Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 71

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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mental trees. He and his wife have five children living; Annie P., Daniel C., Jesse Lee, Lulu Mary and Jasper Columbus. Their oldest, John Franklin, died in infancy. The parents and two children are members of the Baptist Church, and Mr. McDonough holds the office of Deacon. Politically, he is independent.

AMUEL G. WORTHINGTON, a re- tired grocery merchant of Dallas, was born in Muhlenburgh county, Kentucky, in 1831, the fifth of eight children born to Thomas and Rebecca (Hart) Worthington, also natives of Kentucky. The father was a farmer and local Methodist minister, and re- mained in his native State until his death, which occurred in 1852. The mother came to Dallas county in 1863, where she died three years later.

Samuel G. Worthington was reared to farm life, and educated in the subscription schools of Kentucky. In 1855 he went to Wash- ington county, Mississippi, where he en- gaged in cotton raising; but previous to this he attended school two years in Mississippi. Mr. Worthington subsequently returned to Kentucky, where he enlisted in Company K, First Kentucky Cavalry, for one year, but remained some months after his term had ex- pired. He was in the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, Kentucky, and was discharged in October, 1862, after which he came to Dal- las. In 1863 he enlisted in McKamy's Com- pany, Bowland's battalion, and served on the frontier. In February, 1865, Mr. Worth- ington was transferred with Captain Walter Caruth to the Quartermaster department, at Tyler, where he remained until the close of the war. He then returned to Dallas and

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engaged in farming until 1888. when he himself for the ministry. paying his own way wes: to Anborn and engaged in mercantile business. Ten years later. in 15%5. be re- turned to Dallas. and engaged in the grocery business. under the firm name of Worthing- ton & Franklin. until 1891. In 1952 be erected bis present residence on Mckinney arexce.

February 13. 1853. Mr. Worthington mar- ried Elizabeth C. Lasey. widow of B. F. Lacer. and a daughter of Ahab and Mary Easley Bowen. natives of Tennessee. The parents came to Dallas county. in 1985. where the mother died. in 1559. and the father is still living in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Worthington have one child. Verza. They are members of the Methodist Episcopa! Church, and politically. Mr. Worthington is a Democrat

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T. REV. ALEXANDER CHARLES GARRETT. Bishop of Northern Texas. residing at Dallas, was born in county Slizo. Ireland. in 1832. the youngest child of Rer. John Garrett. rector of Ballymote parish for half a century. the living being held by his grandfather and great-grandfather for 150 years. His father was a man of sterling traits of character. leaving bis imprint upon his time. He died in 1554. His wife. before marriage Eliza Fry. was the daughter of Henry Fry. of county Roscommon. Ire- land. They had dfteen children: ive of the sons became ministers of the gospel.

Early in life. Mr. Garrett. whose name heads this notice. was sent to school at Lucan. near Dublin. where he continued for eight years, when he entered the University of Dublin, with the ultimate view of educating

by teaching. and at the same time doubled on bis literary work. He graduated as Bachelor of Arts in the Ers: class. Then Le took a di- vinicy course, and the Divinity Testimonium in 1:56. and was ordained deacon in July that year, and in July next year as priest. He served thee years as curate to Rev. Thomas Lowndes. rector of East Worldham. in Hamp- shire. England. Next he served ten years as & missionary on the northwest coast of Amer- ica in Vancouver's Island: then he took the palpi: of St. James' Church in San Francisco until 1972: next be served in the cathedral at Omaha, Nebraska, cotil 1574. when he was elected to the episcopate by the general con- vention. Was consecrated missionary Bishop to northwestern Texas at Trinity Church in Omaba. December 20. 1574. by the Rev. Robert H. Clarkson. D. D .. Bishop of Ne- braska: P .:. Rev. Daniel S. Tottle, S. T. D .. Bishop of Utah: the Re. Rev. William H. Hare. D. D., Bishop of Nichrara, and P .: Rev. John F. Spaulding. D. D., Bishop of Colorado. He received the degree of LL. D. from the university in 1876, and that of D. D. from the University of Dublin in 1582.

When he arrived in Texas. December 31, his territory embraced 100.000 square miles, and in this vaat tract there were only three church buildings of his denomination. and they were small. wooden structures. He began work at once, by persons! visitation. When after that the first apocal convoca- tion met, the Bishop had prepared .. The Bish- op's Primary Charge." -- a production tha: stands without a rival for far seeing wisdom and clearness of instruction. After ten years of work the plan has not been changed. all the work being performed. as the documents will show. along the primitive road. As a

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thinker Bishop Garrett has but few equals, as is shown by his published work.

He was married in 1854, to Miss Lelitia Hope, and of their four children only two survive.

ADISON M. MILLER (deceased) was one of the earliest settlers of Dallas county, Texas, and while this is true of many others, few distinguished themselves more for business ability and a strict adherence to the true principles of man- hood than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Georgia, in 1814, but in 1832 removed to Alabama, where he began life for himself at the age of eighteen years. He was overseer of three large plantations, and during his career as their manager, he dis- tinguished himself for his sound good sense, as well as for his managerial and financial ability. In 1844, he enlisted under Captain Wallace, as ranger, at which he continued two years in Texas, at the end of which time he located a homestead, then returned to Mississippi for his two children, and with them returned to Texas and settled on the land, which consisted of 640 acres. He en- gaged in general farming and the mercantile business on a small scale, but the latter enter- prise continued to grow until it became one of the central trading points of a large tract of country. At his death, which occurred April 1, 1860, he was estimated to be worth about $100,000, much of which the rightful heirs were robbed of. Mr. Miller was inter- ested in the public welfare and was one of those instrumental in securing the Texas Central Railroad.

In 1837, he was married to Miss Isabel Mccluskey, born in Georgia, in 1815, the

daughter of Benjamin and Mary McCluskey. She was a faithful member of the Presbyte- rian Church, and after having borne her hus- band four children, died June 11, 1844. Their eldest child, M. C., is now the widow of Quincy A. Sweatt, a sketch of whom is given in this work; William died when nine years old; Josephine and the fourth child died in infancy. Mr. Miller was married a second time, in 1846, to Miss Mary Rawlins, who died in 1857, a zealous member of the Christian Church. She bore Mr. Miller the following children: Benjamin F., who died at the age of sixteen, while serving in the Confederate army; Fredonia died in 1863; Madison M., who was born in 1851, and now resides on the old homestead. March 2, 1880, he was married to Lulu S. White, who was born in 1856, and to their union three children have been born; Lulu B .; Benjamin W. and Flora L. Madison M. Miller and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is now serving as Elder. He is a Democrat politically, and is a member of the executive committee, and president of the Democratic Club. His record as a citi- zen is untarnished, and in all the affairs of life he has borne himself in an upright man- ner, and is recognized as a man of true worth.

ILLIAM W. HOBBS was born in Alabama, in 1833, the oldest child in the family of John T. and Caroline (Bibb) Hobbs, natives of Alabama. Their ancestors were Virginia people, and were early settlers of Alabama. John Hobbs was born in 1812, received a common- school edu- cation, and followed the vocation of a farmer all his life. In 1845, lic moved from Ala- bama to Holines county, Mississippi; his

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death occurred in Kaufman county, Texas, in 1886, at the age of seventy-four years. He was twice married. By his first wife, nee Caroline Bibb, he had six children, of whom only W. W. is now living. The others died young, with the exception of Caroline A., who married Thomas Bibb, a distant relative of her mother, She died, leaving a family of four children, who are now living in Kauf- man county, Texas. Mrs. Hobbs died in 1844 or '45. After her death, Mr. Hobbs married her cousin, Lemisa A. Bibb, by whom he had one son, Thomas B., who now resides in Kaufman county, Texas. She sur- vived her husband one year, dying in 1887.

At the age of twenty-two, William W. Hobbs left home and came to Texas, stopping in Dallas county, January 1, 1856. From the time he arrived here until May, 1857, he was engaged in teaching school. He then returned to Mississippi. While in Dallas county he was married. He was in Missis- sippi when the war came on, and he joined the Confederate service, becoming a member of Company G, Twenty-second Mississippi Infantry, commanded by Captain Reed and Colonel Bonham. He participated in many important engagements, and was captured at Atlanta; was, however, only held twenty- four hours. He remained with the army nn- til the surrender, when he returned to Mis- sissippi and remained there a year. After the war he found himself " broke." He had owned several slaves. He planted a crop, but before it was harvested he sold out and came to Texas. Having but little money, he went to work on land his wife owned. Af- ter their return from Mississippi, her mother gave her fifty acres, and to this Mr. Hobbs added fifty acres more, for which he paid $5.10 per acre. Mrs. Hobbs also had seventy acres she had inherited from her father. This

land, located in the Post Oaks, they sold for $1,100, and bought 160 acres, eight miles east of Dallas, paying for the same $5 n acre. That was in 1872, and the land is now valued at $50 an acre. Be- sides this property, Mr. Hobbs owns two other farms-eighty-nine acres of fine land in this connty, and 320 acres in Kaufman county.

Mr. Hobbs was married, in 1856, to Naney Beeman, daughter of John and Emily (Hon- eycutt) Beeman. Her parents were among the first settlers of this connty, having lo- cated here about 1841. (See sketch of Scott Beeman in this volume.) Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs are the parents of five children: Josephine, wife of J. D. Herndon; Hellen B., wife of John L. Furgeson; Florence, wife of P. A. Spurlock; Lennie and Gaston K. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hobbs is a member of the Farmers' Al - liance. He served as Deputy Sheriff two years.

J. EMMINS, junior member of the firm of Sonnefield & Emmins, con- tractors and builders, was born in Lon- don, England, in 1863, the second in a family of eight children born to John and Elizabeth (Hartley) Emmins, natives of London. The father was a brick contractor, and the parents still reside in London. Our subject remained in his native country until fourteen years of age, where he received his education and learned his trade, having served a four years' apprenticeship. In 1877 he emigrated to New York, remaining there and in New Jersey for two vears, thence to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade, and in 1882 landed in Dallas county, Texas. He en- gaged in contracting in 1884, and this firm

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has worked principally in Dallas, having erected the C. W. Guild building, Leachman building. Blakeany manufacturing building, patrol station, the music hall at the fair grounds, and many others. Mr. Emmins takes an active part in polities, voting with the Democratie party, and in 1890 was a candi- date for Alderman for that party, and made a very creditable race. The same year he also made a visit to London, England. Socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F., Trinity Lodge, No. 198, in which he has held the office of Vice Grand.

He was married in Dallas, Texas, in 1886, to Carry D. Percey, a native of Missouri, and daughter of Jefferson and Anna Pereey, also natives of Missouri. The father was attorney of Denison, Texas, in an early day, and his death occurred in that city in 1884; his wife died in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Emmins have three children: Elizabetlı, Nellie and Edith.

ENERAL WILLIAM LEWIS CA- BELL was born in Danville, Virginia, January 1, 1827. His grandfather, Joseph Cabell, was a native of Buckingham county, Virginia, and married Miss Poca- hontas Rebecca Bolling of the same county. The father of our subject, General Benjamin W. S. Cabell, was also a native of Bucking- county, Virginia, and married Sarah E. Doswell. William L. grew to maturity on his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen years he entered tho United States Military Academy at West Point, and was gradnated in 1850, with high honors. He was assigned to duty as brevet Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry. He was afterward made First Lieutenant, and in 1855 ho was ap- 40

pointed Regiment Quartermaster, which office he held until 1858. Ile was then made Captain, and went on duty on the staff of General P. F. Smith, who was in command of the Utah expedition. At the close of this ex- pedition he went to Fort Kearney to rebuild it, and in 1859 he went to Fort Arbuckle. Ile was engaged in this line of work until he sent his resignation from the regular army to President Lincoln. When this was accepted he started at once to Montgomery, Alabama, and April 19, 1861, he tendered his services to the Confederate Government. Ile was commissioned Major, and was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, by President Davis to organize the Quartermaster, Commissary and Medical Departments. After some active service he was promoted to the office of Brig- adier General, and participated in many of the most noted engagements of the war. To trace his career in detail would be but a rep- etition of history, but suffice it to say that he was the soul of patriotism and conrage, and a constant inspiration to his troops, With him it was always " Come," not " Go," and he himself was the first to reach the point of danger. He was captured at Mine creek, and was held a prisoner at Fort War- ren until Angust 28, 1865. In all the scenes of carnage and the bloodshed of battle, the General never forgot his manhood, and de- fenseloss women and children ever found in him a strong protector.

After the declaration of peace General Cabell returned to Austin, Texas, and reached that place foot-sore and weary. He after- ward went to Arkansas, and engaged in vari- ous ocenpations; he was a leader there of the Democracy in the dark times of reconstruc- tion. Under many difficulties and the most adverse circumstances he began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar. In De-

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cember, 1872, he came to Dallas as a perma- nent resident. He at once took a position as a leader in all matters of importance, and has heen repeatedly Mayor of the place. For years he has been in railroad building, but is now retired from active business pur- snits.

General Cabell was married July 22, 1856, to Harriet A., the danghter of Major Elias Rector, and they have reared a family of children that have been an honor to their name. They are: Benjamin E., Kate Doswell, Jolin Joseph, Lawrence Duval and Lewis Rector; Pocahontas Rebecca and William Lewis died in infancy. The mother passed away April 16, 1887. She was a woman of rare virtues, and greatly beloved by those who were in a position to know her many merits. The General is Lientenant General of the United Confederate Veterans, and de- votes much time and thought to the interests of his organization. He is a very popular speaker and is in constant demand to address his old comrades at their reunions and camp- fires. He has written much upon the subject of the Civil war, and he is regarded as an anthority upon all questions pertaining thereto. General Cabell is a man of sterling qualities and unquestioned integrity of char- acter, and is a true representative of the typi- cal Southern gentleman.

ILBUR F. THATCHER, M. D., the homeopathist of Dallas, Texas, was born in the State of Ohio, near To- ledo, in 1846, and is a son of William and Sa- rah (Welch) Thateher. The father was born in 1818, and was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for half a century. He died in 1886. The mother was a native of

Pennsylvania, and was born in 1819. They reared a family of six children, two of whom survive, the Doctor, and Mrs. Betts, a resi- dent of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dr. Thatcher was educated in the high school of Toledo, and afterward attended the Normal School. In 1863, at the age of seven- teen years, he enlisted in the Third Ohio Cav- alry, Company L, and went out in defense of the North. He saw much hard service, and was in the army until the cessation of hostilities. Two of his brothers volunteered their aid. One of them was wounded in battle, and was a prisoner at Belle Isle; the other one was captured by the famous Jolin . Morgan. On his return to civil life, Dr. Thatcher traveled extensively in the West be- fore he began the study of medicine. He first read under the preceptorship of Dr. Dever of Dexter, Michigan, and then entered the Homoeopathic College at Detroit, Michigan. He was graduated in 1875, and for a few years was engaged in a general practice. He then took a special course in gynecology, at different hospitals of Chicago, soon after which he came to Texas, and located at Paris. Ile resided there from 1882 to 1887, and in the latter year came to Dallas. Probably no man in the whole State of Texas stands higher in the estimation of the publie than Dr. Thatcher. He is a patriotic citizen, a skill- ful physician, a scholarly and cultured gentle- man.' He has won an enviable reputation in professional circles, and has a large and en- thusiastie patronage.

Dr. Thatcher was united in marriage, in 1876, to Miss Margaret J. Craig, a native of Michigan. One son has been born to them, W. Craig, a bright and promising ehild. Mrs. Thatcher is an accomplished musician, and a woman of excellent traits of character. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fra-

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ternity, and belongs to the bine lodge and chapter. He is also a member of the G. A. R. Politically he is independent. He and his wife are both members of the Congrega- tional Church.

OSEPH W. RECORD is among the foremost and most enterprising and de- servedly successful of the many eminent gentlemen who devote their time and energies toward the material advancement of the best interests of Dallas. Few have achieved so general and widespread influence in real-estate circles. He was born in Lewisburg, Marshall county, Tennessee, in 1846, and in 1853 moved with his parents, George W. and Alice Amanda (Hughes) Record, to Dallas county, Texas. The parents were natives of Tennes- see, the father born in Marshall and the mother in Shelby county, and after moving to Dallas county, Texas, the father cultivated the soil until he received his final summons. He was the first Sheriff of Marshall county, Tennessee. The mother is also deceased. Grandfather Record was a native Virginian but moved to Tennessee at a very early day and there died. Grandfather Hughes was a native of the Old North State but moved from there to Tennessee, where his death occurred.

Joseph W. Record, the fourth in a family of seven children, was abont seven years of age when he came with his parents to Texas, and he received a fair education in the dis- trict schools of Dallas connty. He was early trained to the duties of the farm, and was en- gaged in tilling the soil when the war broke ont. In 1861 he threw aside the implements of peace and took up the weapons of warfare, enlisting in May of that year in Company K, Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, for twelve months.

At the close of his term of enlistment he re- organized with the same company and regi- ment. Ile operated principally in Louisiana, was on the Red river campaign, also in the Arkansas campaign, Missouri campaign, and in Indian Territory. He was in the General Price raid through Missouri and at the final surrender he was on the Brazos river.

Returning to Dallas county Mr. Record engaged in farming and teaming, following the latter occupation until about 1872 or until the railroad interfered. He subsequently went to New Mexico and Colorado with cattle and remained abroad one year.

During Cleveland's administration he served as Deputy United States Marshal four years, under General W. L. Cabell.

He was married in Dallas county, Decem- ber 23, 1872, to Miss Cannie Thomas, dangh- ter of A. A. and Mary (Armstrong) Thomas, natives of Missouri and Arkansas, respect- ively. Both parents are deceased. After mar- riage Mr. Record settled in Dallas, and in 1874 was made Deputy Sheriff under James E. Barclay, serving the entire term. He has ever taken a decided interest in politics and votes with the Democratic party. He is a member of the K. of P., Dallas Lodge, No. 78, and is also a member of the uniformed rank of K. of P. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Dallas Lodge, No. 44, and a member of the K. of II. His marriage resulted in the birth of two children: Lula Lee and James E.

ILAS HOPKINS, a retired farmer, has twenty acres of land and a beauti- ful home in the suburbs of Oak Cliff, where he is comfortably situated and sur- sounded by everything that goes to make lite enjoyable. He is well and favorably

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known here, having been identified with the best interests of Dallas county for many years. A resumé of his life is as follows:

Milas Hopkins was born in Polk county, Missouri, June 22, 1842, the youngest of the ten children of John and Margaret (Fox) Hopkins. His father was a native of one of the Carolinas and a son of James Hopkins, who was of English and Welsh ancestry. The Hopkins family moved to Tennessee when John was a child, and in that State he was reared and married. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Hugh Fox, who also moved from Carolina to Tennessee at an early day. For a time Mr. Hopkins was en- gaged in farming in Tennessee. In 1834 he moved to Illinois and two years later to Polk county, Missouri, where he lived until 1847. That year he immigrated to Dallas county, Texas, coming here with ox teams. Here he died in January, 1849, at the age of fifty years. After his death Mrs. Hopkins bonght 320 acres from John J. Metcalf. Her children improved a farm of seventy-five acres. Their family consisted of ten children: all lived to be grown and three still survive. Mr.' Hop- kins departed this life in 1864.

The subject of our sketeh was five years old when he came to Texas, and here on the frontier farm he was reared. He resided with his mother until her death and after that re- mained on the old homestead until the spring of 1868, when he purchased 200 acres of partially improved land, and farmed on it until 1889. That year he sold out, receiving $125 per aere, the purchase price having been $5.30 per aere.

Mr. Hopkins was married, January 25, 1872, to Miss Elvira Elizabeth Neelly, a danghter of Pallas Neelly, of whom mention is inade elsewhere in this volume. Following is the issue from this union: Mary Lou

Henry, Margaret, George W., Grover Cleve- land, Cora Elizabeth, and James who died when two weeks old, and another child that died in infancy. Mrs. Hopkins is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hopkins is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Oak Cliff Lodge, No. 705, of which he was a charter member. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Tannehill Lodge, No. 52.

W. NEELLY, a farmer and stock- raiser and prominent citizen of Dallas county, Texas, has resided here since 1865.

Mr. Neelly was born in Polk county, Mis- souri, August 18, 1840, son of Pallas and Lucinda (Hopkins) Neelly, natives of Maury county, Tennessee. His father was a son of George Neelly, a native of South Carolina, and his great-grandfather Neelly was born in Scotland, came to America before the Rev- olution and fought as a soldier in that war. George Neelly was drowned in the Missis- sippi river when his son Pallas was six years old, and the latter was reared in Arkansas by Simon Trent, an old friend of the family. The mother of our subjeet is a daughter of James Hopkins and is of English deseent. She and Mr. Neelly went to "Missouri, where they became acquainted and were married. He engaged in farming in that State until the troblons times of the Civil war. Six chil- dren were born to them, of whom three, G. W. and two daughters, survive. James H. died in 1857, at the age of fourteen; Jolin W., a member of Company G, Tenth Mis- souri Infantry, died in prison at Alton, dur- ing the war, aged nineteen; and Thomas S. was killed during a skirmish near Bentonville, at the age of sixteen years. Mr. Neelly and

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 71

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