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IIISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
Indians were frequent visitors at the Turner
homestead. Osceola had no doubt been fed
at the home of Dr. Turner. Mr. and Mrs.
Umphress are the parents of six children:
Lula; Minnie, wife of J. E. Spier, of this
county; Mitchel, who died in 1874, at the age
of two years; Lucius, wllo died when one
year old; Iola; and Arphaxad.
Mr. Uinphress and his wife are niembers
of the M3ethodist Episcopal Church South.
He is associated with the Farmers' Alliance.
',1CHIARD IBRUTON, one of the oldest
living settlers of Dallas county, Texas,
came to this State in 1845, arriving here
in the month of MAarch.
3Ir. I3rutonl was born in Kentucky in 1812,
the son of William and Rebecca (einmberton)
Bruiton, natives of Southl Carolina and Virginia
respectively. Williain Bruton was a
farmer by occupation and was a pioneer in
the true sense of thle word. lie inoved from
Kentucky to Illinois in 1827, and settled in
Morgan county. Land at that time could be
purcllased there for $1.25 per acre. Ile mIade
his homne in Morgan county until 1846, wlien
he came to Texas. Here his death occurred
in 1866, at the age of eighty-four years. He
died December 31, and was buried January
1, 1867. His wife died about 1840. They
were the parents of eleven children, Richard
being the third-born and one of the four who
are now living. His sister, Lavina, now resides
with him. She was born in 1810, and
is the widow of James Roberts of Illinois.
The other two are Louisa and Rebecca, both
residents of Illinois, the former being the
wife of Harden Edwards and the latter of
Robert Angelow.
Iichard Bruton received his education inthe primitive log schoolhouses of Kentucky,
and at the age of twenty-four left home and
commenced life for himself. When he was
twenty-five he went to the Territory of Iowa
and settled near Salem, a Quaker village, in
whatis now'lenry county. He was among
the first settlers there; took a claim and afterward
sold it. He left Iowa in 1843 and went
to Newton county, Missouri, where he reinained
eighteen months. From there he
came to Texas and settled on his present farm.
He at first had 320 acres, and of this he has
since sold 160 acres. His land is worth from
$40 to $50 per acre. When he settled here
gane of all kinds was plenty, and the principal
crop raised by the early settlers was corn.
lMr. Bruton had the misfortune to lose his
first corn crop by fire. The prairie caught
fire, and, the corn being gathered and in a
pen, pen and all were swept away.
Mr. Bruton came here a single man, and in
1848 was united in marriage with Elizabeth
Cox, daughter of Cornelius and Catherine
(Jackson) Cox, natives of Indiana. They
came to this State the same year MIr. Bruton
did. Previous to their coming here they had
lived in Newton county, Missouri. M3r. and
itMs. Bruton are the parents of nine children:
W. C., deceased; Lourina, wife of C. M.
Elder, deceased; James W., a resident of
Jollnson county, Texas; Mary E., wife of C.
AM. Elder (formerly the husband of Lourina);
Matilda, deceased; Josephine, wife of J. D.
Miller, of Dallas county; J. D., a resident'of
this county; H. J., deceased; and Samantha
A., also deceased.
In speaking of his pioneer days in this
State, Mr. Bruton says that they were the
happiest days of his life: MLany were the
times he indulged in the buffalo and deer
chase, combining pleasure with profit, for the
ganle they secured was necessary to their
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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/m1/1054/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.