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HISTORY OF D)ALLAS COUNTY.
Van Zandt, in which capacity he served for
four years. In 1880, he was sent to Beaumont
district, in southeastern Texas, which
comprised the following counties: Angelina,
Polk, Tyler, Hardin, Liberty, Chambers,
Jefferson, Orange, Newton, Jasper, and a part
of Cherokee. The Beaumont district reaches
down to the Gulf, and is well filled with
alligators, mosquitoes, ticks, horseflies, wasps
and many other species of annoying vermin,
too numerous to mention. In 1884, he was
on the Palestine district, consisting of a half
dozen counties. From 1885 to 1889, he
served in the same capacity on the Marshall
district. From that time to 1890, he was
assigned, at his own request, to the Marshall
mission. At the close of 1890, he was made
supernumerary, which position he still holds.
He has been elected alternate to the General
Conference at Atlanta, Georgia. He has been
a very successful minister, has received hundreds
into the church, and has labored most
earnestly to disseminate religious knowledge.
He has married many couples and pronounced
the burial rites at numerous funerals. Altogether,
he has been busily employed, and has
done as much hard work in the church as
any minister to be found; has given the best
and most active years of his life to its service,
and has accomplished much good.
He was married, June 2, 1861, to Miss
Mary E. McFarlin, daughter of Dunkin and
Zilpha McFarlin, of Caddo parish, Louisiana.
She is a native of Madison county, Tennessee,
is an.earnest, sensible Christian woman, has
been a member of the Woman's Missionary
Society from its organization, and was president
of the Woman's Missionary Society of
East Texas Conference as long as they were
in that district. She has been a very earnest
worker in the missionary field, and has the
reputation of being one of the purest, mostzealous and active Christians in the conference.
She visits the sick, helps the poor.
Ever in the homes of the poor, the ranks of
the toilers, in the hearts of all humanity, she
is the ideal of honor, truth, gentleness and
love.
They have no children of their own, but
have adopted several, to whom they have been
kind parents. Mr. Thompson has taken all
the degrees in Masonry, including the Conmmandery,
has taken three degrees in the I. 0.
O. F., and has joined all the temperance societies
as they have come along. He has made
the ministry the only business of his life.
When the war closed he had not a dollar, but
as he has always had good livings he has now
plenty to support his declining years. He
never allowed a fear for to-morrow to disturb
the even tenor of his way, for he found that
the morrow would take care of itself. He
has always made it the rule of his life to pay
as he went and so has kept out of debt.
EORGE M. DILLEY, a prominent business
man of Dallas, was born in Hunterdon
county, New Jersey, October 26,
1833, a son of Aaron Chester and Mary
(Schurz) Dilley. The family are descendants
of old Highland Scotch stock, who were residents
of America long previous to the Revolution.
His great-grandfather, Aaron Dilley,
was in the Revolutionary war, holding the
rank of First Lieutenant in Van Skales'
company.
Mr. Dilley, whose name heads this sketch,
was born on the old homestead that had been
occupied by his ancestry for many generations.
At the early age of seventeen he went to
Ohio and began work for himself in railroadii -
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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/m1/923/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.