Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Page: 549 of 1,110
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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
and hardware, carrying a stock of from
$5,000 to $10,000, and doing an annual
business of about $40,000.
Mr. Clark was married in Giles county,
Tennessee, August 8, 1867, to Miss Louisa
Mull, a daughter of John Mull. She died
July 4, 1875, and in 1878 Mr. Clark married
Miss Adeline D. McDonald. Mrs. Clark is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and Mr. Clark is Past Master of the A. F. Lucia M., wife of
Jack Witt; Liadie V., wife of I. D. Killingworth;
M. L.; Mary C.; Samuel M.; Louella
A.; Charles E.; Minnie E. Mr. Lagow came
to this county in 1879, and moved to a place
adjoining the fair grounds of Dallas, a large
tract of land his father had located when
Texas was a Republic. The fair grounds
occupy a portion of the original tract, 4,444
acres. Besides this he also had other landsin the county. The estate was divided among
four sons, all settling on it and subsequently
selling out, some of them going West.
While he was one of the leading men in this
county, Richard Lagow took no particular
interest in political matters, voting with the
Democratic party. He was an Elder in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was
a prominent member of the Grange. His
death occurred in 1885. His wife died in
1887. She was also a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
W. R. Lagow was educated in the common
schools of Houston county. He remained at
home until after the death of his father, and
at the age of twenty-two commenced life for
himself. In 1887 he bought eighty acres of
the Reirnan survey, on which he now resides,
paying for it $50 per acre, and in 1889 he
purchased 127 acres adjoining it, for which
he paid $37.50 an acre. Then, in November,
1890, he bought 100 acres that joined
on the southeast, the cost per acre for this
being $40. Of this land he has 215 acres
under cultivation. He also owns about
twenty-six acres, adjoining the fair grounds,
that is valued at $200 an acre.
Mr. Lagow was married in 1886, to Miss
Margaret A. Beeman, daughter of Scott
Beeman. Three children have been born
to them, viz: Lizzie; Eugene, who is dead,
and an infant, who died August 1, 1891.
Mrs. Lagow is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, aud Mr. Laglow, of
the Farmers' Alliance.
EWIS JACOBY, who for the past few
years has been a conspicuous figure in
local politics, is the subject of the fol-
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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/m1/549/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.