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Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
November 20, 1955
Couple Plans Anniversary Open House
Mr. and Mrs. JOE C. CLEM will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, at their home 127 Guthrie. They were married Nov. 26, 1905 in Dallas and have lived here ever since. Clem was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1887 and moved to Dallas in 1903. Mrs. Clem was also born in Tennessee and came to Dallas as an infant. Both are members of the Beckley Wynnewood Baptist Church where Clem is a deacon. He is also a member of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Clem have three daughters, Mrs. JAMES A. MURPHY, Mrs. OSCAR DAVIS and Mrs. JOE C. DOBBINS, all of Dallas, and eight grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
January 24, 1951
SAM W. SMITH
Cleburne, Jan. 23: Funeral was held here Wednesday for SAM W. SMITH, Cleburne resident for 12 years, and resident of Texas 72 years. He died at his home on Route 4. Smith was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee on Dec. 14, 1869. He was a retired farmer. Services at 2 pm. Wednesday will be in the Dillon Chapel, conducted by Rev. W. T. JONES of Blum, assisted by Rev. T. D. ELLIS and Rev. SIDNEY ROBERTS. Smith is survived by his wife; a foster son DAVE PARKER of Dallas and a sister, Mrs. R. W. COLE of Rule.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
January 3, 1975
Mrs. LUCY LEE KING
Funeral services for Mrs. LUCY LEE KING, 70, of 3525 Hancock, a retired barber for Graham’s Barber College Inc., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Shiloh Baptist Church. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. She died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital. A native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, she had lived in Dallas for 40 years. She is survived by a sister.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
January 25, 1893
A Texas Veteran Gone
Nacogoches, Jan. 24: Col. MADISON G. WHITAKER died here at the residence of his son, ED WHITAKER, Monday morning at 3:30 after an illness of less than 3 to 4 days, during which he suffered but little. He was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee on April 4, 1811. He crossed the Sabine River on is way to Texas Jan. 9, 1835, and had lived here ever since. He was married to Miss HENRIETTA M. PITTS, August 23, 1841 in this county then the republic of Texas. She has been dead many years and since her death, he had remained a widower and raised up a family of several sons and daughters, all of whom are a credit to their father.
He lived here during the days that made history, and he performed a noble part in those trying times. His devotion to duty, his manly courage under all circumstances, his patriotism and fidelity were proverbial. He participated in the Texas Revolution to the fullest extent, being in the battle of San Jacinto and present when Santa Anna was brought in a prisoner. He was one of the figures in the lamented Huddles’ painting of that scene. He was a member of the Texas Veterans Association and took delight in attending the annual meetings as long as he was able.
Col Whitaker served several years in the Texas legislature about 1855. He was a man of good education and he took great interest in public affairs. His chief occupation was farming. He owned a fine farm four miles north of this place besides other lands and slaves before the war…. His burying place is at old North Church, four miles north of town, the first Baptist Church in Texas. He leaves three sons living in this county, two daughters living in Smith County and one, Mrs. MCNEELEY in Texarkana…
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
October 24, 1967
FULTON L. EZELL
Funeral services for FULTON L. EZELL, 71, of 631 N. Marsalis Drive, a Dallas resident for 33 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Mausoleum, followed by entombment. Ezell, a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, died here Sunday. He had lived in Miami, Florida and Birmingham, Alabama, before moving to Dallas. He worked as a builders hardware salesman for the P&F Corbin Division of the American Hardware Corp. for 30 years and the Blue Diamond Co. for five years before retiring 3 years ago. Ezell was a member of the Texas Builders Hardware Club and Oak Cliff Methodist Church. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I. Survivors are his wife; two sons, JACK EZELL of Dallas and JOE EZELL of Statesboro, Georgia; a brother BERT G. EZELL of Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters Mrs. RUPERT CAPLEY of Canton, Ohio and Mrs. JOHN L. SHERRILL of Fayetteville, Tennessee and five grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
July 20, 1943
Capt. DOWDY, Confederate Veteran, Dies
The thinning ranks of the old warriors in Dallas had grown thinner still Monday as only four remained to close ranks in the once powerful Confederate Veterans group here. For Capt. JOHN A. DOWDY, 94, Seagoville, the fifth survivor of the old band, had gone to join his erstwhile companions of Morgan’s Raiders and the Confederate North Virginia army.
Services for the aged fighter, who will be buried in his Confederate uniform, his casket draped with a Confederate flag, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Kleberg Baptist Church with Rev. FORREST MCELROY officiating. Burial will be in the Kleberg Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, Captain Dowdy enlisted in the Confederate Army as a youth of 15, first served under Gen. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, later with Gen. JAMES HUNT MORGAN and still later under Gen. ROBERT E. LEE. He was said to be one of ten men accompanying General Lee to Appomattox courthouse when he surrendered April 9, 1865. On that occasion, he explained that he surrendered under the name of JIM EVANS, because of the threats that Gen. U. S. GRANT had made against the guerilla fighters with whom he had waged war. Capt. Dowdy came through that conflict unscratched, although he had four horses shot from beneath him in various campaigns. He still was serving with Morgan’s Raiders at the time of General Morgan’s death, and soon afterward was captured, placed in prison in Ohio and was sentenced to death. The date of his execution was set for Nov. 30, 1864, but ten days before that date, he escaped, made his way back to Southern lines, hiding in a Tennessee cave and subsisting on a diet of crackers and water for several days, while en route. He continued his war career after that with the Northern Virginia army until the Appomattox surrender.
After the Civil War, Capt. Dowdy came to Texas and made his home. He made his home in Kleberg for many years. He is survived by four sons, D. D. DOWDY of Allen, J. D. DOWDY of Kleberg, G. E. DOWDY and E. H. DOWDY of Dallas; four brothers, M. B. DOWDY of Texas City, C. M. DOWDY, W. C. DOWDY, both of Nashville, Arkansas, DEN DOWDY of Kleberg, a sister Mrs. MINNIE FLOYD of Dallas, 22 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
July 3, 1955
JAMES O. TRIPP (with photo)
JAMES OTIS TRIPP, 59, a Dallas resident for 35 years, died of a heart attack at his residence, 9024 Forrest Hill, Saturday. Tripp was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee July 15, 1895 and resided in Plano before moving to Dallas in 1919. He served in World War I and was associated with several automobile and furniture companies in Dallas. He was employed by the Mary Bonner Furniture Company for the last eight years.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, JIMMY TRIPP of Oklahoma City and BILLY TRIPP of Dallas; three brothers, JESS R. TRIPP, E. C. TRIPP and CARL TRIPP, all of Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. GLADYS COLLIER of Dallas and Mrs. LUCILLE SALMON of Plano.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in McKamy-Ingram-Batchler Funeral Chapel, 1921 Forrest, with rev. FRANK DENT officiating. Burial will be in Restland Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be WAYNE COOPER, JOE SENKULE, HARRY SCOTT, JOHN T. THOMPSON, J. O. AHNERT and LEWIS WOODS.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
December 14, 1953
Mrs. MARY BATES ROBINSON
Denton: Mrs. MARY BATES ROBINSON, 85, a resident of Denton County for nearly half a century, died early Sunday in Cleburne. She was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and came to Texas in 1902. For the past two years she had resided in Cleburne. She was the widow of W. H. ROBINSON who died in 1934. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Jack Schmitz and Son Chapel with Rev. PHILIP W. WALKER, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Denton, officiating. Burial will be in the Argyle Cemetery. Survivors are two brothers, W. B. WEST of Clarksville, Tennessee and W. H. WEST of Glasgow, Kentucky; three nephews, R. L. ROBINSON of Argyle, B. C. ROBINSON of Sherman and W. C. ROBINSON of Eastland.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
May 17, 1971
Mrs. NETTIE MAE CHANCELLOR
Funeral services for Mrs. NETTIE MAE CHANCELLOR, 89, of 420 S. Brighton, a Dallas resident for 65 years, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Kessler Park United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park. Born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Mrs. Chancellor died here Saturday. She was a charter member of the Kessler Park United Methodist Church.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
November 14, 1934
Judge Taylor Gets Relic of Civil War Days Awarded Horse
A silver pitcher awarded in 1857 to Palo Alto, fine stallion, in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and kept as a family relic because of the unsuccessful efforts to prevent the horse from falling into the hands of the Union Army in the Civil War has been received by Judge W. M. TAYLOR of the 14th district court. The stallion was owned jointly by Judge Taylor’s grandfather, J. H. TAYLOR, and Dr. WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN. When the war started, the animal was sent south in charge of a caretaker in an effort to prevent it from being taken by the invading army, but the horse was lost later. Judge Taylor received the pitcher from Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
May 21, 1972
WILLIAM M. PARK
WILLIAM M. PARK, 77, of 1238 Cockrell Hill Road, a conductor for the Missouri Pacific RR for 45 years before his retirement in 1960, died here Saturday. A native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, Park had been a Dallas resident for 52 years. He was a member of the Sunset Church of Christ and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Lamar and Smith Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
March 5, 1972
ROSS O. TUCKER
ROSS O. TUCKER, 80, of 315 North Ravinia, retired employee of the Marx Hide and Tallow Co., died Saturday in Dallas. Born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, he had lived in Dallas 50 years. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Lamar & Smith Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Laurel Land Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
April 30, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. J. DORSEY at Home after Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES DORSEY are at home at 4710 Ross Avenue. The couple was married April 22. The bride is the former Miss LOUISE TUCKER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ROSS TUCKER, 601 West Page. Mr. Dorsey is the son of Mrs. DRUSILLA DORSEY, 923 East Ninth. The ceremony was performed at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. THOMAS F. GALLAHER of 202 West Tenth, in the presence of the families and a few close friends, Miss BOBBIE SHORT and DREW DORSEY were the only attendants.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
November 5, 1961
Couple to Mark 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. ROSS O. TUCKER, 315 N. Ravinia Drive, longtime Dallas residents, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with an open house at their home. Mrs. Tucker, the former STELLA MCBROOM, is a native of Oklahoma and Tucker is a native of Tennessee. They moved to Dallas from Chicago in 1920, when Tucker entered the hide, fur and wool business. For the past 25 years Tucker has been the Southwest representative for the Mark Hide & Tallow Co. of Louisville, Kentucky. The Tuckers are members of the First Presbyterian Church. Their daughter, Mrs. LOUISE TUCKER DORSEY of Dallas, and their grandchildren will receive at the open house and buffet.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
July 312, 1946
Tucker Funeral Rites
Funeral rites for Mrs. CHARLES FRED TUCKER, native of Weatherford and 35 year resident of Dallas, will be held Wednesday at George A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, 3603 Ross. Mrs. Tucker died Monday evening at a local hospital. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. JOE L. WILKES of Dallas, a son FRED L. TUCKER of Waco and four grandchildren. Mrs. Tucker was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here for 28 years. She was active in the Clavis Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
February 15, 1924
Sticks to One Road; Gets to Be Engineer
Commerce, Feb. 14: Y. E. FLINT, the subject of this sketch, came to Texas from sunny Tennessee in 1889, working in various departments of the railroad until he finally was promoted to engineer. Mr. Flint was born July 4, 1874 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. He left home when a boy and went to work in Nashville, Tenn., for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RR in the coach department, being too young to go on the road. He came to Texas in 1889 and was married to Miss MAMMIE BRISCOE of Fort Worth in 1894. He went to work in Fort Worth for the Cotton Belt RR in 1895 in the mechanical department, later being transferred to Dallas when the Cotton Belt entered this city. Mr. Flint moved to Commerce in 1900 and entered the service as fireman, later being promoted to engineer, the position he now holds.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
May 5, 1930
Mrs. ROE J. WHITWORTH
Paris, Texas, May 4: Mrs. ROE J. WHITWORTH, 83, longtime resident of Paris, died here Sunday morning after an illness of several weeks. Her daughter, Mrs. W. A. BILLS of Paris, died five weeks ago. Funeral service will be held Monday morning with burial in Paris. Mrs. Whitworth came to Paris from Tennessee in 1884 and has lived here since. She was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1846. She was married to J. A. WHITWORTH in 1861. Two daughters survive her, Mrs. CHESTER HARDING KIRBURG of Fort Worth and Mrs. C. G. GREGG of Sulphur Bluff. Seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
March 28, 1940
Woman Who Mothered 3 Adopted Children Dies at Home here
Mrs. NANNIE ELIZABETH TEMPERANCE WELLS, 72, of 1100 Ann Arbor St., childless herself, but who mothered 3 adopted children, died Tuesday at the residence. She and her husband, PAYTON WELLS, came to Dallas seven years ago from Lincoln County, Tennessee. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Fernwood Baptist Church with Rev. FOREST MCLEROY officiating. Burial will be in Lisbon Cemetery.
Memphis Daily Avalanch
Memphis, Tennessee
May 13, 1866
Inquest: Night before last, between 11 and 12 o’clock, Coroner ERICKSON was called up on to hold an quest, on board the steamer Linnie Drown, in view of the body of J. B .SMITH, aged 35, of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and who was found dead in his bed. He had been unwell for several days, and the jury, after investigation, gave the verdict of natural causes had caused the death. His carpet sack, containing some papers and clothes, are now with Coroner Erickson.
Inter Ocean
Illinois
July 6, 1877
Securities: THEODORE G. SMITH on 80 acres in Lincoln County, Tennessee, $600. LEVI C. WRIGHT on 119 ½ acres in Civil District, Lincoln County, Tennessee, $1,215; A. & G. MOORE on 3 lots in Nashville, Tenn. $500.
Memphis Daily Avalanche
Memphis, Tennessee
December 8, 1868
JOHN GEORGE killed HOSEA TOWERY about a dog in Lincoln County, Tennessee last week.
Boston Evening Transcript in Mass.
Also Trenton State Gazette in New Jersey
August 4, 1856
Strange occurrence: Something very singular is reported to have occurred on Pea Reidge in Lincoln County, Tennessee a few weeks ago. A horse and plow, so the story goes, which a farmer was using in his field, sank and disappeared in the earth, leaving a hole to which no bottom has yet been found, and in which the farmer himself came near falling. His neighbors were called to the place, who, by means of ropes, let him down in search of the horse and plow, to the depth of 40 to 50 feet, but the farther he went, the larger the hole appeared, and he called to his friends to pull him up, which they did. Several unsuccessful attempts were afterward made to fathom the hold. The horse and plow have “gone the way of all the earth.”
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Georgia
July 31, 1883
D. M. ESLICK, one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Lincoln County, Tennessee, was killed by lightning Wednesday evening last.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
March 1, 1949
DAVID C. GEORGE, Hardware Dealer, Buried at Plano
Funeral services for DAVID C. GEORGE, 84, pioneer Collin County hardware dealer, were held Monday at the family home in Plano. GEORGE died Saturday. Burial was in the Plano Mutual Cemetery, conducted by Rev. H. J. H. ELLZEY, pastor of the First Methodist Church there, assisted by Rev. L. L. ROSS, Christian Church pastor, and Rev. D. W. NICHOLS of Cooper, Delta County.
GEORGE moved to Plano from Lincoln County, Tennessee with his parents in 1886. He was employed in a grocery store operated by the late J. G. DURHAM and for ten years worked for the Philpot & George Hardware Co. He owned a hardware store for 56 years and was said to be the dean of Texas hardware dealers. He was a member of the Plano First Methodist Church for 51 years and taught a Sunday School class for 41 years. His church recently honored him as the oldest member of the Plano congregation.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. VERNA GEORGE, and three sons, MACK GEORGE and THOMAS H. GEORGE, both of Plano and JOSEPH E. GEORGE of Houston.
Pallbearers were: LESTER FLOYD, H. D. HAYES, MILLARD RICE, R. C. FORTNER, W. D. HAGGARD, O. F. WILSON, MITCHELL JACOBS and W. G. CARLISLE.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
October 2, 1973
Mrs. DORSEY
Mrs. LOUISE TUCKER DORSEY, 60, of 315 N. Ravinia, a former secretary for the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, died Monday in a Dallas hospital. A native of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Dorsey was a resident of Dallas for 53 years. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Hillcrest Mausoleum Chapel East. Entombment will follow. Survivors include one son, one daughter and four grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
May 1, 1958
JAMES A. DORSEY
JAMES ALLEN DORSEY, 63, of 315 North Ravinia Drive, independent oil operator, died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital after a long illness. Born in Dallas, he was the son of the late JAMES ALLEN DORSEY Sr., founder of the Dorsey Printing Company, and the late DREWSILLA ANDERSON DORSEY. He attended Terrill Preparatory School and the University of Michigan where he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon fraternity. During World War I, Dorsey served as a first lieutenant with the Army in France. In 1939 he married LOUISE EVELYN TUCKER of Dallas. He was a member of the Oak Cliff Country Club, Engineers Club and Petroleum Club of Abilene and belonged to Christ Episcopal Church. Survivors are his wife, a daughter Miss DINAH LOUISE DORSEY of Dallas, a son, LAWRENCE TUCKER DORSEY of Dallas, and a brother DREW A. DORSEY of Dallas. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. BERTRAM L. SMITH, pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in Hillcrest Mausoleum.
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