Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 75

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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In the fall of 1872 Mr. Sale came to Texas. The first year he rented and operated a farm in Collin county. Then he moved to his

present place, he having purchased a two- thirds interest in 640 aeres of land in Dallas and Collin counties before coming to this State. On this property he has since con- tinned to reside, now owning 300 acres of fine, well improved land. His residence is surrounded with shade trees and is, indeed, a beautiful and attractive home. In his farm- ing operations Mr. Sale has been uniformly successful. IIe has 125 acres under cnltiva- tion and the rest of his land is in pasture. On his farm are two tenant honses. His chief products are eorn, cotton and hay. He raises and deals in mules, cattle, horses, hogs and sheep.

Mrs. Sale was born on the 16th of Jan- nary, 1837, a daughter of Edmond and Mar- garet Monday. Her mother was born in 1802, and is still living. For a more ex- tended mention of her see the sketeli of Dr. G. W. Newman, with whom she resides. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Munday are as follows: Susan May, wife of Dr. Speers; James, Sarah and R. L. deceased; Reuben P .; J. J .; and L. J., wife of R. A. Sale. Mr. Munday died July 14, 1866, aged sixty-four years.

Of Mr. Sale's parents be it recorded that his father, Samuel Sale, was born in Vir- ginia and removed from there to Kentucky with his father when he was only seven years old. He was reared in that State and there married to Miss Mildred Harris. He died at the age of seventy-three years. The names of their seven children are: Stephen, Nancy, Webber H., A. H., R. A., Elizabeth and B. H.

To Mr. and Mrs. Sale twelve children have been born, viz .: James M., born October 30, 1860, killed at Jackson, Tennessee, January 21, 1878; Samuel Mc., born October 1, 1862; Renben B., March 7, 1865; Stephen H.,

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June 7, 1867; John W. H., April 15, 1869; Walter D., December 6, 1871; Sarah B., June 11, 1874; Annie M., June 4, 1876; Charley P. and R. L., twins, born April 15, 1878; Charley P. died June 15, 1878; Jesse A., May 15, 1881; Willie Clay, January 13, 1884.

Mr. Sale is a Royal Arch Chapter Mason, and has filled all the offices in his lodge. He is also a member of the Knights of Honor, having his membership in Plano Lodge, No. 977, and having served as Dictator of that order. Mrs. Sale is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor. She carries $1,000 in- suranee in that order, and her husband twice that amount. Both are looking to the welfare of their family, should either one be carried away. Mr. Sale is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church.

ESLEY F. CURTIS was born in Ma- comb county, Michigan, March 25, 1832. When he was a small boy he moved with his father to Ohio, and was there reared, remaining with his parents until his marriage. On the 3d day of April, 1853, he wedded Miss Elizabeth Pearl. He continued farming in the Buckeye State until 1861, when he moved to Illinois and bought land. There he carried on farming operations until 1873, the year he moved to Dallas county, Texas. While in Illinois Mr. Curtis had con- siderable bad luck, owing to sickness, he hav- ing settled in a very unhealthy portion of the State, and when he arrived in Dallas he had but little means with which to make a start. Ile bought a lot and built a house there, but as he found it somewhat difficult to make money in town, he purchased 190 acres in the

eastern part of Dallas county and commeneed to improve the farm on which he has since lived. His land is now under a good state of cultivation and he has a nice little home, located near New Hope and three miles north of Mesquite.

Of his parents, we record that his father, Milo S. Curtis, was born in Danbury, Con- necticut, December 11, 1793. He was a sad- dler and harnessmaker by trade. When a young man he went to New York, and was there married to Miss Cynthia Brant, in 1824. She was born in Watertown, New York, March 11, 1808. In 1828 they moved to Michigan, bought land, improved it and lived there until 1835. That year Mr. Curtis sold out and moved to Ohio, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of that State. He took up Government land in Scioto county, improved it and lived on it until the time of his death, September 23, 1864. His widow survived him twenty-five years and one day, her death occurring September 24, 1889, at the age of eighty-one years. Five of their children are still living, of whom the subject of our sketch is next to the oldest. They are Laura, wife of John Holman; Wesley F .; Charles B .; William C., and Ellen, wife of D. F. Brown.

Mrs. Wesley F. Curtis was born in Jack- son county, Ohio, August 25, 1833. Her father, Robert Pearl, was born in Virginia in 1804. Her mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Morrow, was born in 1808 and died in 1848, aged forty years. Her father was subsequently married to Deborah Wells. He is now deceased. By his last marriage he had no children. Following is the issne from his first union: Mary, wife of Jonathan Mar- tin; Jane, wife of John Harrison; Bazel; Thomas, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of Wesley F. Curtis; Cynthia, wife of Peter Gould- berry; and Samuel, Robert, Andrew and

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James-the last two dying when quite young. Of the above named only four are now living.

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis have had nine ehil- dren born to them, whose names are as fol- lows: John B .; Robert P .; Jennie, wife of R. S. Kimbrough; Sallie; Mary; George, Lillie, wife of William Morris; William and Rosa. Rosa was born November 6, 1869, and died in 1871.

HOMAS K. FLOWERS was born in Wilson county, Tennessee, December 25, 1840. He has been a resident of Texas since 1870.

Joseph Flowers, his father, was also a na- tive of Tennessee, born in Rutherford county. He met his death by drowning, July 4, 1848, at the age of thirty -seven years. The mother of Thomas K. was, before her marriage, Miss Cynthia Lannom. She was born May 23, 1811, daughter of William Lannom, and died in November, 1869, at the age of fifty-eight years. Following are the names of the chil. dren born to Joseph Flowers and his wife: James S., William M., Green B., deceased, Sarah B., wife of J. M. Sinclare, is deceased, Andrew J., a resident of Texas, and Thomas K., the youngest of the family.

The subject of our sketch was first mar- ried in Tennessee, to Miss Susan B. Mul- lins, who was born May 24, 1843, daughter of Thomas Mullins. She came to Texas with her husband in 1870, and died on Red River, May 29, 1873. at the age of thirty years. Their union was blessed with four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Udorah, born August 10, 1867; Joseph T., born April 15, 1869; Laura M., February 8, 1871; Willie, Febru-

ary 15, 1873. The last named died in July, 1873.

Mr. Flowers rented land on Red River for seven years after he came to Texas. In the fall of 1877 he came to Dallas county and bought 200 acres of land. His second mar- riage was celebrated with Martha J. (Ham- ilton) Harbin, who was born October 10, 1844. Thomas S. Hamilton, her father, was born in Wilson county, Tennessee, June 14, 1820, and her mother, nee Elizabeth J. Bal- lard, was born March 7, 1827. Mr. Hamil- ton came to Texas in 1830, he being ten years old at that time. The Indians were then numerous and troublesome here, and it was with difficulty that the early settlers protected their families and their property from the ravages of the red men. Mr. Hamn- ilton served all through the Mexican war. His first wife died in December, 1853, at the age of twenty-six years. Mrs. Flowers is the oldest of their children. The names of her brothers and sisters are Mary E., who became the wife of William J. Cherry, is now deceased; Amanda C., who died when quite young; Marcus W., Albert A., Angusta, wife of Charles Vaughn. Mr. Hamilton was married the second time, in 1867, to Martha Newland, by whom he had five children: Lucy R., wife of Boyd Bledsoe; Georgia A., Lela A., Alma and Robert. Mr. Hamilton departed this life in December, 1883, at the age of sixty-three years.

Mrs. Flowers was the owner of 115 acres of land at the time she married ber pres- ent husband, and that, with the 200 acres Mr. Flowers purchased, makes 315 acres, a fine farm that is now improved. Eighty acres are under cultivation, and the rest is used for pasture, being dotted over with fine Jersey and Holstein cattle. By his present companion Mr. Flowers has six chil-

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dren, viz .: Nina A., born April 10, 1876; Beulah f., April 18, 1878; Willie M., May 14, 1880; Mattie E., April 4, 1882, and died October 4, 1886; Mora Lee, July 9, 1884, and James D., August 29, 1886. By the former husband, David A. Harbin, a native of Kentucky, born September 15, 1828, Mrs. Flowers has one son, John D. Harbin, born October 4, 1861.

Mr. and Mrs. Flowers and five of their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Flowers is assoei- ated with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Duck Creek Lodge, No. 441; is also a Knight of Honor, having his mem- bership with Pleasant Valley Lodge, No. 2756. His political views are in harmony with Democratic principles.

ORNELIUS M. TUCKER, was born in Whitefield county, Georgia, August 4, 1844, and was reared and educated in his native place, remaining there until he reached his majority. November 2, 1871, he wedded Miss Nancy A. Smith, and October 30 of the following year he came to Dallas county, Texas. For four years he rented land and at the end of that time bought 100 acres. He then moved to his land and tented ont until he was able to build a house. After living there ten years he purchased 109 acres of unimproved land, where he now lives, having brought it up to its present high state of development. He has since bought other lands and now owns in this county and others 924 acres, besides valuable property in Colorado city, a town of 5,000 inhabitants. When Mr. Tucker came to Texas he had a few hundred dollars, but was unfortunate, lost it all and had to begin again

without anything. He has sinee met with eminent success. Previous to his coming to this State he was engaged in a general mer- ehandise business, but since his arrival here has given his whole attention to agricultural pursuits.

Of Mr. Tucker's parents we record that his father, Alden Tucker, was born in 1799, and died in 1884, at the age of eighty-five years. His mother was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth Bailey. She departed this life at the age of eighty-eight years. Their family consisted of twelve children, namely: Elijah ; William; Arehy; James; Lucinda, wife of Robert Isbel; Clinton C .; George W .; Martha, wife of N. F. Wilson; Amanda, wife of William H. Miller; Pollie Ann, wife of Joel Smith; Elizabeth, who died when about eighteen years old; and Cornelius M., the youngest and the subject of this article.

Mrs. Tucker's parents were Silas Smith and Elizabeth J. Johnson, natives of Jackson county, Georgia. Her father died at the age of eighty-three years. Their five chil- dren were: Mary, wife of Julius Hudson; John T., deceased; Samuel F .; Elizabeth J., wife of John Parris; Nancy A., wife of C. M. Tucker.

Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have had two chil- dren: Clinton C., born August 30, 1872, and Elizabeth J., September 10, 1884. Mr. Tueker is held in high esteem by all who know him. To his genial good nature, his strict integrity and his industrious habits may be attributed his success in life.

UGUSTUS GARRISON .- This gentle- man, an enterprising young farmer, re- siding near Pleasant Valley, Dallas county, Texas, dates his birth in York county, South Carolina, August 14, 1869.

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William F. Garrison, his father, was born in York county, October 14, 1841, and was there married, November 24, 1865, to Miss Nancy H. E. Poovey. She too, was a native of the same county, born August 23, 1846. Four years after their marriage, in 1869, they moved to Bradley county, Arkansas. Following are the names of William F. Gar- rison's brothers and sisters: Peter; John; James, who was killed in the war; Sallie, de- ceased, wife of David Jackson; Mary, de- ceased; and Zeine. William F. was next to the youngest of the family. The members composing the Poovey family are, Duncan; Nancy E., mother of the subject of our . sketch; Robert; Kate; Augustus; James; John and Mary; the last three are deceased. To William F. Garrison and his wife were born the following named children: Mary C., born September 2, 1866, and is now the wife of William S. Tucker; James P., born Jan- uary 9, 1868; Augustus; Emma, born Febru- ary 5, 1871; John D., born July 22, 1872; William, born January 11, 1874; Cordelia E., born October 22, 1875; Nancy, born January 11, 1878; and Lois, born July 4, 1881. In 1879, Mr. Garrison moved from Arkansas to Texas, where he rented land and farmed for three years. His death occurred October 6, 1882, at the age of forty-one years.

After their father's death, Augustus and his brother, J. P., continued to live with their mother and cultivate the farm. After renting for five years, they bought 120 acres of improved land for their mother, and paid for it. They have since purchased 200 acres for themselves. All this land is well fenced, eighty acres of the first farm and 130 acres of the other being under cultivation. When the family first came to Texas, and at the father's death, they were in limited circum- stances, but the sons went earnestly to work

to secure a home and now have their mother comfortably fixed. They are industrions young men, npright and honest in all their dealings, and are bound to make their mark in the world. They have had but little op- portunity for schooling, but have acquired sufficient education to intelligently conduct their farming operations. During the war, Mr. Garrison's father served in the Confeder- ate army, and at that time contracted disease from which he never recovered, and which caused his death. Both parents had united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and three of their daughters and the subject of our sketch are members of the same church.

HOMAS B. FISHER dates his birth in Kentucky, in 1833. His father, John Fisher, was a farmer in that State; his mother, nee Margaret Barbour, a native of Kentucky, died in Missouri, in 1849. They had eight children, viz .: Eliz- abeth, who married John D. Rupard, by whom she had twelve children, ten of whom are living; Sarah Jane, wife of W. J. Rupard, has six children; Thomas B., the subject of this sketch; Robert H., who married Eliza Ingles, by whom he had ten children, six of whom are living; Mary Ann, who married Reuben Hogg, by whom she had seven chil- dren, four of whom are living; Isaac, who wedded Caroline Beeman, had three children, of whom two are living; Jennie, wife of John Fisher, has seven children; Christopher wedded Margaret IFunnient, and five of their seven children are now living. In 1850, the father, John Fisher, married Paralee Rupard. By her he had five children, four of whom survive, viz .: W. E. Fisher, who married Fannie Martin, by whom he had eight chil-

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dren; Isabella, wife of John Ward; Silas, who married Lanra Williamson, and by her has three children; Paralee, who wedded A. B. Kirk, and has two children.

Thomas B. Fisher, the subject of the sketch, went from Kentucky to Polk county, Missouri, in 1844, where, after reaching man- hood, he engaged in farming. In 1851-'52, he crossed the plains to New Mexico; in 1854, he went to California, and in 1856, he returned to Missouri. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Captain Morris Mitch- ell's company, Parsons' brigade, Confederate army. The service was chiefly infantry, and the scene of action in Arkansas and south- west Missouri. In 1863, he was elected First Lieutenant of Company A, in Jack- man's regiment. Jackman also commanded the brigade. W. H. Lemmons, of Dallas, was troop captain. Mr. Fisher was in the last raid into Missouri from Arkansas; was wounded in the engagements at Pilot Knob and Glasgow; was engaged also at Prairie Grove, Little Rock and IIelena, Arkansas. After the surrender of Lee, his company was disbanded, at Corsicana, with all the brigade.

Mr. Fisher was married in Polk connty, Missouri, in 1857, to Mary E., dangliter of Russell Murray of Benton county, Missouri, by whom he had six children, five of whom are living. They are as follows: Russell, who married Mollie Rupart, has three children living; Lizzie, wife of J. H. MeCommas; and Murray, Florence and Jackman.

During Mr. Fisher's service in the field, his wife moved to Arkansas, and in 1864, she, in company with Mrs. O. P. Bowser, of Dallas, left Carroll county, Arkansas, by wagon en route to Texas. Arriving at the Arkansas river, they abandoned their wagon and rode on horseback from that point to Hempstead county, Arkansas, where Mr.

Fisher joined them. They settled at Rich- ardson, Dallas county, where they made their home for sixteen years, after which they set- tled on the old homestead farm of A. Mc- Commas', where they now live. They claim that their house is one among the oldest in Dallas county, it having been built in 1844, or near that time.

Mr. Fisher is the present County Commis- sioner for Precinct No. 1. He is a politician of Democratic faitli, and is active in public affairs. With the exception of the years spent in the army, he has devoted himself to farming. He is a member of the Masonic order, and also of the Baptist Church. He has never missed an election since old enough to vote, excepting during the war, and then voted for Jeff. Davis each time. He has never scratched a Democratic nominee.

S AMUEL H. NANCE, farmer, was born in Cass county Illinois, May 21, 1849, son of O. B. and Sarah B. Nance, natives of Virginia who moved to Kentucky, where they were married, and in 1839 to Illinois. In the fall of 1851 the father came to Texas and bought a section of wild land, which he at once proceeded to improve. He added to his original purchase until he had at the time of his death, in 1874, about 2,000 acres, all good land. Of his ten children eight are still living,-six of them in this county, one in Illinois and one in California.

Mr. Nance, whose name heads this sketch, completed his school days at Marvin College, in Waxahachie. After he became of age he continued work on the farm. He now has a fine farm of 340 acres, all improved, 140 acres being in a fine state of cultivation.

He was married January 12, 1876, to Miss

M.Bellenz

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Lila Pugh, a native of Mississippi and a daughter of J. M. Pugh. By this marriage there were two children, both of whom died in infancy. November 22, 1882, Mr. Nance was married the second time, on this occasion wedding Miss R. L. Pogue, a native of Vir- ginia and a daughter of James and Edna Pogue, also natives of the Old Dominion. By this marriage there is one son, Olin B.

REDERICK W. PELLENZ, plumber. Dallas, Texas .- No business requires a more thorough knowledge of details than that which relates to the sanitary condi- tion of our houses and public buildings. Of late years this subject has received the care- ful study of scientific men, who make san- itary plumbing a specialty, and the perfec- tion to which the science has been brought is the best comment npon the intelligence which has been devoted to it. In this im- portant enterprise, together with handling all necessary stock pertaining to the business, Mr. Frederick W. Pellenz has achieved a well-earned reputation and is a member of the firm of Pellenz & Co. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. May 23, 1856, and was the seventh in a family of nine children born to William W. and Helen H. (Palasier) Pellenz, natives of Louisiana but of German origin. The father's birth oc- curred at New Orleans, and he was one of the veterans of the Mexican war, receiving a wound at the battle of Monterey. He was a tinner by trade, and at one time (1855) took a contract to furnish the city of New Orleans with oil lamps for illumination. He was elected Captain of Company A, Heavy Ar- tillery, of the State militia, and was holding that position when he met with the accident

that caused his death. He was superintend- ing the erection of the first grain elevator ever built in the city of New Orleans, and while up on the frame work his feet slipped and he fell to the ground, a distance of many feet, injuring his hip very seriously. Ile went to New York city for treatment, but was told that his case was hopeless (as he had been told in New Orleans), but he would not give up, and went to Paris, France. There he received no encouragement, and returned to New Orleans, where his death occurred, March 30, 1867. He left a wife and five children, fonr sons and a daughter. Two of the sons reside at Denver, Colorado, and one at New Orleans, and the daughter, who is now the wife of D. W. Fraek, resides in Denver also. The mother's death occurred in Au- gust, 1870, when in her fiftieth year. The maternal grandfather of the above mentioned children, was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812.

F. W. Pellenz commenced business for himself as collector for a New Orleans firm, held the position until his mother's death, and then went to Chicago, Illinois, where he began working as an apprentice to a contract- ing plumber, with whom he remained five years, becoming in that time thoroughly familiar with his trade. He afterward worked for another firm for two years, and in 1879, came to Texas, locating at Paris. His health was very poor at this time and he was advised to rough it on the frontier for a few months. He accordingly secured a posi- tion on a ranch in western Texas, as a cow- boy, and although he weighed but 100 pounds when he went there, in a year's time he had gained forty pounds. He returned to Chi- cago, Illinois, and accepted a position with the Detroit Heating and Lighting Company, being sent by that company to Fulton, Ar-

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kansas, where he put up an extensive gas plant and equipped a large hotel for the use of gas. Returning to Chicago, he engaged with another firm and was sent to Hot Springs, Arkansas, to do the plumbing and steam heating in a large hotel of that city. Finishing his contract, he went to Paris, Texas, to do the steam-fitting and plumbing in the new jail and courthouse, this being the first work of the kind done in that city. He subsequently went to Little Rock, Ar- kansas, and embarked in merchandising in a little town called Galloway, where he was made the first Democratic Postmaster in Ar- kansas. His predecessor was shot and killed by a negro. Mr. Pellenz continued in busi- ness in that town for two years, when he sold out and went to Kerr, Arkansas, where he was again made Postmaster. Shortly after his appointment his clerk was assassinated, and Mr. Pellenz sold ont his stock of general merchandise and moved to Dallas, Texas. Ilere he accepted a position with C. E. Hos- mer, a contracting plumber of the then young city, and remained with him six months. From here he went to Austin, where he was in the same business for five years, but he was then prostrated by a dangerous fever, in which he came very near losing his eye- sight. He went to New Orleans and after a long course of treatment his sight was very much improved. After a series of moves to various places, Mr. Pellenz located in Gal- veston, Texas, where he remained fifteen months.

On the 12th of January, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Louise Polvogt, daughter of F. C. and Elizabeth Polvogt, the father a native of Germany but of Polish descent. Mr. Polvogt came to America at an early day and took an active part in the Rebellion, being in the marine

service and serving on a man-of-war. His death occurred during the yellow fever epi- demic of 1868. The mother is of German de- scentand is one of a triplet, the three yet living, one in Germany, another in New York city and the mother of Mrs. Pellenz, who makes her home in Galveston, Texas. After his marriage Mr. Pellenz came to Dallas, locating here in 1888, the gas foreman of the works. A year later he opened up business for him- self and has been doing unusually well. Mr. Pellenz is a member of Dallas branch of C. K. of A. Lodge, No. 70, and is president of the Local Plumbers' Association. In politics he is neutral. He and his wife hold mem- bership in the Catholic Church.

JOHN RAPE, one of the representative farmers of Dallas county, was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, September 18, 1842, a son of Jackson and Eliza J (Sump- ter) Rape, natives of Tennessee and Maryland. The father improved the farm where he lived until his death, which occurred August 9, 1889. They were the parents of eight chil- dren, six of whom are still living.

The subject of this sketch came with his father to Dallas county in January, 1854, and settled on the farm where he now lives. In those carly days railroads were unknown, and they made the journey in wagons. Mr. Rape has followed farming as an occupation since coming to this State, except when in the service of the Confederate army, when he was engaged in the manufacture of fire-arms for the soldiers. He first worked at Lan- caster, this county, then at Marshall, Texas, and at the close of the war he was in the shops at Tyler, this State, and had no means. He afterward returned to his father's. He

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 75

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