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Lincoln County, Tennessee News Items and Obits
Birmingham Age Herald
Birmingham, Alabama
July 28, 1898
R. A. MCCLELLAN Died Suddenly
Athens, July 27: At 2 o’clock this afternoon, the spirit of ROBERT ANDERSON MCCLELLAN took its flight. His death was unexpected…He was 55 years old, having been born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1843. His early life was spent on the farm. At the age of 19 he joined the Confederate army and served until the Lost Cause was a reality. In 1867 he was clerk in the probate office here under his brother Judge JOHN B. MCCLELLAN; in 1868 he was licensed to practice law and has been actively engaged therein ever since. He immediately took a high stand in the ranks of the bar at this place. …He never held but one political office, that of state senator from this district in 1875. ..In early life he was married to Miss AURORA TAYLOR, daughter of Hon. LUKE PRYOR of this place. From this union there survives a son, THOMAS C. MCCLELLAN, a prominent young lawyer, and a daughter Miss MEMOY. He also leaves behind two sisters, Miss MATILDA MCCLELLAN and Mrs. FELIX BUCHANNNON of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and two brothers, Judge JOHN MCCLELLAN and Associate Judge of the Supreme Court THOMAS N. MCCLELLAN. …
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
December 3, 1905
Death of MILTON PARKS
Granbury, Texas, Dec. 2: On last Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, MILTON PARKS died at his home near Fairview at the ripe age of 83 years, 10 months and 14 days. Fro 36 years he had lived in that section the life of a model citizen. With one exception all of his children were present to cheer him in his last moments. One daughter lived in a distant city and could not reach his bedside.
The body was laid to rest in Granbury Cemetery on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the presence of large gathering of friends, the last sad rites being conducted by his old time friend, Elder RANDOLPH CLARK.
His wife and four daughters, Mrs. PINKIE STRONG of Jacksonville, Texas, Mrs. ALLIE SMITH of Fort Worth, Mrs. W. T. BROWN of near Granbury and four sons, DAVID, WILLIAM, RUFUS and RAINEY, survive him.
MILTON PARKS was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1823 and enlisted in the Mexican War in 1846. After that war closed, he returned home and in 1851 was married to Miss EMILY RAINS. In 1858 he moved to Texas and while in the home of his brother, F. G. PARKS, in Cherokee County, his wife died and he and his sisters came to Waxahachie, where he lived until the Civil War began. He enlisted for service in his brother’s (Capt. WILLIAM W. PARKS) command at Waxahachie and went to the front. In 1866 he located at Weatherford and he engaged in the mercantile business and while in business there, was married to Miss MARTHA CROCKETT, oldest daughter of Col. ROBERT P. CROCKETT in Hood County in November 1867. He lived at Weatherford until 1869 when he moved to Hood County and purchased the home near Fairview on which he resided until his death.
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 26, 1911
Twins Are Sons of Revolution Hero
Shelbyville, Tennessee, March 25: Lincoln County believes it has the last sons of the Revolution and the oldest twins in the United States in JACOB J. and THOMAS V. GREER, 87 years old. They are the sons of JOSEPH GREER, one of the heroes of King’s Mountain whose trip through the wilderness to Philadelphia bearing a dispatch to Gen. Washington is referred to in several histories. After the war, JOSEPH GREER came to Tennessee and settled on Cane Creek, where his twin sons still live on land granted their father for his service in the Revolutionary War.
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
May 22, 1911
JOHN A. TAYLOR
Huntsville, Alabama, May 21: JOHN A. TAYLOR, one of the wealthiest men in Lincoln County, Tennessee, dropped dead at his home at Kelso last night. His body was found in his front yard. His widow and three children survive, JOHN and WILSON TAYLOR of Kelso, and Mrs. MATT THORNTON of Fayetteville. He was a director of the Elk National Bank, a successful merchant and a large land owner.
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
July 28, 1913
JOHN GOOD
Huntsville, Alabama, July 27: JOHN GOOD, an aged resident of Lincoln County, Tennessee, was found dead in bed at his home at Yukon, Tenn. yesterday. He was 84 years old and is survived by two sons, J. L. GOOD and JIM GOOD of Yukon, and one daughter Mrs. T. A. DICKEY of New Decatur.
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
March 19, 1915
PITTS-WILLIAMS
Huntsville, Alabama, March 15: E. W. PITTS, a wealthy young farmer of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Miss RANNIE WILLIAMS of Athens, were married last night in the parlors of the Hotel Wwickenham in the presence of a small company of relatives and friends. Rev. FRANCIS TAPPEY, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, preformed the ceremony. Miss MAE BELLE WILHOIT of Winchester, Tenn. was maid of honor while the groom was attended by his best man, HERBERT SHERRELL of Fayetteville, Tennessee. The wedding march was played by Mrs. WILSON TAYLOR of Kelso, Tenn. After the ceremony the wedding party, numbering 21 persons, partook of a banquet in the hotel dining room. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. FOUNT PITTS, Mr. and Mrs. MATT THOMPSON, Mr. and Mrs. HERBERT SHERRELL, Mrs. JAMES WILHOIT of Fayetteville, Mr. and Mrs. WILSON TAYLOR of Kelso, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. FITZPATRICK, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. WILLIAMS of Tuliahoma, Mr. and Mrs. JAMES MASON, FRANK THOMPSON and Miss ETHEL STONER of Huntsville. Mr. Pitts and bride left for a honeymoon trip of two weeks and will be at home at Pearl City after that time.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
December 8, 1915
Dallas Social Affairs
Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. WAGGONER celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last night with a family dinner at their home, 4041 Cole Avenue. Of their seven children, four were present. These were Mrs. R. L. LIGON and J. F., W. C. and R. L.WAGGONER. The children who reside out of town are G. A. WAGGONER of Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. G. M. BUCK of Denver, Colorado and L. T. WAGGONER of Sacramento, California. Of the eight grandchildren, three were present, Mrs. JOHN W. LAKE, ERNEST LIGON and ANNIE LIGON. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner were married at Mulberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee on December 7, 1865. They came to Texas in 1891, locating first in Denton County. They moved to Dallas about 14 years ago where they have made their home. Mr. Waggoner is 74 years old and Mrs. Waggoner is now in her 72nd year.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
November 28, 1959
Mrs. R. L. LIGON
Llano, Texas: Mrs. R. L. LIGON, wife of a pioneer north Texas businessman, will be buried here Saturday. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waldrop-Buttery Funeral Home here, conducted by Rev. JOHN BARCLAY of the Central Christian Church in Austin. Mrs. Ligon was a deaconess ermitus of the Austin church and a lifelong active church member.
Mrs. Ligon, whose 90th birthday would have come on Dec. 16, died in the Llano hospital. Since the death of her husband last February, she had lived with her daughter, Mrs. H. T. HARRISON of Buchanan Dam. The former ALICE WAGGONER, Mrs. Ligon was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee. The Ligons were married at Commerce on April 8, 1896. Survivors include her daughter and one son, Dr. ERNEST LIGON of Schenectady, N. Y., and a grandson, ROBERT HARRISON at Austin. The Ligons lived in Dallas, Byers, Henrietta, Iowa Park, Frederick, Okla., and Austin where they retired in 1940. Most of his life, the husband was a lumber dealer but also had banking and farming interests.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
June 28, 1929
Dr. R. E. SUMMERS, Veteran, Is Dead
Dr. R. E. SUMMERS, 81, Confederate veteran, died Thursday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. O. MOYE, 932 Fairview St. Born Oct. 4, 1847 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, he joined the Confederate Army at age of 16, serving under Gen. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST. He came to Texas 45 years ago, spending that time at Garland and Reinhardt, Dallas County. He is survived by six daughters, Mrs. L. K. SCHUMAKER of Denton, Mrs. E. W. BAKER of Seattle, Washington, Mrs. MOYE, Mrs. L. D. CLEVELAND of Fort Worth, Mrs. R. M. ASHLOCK of Altus, Oklahoma and Mrs. C. C. HENDERSON of Houston; a brother, TOM SUMNERS in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and a sister Mrs. SALLIE MARKHAM of Fayetteville, Tennessee. Congressman HATTON W. SUMNERS of Dallas and Dr. T. A. SUMNERS of Nevada are nephews. Dr. Sumners was a member of the Dallas Camp United Confederate Veterans. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at Garland of which he was a member, at 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Garland Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
February 28, 1932
Much of West Texas History Centers Around Brownings, Pioneer Weatherford Family
Weatherford, Texas, Feb. 27: Married in August 1865, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN R. BROWNING of Weatherford have the distinction of having been married longer than any other couple in Parker County. But the Browning family’s laurels do not rest on that alone, for one of JACK BROWNING’S brothers, JAMES N. BROWNING, was a member of the Legislature, a district judge and lieutenant governor, and the other two brothers, W. L. “BUD” BROWNING and J. A. BROWNING, achieved prominence in the cattle business.
JOHN ROBERT BROWNING was born at Arkadelphia, Arkansas July 24, 1845. He was the son of WILLIAM F. and MARY BURK BROWNING. His father was a surveyor and a prominent man in the section where he lived. Mrs. J. R. Browning’s maiden name was LYDIA MONTGOMERY and she was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee October 14, 1845. Her father and four brothers were killed or died during the Civil War.
Mr. Browning enlisted in the Confederate Amy and served in the cavalry under the command of Gen. CABELL. He is now drawing a Confederate pension from the State of Texas.
“When we were married,” Mr. Browning said, “the only work in that part of the country you could get any money for was splitting rails, and I did not know how to do that. An old friend taught me and we got a job splitting 1000 oak rails which took about three days. My part amounted to $3.30, and it looked like a lot of money. I worked that fall for anything I could get to make a living and my wife was at home spinning, weaving and making our clothes. A little money went a long way. The next year we started farming.”
By 1871 the Brownings had accumulated enough worldly goods to start to Texas where Mr. Browning’s brothers had already gone. They were writing back of big money to be made in the cattle business.
The Brownings landed at Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, a wild frontier post, Federal soldiers being stationed there at the time. Many cowboys made that their quarters and Indians still raided this section of Texas.
JAMES N. BROWNING, five years younger than JOHN R., was getting his start in life at Fort Griffin. The man he was may be known by the fact that in 1864, at the age of 14, he had taken his brother JACK’S place as a soldier while Jack came home to plant the crop. Now a grown man, he was supplementing the seven months of schooling he had received as a boy by reading law. Later he was to be one of the best known lawyers of Texas and lieutenant governor of the state. W. L. “BUD” BROWNING and J. A. BROWNING, other brothers, were getting a start in the cattle business, which they followed throughout their lives.
After a few months at Fort Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Browning decided they did not want to live in that environment, especially with a family of girls. Then, too, they had been accustomed to farming and looked on it with more favor than the nomadic life of the cowman.
At that time Weatherford was the big trading point of the territory of over 100 miles to the west and northwest. It was a hustling frontier town.
“When I first traveled across it, I thought Parker County was the finest country I had ever seen. There were clumps of trees, live oaks, post oaks, and hackberry, scattered here and there with open space between them. Cutting across the country were streams fringed with timber. Fine grass everywhere, fat cattle and plenty of game. It was as fine a place as one would want to make a living and get a start in life.”
Mr. Browning moved to Parker County and took up land about 14 miles west of Weatherford. He felled trees, split the trunks and built a palisade house for his first home. He broke land and planted a crop and then came his first disaster. He owned a pair of young mules that he had driven from Arkansas. They were $300 in gold and with his wagon and team, he could make $4 to $5 a day when he wanted outside work. He had been warned that it was unsafe to let valuable stock run loose, but he hobbled them and let them graze at night near the house. One morning they were gone and he never heard of them. It was a severe loss and it took him some time to get on his feet financially.
As pioneer conditions passed, Mr. and Mrs. Browning settled down to farm life in Parker County. In their more active years they bought and improved five farms in the county. After their children were all grown, they moved to Weatherford and have lived here for the past 24 years, but they continue to own a farm near town.
The children living are Mrs. J. M. BAUCOM of Canyon, Texas, R. E. BROWNING of Waurika, Oklahoma, Mrs. W. E. FONDREN of the Adell community in Parker County, and JOE BROWNING of Weatherford. There are 20 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Of the six children born to W. F. BROWNING, three are still living, Mrs. J. O. STREET of Okemah, Oklahoma, Mrs. S. S. PARRISH of Fallong, Nevada, and J. R. BROWNING of Weatherford. Between the death of W. F. BROWNING and one of his sons was 53 years. JOE and W. L. “BUCK” BROWNING both stayed in the cattle business and died some years ago. JAMES N. BROWNING has been dead several years. He was a member of the one of the leading law firms of Amarillo and was known throughout the state.
The most outstanding achievement in the career of JAMES N. BROWNING was his work in the legislature in connection with the introducing and passage of certain land laws thereby the actual settler would be allowed to file on small tracts of land in the Panhandle country.
In the early days it was the general belief of those living in the more populated section of the state that the land in the Panhandle country was barren and desolate country and unfit except for any purpose except cattle raising. So firm was this belief that the legislature passed many laws that retarded its development.
The most unjust law was known as the leasing law. For a very nominal sum, cattle barons were privileged to lease from the state millions of acres of land for grazing purposes. Thus in a year or two, almost the entire Panhandle was controlled by a few cattle syndicates.
In many instances land that was bring lived on by actual settlers was leased out from under them. Families were notified to leave being told they were trespassers. At one time, on one particular ranch, 25 families were told to get out and stay out.
Mr. Browning represented 69 counties in his district which was by far the largest representative district in the state. He pleaded for the repeal of this measure and finally succeeded in getting the desired action.
The repeal of the leasing law and the passage of Mr. Browning’s bill to sell the land to the actual settlers did more to develop the Panhandle and West Texas than any single act by any other man or set of men.
As a lieutenant governor, Mr. Browning was an authority on parliamentary law and presided over the senate with a dignity and dispatch. He acted as governor of the state for a few days on two occasions when Gov. SAYERS was called out of the state. As a district judge, Mr. Browning was noted for his fair decisions.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
October 19, 1939
Nonagenarian, Dalls Woman’s Mother, Dies at Home in Mansfield
Mrs. JOHN CASSTEVENS, 97, pioneer resident of Dallas and mother of Mrs. S. B. PERKINS of Dallas, died Wednesday at Mansfield, Tarrant County, her home for the last 63 years. Born in Lincoln County, Tennessee March 4, 1842, Mrs. Casstevens was married to Dr. J. H. WALLACE in 1872 and moved to Texas with him in 1876. They settled in Mansfield. Three years after Dr. Wallace’s death in 1894, she was married to JOHN CASSTEVENS of Mansfield who died in 1920. Mrs. Casstevens is survived by a sister Mrs. BELLE JETTON of Dallas; two daughters Mrs. PERKINS and Mrs. T. J. HUBBARD of Commerce; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held in Mansfield at 3 p.m. Thursday with Dr. W. ANGIE SMITH, pastor of the First Methodist Church here, officiating.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
November 1, 1952
R. A. LOCKER
Gainesville, Texas. Oct. 31: R. A. LOCKER, 87, resident of Gainesville for the past 7 years, died Thursday at his home. He was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He came to Cooke County 40 years ago and lived in the Warrens Bend community before moving to Gainesville. He was a retired farmer. Survivors are two brothers, H. W. LOCKER of Gainesville and L. W. LOCKER of Hillsboro, Oregon.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
June 16, 1968
ROBERT A. GLEGHORN
Irving: Funeral services for ROBERT A. GLEGHORN, 85, of 505 Robin Hood, a deacon in the Eastside Church of Christ, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Eastside Church of Christ. Burial will be the Halley Family Cemetery, Pioneer Drive in Irving. Gleghorn, a retired dairy farmer, died in Dallas Friday. He was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and moved to Texas with his parents in 1905.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, ALVIN GLEGHORN of Canton, MILTON GLEGHORN of Lamar, Missouri, CARL GLEGHORN of Irving and GLENN GLEGHORN of Euless; three daughters, Mrs. MARJORY COOPER of Lampasas, Mrs. MARINELL ZUAN of Houston and Miss VERA LOU GLEGHORN of Irving; two brothers, THEODORE GLEGHORN of Bronte in Coke County and J. V. GLEGHORN of Fort Worth; a sister Mrs. SADIE BURRELL of Fort Worth, 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
September 13, 1953
Death Claims J. L. GAMMILL, Denton Doctor
Denton: Dr. J. L. GAMMILL, 83, pioneer physician and banker of Denton and Tarrant Counties, died Saturday night in a Denton hospital. He had entered the hospital earlier in the day. He was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and came to Denton County in 1889 at the age of 19, settling in the Stony community. He engaged in farming there until 1897 when he entered the Fort Worth Medical College. He began his medical practice at Stony in partnership with Dr. J. L. HOOPER. In a few years he moved to Ponder where he lived until 1925, when he moved to Haslet. Dr. Gammill, a bachelor, also was active in establishing banks in three communities. He was a stockholder and director of the Ponder State Bank from 1910-1935. When the Haslet State Bank was liquidated a few years ago, he established residence in the abandoned building. At the time of his death, Dr. Gammill was a stockholder and director of the Justin State Bank. He retired from active practice about 15 years ago. At one time he owned several farms but had disposed of his real estate interests in recent years. Survivors include a brother, BEN D. GAMMILL of Ponder, two sisters Mrs. VIRGIE REED of Haslet and Mrs. BERTA BLEDSOE of Petersburg, Tennessee and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Jack Schmitz & Son Funeral Home of Dallas.
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