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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
in stock, buying cattle, sheep, nmules and horses,
and driving then to Mississippi and Louisiana
for market. He was the second man to fatten
and market cattle in this section of the
country. A portion of his land Mr. Uhl
obtained through his marriage, but the greater
part has been gained by his own skill and
industry. It was all wild when he came into
possession of it, and now all is fenced and a
large portion under a high state of cultivation.
In January, 1890, he began the dairy business
on a small scale, and at this writing lie
has one of the finest dairies in the county.
His home is an attractive one, and here he is
surrounded with all the comforts of life.
April 10, 1867, Mr. Uhl was united in
marriage with Miss Emily Branson, who was
born in Sangamon county, Illinois, the daughter
of Thomas and Louise (Cole) Branson.
(See Mr. Branson's biography in this volume.)
Mr. and M rs. Uhl have had three children,
one dying in infancy. The others are W.
Sterling and Leon Fox.
ORAWFORD TREES, deceased, was born
in Union county, Illinois, December 26,
1823, a son of Jacob and Catherine
Trees, natives of Germany. The parents
came to the United States in an early day,
being among the first settlers of the State of
Illinois. Crawford, the youngest of their six
children, lived with his parents until he came
to Texas in 1845. He settled on the farm where
his widow now lives, in what was then known
as Peters' Colony. In 1846 Dallas county
was organized, and Mr. Trees was the first to
obtain license to marry in the county. In
1849 he left his family for the gold fields of
California, where he spent the greater part of
two years, and as a reward for his adventurehe returned in the spring of 1851 with several
thousand dollars in gold. With the exception
of the two years spent in California
his life was devoted to farming and stockraising,
and by hard work and conservative
dealings he amassed quite a fortune. Before
his death, January 31, 1889, he deeded to
each one of his children a farm of 160 acres,
and at his death lie left all his possessions to
his widow, which amounted to about $40,000,
consisting of 3,858 acres of land, stock and
cash. He lived to see what was a wild prairie,
inhabited mostly by wild animals, converted
into one of the finest farming sections
in the State.
In 1846 Mr. Trees was married to Miss
Annie Kimmel, a daughter of Daniel and
Catherine Kimmel, who were of German descent.
Mrs. Trees was born December 12,
1831, and when only fourteen years of age
she came with her mother to Texas, her
father having died in 1842. She is one of
three children that caine with her mother
from Illinois in 1845, and settled on the farm
where she now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Trees
had ten children, viz.: Catherine, Beatrice,
David, Philip W., Samuel H., Crawford,
Texanie, Mary E., Lee and George W., all
of whom Mrs. Trees has lived to see married
except Lee, who still resides with her.
C APTAIN MID PERRY, a successful
farmer of Dallas county, was born in
Jefferson county, Indiana, December
15, 1814, a son of Franklin and Rebecca
(Harbison) Perry, natives of Virginia. The
parents were both reared in Kentucky, and in
1800, they moved to Indiana, settling in Jefferson
county, three miles from the Ohio
river. In 1817, they removed to Polka
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/1014/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.