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The Judge and his wife have five children, namely: Hattie W., aged fifteen; Milton, aged eight; Percy Simonds, aged six; Roena, aged five, and Monroe, aged two. They are members of the Episcopal Church, in which they take an active part. The Judge is an active and thorough Democrat, though he has never sought or hield office, and was a delegate to the State Convention of Angust 16, 1892, held at Austin, Texas, to nominate State officers.
The Judge had a celebrated grandmother, on his father's side, in the person of a lady whose maiden name was Miss Wilkes. She had the honor of conversing with Washing- ton, Marien, La Fayette and all the celebri- ties of that day. She lived to an advanced age, dying in the early fifties, when nearly a century old. She lived in the past during the latter part of her life, and loved to relate stories of those thrilling days when all hier
relatives and friends were in the Colonial war.
Mrs. Brown, the accomplished wife of the Judge, has two brothers, Dr. Richard Har- rison Simonds and Perey Simonds. The former is a practicing physician in Johnson county, Texas, at Alvarado; is in good stand- ing in his profession, and is a very intellectual man. Percy is the owner of a paper, the Pecos News, at Pecos city, Texas. The parents of Mrs. Brown are still living and make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and are over seventy years of age. They are Presbyterians in faith.
This is a distinguished family on both sides and Mr. and Mrs. Brown transmit to their children a lineage that they well be proud of; but better than all is the unstained name that the Judge hands down to his sons, who, if they follow in the footsteps of their father, will do nothing te soil or mar its spotless purity.
HOMAS BRANSON .- Prominent among the early pioneers of Dallas county was the gentleman whose name heads the article. A sketch of his life will be found of interest to many, and is as fol- lows:
Thomas Branson was born near Charleston, South Carolina, in February, 1798. He was the son of John Branson, whow as a native of North Carolina, having been born Jannary 12, 1764. John Branson, when a young man, emigrated to South Carolina and settled near Charleston, where he was subsequently married to Miss Sarah Jones. IIe afterward moved to Ross county, Ohio, and from there several years later to Xenia, same State, and while at the latter place some of his older children married and settled in life. He,
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with the other members of his family, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, landing in what is now Fancy creek township, in 1822, He was the father of eleven children, namely:
Eli, born in South Carolina, was married three times, and died, leaving a family in Fulton county, Illinois.
Andrew, born in South Carolina, married Snsanah Wilkinson, and both died near Athens, Illinois, leaving several children.
William, born in North Carolina, Jannary 9, 1791, was taken by his parents to South Carolina. In 1811 the family moved North and located in Chillicothe, Ohio, where, in 1815, he was married to Miss Sally M. Graves. From Ohio he moved to Indiana, then to Sangamon county, Illinois, and from there to DeWitt county, Illinois. He had seven children by his first wife, she having died May 10, 1840. In December, 1840, he was married to Martha Cooper, of Sangamon county, Illinois. In 1847 he returned to Sangamon county, and the following year started overland to Oregon, landing in Polk county, September 15, 1848. By his second wife he had eight children. His family are nearly all residents of Polk county, Oregon.
Catherine, who was born in South Caro- lina, was married in Greene county, Ohio, to Fred Stipp. They, too, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois. Two of their daughters, Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Moody, are both de- ceased.
Keziah, born in South Carolina, married Jesse Sutton, in Greene county, Ohio. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, and thence to Iowa, where they both died, leaving several children in Van Buren county, that State.
John, born in South Carolina, October 15, 1795, was a teamster from Ohio during the war of 1812. While on duty he was wounded
in the hand, which was forever afterward crippled. He was married September 12, 1817, to Ann Cantrall, of Clarke county, Ohio, and by her had one child.
Thomas was the next born, and of him mention is made further on in this sketch.
Mary, born in Greene county, Ohio, wed- ded. in Sangamon county, Illinois, Septem- ber 23, 1824, Abraham Onstott, and died in June, 1815. She had five children, but only one, Mrs. O'Donald, of Clinton, De Witt . county, Illinois, is living.
Rebecca, born in Ohio, married Elijah Harper. She died in Clarke county, Ohio, leaving several children.
Nancy, born in Ohio, June 4, 1806, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Dr. Charles Winn, who was born in Virginia, August 13, 1800. They were the parents of seven children, only one living, who resides at Lanesville, Illinois.
Benjamin B., born in Ross county, Ohio, in February, 1810, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, in May, 1837, to Miss Mary Thompson. They were the parents of two children.
Mr. Thomas Branson was reared on his father's farm, and followed agricultural pur- snits all through life. He went with the family to Illinois in 1822, and thereafter made several trips to and from Ohio. Hle was married August 12, 1829, to Miss Elea- nor Thomas, by whom he had three children, Adaline, Alida and Rebecca. Of these only Miss Alida survives. She was born Septem- ber 21, 1837, has never been married, and at present resides near Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas. Mrs. Branson died January 24, 1840. Mr. Branson's second wife was before her marriage Miss Lonisa Cole. In 1853 he moved with his family to Texas, and bought land eleven miles southwest of Dallas. Here
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he continued his agricultural pursnits the rest of his life, and at his death, October 21, 1864, he left a large estate. His home place consisted of 1,500 acres of fine, well improved and, a large portion of which was under enl- ti vation. He brought the first Durham cattle and Morgan horses to Dallas county, and in- troduced greyhounds and rabbit-chasing.
By his last wife he had five children, viz .: Eleanor, wife of Samnel Uhl, who lives on the old homestead; Emily wife of Thomas Uhl, resides near Wheatland on a part of the Branson farm; Thomas C. married Virginia IIill, and lives in Dallas connty : Benjamin L., who married Miss Kate Davis of Mans- field, Tarrant county, Texas; and Angusta, who married F. Fox and lives in West Point, Mississippi.
Mr. Branson was a member of the Methi- odist Episcopal Church, in which he at times officiated. He was an earnest Christian man and in every respect a most worthy citizen.
P. STEPHENS, M. D., of Cedar Hill, was born in Shelby county, Texas, February 18. 1859, a son of G. H. and C. A. Stephens, natives of Ten- nessee and North Carolina. They were the parents of eight children, viz .: James A., John M., William, Preston, Samuel H., Cyn- thia J., LaFayette, Joshua H. and Harrison. All are still living but Cynthia J., and four of the children are married and live in Texas.
Our subject's home was in the county of his birth until he completed his education, which he received at Keatchie, Louisiana, and in Mansfield, Texas. He also gradnated at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and at the University of New York, receiv-
ing a diploma for the practice of medicine in both colleges. He was married December 17, 1885, to Mrs. Mellie Welder, the daughter of Joseph HI. and L. C. Pittman, both na- tives of Georgia. They came to Texas about 1869, settling in Goliad county, where he has since resided, and where he has held the office of District Clerk for the past twenty years. Dr. Stephens settled in Cedar Hill after his graduation, where lie began the prac- tice of his profession, which he has success- fully followed to the present time.
G. BOYDSTUN, one of the pioneer set- tlers of Dallas county, was born in War- ren county, Kentucky, January 24, 1812, a son of Benjamin and Mary (Gardner) Boydstun, natives of Virginia. The parents spent about thirty years of their life in Ken- tucky, moving thence to Illinois in 1833, where they spent the remainder of their days. August 27, 1833, onr subject accom- panied his father to Knox Connty, Illinois, where he lived and worked on a farm for fifteen years, and then, in company with his wife and five children, he started for Texas. Hc came by river to Shreveport, Louisiana, and then in wagons to this county, landing in Dallas May 8, 1848. After looking over the country for some time, he located on the place where he now lives, in what is known as Mountain creek valley.
Mr. Boydstun was married August 27, 1833, to Miss Druzilla, daughter of Robert Grounds, and they have five living children, and four deceased. The mother died Decem- ber 27, 1859, and October 4, 1862, Mr. Boydstun married Mrs. Louisa Vaught, a daughter of George Wilson. By this union there are two children, both of whom are
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married and have families. Mr. Boydstun is still living at his old homestead, has lived to see all of his children married and settled in life, and is now spending his remaining days in peace and quietnde. Ile is a mem- ber of the Christian Church, which is lo- cated near his home.
AMES HARVEY TAYLOR, a farmer and stock-raiser, residing near Laneas- ter, is one of the well known and promi- nent pioneers of Dallas county, having set- tled here in November, 1852.
Mr. Taylor is a native of Kentucky, born in Warren county, February 11, 1823, the youngest of a family of three children. His father, James Barton Taylor, was born in Fangnier county, Virginia, son of Raleigh Taylor, who was also a native of Virginia, the latter's father having moved from the north of Ireland to Virginia at an early period in the history of this country. Ra- leigh Taylor was a soldier in the Revolution- ary war. He reached the advanced age of eighty-three years, and died in Virginia. James Barton Taylor was reared on a farm in the Old Dominion, received his education in the common schools of that State, and about the year 1816 was married to Miss Mary Dews, a native of Fanquier county, Virginia, and a daughter of Samuel Dews, also a native of Virginia. Her grandfather Dews was Scotch-Irish, and came to this country from Ireland, settling in Virginia. Samuel Dews was a Revolutionary soldier, and stood within ten feet of General Wash- ington when Cornwallis surrendered. About 1820 he moved to Kentucky and settled in Warren county, where he passed the rest of his days, and died at the age of eighty-five
years. After the marriage of the parents of our subject, they emigrated to Kentucky and settled on a farm. There, September 12, 1823, when James H. was seven months and one day old, the father died from the effects of over-heating himself. He left a widow and three small children. The oldest, Samuel D., is now a resident of Missouri, and John Hamilton Taylor is deceased. The mother subsequently married David Kirbey, a Kentuckian. Mr. Kirbey's father was a Revolutionary soldier and died in Kentucky at the age of ninety-six. After her second marriage the family settled abont two miles from where Mr. Taylor had first located, and there Mrs. Kirbey spent the rest of her life. She died April 24, 1844, at the age of fifty- six years. By her second marriage she had four children, all still living, viz .: Mary Frances, wife of J. B. Higgerman, is a resi- dent of Warren county, Kentucky; Nancy, wife of Leander Ilarris, is also a resident of Kentucky; David; Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Robb, Kentucky. Mr. Kirbey died in that State.
James H. Taylor was reared on a farm and received a limited education in the subscrip- tion schools, and continued to reside with his mother until she died. He was married, May 20, 1847, to Miss Sarah Alcena Harris, a native of Warren county and a daughter of Thomas H. and Martha (Skiles) Harris. Her father was a son of the Rev. William Harris, who removed from Virginia to Ken- tucky at an early day, and was among the first Cumberland Presbyterian ministers of Warren county. The mother was a daughter of Henry Skiles, who went from Pennsyl- vania to Kentucky. The grandparents of Mrs. Taylor died at an advanced age.
In 1850 Mr. Taylor crossed the plains to California. The company with which he
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traveled started with mules and wagons. The journey was a tedious one, and, as their provisions ran short, they cut their wagons to pieces and made pack-saddles while on the Rocky mountains, and were thus enabled to make greater speed the rest of the way. After ninety-one days he reached his destina- tion, and engaged in mining at Deer creek, crossing on Newby river, remaining thus employed fourteen months. He then re- turned to Kentucky, making the journey by water, being two months and seven days en route and arriving June 1, 1852.
The following September he started with horse teams, in company with his father-in- law's family, for Texas, and arrived in Dallas on the 2d of November. He purchased 240 acres of partially improved land south- west of Dallas, where he lived one year. Then he bought a half section of land, one mile west of that place, which, however, he sold three weeks later. He then pur- chased 200 acres of wild land that he im- proved and on it has since made his home. He has added to this property and now owns 500 acres here and has another farm of 100 acres. Mrs. Taylor's parents have both passed away, Mrs. Harris dying July 4, 1861, at the age of fifty-six years, and Mr. Harris, June 10, 1874, aged seventy-two.
To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor twelve children have been born, namely: Charles Thomas, Dow of Lisbon, Dallas county; Mary Jose- phine, wife of Charles Brotherton, of this connty; William Hamilton; James Henry, of Oak Cliff; Mattie Bell, wife of E. D. Langley, this county; Rumsey Eugene, a physician of Lancaster, Dallas county; Em- ory Alvas, of Clay county; Harvey Dews, of Clay county, Texas; Bettie Ann, Nancy Cordelia, Amanda Dora and Dick Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which he is an Elder. He is eminently a self-made man. By his strict integrity, his honorable business methods and his genial manner, he has won the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
R. DAVID KING, one of the pioneer physicians of Dallas county, was born in Bedford county, Tennessee in 1818, the second of seven children born to Needham and Rebecca (Hicks) King, natives of North Carolina. The parents were married in the latter State, and in 1814 emigrated to Bed- ford county, Tennessee, where he was engaged as a farmer and carpenter, and later in life practiced medicine. He lived in many differ- ent places in Mississippi, Missouri and Illi- nois, and his death occurred in Conway county, Arkansas, in 1858; the mother died several years before, in McNairy county, Tennessee.
Dr. David King, the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life and received a limited education in the schools of Bedford county, Tennessee, and at the age of twenty-one years he left home and earned money with which to educate himself. He studied medicine at Fairfield, Tennessee, attended lectures at Cin- cinnati, Ohio, and afterward graduated at that institution. He returned to Fairfield and practiced medicine some two years, and in 1851 removed to Dallas county, settling near where Oak Cliff now stands. Ile bought a farm of prairie and timber land, which he improved, and at the same time was engaged in the practice of medicine. He frequently had to go a distance of thirty or forty miles, having a practice over a large extent of ter- ritory. Dr. King remained on his farm until 1870, when he retired from practice I and came to the city of Dallas, and the next
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year was elected City Assessor and Collector, and filled that position until 1874, since which time he has lived a retired life.
Dr. King was married in Bedford county, Tennessee, in 1850, to Miss Ann C. Smith, a native of that county, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Medearis) Smith, natives of Virginia and North Carolina respectively. In an early day they settled in Tennessee, but in 1851 removed to Dallas county, settling on a farm south of this city. They made this State their home until death, the father dying in 1866, and the mother in 1876. Dr. and Mrs. King have had three children, Mary R., wife of W. D. Trump, of western Texas; Mattie L., wife of E. C. Turley, of Mississippi; and Jeff S., Clerk of the Conrts, of Emma, Crosby county, Texas. Dr. King takes active part in politics, voting with the Democratic party. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, of Dallas, while Mrs. King belongs to the First Christian Church, of Dallas.
AMES M. COCHRAN, a farmer and stock raiser of preeinct No. 1, Dallas county, was born in this county, in 1846, a son of William M. and Naney J. (Hughes) Cochran, natives of North and Southi Caro- lina, respectively. James was reared to farm life, and educated at Mckenzie College, Red River county, and after completing his edu- cation he engaged in the drng business three years. In 1863, in Dallas county, he enlisted in Company I, Gurley's regiment, Gano's brigade, and served during the war. He was in many skirmishes, and was wonnded at Roseville, Arkansas, in 1863, after which he returned home. Three months later he again entered the army, and was with his reg- iment until the war closed, when he returned
to Dallas connty and entered Mckenzie Col- lege. IIe has opened up and improved his farm, and now owns about 400 acres, all of which is under a good state of cultivation. He was the second male child born in Dallas county, and has always taken an active inter- est in everything pertaining to its good, is a Democrat politically, and socially a member of James A. Smith Lodge, No. 395, A. F. & A. M., and also of the Farmers' Alliance.
Mr. Cochran was married in this county in 1869, to Maggie B. Lively, a native of Kentucky, the danghter of H. P. and Mary N. (Smith) Lively, also natives of Kentucky, bnt now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran had three children; Alice E., wife of W. P. Aldridge, of Collin county, Texas; J. Hugh- sie, and George H. The mother died in 1878, and in 1880 Mr. Cochran married Nannie M. Clark, a native of Tennessee, who died in this county in 1881. He was again mar- ried, in 1884, to Hattie M. Bowlin, a native of Virginia, and daughter of James and Mary (Richmond) Bowlin, natives of North Carolina and Alabama respectively. The mother settled in Dallas county, Texas, abont 1881, and the father died in Tarrant county, this State, in 1871, and the mother still resides in this connty. Mr. and Mrs. Coch- ran have three children; Amrie A .; Katie Lee, and James R.
QUINCY A. SWEATT, deceased, was the son of Edward Sweatt, who was born in the Old North State bnt af- terward moved to Wilson county, Tennes- see, thenee to Collin county, Texas, in 1851. He was finely educated and was in the minis- try of the Christian Church for many years, but died in 1854. In early manhood he was
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married to Miss Mary Rash, and they had nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eighth. He was born in Ten- nessee, in 1825, but came to the Lone Star State with his parents and for some time was a resident of Collin county, where he taught school for two years. He afterward came to Dallas county and entered the em- ploy of Madison Miller as salesman in his store, remaining in his employ until 1860, when he enlisted in Terrill's Regiment and Captain Payne's Company, with which he served until the close of the war. He then returned to this county and followed mer- chandising and farming, and next he went to Ferris, Ellis county, where he opened a mer- eantile establishment with a partner in 1875 and continued it until his death in 1884. He was married in 1854, to Miss Mary C. Miller, a danghter of Madison M. and Isabel Miller, a sketch of whom is given in this volume. She was born in Alabama in 1838, but in 1846 came to this State with her parents. Mr. Sweatt was for many years an Elder in the Christian Church, of which he was an earnest member, with which church his widow is also connected. He was a man of even tem- per, with a high sense of honor and was of a charitable and kindly disposition.
D. MITCHELL was born in White county, Tennessee, March 23, 1837, son of W. L. and Sarah A. (Moore) Mitchell, natives of Tennessee and South Carolina, respectively. W. L. Mitchell was born in Overton county, Tennessee, in 1806, was reared on a farm and all through life fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. He was a babe when his father moved to White county, where he, W. L., remained till death, February 27,
1878. He was the father of sixteen children, having been married three times. His second wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of William B. Warren, and his third companion was, be- fore her marriage, Sarah A. Cornelins, a na- tive of Georgia. By his first marriage he had thirteen children, of whom only four survive, namely: Slacy A., wife of J. A. Brogdon, resides in Dallas county, Texas; Minerva, widow of W. B. Brogdon, now residing in Dallas county; S. D., the subject of this sketch; and Amanda, wife of Fletcher Keathley, who lives at Irene, Hill county. Texas. The others died in infancy.
S. D. Mitchell was reared on his father's farm and was educated in Burritt's College, Spencer, Van Buren county, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Confederate service April 21, 1861, and entered the Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry, Company I, this regiment being commanded by Colonel Savage. He was in seventeen general engagements; was with General Robert E. Lee all through Virginia, and also fought under Lientenant-General Longstreet and General " Stonewall " Jack- son. In all his service he received seven wounds, two of which were of a severe nature, one through the hip and the other slightly in the jaw. He was captured at the battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee, but made his escape a few minutes later. He was with General Johnston through Georgia, and surrendered at Nashville, Tennessee, after Johnston's sur- render. All through the war he held the office of Second Lieutenant.
After the general surrender, Mr. Mitchell returned to Tennessee, where, July 9, 1865, he was married to Mrs. Maria Lowrey, a na- tive of White connty, Tennessee. IIer parents, Woodson P. and Nancy P. (Mitchell) White, were natives of Virginia and North Carolina respectively. They are the parents of ten
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children, all of whom married except one, John R., who lives at Lancaster, this county. Mrs. Mitchell had one child by her first hus- band, Flora, wife of Dr. Little of Sparta, White county, Tennessee. By Mr. Mitchell she has two children: W. W., born in White county, Tennessee, Angust 4, 1869, and F. M., in Dallas county, Texas, June 3, 1876.
April 17, 1874, Mr. Mitchell landed in Texas, having sold out his possessions in Tennessee. Soon after coming to Texas he bought land a mile and a half west of Lan- caster, where he lived eight years. He then disposed of the property and bought land four miles west of his former place, living there four years. Again selling out, he pur- chased a farm on Nolan river, Johnson county, Texas, and two years later sold it and returned to Dallas county, stopping about four miles northeast of Mesquite, and living there about three years. During his second year at the latter place he had the misfortune to lose his house and its contents by fire. In November, 1889, he moved to his brother-in- law's farm near Lancaster, where he has since lived.
Mr. Mitchell is, fraternally, a Royal Arch Mason, and politically, a Democrat.
L. MOSS, Wheatland, Dallas county, Texas, was born July 16, 1855, on the farm on which he now lives. IIe is the third son and child of Azariah Moss, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. He was reared on the farm, received a com- mon-school education, and remained with his father until he was thirty-one years of age.
January 15, 1885, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Mollie Porter, a native of Dallas county, and a daughter of Frank and
Mary Cornelius (Derrah) Porter, who came from Tennessee to Dallas county and were among the first settlers of this place. After his marriage Mr. Moss resided at the old home three years. In 1888 he built his pres- ent residence, a cottage of six rooms, where he is comfortably situated. His farm on which he lives has 320 acres of land: 200 acres are under cultivation. He and his wife have one child-Virgie.
Mr. Moss is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lancaster Lodge, No. 200.
A. MORRIS, a prosperous farmer, was born in Sangamon county, Illi- nois, February 9, 1840, the son of Hamilton R. and Mary M. (Jarrett) Morris, natives of Virginia, whose eleven children all grew up and married. Mr. Hamilton R. Morris was brought up on a farm in Ken- tucky, and about 1820 moved to Illinois and married there. During the Mexican war he was in Colonel Baker's Regiment, under General Pillow's command. The Captain of his company was Achilles Morris, a cousin of his, who afterward died in Tampico, Mexico, while in the service. Hamilton was in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Vera Cruz and Mon- terey, and-at the close of the war he returned to Illinois. In the autumn of 1852 he came to Texas, locating first about fourteen miles south of Dallas, on what is known as Ten Mile creek. He resided here until 1854, when he moved to Parker county and pre- empted 160 acres of land fourteen miles north of Weatherford. In 1866, on account of In- dian depredations in Parker county, he re- turned to Dallas county, where he remained until his children were all married, after which time he abandoned his home and lived
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