Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 79

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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He was born in Rowan county, North Carolina, in 1844, the youngest of the eight children of McDowell and Cornelia (Curry) Woodside, natives of North Carolina. Her father, a blacksmith and planter, died in August, 1844, in his native State, and her mother died in 1849. The grandfather, Archibald Woodside, a native of Scotland, was in the command of General Washington during the Revolutionary war.

Mr. Woodside, our subject, was left an orphan in his boyhood, and was reared to farm life. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Thirth-fourth North Carolina Infantry, was mustered into service at High Point, and engaged in the Seven Days' battles before Richmond, in the Peninsular cam-

paign, the battle of Chancellorsville, of Antie- tam and Gettysburg, and the second battle at Mannassas. After the close of the great struggle he returned to his native State. A year afterward he went to Knoxville, Tennes- see, where he followed his trade as journey- man carpenter until he came to Dallas. Here he has taken great local interest. Politically he is a Democrat, and socially he is a member of Dallas Lodge, No. 44, I. O. O. F., and of Amity Lodge, No. 108, K. of P. Both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

He was married in Gainesville, Texas, in 1876. to Lucy E. Ritchey, a native of Red River county, Texas, and a daughter of James and Louis (Smith) Ritchey. Her father was a native of Kentucky, and her mother of Tennessee. Her father was a sol- dier an the Mexican war, having come here in 1836. Later he moved to Cook county. His death occurred in 1877, and his wife died in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Woodside have one child, James Archibald.

W. RUSSEY, a brick manufacturer of Dallas since 1873, employs now about sixty men and runs his works to their full capacity (100,000 daily) about nine months in the year.

He was born at Winchester, Franklin county, Tennessee, in 1851, the sixth of the ten children of B. F. and E. P. (Embrey) Russey. His father, a speculator and planter, was a native of Virginia, who came to Dallas in 1873 and resided here until his death, at Richardson, Texas, in 1888, at the age of eighty-two years. The mother, a native of Tennessee, died in that State, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Russey was reared in

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his native town, and commenced as a firemnan on the Nashville & St. Louis railroad; and afterward operated in that capacity on the Chattanooga & Nashville railroad; and he worked his way up to the position of en- gineer, which place he held five years alto- gether. Then he followed farming near Mineral Springs; next was at Texarkana, Arkansas, and then followed farming at Ful- ton, same State, then cattle dealing in Indian Territory, along the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad as that road was completed from point to point; and finally, in 1873, he came to Dallas. Here he has furnished the briek for many important buildings, both for business and residence. He is a Democrat on national questions, but takes no active part in the party's councils. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Hle was married in Dallas, in 1878, to Ori A. White, a native of Jackson, Ten- nessee, and a daughter of A. J. and Emily (Jennings) White, natives of Tennessee who came to Dallas in 1873, and both dead. Mr. and Mrs. Russey have had five children, namely: Oscar, who died in 1880; Katy Bell; Claude W .; Clifford C., and Merrill Wesley.

BROWNLEE, contractor and builder of Dallas, arrived here May 24, 1874, engaging at onee in his present trade. He has ereeted all the railroad buildings on the Texas Pacific railroad, and most of those at Fort Worth, at one time his jobs being 1,300 miles apart, from El Paso to Laredo. He has also built many of the residences of the city, also the Windsor Hotel, opera house and county jail at Dallas, did the

stone work on the postoffice and many other buildings. In 1888 he engaged in raising light-harness or trotting horses. He owns a good farm of 846 aeres adjoining the city of Dallas. He is secretary and treasurer of the Texas Trotting and Horse Breeders' Associ- ation, being one of the charter members of that organization.

He was born in Iowa Territory, in 1845, the second in the family of James and Levina (Ferrell) Brownlee. His father was a native of Indiana, and his mother of Ohio. His father, a carpenter, emigrated from Ohio to Iowa, in 1844, settling in Lee county; moved to Keokuk in 1847, and engaged at his trade. In 1872 he moved to Ringgold county, that State, where his death ocenrred, in 1888. The mother is still living, in that eonnty. Mr. Brownlee was reared to manhood in Keokuk. In 1863 he enlisted in Company B, Third Iowa Cavalry, was in service three years, till the war elosed, and was honorably discharged and innstered out at Atlanta, Georgia. Returning to Keokuk, he learned the trade of carpenter. From there he went to Quincy, Illinois, Conneil Bluffs, Iowa, and to Marshall, Texas, in 1872, and finally came to Dallas, in 1874. He is a Republican, and a member of George II. Thomas Post, G. A. R., of Dallas, Lodge No. 70, K. of P., and Dallas Lodge, No. 71, B. P. O. E. (Elks), of Trinity Lodge, No. 198, I. O. O. F., and of Ridgeley Encampament, No. 25.

December 31, 1867, in Keokuk, he ınar- ried Margaret A. Van Dyke, a native of Holland and a daughter of William and Al- leta (Brewer) Van Dyke, natives of Holland who emigrated to New York, moved to Chi- cago and finally to Iowa, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee have two ehil- dren: Harry F., born on Christinas, 1870, at Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Frank H., Oeto-

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ber 11, 1874, at Dallas, Texas. Mr. Brown- lee is also the patentee of Brownlee's im- proved garbage furnace, for burning all kinds of miscellaneous garbage and city refuse.

R. W. H. SUTTON, one of the early practitioners of Dallas, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, in 1841, a son of Dr. W. L. and Nancy (Cooper) Sut- ton, also natives of Fayette connty, the father born in 1797, and the mother in 1807. The former was a graduate of the University of Maryland in 1818, was a prominent physi- cian of Georgetown, was the first president of the State Medical Society, a vice-president of the American Medical Association, and his death occurred in 1862, at the age of sixty- five years; the mother died in 1842.

The subject of this sketch was reared in his native State, and is a graduate of George- town College. In 1860, after leaving college, he entered the medical college at Louisville, Kentucky, graduating with the class of 1862, and he immediately began the practice of medicine. Dr. Sutton left Louisville for Dallas, Texas, coming by railroad to St. Louis, thence to Gibson, Indian Territory, then by stage to Sherman, next by wagon to Dallas, arriving December 1, 1871. He formed a partnership with Dr. J. W. Crowdus, which continued until 1874: since that time the Doctor has practiced alone.

Dr. Sutton was married in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1862, to Mary Moore, native of that city, and a daughter of Henry and Euphemia Moore, natives of England and New York respectively. The father came to Tennessee at an early date, thence to Louis- ville, where he was a professor in the high school, and his death occurred in that city

in 1880; the mother died about 1868. Mrs. Sutton died in 1876, leaving one child, Henry Moore, who is with the firm of Sutton & Steele, machinists and electricians. The Doctor was again married, in Tarrant county, Texas, in 1877, to Miss Rebecca J. Leeson, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of C. A. and Susan (Henwod) Leeson, natives of Vir- ginia, and both reside in Tarrant county. Dr. and Mrs. Sutton have have had six chil- dren, five now living: Willie, Mary, Row- ena, Alexander Garrett and Vienna. Poli- tically, the Doctor is a Democrat, socially, a member of Cœur De Lion Lodge, No. 8, K. of P., and Dallas County Medical Society ; and religionsly, both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

HARLES W. MCKINNEY .- In the year 1859, when the subject of this no- tice came to Dallas, the present city was a mere hamlet, and the surrounding country was in a wild, uncultivated state, and the inhabitants were few and far between. Mr. Mckinney was born in the State of Texas in 1853, and is the youngest of a family of five children of James and Frances E. (Du- laney) Mckinney. The father was a native of Alabama, but was reared in Greene county, Illinois.

Ile was married in Virginia in 1834 and in 1844 he removed to Jefferson, Texas. He participated in the Black Hawk war and also in the Mexican war. In 1848 he removed from the place he had first occupied to the eastern part of the State, and in 1859 came to Dallas county. He afterward located land in Denton county, and in 1868 went to Mc- Kinney, Collin county, where his death oc- curred, in 1875; his wife died in the same

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place, December 1, 1879. He was an advo- cate of the pridciples of the Democratic party, and was a member of the Christian Church The paternal grandfather of our subject was John A. Mckinney, a native of the State of Kentucky. He came to Texas in 1832, and before his death lived under four different governments in this locality. He died in Dangerfield, Texas, in 1857.

Charles W. Mckinney received the greater part of his edneation at home, under his mother's instruction, ten months being the entire time spent in a regular school. His first business venture was in the man- agement of a hotel, and this he did suc- cessfully from 1870 to 1880. In Novem- ber of the latter year he went to Kansas City, and was engaged as a traveling sales- man for a period of four years. In 1884 he returned to Texas and located in Den- ton county, where he resumed the hotel business. In 1889 he again abandoved this enterprise and went out on the road again, traveling throughout the entire State of Texas. He was with the Dallas Land and Loan Company, and is now permanently lo- cated at Oak Cliff.

Mr. Mckinney was united in marriage, at Dallas, in 1884, to Miss Jimmie Park, a native of Tennessee. Of this union three children were born: Katie Park, Nellie Wesley, Bessie Elizabeth, who died at the age of thirteen monthis, and Minnie Pearl, now ten weeks old.

The Democratic party finds in Mr. Mc- Kinney a stanch adherent. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., of Mckinney, and of the Knights of Honor of Denton, Texas. He and his wife are members of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Oak Cliff. He has witnessed the growth and development of the great Southwest, and

has contributed his share to the movements which have aided in the progress of the common wealth.

The children of James and Frances E. Mc- Kinney, who grew to maturity, are named as follows: Albert, Marshall L., Elizabeth, de- ceased, wife of N. C. Harris; William and Charles W. William Mckinney still lives on his farm in Denton county, and is one of the most successful farmers in the county, and has one of the largest apple orchards in the State. This orchard has proved beyond doubt that one can grow as fine apples in Denton county, Texas, as in any other State; also peaches, berries and all other fruits.

HOMAS C. BAILEY was born in New- ton county, Georgia, September 10, 1835, the eldest of seven children, born to Allen L. and Mary (Thweatt) Bailey, natives of Georgia and Sonth Carolina. The parents were married in Georgia, and in 1836 moved to Alabama, where the father engaged in farming. They both died in that State, the father in April, 1866, and the mother about 1852.

Thomas C., our subject, was reared and edu- cated in the country schools of Alabama, and was engaged as overseer on his father's plantation until twenty-four years of age. He then began farming for himself, and at the breaking out of the war enlisted in Company D, Forty-seventh Alabama (Tolliver's) brig- ade, afterward Law's brigade, Lee's arıny. He was in the seven days' fight before Rich- mond, in the battle of Cedar Run, Fredricks- burg, and was also in many skirmishes. He had a brother killed at Port Hudson, on the Mississippi river. Mr. Bailey served in Vir- ginia and Alabama, and at the close of the

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war he returned home and resumed farming. In November, 1872, he left Alabama for Dal- las connty, Texas, and lias been a resident of this city since that time. He was first en- gaged in farming, and afterward, in 1877, he engaged in the lumber business, as collector and salesman.

Mr. Bailey was married in Tallapoosa county, Alabama, September 24, 1860, to Miss Georgia Rowell, a native of that county, and a danghter of Howell and Elizabeth (Walton) Rowell, natives of Virginia .. Ata very early date the parents settled in Ala- bama, where the father engaged as a cotton planter. They both died in that State, the father in the spring of 1872, and the mother about 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have had five children, namely: Howell R., a resident of Dallas; Marie E., wife of Y. B. Dowell, an attorney of this city; Allen L., at home; Nettie, wife of Otis D. Ford, of the firm of Ford Bros. Publishing Company; Robert E., a clerk in Meador's grocery store, in Dallas. Politically, Mr. Bailey is identified with the Democratic party. Mrs. Bailey is a member of the Methodist Church at Dallas.

COOPER, contractor and builder, and cistern builder, Dallas, came to this 0 city in 1873, engaging in the Inmber trade, at the time of the construction of the Texas Pacific railroad; he was superintendent of the building department of that road to the time it reached Dallas, from Marshall; was also employed by the Missouri Pacific, as purchasing agent. Since then he has erected many a fine residence in Dallas, especially in East Dallas.

He was born in New Jersey, in 1827, the son of Obadiah and Catharine (Howell)

Cooper, natives also of New Jersey. His father, a farmer, died in New Jersey, about 1874, and his mother died in 1839. He was brought up on a farm in his native State. At the age of seventeen years he went to New York city and served his apprenticeship there. After continuing a short time longer there at his trade, he went to St. Charles, Illinois, where he followed contracting. In 1866 he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was en- gaged with several mechanical departments of the Union Pacific railroad until he came to Texas. During the war he was employed in the mechanical department of the service at Nashville and Chattanooga. At Lookout Mountain he received a sunstroke, after which he returned to Illinois.

He was married at Campton, Illinois, in 1855, to Sevilla P. Eddy, a native of New York and daughter of Spaulding and Mary (Stephens) Eddy, natives of New York, who settled in Kane county, Illinois, in pioneer times, and subsequently moved to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where they died,-the mother abont 1883 and the father on Christmas day, 1886. Mr. Cooper's children are the following named: Nellie, widow of Edward Hubbard, and residing with onr subject; and S. Eddy, unmarried, and the cashier of the freight department of the International & Great Northern railroad at Palestine, Texas; besides one child deceased:

For many years Mr. Cooper was connected with the railroads of Illinois and Nebraska. In his political sympathies he has been a Republican ever since 1862, but takes no active part in political machinery. He is a member of Tanney Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M .; of the chapter at Omaha; of the Dallas Commandery, No. 6; of the Thirty- second-degree of Scotish-Rite Masonry, at Omaha; also Eastern Star; of the A. O. U.W .;

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of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, a bene- ficiary order. and of the Knights of Pythias, at Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Savilla T. Cooper and Mrs. Nellie Hubbard are also members of the Eastern Star lodge.

E. WALLER, a retired farmer living in an elegant home at Oak Cliff, Texas, surrounded by everything that goes to make life happy, forms the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Waller was born in Southampton county, Virginia, in 1834, and spent his childhood days in that State. In the year 1843, his parents moved to Marshall county, Mississippi, and settled on a farm near Holly Springs. When he was sixteen years of age his father sent him to Mayfield, Kentucky, to attend school. One year spent at a semi- nary there and another year at Wadesboro, same State, where he attended college, and his school days ended. The following year he was employed as a clerk in a general store, and after that engaged in business for him- self, continuing the same up to 1856. That year he sold out and came to Texas, settling in Hill county, where he bought a large tract of land, consisting of abont 300 acres, and commenced farming. About ten acres of this was improved, and on it was a small shack of a house. He remained there, de- voting his time to the improvement of the place and farming and stock-raising, until 1862, when he sold out and moved to Ellis county. There he rented a farm for his family while he was in the army. In the lat- ter part of 1862, he enlisted in the Con- fedcrate service, as a member of the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Gur- ley. He entered as a private, but was soon

detailed in the Quartermaster's department, continuing therein until the war closed, and thus saw little of the fighting. His regiment was engaged chiefly in scout duty.

Mr. Waller married Miss Fanny Kemble, of Mayfield, Kentucky, and at once started for Texas. Three children blessed their union, all of whom are now deceased: the oldest, Drury C., dying in 1878; Lula, in 1874, and Cora, in 1883. Mrs. Waller, after having been in poor health for several years, passed away in 1866. Mr. Waller was mar- ried to his second wife, Miss E. E. Moore, in December, 1868, at Holly Springs, Missis- sippi. From that time uutil a year ago they lived on their farm in Ellis county, this State. Then Mr. Waller purchased lots in Oak Cliff and erected a fine dwelling. which is fin- ished and furnished in the latest style. and in which he now resides. At this writing he owns three excellent farms, two in Ellis county and one in Dallas county, all near together, the three comprising about 1,000 acres. These farms are rented, and under his careful supervision are paying well. At this time he has about seventy-five head of stock-horses, cattle, mules, etc. He annually feeds for market two or three car-loads of steers.

Beginning with no means save his own energy and a determination to succeed, and working his way np to a position of wealth and influence, Mr. Waller is eminently a self- made man. He has made it a rule through life never to borrow money. Unless he had the eash to pay for an article, he went with- . out it till he did have.

In connection with this sketch it should be further stated that Mr. Waller's father was born in Virginia. He lived to be about sixty- six years old, and died in the Old Dominion. His mother, nee Louise Carbett, was also born

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in Virginia. Her death occurred near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1846. Of the five children in their family, all have passed away.

Mr. Waller was born and reared a Demo- crat. He took an active part in promoting any measure that had for its object the ad- vancement of the best interests of his town and county. He died suddenly, in March, 1892, and was buried in the city of his resi- dence, Oak Cliff, Texas.

A. LACY, a farmer and stock-raiser, postoffice Eagle Ford, Dallas county, @ Texas, has been a resident of this county since 1850. Briefly sketched, an out- line of his life is as follows:

Mr. Lacy was born in Carter county, East Tennessee, November 1, 1830. His father, P. Lacy, was a native of that State and a son of James Lacy, who was reared in East Ten- nessee, and who was a descendant of English ancestry that settled there at an early day.

Mr. Lacy's father was reared on a farm and was subsequently engaged in the manufacture of iron. At the age of twenty-four years he was married to Miss Sarah Inman, also a na- tive of East Tennessee, daughter of John Inman, who was of Irish descent, and who lived and died in Tennessee. After his mar- riage he removed to Giles county, Tennessee, and during the war of 1812 served under the celebrated General Jackson, to whom he became very much attached. Some time later he moved to Walker county, Georgia, where he remained eight years, at the end of that time returning to Giles county, Tennes- see. In 1849, with his wife and three chil- dren, he started for what was then the frontier of civilization. They were detained at Mem- phis on account of high waters, and were

obliged to remain there through the winter, and until about the first of May. While at Memphis, their oldest son, Alexander, died of cholera, aged twenty-eight years. In May they hired a boat to take them to Duval's Bluff, where they sold their horses and bought ox teams, continuing their journey to Texas, and enduring almost every hardship and privation imaginable. They arrived here in October, 1850, and the father pre-einpted 320 acres of wild land, which they set abont improving, and here established their frontier home. The old gentleman resided on this place the rest of his days. He lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years and died in 1887. Ilis wife preceded him to the other world, dying in 1871, aged seventy years. Both were active and earnest Christians, and were consistent members of the Baptist Church for many years.

As will be noticed, D. A. Lacy was twenty when he arrived in Texas with his parents. July 17, 1856, he was married to Pallina Cockrell, daughter of Wesley Cockrell, who carne here from Missouri, in 1846. In con- nection with his farming pursuits, Mr. Lacy also engaged in teaming, hauling goods from Houston to Dallas; also from Shreveport to Dallas, for many years. His union with Miss Cockrell was blessed with nine children, all now living, namely: Avrey, wife of James Wright, Dallas county; Albert, also of this county; James, Los Angeles, California; Adaline, wife of W. Gray, Howard county, Texas; Philemon, Los Angeles; Sarah, wife of Jefferson Wright, Dallas county; Allice May, Leona and Carl. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Lacy was again married, July 17, 1884, to Mrs. Rebecca Girard, a na- tive of Cherokce county, Texas, danghter of Robert Retherford who came to Texas at an early date. The result of this union is three

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children: Daisy, who died in 1889, aged four years, and Lillian and Hettie Florence.

Mr. Lacy is a Democrat of the old Jack- sonian type. During the late war he served four years as teamster in the Confederate service. IFe still resides on the farm which his father pre-empted, and with him lives his brother, Abraham T.

HARLES M. ROSSER, M. D., is one of the well known and successful phy- sicians of Dallas, Texas. Although not a pioneer, he has been a resident of the city during the years of its greatest growth and prosperity, and the position he has occupied in its professional and social circles well en- titles him to mention in the annals of the the city.

Dr. C. M. Rosser was born in Randolph county, Georgia, December 22, 1862, son of Dr. M. F. and Julia A. (Smith) Rosser. His mother is a sister of Senator Hampton A. Smith, of Valdosta, Georgia. His father was in early life a practicing physician, but later devoted his time and energies to the ministry of the Methodist Protestant Church, being in active ministerial work in Georgia and in eastern Texas for forty years. Abont ten years of this time he was president of the Northeast Texas Conference. During the war he was Chaplain of the Forty-first Georgia Regiment of Infantry four years. He was taken prisoner at Vicksburg; and was subsequently exchanged. He is now, as he has been for twenty-two years, an honored resident of Camp county, Texas, he being sixty-niue and his wife fifty-eight years of age. Of their eight children, the subject of our sketch was the fifth-born and is one of

the five who are still living. Dr. Rosser re- ceived a liberal education under the careful tutorage of that distinguished educator, Major John M. Richardson, Rector of East Texas Academic Institute. For several years lie was engaged in teaching school, and at the same time studied medicine under the direction of Dr. E. P. Becton, of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Ile attended the Medical College of Louisville first in 1884-'85, and graduated there in 1888, at which time he was awarded the Whitsett gold medal by the faculty. Previous to his graduation he was en- gaged in practice three years in Lone Oak, Hunt county, Texas, and at Waxahachie. He came to Dallas in March, 1889, and has since been identified with the medical profession here. The first year of his residence here he was editor of the Courier Record of Medicine, and the third year served as health officer of the city of Dallas. He is local surgeon for the Houston & Texas Central Railroad and also chief surgeon for the Texas Trunk Railroad; is medical examiner for the Mutual Life In- surance Company, of New York, Provident Savings Life Insurance Company, of New York, the Brooklyn Life Insurance Company, of New York, and the Catholic Knights of America. He is a member of the Dallas County Medical Association, the Northern Texas Medical Association, the Central Texas Medical Association, and the Texas State Medical Association. As a member of the latter he was elected secretary of the sec- tion of practice in 1891, and chairman of the section of State medicine, 1892.

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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas, Part 79

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