BIOGRAPHIES & Photographs of Early HOUSTON CO., TX Settlers

- from the book -

 

"The History Of Houston County Texas"

by: Armistead Albert Aldrich

published in 1943

 

Biographies and photographs of the early families that settled in Houston County

- before & after it became a county -

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INDEX of BIOGRAPHIES

Click on the page number in the BIOGRAPHY PAGES Section below to read the Biographies

(Name & Page Number)

Adair, Capt. Isaac - 1

Adams, Co. Earle - 1-2

Aldrich Family - 2-3

Aldrich, Albert Augustus - 3

Aldrich, Collin - 3-4

Aldrich, Collin, Jr. - 4

Aldrich, Oliver Cromwell - 5

Allbright, Jacob - 5-6

Baker, Murdock McIntosh - 6-7

Barbee, Dr. James G. - 7-8

Bayne, Fielding Harvey - 8-9

Beasley, Dr. Stephen Thomas - 9-10

Beeson, H.W. - 10-11

Beeson, Dr. John Armistead - 11-12

Berry, William V. - 12-13

Box, John Andrew - 13

Bracken, C.W. - 13-14

Bromberg, Mendel - 14-15

Burnett, Judge James Russell - 15-16

Coleman, Daniel M. - 17

Collins, James - 17-18

Collins, James P. - 18-19

Collins, Dr. John - 19

Collins, John, Jr. - 19-20

Collins, Gen. Thomas P. - 20-23

Corley, D.W.F. - 24-25

Daniel, James M. - 25-26

Davis, Bradord - 26

Davis, Col. W.W. - 26-27

DeZavala, Miss Adina - 27-28

Dickson, William - 28-29

English, Col. George - 29-30

English, Capt. John - 30-32

Gossett Family - 32-35

Gillespie, John H. - 35

Hall, James Madison - 35-36

Hall, John I. - 36-37

Hall, Joshua & Mahala - 37-38

Hallmark Family - 38-39

Hallmark, William Calvert - 39-40

Hunter, Dr. James - 40-41

Ingram, Tilman - 41

Johnson, William - 41-42

Jowers, Dr. Wm. Geo. Wash. - 42-44

King, Adam Columbus - 44

King, Rev. Samuel Alexander - 44-45

Kyle Family - 45-46

LeGory, A. - 46-47

Long, Col. John - 47-48

Lundy, George Brinson - 48-49

Madden, James William - 49-50

Mainer, N.J. - 50-51

Masters Family - 51-52

McConnell, John - 52-53

McLean Family - 53-54

McLean, William - 54-55

Meriwether, Dr. Francis Lew8s - 55

Miller, Col. Steward A. - 55-57

Monroe, Armistead T. - 57-58

Moore, Judge George F. - 58-60

Murchison, Daniel - 60-61

Murchison, Daniel M. - 61-62

Nunn, Col. D.A. - 62-63

Nunn, Mrs. Helen Williams - 63-65

Page, Hon. William B. - 65

Patton, Hon. Nat - 65-66

Pence, Mrs. Maud Sims - 66-67

Randolph, Cyrus Halbert - 67-68

Read, Judge Robert N. - 68-69

Smith, Capt. John T. - 70-71

Stidham, Zachariah - 71-72

Stokes Family - 72-73

Taylor, Judge William M. - 73-74

Thomas, Monroe - 74-75

Thompson Family - 75-76

Tunstall, William Vicory - 76

Wall, Judge William Benjamin - 76-78

Williams, Judge Frank - 78

Woldert, Dr. Albert - 78-79

Wortham, Major John - 79-82

Worthington, William Branch - 82

 

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PHOTOGRAPHS  INDEX

 

Click on the page number in the PHOTOGRAPHS Section below to view the Photographs

(Name & Page Number)

 

Adams, Emma, Mrs. 19
Adams, Earle, Col. 19
Aldrich, Eliza Jane 13
Aldrich, Oliver Cromwell 13
Allbright, Jacog 10
Arledge, Henry J. 6
Atkinson, Lucy (m. Collins) 5
Baker, M.M. 20
Barbee, J.R.B. 18
Barbee, J.G. 8
Beasley, Stepen T., Dr. 14
Beavers, Gen. John F. 1
Bromberg, Mendel 20
Burnett, Kitty, Mrs. 10
Burton, Nancy Jane 1
Burton, W.H.L. 12
Coleman, Daniel M. 14
Collins, James P. 4
Collins, John, Jr. 9
Collins, Thomas P. 4
Collins, Lucy Atkinson, Mrs. 5
Collins, Emma, Mrs. 4
 

Collins, Amelia Vann, Mrs. 11
Collins, S.J., Dr. 17

Collins, John, Dr. 19
Cooper, L.W., Judge 3
Corry, Corinne Nunn, Mrs. 15
Craddock, H.F. 1
Douglass, Mary Collins, Mrs. 4
Downes, Lodowick E. 17
Elam, A.d., Mrs. 2
Elam, A.D., Capt. 2
English, George, Col. 8
Foster, William J. 12
Frymier, Virginia Barber, Mrs. 14
Gause, Edward Augustus 2
Gossett, Andrew Edwards 2

Hail, Wilson Edwin 18
Hail, Nancy Jane (Burton) Mrs. 1
Hall, Mahala Roberts 9
Hall, Joshua J. 9
Hall, J.M. 12
Hallmark, George Washington 14
Hansen, Nannie (Mrs. Stuart) 2
 

Heflin, James Taylor, Judge 17

Johnson, William 18
Lloyd, R. Gage, Rev. 21
Lundy, George B. 7
Madden, J.W., Hon. 11
Mahala Roberts, Mrs. Hall 9
McConnell, John 11
McLean, William 7
Miller, Steward Alexander 5
Miller, Rebecca, Mrs. 10
Monroe, Armistead Thompson, Col. 18
Moore, George F., Judge 20
Murchison, Daniel 20
Murchison, Daniel McIntosh 6

Nunn, David Alexander, Col. 15
Nunn, Helen Williams, Mrs. 15
Page, W.B. 7
Patton, Nat, Hon. 21
Pence, Maude Sims, Mrs. 6
Randolph, Cyrus H. 1
Rice, Joseph 13
Rice, Willie, Mrs. 13
 

Robbins, Adelle, Mrs. Spence 9

Sims, Maude 6
Spears, J.L., Rev. 19
Spence, John, Major 8
Spence, Adelle Robbins, Mrs. 9
Stokes, Lucy Hancock, Mrs. 16
Stokes, Charles 16
Stokes, Edgar B., Dr. 16
Stokes, Charles Collins, Hon. 16
Stuart, Nannie Hansen, Mrs. 2
Taylor, W.M. 21
Taylor, Isabelle, Mrs 21
Thomas, Monroe 6
Thompson, Samuel Morris, Judge 3
Vann, Amelia, Mrs. Collins 11
Williams, Frank A., Judge 15
Woldert, Albert, Dr. 10
Wootters, James C., Major 17
Wootters, A.H. 12
Wootters, John H., Capt. 8
Wortham, John, Major 5
Worthington, Dolly T., Mrs. 3
Worthington, William B. 3

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

PHOTO #1

Cyrus H. Randolph, Gen. John F. Beavers, H.F. Craddock & Mrs. Nancy Jane (Burton) Hail

 

PHOTO #2

Capt. A.D. Elam, Mrs. A.D. Elam, Andrew Edwards Gossett, Mrs. Nannie Hansen Stuart & Edward Augustus Gause

PHOTO #3

Judge L.W. Cooper, Mrs. Dolly T. Worthington, William B. Worthington & Judge Samuel Morris Thompson

PHOTO #4

Thomas P. Collins, James P. Collins, Mrs. Emma Collins & Mrs. Mary Collins Douglass

 

PHOTO #5

Major John Wortham, Steward Alexander Miller, Mrs. Lucy Atkinson Collins & A. LeGory

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Henry J. Arledge, Monroe Thomas, Daniel McIntosh Murchison & Mrs. Maud Sims Pence

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George B. Lundy, W.B. Page & William McLean

 

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Major John Spence, Capt. John H. Wootters, J.G. Barbee & Col. George English

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Joshua J. Hall, Mrs. Adelle Robbins Spence, John Collins, Jr. & Mahala Roberts Hall

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Mrs. Rebecca Miller, Jacob Allbright, Mrs. Kitty Burnett & Dr. Albert Woldert

 

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Mrs. Amelia Vann Collins, Hon. J.W. Madden, Joe Adams & John McConnell

 

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J.M. Hall, A.H. Wootters, William J. Foster & W.H.L. Burton

 

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Mrs. Willie Rice, Joseph Rice, Eliza Jane Aldrich & Oliver Cromwell Aldrich

 

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Dr. Stephen T. Beasley & son, George Washington Hallmark & wife, Mrs. Virginia Barber Frymier & Daniel M. Coleman

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Mrs. Helen Williams Nunn, Col. David Alexander Nunn, Judge Frank A. Williams & Mrs. Corinne Nunn Corry

PHOTO #16

Hon. Charles Collins Stokes, Mrs. Lucy Hancock Stokes, Charles Stokes & Dr. Edgar B. Stokes

 

PHOTO #17

Lodowick E. Downes, Major James C. Wootters, Judge James Taylor Heflin & Dr. S.J. Collins

PHOTO #18

William Johnson, Col. Armistead Thompson Monroe, J.R.B. Barbee & Wilson Edwin Hail

PHOTO #19

Mrs. Emma Adams, Col. Earle Adams, Rev. J.L. Spears & Dr. John Collins

 

PHOTO #20

Mendel Bromberg, M.M. Baker, Judge George F. Moore & Daniel Murchison

 

PHOTO #21

Mrs. Isabelle Taylor, Rev. R. Gage Lloyd, W.M. Taylor & Hon. Nat Patton