Bowie County, Texas - Business Directory 1882 83 (for Texarkana, Texas see; Texarkana Buisness Directory : Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas) Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1882 83 Boston, Texas Population 250. County seat and distance from New Boston TransConti. Div. T. & P. Ry it's nearest express and telegraph point 4 miles. Texarkana is it's banking town. Ship to New Boston Exports are cattle and cotton. Mail daily. B. R. Tidwell, Post Master. Alexander, Lewis, clk dist court Ball, I.M., physician Barfield, R. B., saloon Barnmore, J. R., co treas Ball, John J., co attorney Ector, W. H., attorney Elliott, W. H., co judge Ellis, G. B., genl store Freese, T. H., & Bros., genl store Hargett, B. F., sheriff Jones & Tapp, genl store Maurenburg, W. E., genl store Northingham, J.T., co clerk Putnam, B. D., co surveyor Shaw, T., physician Ship & Taylor, attorneys Tyron & Helms, genl store Walker, J. F., saloon DeKalb, Texas Population 800. Fourteen miles from Boston court house, 34 miles from Texarkana it's banking town, and 138 from Whitesboro by rail. Express and telegraph office. Ship direct. Has two steam gist mills and gins, four steam saw mills with in 6 miles, two churches, Baptist and Methodist, and two schools, male and female. Exports cotton and hides. Daily mail by rail. G. W. Whitfield, Post Master. Ball, H., physician and drugs Barringer, T. A., blacksmith Bettes & Bros., saw mill Bevill, Robert, physician Black, R. S., physician and drugs Blackwell, M. S., physician Ellett, Alfred, physician Emerson, J.W., saw mill Kimbell, J. M., blacksmith Lassiter & Ball, genl store Lindsay, J. N., saloon Linsay, W. A., genl store Martin, J. M., blacksmith Massenburg & Gupton, genl store Moore, L.S., grocer Peters, Edmond, gin and grist mill Proctor, W. S., wagonmaker Sanders, W. W., genl store Shipp, S. W> G., attorney Simmons, H.H., saw mill Terrell, William, gin and grist mill Whitfield, G. W., harness and saddles Woodard, R. N., saw mill Maud, Texas Population about 150. Established March, 1881. Seven miles from Boston court house, 3 miles from Bunker Hill. The St. L. Ry it's telegraph and ? from Texarkana T. & P. Ry is ? express office and banking town. Ship from Bunker Hill. Has one steam saw mill and one grist mill and gin, two churches, Methodist and Baptist, and one school. Exports cotton and lumber. Triweekly mail from Bunker Hill by carrier. Samuel D. Knapp, post master. Bonham, J, W., blacksmith Guess, W. H., saw mill Hall, H. Miss, teacher Harris & Turner, genl store Jefferson, Walter, teacher Pardue, Frank, carpenter Sharp, W. H., gin and grist mill Sherrill ____, physician White, M. C., gin and grist mill New Boston Population about 500 tributary. Four miles from Boston court house, 12 miles from DeKalb, it's express office, 22 from Texarkana, it's banking town, and 150 from Whitesboro by rail. Telegraph office. Ship direct. Has two steam saw mills, five grist mills, five gins, five churches, and three schools. Exports cotton and cattle. Daily mail by rail. John W. Wever, Post Master. Barfield, William, hotel Black, A. L., teacher Carter, James M., blacksmith and wagon mkr Ellis, M. S., Mrs., teacher Ellis, Richard & Bro., gin and grist mill Johns, Robert; gin and grist mill Jordan, M. Mrs., teacher McLean, M. D., gin and grist mill Massenberg & Weaver, genl store Phifer & Jester, carpenters Shaw, Thad S., physician Shipp & Taylor, attorneys Wilborn, H.J. & J.D., cotton gin Woodard, R. N., saw and gist mill Bowie County Planters and Farmers 1882 83 Where post office is not given, the address is understood to be Boston, the county seat. Key to Bowie County (Planters and Farmers) Number of acres, taxable valuation from list in Austin. County seat given as address only by Boston Court House. A $1000 $1500 B $1500 $2000 C $2000 $3000 D $3000 $4000 E $4000 $5000 F $5000 10,000 G $10,000 $20,000 H $20,000 and up C.M. Akin, Jr., 160 B C.M. Akin, 2235 E. James F. Akin, 230 A W.C. Akin, 649 B L. Alexander, 450 A Leroy Alford, 2611 E. Dabney Allen, 1330 D W. J. Allen, 153 G J.E. Anderson, 276 A W.A. Atwood, 240 A W. M. Attwood, 791 C Dr. H. Ball, 719 C K.W. Ball, 336 A Ball & Estes, 5061 F R. B. Barefield, 1985 F J. B. Barkman, 1727 F M.A. Bassett, 960 A Mrs. J, N. Battle, 1050 C W. A. Beard, 160 A J.J. Bell, 200 C J. A. Blankenship, 482 F Capt. Block, 179 C Charles Block, 200 A B.F. Blocker, 460 A Robert Bonner, 494 B H.D. Boyce, 9016 H. Mrs. M.E. Boyce, 2671 E. Rebeca Brooks, 880 A W. H. Brown, 200 A J.R. Bryan, 790 A Buchant & Cowns, 3946 H H.M. Burroughs, 1736 E Wily Caldwell, 193 A D. S. Cantrell, 235 A U. Carpenter, 480 A M.E. Clover, 184 A Spence Collum, 839 E H.F. Cravens, 320 A J.M. Culbertson, 960 A W.K. Dally, 200 A L.C. Demorse, 1974 H W. W. Dillard, 1784 G Morris Draughan, 70 F J.D. Dukes, 505 A W. H. Ector, 1175 C Martha Edwards, 2738 F C.D. Elliott, 510 A W. H. Elliott, 70 C G. B. Ellis, 511 D W. D. Ellis, 2144 C Ellis & Smeltzer, 540 A Cairo Epperson, 1198 D Benjamin L. Estes, 6913 H Estes, Hoskins, & Ball, 1176 A H. B. Eubank, 790 C J. W. Farrier, 403 F Tobe Friexe, 2123 F Benjamine Garland, 336 B J. W. Gay, 978 C J. H. Gerdes, 1895 B John C. Glass, 1907 D Susan Glass, 556 B W. J. Godwin, 553 A C. A. Greenhaw, 180 B D. D. Gupton, 27 A Joseph Hall, 169 A Levi H. Hall, 320 A George Handley, 500 A Aquila Hardy, 450 B B. F. Harget, 450 B Ely Harrison, 5?? C S. D. Helms, 2?? A J. H. Henry, 1??? A Russell Hicks, 1071 A J. G. Holloway, 177 A Bryant Holmes, 5?? A J. J. Holmes, 500 B Forest Hooks, ??? C W. H. Hooks, 1261 G James Hubbard, 4363 F A.H. Hughes, 779 C F. M. & Sisters Hughes, 1445 C Samuel Hughes, 6081 F M. L. Ingram, 610 A F. M. Ivy & White, 1280 F John Jackson, 263 B David Jarrett, 940 C J. W. Jarrett, 290 C T. F. Johns, 300 A R. J. Johnson, 225 A J. R. Jones, 59 A Silas Jones, 480 A Warren Jones, 680 B John King, 200 C W. B. Kizer, 1280 G S. M. Knight, 999 C Joe Kosminsky, 1050 F Daniel T. Lary, 160 C J. B. Lassiter, 1505 A T. J. Lee, 640 C Mrs. M. S. Lenox, 6469 G Thomas H. Lenox, 40 C D. Lewis, 73 A J. N. Lindsay, 100 C J. W. Lindsay, 2276 A W. A. Lindsay, 1454 D H. R. Looly, 640 B J. M. Lupton, 1594 F W. H. McCartny, 400 E R. A. McCoppen, 1345 A Silas McCrary, 230 A J. O. McCutcheon, 500 A A. McFarland, 1302 B Blair McGee, 640 C Mrs. S. C. McLain, 955 D J. B. McWhirter, 883 B H. S. Mathews, 5576 H H. H. Mitchel, 245 A Walter Mitchel, 640 A Dave Moore, 936 C Charles Moores, 160 A Eli H. Moores, 3447 H W. H. H. Moores, 2526 F B. F. Morris, 325 C C. A. Morrison, 114 D Web Morrow, 366 A Mrs. L. C. Moss, 1890 C O. P. Moss, 5929 F W. R. Motley, 528 D Allen Mullen, 109 B U. J. Odell, 610 B J. A. Oliver, 277 A F. E. Parham, 620 A Lucinda Paxton, 65 A L. C. Perky, 1726 C E. Peters, 500 B R. F. Peters, 438 A Mrs. E. Pipkins, 822 B Martin Poer, 560 B L. C. Powell, 993 C T. A. Powell, 1405 A H. C. Proctor, 275 A W. S. Proctor, 535 C W. S. Proctor, 1200 A Ramseur & Whitener, ???? Abe Read, 320 A Martin Read, 274 A R. W. Read, 1712 F J. M. Renfro, ???? A J. M. Robinson, ???? C. M. Rochelle, 2680 E H. P. Rochelle, 775 F H. P. Rochelle, ???? J. W. Rochelle, 952 C Sarah Rochelle, ??? A J. T. Roseborough, 2228 G H. M. Runnels, 6219 G H. W. Runnels, 640 A ***************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. *****************************************************************