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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
from Alexandria, Pennsylvania. The father
was killed in the late war, being a soldier
from Illinois, and the mother died in 1868.
Mrs. Cour has one sister living, Susan Andrews,
a resident of St. Louis. Our subject
and wife have had three children: George E.,
Mary E. and Claude A. Both parents are
Inembers of the Catholic Church. Mr. Cour
is a man of great push and energy, and has
ever been one of those public-spirited citizens
so necessary to the progress of any cornmnlnity.
EORGE L. McFALL, a planter, Duncanville,
Dallas county, Texas, has resided
here since 1875. He is a native
of Maury county, Tennessee, born February
5, 1816, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Furgeson)
McFall. His father was a native of
Georgia and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, while
his mother was born in North Carolina, of
Welsh descent. They moved to Tennessee
at an early period, and subsequently located
in southern Kentucky, where they passed the
residue of their lives and died at a ripe old
age.
George L. spent his youth on the farm and
received his education in subscription schools
that were held in the primitive log school
houses of that period. He remained with
his parents till he was eighteen years of age,
when he engaged in the mercantile business
in Kentucky, which business he followed
there for eight years. He was married in
July, 1844, to Miss Sally Ann Burnett, a
native of Kentucky and a daughter of B. J.
and Leslie (MIoore) Burnett, natives of Virginia
and of English descent. In 1840 Mr.
McFall went to Louisiana, where he was employed
as agent on a sugar plantation for fifteen
years. In 1861 he enlisted as privatein the army, and served for a time in Louisiana.
He was subsequently promoted to First
Lieutenant of a Texas company and took
charge of prisoners that had been captured
from General Banks at the battle of Mansfield.
He remained in the service until the close of
the war, after which he located in Louisiana.
From there he came to Dallas county, Texas,
and purchased 400 acres of wild land ten
miles southwest of Dallas, and went to work
in true pioneer style in improving his land
and making a home. A visit to his fine farm
with its well cultivated acres, its large peach
orchard and its beautiful residence and attractive
grounds, will convince one that his
efforts have not been in vain. Indeed, his
home is one of the finest in the county.
Mr. and Mrs McFall have had three children.
The oldest died at the age of eight years and
the other two died in infancy. Mr. McFall
is associated with the Farmers' Alliance. He
is one of the influential citizens of this comnunity,
and is highly respected by all who
know him. His wife is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
', ~ W. OVERTON was born on the old
Overton homestead in Dallas county,
Texas, April 6, 1859, youngest son
of W. P. Overton, of whom mention is made
on another page of this volume. He was
reared on the farm and received a commonschool
education. He remained at home assisting
his parents on the farm until he attained
his majority. He was married May
11, 1881, to Miss Polly Willick, a native of
Wisconsin and a daughter of William and
Sophia (Weapot) Willick. Her parents were
natives of Germany, were married in the old
country and came to the United States, first
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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/m1/1028/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.