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hISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY. 928
Mr. Fleming has by his own exertion
gained what of this world's goods he now
possesses. He owns 320 acres of his original
holdings, having given the other 320 acres to
his son. He is a member of the Christian
Church and worships at the old Rawlins
Church on Ten-mile creek.
RANCIS M. BEAVER, a farmer of precinct
No. 3, Dallas county, was born in
Gwinnett county, Georgia, October 16,
1835, the twelfth child in his father's family.
(For history of his father's family, see sketch
of J. T. Beaver.) Francis remained at home
with his mother, his father having died when
he was slnall, until after his marriage, after
which he rented land and continued to farm
until after the war. He enlisted in Company
F, Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, and
served for four years. He was wounded in the
left shoulder at the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House. He participated in twenty-two
regular battles, and was in four engagements
at Seven Pines, Virginia, and in the battles
at James' farm, Savage Station, second battle
of Manassas Junction, second battle of Bull
Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, White Post,
second engagement at Chancellorsville, Petersburg,
Strawsburg, Gettysburg and the
Wilderness. Mr. Beaver enlisted as a private,
and was first promoted Regimental Drummer,
next Orderly Sergeant, then Third Lieutenant,
at the battle of the Wilderness was promoted
Second Lieutenant, receiving his commission
in time of the battle. He was captured but
once, and then made his escape. After the
war he returned home and continued farming
until 1883, after which he lived one year in
this State with his brother, but returned to
Georgia, and one year later came again to
this State with his family. Shortly after hisarrival he bought his little farm, and in connection
with this operates a gin-mill.
Mr. Beaver was married March 15, 1853,
to Emily C. Dass, of Forsythe county, Georgia,
and daughter of Jarrett and Elizabeth
(Thompson) Dass. The father was born February
10, 1810, and the mother May 5, 1813,
Mrs. Beaver has one brother and three sisters
living, viz.: Martha, wife of William Bruce,
by whom she had one child, William, and
she was again married to Thomas Bell; Nancy,
wife of Leander Pace. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver
have had seventeen children, only three of
whom survive, viz.: Joseph G., who resides
in Georgia; Andrew, of Dallas county; and
John W., also of this county. ' The parents
are both members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and the former has filled several
small offices in the I. 0. O. F., Duck
Creek Lodge, No. 444.
,HARLES H. TIPPETT, of Mesquite,
Dallas county, was born in Hookinsville,
Georgia, September 1, 1864, the
youngest of eight children of Abner L. and
Cynthia (Whaley) Tippett. The former was
born in Washington county, Georgia, in 1822,
and died at the age of fifty-six years, and the
latter is still living in Georgia, at the age of
seventy years. The father was a mechanic by
occupation, and as such served in the Southern
army until the close of the war. After
the death of his father our subject lived with
his mother until fifteen years of age, and
then served as an apprentice to learn the printer's
trade about three years; next he went to
Florida and worked in a sawmill four years,
then he returned horne and engaged in farming;
in 1887 he went again to Florida and remained
until December, 1887, and returned
home December 18, 1888; January 28, 1889,___ ___ ____
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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/m1/1017/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.