CONTENTS - "Some Biographies of Old Settlers", Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net 4 February 2001 ***************************************************************** Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas (unnumbered pages) Albertson, Eliff and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Arnold, Jas. W. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Adams, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 A Reminder of Thirty-five Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Bowdon, Frank W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Boren, Samuel H. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Butler, Wm. B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Boyett, James and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Barron, Jas. S. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Bonner Beckham B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Bell, Thos. W. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Brewster, V. F. S. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Chapter of Early Life in Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Crumpler, Jas. P. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Clay, J. M. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Carter, Wm. H. - and Old-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 District Court - First Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 District Court - Second Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 District Court - Third Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Douglas, Alexander and Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Davis, John T. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Dennis, Rev. Levi R. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Dean, M. J. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Death of Captains Godley and House . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Douglas, Major Jas. P. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Davis, Mrs. Mollie E. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Erwin, Col. Thos. B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Epperson, Green B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Edwards, J. C. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Ellis, Ira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 From 1846 to 1900 - Historical, Personal, etc. . . . . . 1 First Election in Smith County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Facts of History and Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Fight of Douglas and Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Ferguson, Major A. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Funderburgh, Wm. B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Goodman, Benjamin and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Goodman, Dr. Samuel A. Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Goodman, Dr. W. J. and S. A. Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Gaines, Capt. David Y. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Gaston, Robt. K. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Gilliam, Minyard and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Herndon, W. S. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Hays, Thos. J. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Horton, Phillip and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 House, Capt. R. E. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Hubbard, Richard B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Hudnal, H. D. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Kidd, Wm. W. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Kelley, Frost J. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Long, Richard B. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Lott, Everett E. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Lowery, F. L. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Lorance, Hiram and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Marsh, Bryan Sr., and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 McFarland, Robt. T. Sr., and family . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Meadow, Thomas, Dick and Lige . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 McFadin, James and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Marsh, Col. Bryan and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 McBride, Dr. James and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 McDougal, Joseph and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 More Old Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 McBride, Dr. Henry J. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Newspaper - First in Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Newspapers - Old. of Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Old Arkansaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Old Canton and Early Settlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Old Canton - The New Omen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Old Federal Court House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Odom, Francis and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Perry, Clark D., J. W. and Wm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Pabst, Julius and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Patterson, John M. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Pinkerton, P. C. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Pool, Thomas and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Reminisences of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Reaves, Stephen and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Rush, Cousins and Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Rice, H. F. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Revels in Old Tyler Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Robbins, Solomon and John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Reflections on a Ball Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Smith, Aaron Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Smith, Rev. Caleb H. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Simpson, Willis and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Smith, John P. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Smith, Ed W. Sr., and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Smith, Dr. L. W. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Scott, Benjamin and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Tyler, Its Water and Thrifty Pioneers . . . . . . . . . . 94 Tarbutton, John C. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Things Wise and Otherwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Thompson Wm. D. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 To The Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Walker, Wm. S. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Wiley, Columbus C. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Wilson, Samuel and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Wood, Matthew and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Wiggins, Wm. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Whitaker, James M. and family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 ------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTORY The author during a long residence in Smith county has compiled many of the principal historical events of the county, from its organization into county up to the civil war, including the years from 1846-1861. Smith county has contributed her full share in advancing the material interests of Texas; has wielded a good influence in adding to her greatness, along with her sister counties, making Texas the great Southern Empire, the results of the patriotic blood of the defenders of the Lone Star State. A great people is fruitful in results of producing statesmen, educators, lawyers, doctors, mechanics, poets, farmers and artisans that laid the foundation stone upon which Greater Texas was to be built. Hence, her public men have held the leading state offices longer, perhaps, than any county in the State. Her statesmen have made an impress on Texas history; her great lawyers have marked the pages of Texas jurisprudence; her great educators have helped to mould the public mind in the channels that led to success; her farmers have made the land laugh with plenty and hum the song of industry; her poets have sung the songs of love and truth; her women have been the helpmeet to our refinement in organizing society in the grand march of usefulness; her able and scholarly ministers have contributed their share in spiritual usefulness among the people; while the grand old pioneers, who felled the forest, led civilization to erect its alters amidst the forests of East Texas. With this view in mind, I have collated into chapters many things worthy of preservation which I hope will be a rich legacy to be handed down to succeeding generations. Each chapter is so arranged that it has no special connection with the succeeding one, as each chapter treat of matters pertaining mostly to itself. The author is prompted with the idea of keeping home history as a patriotic duty, hence, these pages will go into public print. The germ of civil and religious liberty was planted in the early settlement of this country, commencing at the rustic rules that governed then to the splendid refinement of today. Such good history made by a good people should be a sacred heritage. It should be watered and cared for with an affectionate love and veneration, for it was an honest patriotic people that made it. Coming generations from the loins of a grand ancestry should be proud of what they accomplished. The Author [Sid S. Johnson] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TO THE PUBLIC This page concludes Volume One. I have enough matter before me for another volume of like size. If the people desire it, it will soon be published. People have subscribed liberally for this volume, and the same means will cause Volume II to go to press. Some errors have occurred in this volume, because of so many names and dates that a second edition would correct. Many articles of history, of a personal and general interest have been crowded out, and will appear in Volume II, if the public demands it. The next volume will bring matters of history to date. The chapters have been, and will be, so arranged that each bears no special relation to the other. The Author [Sid S. Johnson]