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HISTORY OF DA
children, all of whom married except one,
John R., who lives at Lancaster, this county.
Mrs. Mitchell had one child by her first husband,
Flora, wife of Dr. Little of Sparta,
White county, Tennessee. By Mr. Mitchell
she has two children: W. W., born in White
county, Tennessee, August 4, 1869, and
F. M., in Dallas county, Texas, June 3, 1876.
April 17, 1874, Mr. Mitchell landed in
Texas, having sold out his possessions in
Tennessee. Soon after coming to Texas he
bought land a mile and a half west of Lancaster,
where he lived eight years. He then
disposed of the property and bought land
four miles west of his former place, living
there four years. Again selling out, he purchased
a farm on Nolan river, Johnson
county, Texas, and two years later sold it and
returned to Dallas county, stopping about
four miles northeast of Mesquite, and living
there about three years. During his second
year at the latter place he had the misfortune
to lose his house and its contents by fire. In
November, 1889, he moved to his brother-inlaw's
farm near Lancaster, where he has since
lived.
Mr. Mitchell is, fraternally, a Royal Arch
Mason, and politically, a Democrat.
L. MOSS, Wheatland, Dallas county,
Texas, was born July 16, 1855, on
the farm on which he now lives. IHe
is the third son and child of Azariah Moss, a
sketch of whom appears in this volume.
He was reared on the farm, received a commnon-school
education, and remained with his
father until lie was thirty-one years of age.
January 15, 1885, he was united in marriage
with Miss Mollie Porter, a native ofDallas county, and a daughter of Frank and
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May, Cornelius (Derrah) Porter, who came
from Tennessee to Dallas county and were
among the first settlers of this place. After
his marriage Mr. Moss resided at the old
home three years. In 1888 he built his present
residence, a cottage of six rooms, where
he is comfortably situated. His farm on
which he lives has 320 acres of land: 200
acres are under cultivation. HIe and his wife
have one child--Virgie.
Mr. Moss is a member of the I. O. O. F.,
Lancaster Lodge, No. 200.
GYM^A. MORRIS, a prosperous farmer,
was born in Sangamon county, Illi0
nois, February 9, 1840, the son of
Hamilton R. and Mary M. (Jarrett) Morris,
natives of Virginia, whose eleven children all
grew up and married. Mr. Hamilton R.
Morris was brought up on a farm in Kentucky,
and about 1820 moved to Illinois and
married there. During the Mexican war he
was in Colonel Baker's Regiment, under
General Pillow's command. The Captain of
his company was Achilles Morris, a cousin of
his, who afterward died in Tampico, Mexico,
while in the service. Hamilton was in the
battles of Cerro Gordo, Vera Cruz and Monterey,
and at the close of the war he returned
to Illinois. In the autumn of 1852 he came
to Texas, locating first about fourteen miles
south of Dallas, on what is known as Ten
Mile creek. He resided here until 1854,
when he moved to Parker county and preempted
160 acres of land fourteen miles north
of Weatherford. In 1866, on account of Indian
depredations in Parker county, he returned
to Dallas county, where he remained
until his children were all married, after
which time he abandoned his home and lived
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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/m1/623/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.