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This book does more than recount McLennan County's dramatic transitions from Indian camps to pioneer villages to farming communities to modern towns. This collector's edition illustrates our heritage with over 300 rare photographs. The illustrations bring to life the challenges of the frontier, the trials of war, the labors of entrepreneurs, and the successes of cultural leaders. The photographic emphasis is not on buildings, houses, or streets but rather on people: the settlers who cleared the wilderness, the soldiers who fought the wars, the immigrants who came from distant lands, and the workers who endured economic upheavals.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...Harrison county, where he served as District Judge, and his death occurred at that place about 1878. He was an influential man in his county, and at his death left a large family, who are now among the prominent citizens of the State._ He was four times married, and his last wife still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Cobbs had four children: Ella, wife of R. B. Kimmell, a farmer of this county; J. F., our subject; William H., afarmer and stock-raiser of Greer county, Texas; and Don, at home. The subject of this notice came with his parents to McLennan county, in 1856, when three months old. and after reaching a suitable age he engaged in farming with his father. In 1880 he purchased 100 acres of land, which he has since improved, but has always resided on the old homestead of 640 acres, 250 acres of which is under a fine state of cultivation. He owns one-half of the latter place, where he raises principally cotton and corn, and also rents a part of his land. Mr. Cobbs was married October 3, 1880, to Miss Dunnie Woodward, who was born in 1860, a daughter of Albert and Susan Woodivard, natives of Louisiana and Tennessee. Mrs. Woodward came with her widowed mother to Texas in 1863, where the latter died in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb have had four children: Willie E., born in November, 1881; Farah, in April, 1884; Ora Bell, in October, 1887; and J. F., in July, 1890. Mr. Cobbs is a Democrat in his political views, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. "-; ILLIAM AMTHOR, a prominent and ' influential citizen of McGregor, Texas, " was born in Austin county, this State, in 1849. He comes from that sturdy race of people--the Germans-that have ever been distinguished for their thrift, and in his make-up are found these elements...
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