Jones County, Texas - History - Frank Huie *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** The Western Enterprise Anson, Jones County, Texas Thursday, August 26, 1933 50th Anniversary Edition FRANK HUIE CAME TO JONES COUNTY IN YEAR OF 1881 In 1881 Frank Huie came to Jones county with his father, R.M. Huie driving the livestock from Bell County. Soon after a camp was established, and the stock located on the vast open lands, the family went for a 30 days visit to Atlanta, Georgia. During the family's absence, Frank hauled the lumber for their home from Abilene. He sued two yoke of cattle to an old iron axle wagon, making three or four days to make the trip. In addition to hauling lumber for their home, he hauled in one load, all the lumber needed for the first court house of Jones County. In February 1882, the Huie house was built by Frank, his father and his uncle, T.L. Kennedy. After the house was finished and there was no more carpenter work to be done here, Frank went to Abilene to find work. After April 1882, he worked for months with Martin Duvall surveying and looking up old land lines. They worked from the C 5 pens on Bitter Creek, now Compere to the eastern part of Jones County. The last surveying done was running the lines for the SMS lands and setting stakes for the Ericksdale ranch. In August, Frank returned to Bell County and had the joy of seeing his sister, Mrs. W.C. Glazner, his friends and had the pleasure of visiting the old swimming hole. In November 1882, he returned to Jones County with his sister's family, the Glazners. During the winter of 1882-1883, there was a demand for carpenters. While working on the T.T. Smith house at Hodges, then Midway, (now the Ras. McCoy's home) Tom McGree came by on his wawy from Abilene and upon invitation Frank went with him to meet the Davis family and to move the press that was to be used in printing Jones County's first paper, The Texas Western. Frank assisted in getting the load ready, and upon their return, he stopped at Hodges and resumed his work on the Smith House. When C.D. Davis ran off the first paper, Frank was there to receive a copy. Among the houses built that year ws the Kirkland ranch house, now Dr. Alexander's ranch between Dead Man's Creek and the Clear Fork. In July 1883, R.S. Goodwin, Joe Goodwin and Frank Huie hired to Polk Berryhill, range boss from Mark Lynn on the LIL ranch for the fallwork. The ranch was located on Tonk Creek betwwen Double Mountain and Salf Fork. They worked the range east to within 15 miles of Seymour, west to near Dickens City, across to Wichita River and west to the Caprock. There were not many people in Jones County, there were some pretty girls here. A desire for a home caused Frank to buy 10 acres of land near neighbor C.D. Davis, who said he lived in "Poverty Flats." On this land a house was built and on 14 May 1884, he married Miss Lydia Anderson. In 1886, Frank Huie and his family moved to their farm near Anderson Chapel, and planted cotton. The cotton did not come up in 1887. The seven grown children live near enough for frequent reunions.