (Billingsly) Good- night. His father was a native of Kentucky. His great-grandfather came to this country from Germany on account of religious per- secutions, settling in Virginia before the Revolutionary war and subsequently going to Kentucky. Two of his brothers went to the latter State at a very early period to pre- pare a home for the family, and one of them was killed by the Indians and the other was wounded but made his escape. The mother of our subject was a native of Allen county, Kentucky.

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 62

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