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344 SIXTY YEARS IN TEXAS.
son. Peter, Paul and John, single, went to California
about 1850 or '51.
NOBLE, John, came in 1845; in Grand Prairie fight.
NANNY, Andrew T., came single in 1847, married
Susan Ray; his children, Benj., Amos, Levy, Rebecca,
and perhaps others.
NORTON, Daniel E., came single, married Margaret
E. Strong.
NATIONS, John W., came single, married Darcus
Baugh.
OVERTON, Aaron, and family came in 1844
OVERTON, Caswell, and family came in 1844.
OVERTON, John M., and family came in 1844.
OVERTON, Wm. P., and John C. came single in 1844.
O'GUINN, Wm., and family came before July, 1848.
O'GUINN, Stephen C. and Leonidas, came single.
PATRICK, Callaway H. and wife, came to the county
in 1846. He had been in it in 1841 with an Indian
scout. He married Rhoda I., daughter of Abraham
T. Smith, killed by Indians in Young county,
1841.
PHELPS, Josiah Smith, came in 1845, and was a surveyor;
in March, 1846, at Harwood Springs (Kleburg),
this still being Nacogdoches county, he
married Mrs. Melissa T. Jacobs, daughter of Alex.
M. Harwood, Sr.; she died about January, 1848,
leaving an only infant child, "Dickey," now Mrs.
Henry C. Miller, Azle P. O., Tarrant county. Mr.
Phelps was killed by Indians April 9,' 1848.
PANCOAST, Josiah, a soldier in the Grand Prairie
fight and in Mexico, married Mary Ann Young;
moved to San Antonio, reared seven daughters,
and died there. He was a brother of the celebrated
medical author, Dr. Pancoast, of Philadelphia.
PEARSON, Wm. H., and family came in 1844.
PEARSON, Dudley F., a soldier in Mexico.
POPPLEWELL, Simcoe, single.
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Jackson, George. Sixty years in Texas, book, 1908; Dallas, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20205/m1/358/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.