Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Page: 621 of 1,110
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year was elected City Assessor and Collector, to ballas. county and entered McKenzie Coland
filled that position until 1874, since
which time he has lived a retired life.
Dr. King was married in Bedford county,
Tennessee, in 1850, to Miss Ann C. Smith, a
native of that county, and a daughter of
Thomas and Mary(Medearis) Smith, natives
of Virginia and North Carolina respectively.
In an early day they settled in Tennessee, but
in 1851 removed to Dallas county, settling
oil a farm south of this city. They made
this State their home until death, the father
dying in 1866, and the mother in 1876.
Dr. and Mrs. King have had three children,
Mary R., wife of W. D. Trump, of western
Texas; Mattie L., wife of E. C. Turley, of
Mississippi; and Jeff S., Clerk of the Courts,
of Emma, Crosby county, Texas. Dr. King
takes active part in politics, voting with the
Democratic party. He is a member of the
First Baptist Church, of Dallas, while Mrs.
King belongs to the First Christian Church,
of Dallas.
AAMES M. COCHRAN, a farmer and
stock raiser of precinct No. 1, Dallas
county, was born in this county, in 1846,
a son of William Ml. and Nancy J. (Hughes)
Cochran, natives of North and South Carolina,
respectively. James was reared to farm
life, and educated at McKenzie College, Red
River county, and after completing his education
he engaged in the drug business three
years. In 1863, in Dallas county, he
enlisted in Company I, Gurley's regiment,
Gano's brigade, and served during the war.
He was in many skirmishes, and was wounded
at Roseville, Arkansas, in 1863, after which
he returned home. Three months later he
again entered the army, and was with his regiment
until the war closed, when he returnedlege. He has opened up and improved his
farm, and now owns about 400 acres, all of
which is under a good state of cultivation.
He was the second male child born in Dallas
county, and has always taken an active interest
in everything pertaining to its good, is a
1)emocrat politically, and socially a member
of James A. Smith Lodge, No. 395, A. F. Alice E., wife of W. P.
Aldridge, of Collin county, Texas; J. Hughsie,
and George H. The mother died in 1878,
and in 1880 Mr. Cochran married Nannie
M. Clark, a native of Tennessee, who died
in this county in 1881. He was again married,
in 1884, to Hattie M. Bowlin, a native
of Virginia, and daughter of James and
Mary (Richmond) Bowlin, natives of North
Carolina and Alabama respectively. The
mother settled in Dallas county, Texas, about
1881, and the father died in Tarrant county,
this State, in 1871, and the mother still
resides in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran
have three children; Amrie A.; Katie
Lee, and James R.
UINCY A. SWEATT, deceased, was
the son of Edward Sweatt, who was
born in the Old North State but afterward
moved to Wilson county, Tennessee,
thence to Collin county, Texas, in 1851.
Ie was finely educated and was in the ministry
of the Christian Church for many years,
but died in 1854. In early manhood he was
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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/m1/621/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.