Bee County, TX - Obituaries:  Tom H. Allsup, 1916
Monday, July 30, 2001

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             Beeville Pacayune, 21 Dec 1916--Beeville, Texas

   Tom H. Allsup, aged 88 years, 1 month and 27 days, died in San Marcos, Tex.,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. H. M. Wilson, on Dec. 13, 1916.  The remains
were taken to Skidmore for interment and were laid to rest in the Madray cemetery,
some miles from that place...the Masonic Lodge of Beeville performed the last sad
rites at the grave...The subject of this sketch was born in Lincoln County, Tenn.,
on Oct. 17, 1828, a son of Mr. & Mrs. R. R. Allsup.  He moved in 1840 to Panola
County, Miss., where he remained until 1850, then coming to Texas and locating in
Cherokee County. The following year he moved to Gonzales County, remaining there
until 1857, when he moved to what was then Live Oak County. Shortly after his arrival
here Mr. Allsup signed the petition for the creation of Bee County, and in the early
part of 1858 the county was organized.  Mr. Allsup was a member of the first grand
jury empanelled in the new county and voted in every Bee county election from the day
of its organization until 1913.  By the latter year he had become too feeble to visit
the polls.  For several months he had been making his home with his daughter at San
Marcos.  His death was due to the infirmaties of old age, and hastened by a fall
sustained while walking in his room recently.
    Deceased was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Caroline Smith in Goliad county on 
Dec. 10, 1860, her death occurring 22 years later.  They were the parents of eleven
children, four sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive their father, except two,
both daughters, Mrs. Mattie J. Jamison, the eldest, and Laura Allsup, third daughter.
    Mr. Allsup enlisted as a volunteer in the Confederate army in 1862 and served 
until the close.  He was a member of Woodward's Company, Waller's Battalion, Green's
Brigade.  In recognition of this service the United Daughters of the Confederacy of San
Marcos presented him, in March 1914, with a Cross of Honor.  They also sent a wreath of
ivy to accompany the remains to their last resting place.
    Mr. Allsup was a charter member of Beeville Lodge, No. 261, A.F.& A.M.  He was the
last of the charter members of this lodge to answer the final summons.
    Deceased joined the Baptist church in Beeville in 1876 and remained a faithful 
follower of the Lord to the end.  When the Skidmore Baptist church was organized he
withdrew his membership here and placed it at Skidmore, being a charter member of that
church...Peace to his ashes!
(This was sent to me by Joan Dailey Spragins, Martindale, Texas, in 1971)