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HISTORY OF DALLAS GOUNTY.
the right side of any question pertaining to
the advancement and welfare of the city, and
in all matters he endeavors to follow the
teachings of the Golden Rule.
OOHN HASH, a farmer residing two
miles west of Lancaster, was born in
Green county, Kentucky, September
25, 1818, and was reared in
Sangamon
county, near Springfield, Illinois, whither his
parents had moved when he was young. The
latter removed from that county to Lawrence,
then to Berry county, Missouri, in 1837,
where they afterward died. The father,
Philip Hash, was a native of Kentucky, a
son of a pioneer of that State, and of German
descent. He served in the war of 1812, and
also in the Black Hawk war; was an old
frontiersman and a true patriot. Our subject's
mother, nee Sarah Nantz, was a daughter
of Zachariah Nantz. She was a native of
Virginia, but was reared in Kentucky, where
her parents had moved when she was young.
Mr. and Mrs. Hash had twelve children,
eight boys and four girls, but only five are
now living.
John Hash, our subject, accompanied his
parents to Missouri when nineteen years of
age, and after reaching maturity he began
farming for himself, and was engaged in that
occupation at the opening of the Civil war.
His sympathies were with the Confederacy,
and in the spring of 1861 he enlisted in
Company F, Burns' regiment, under General
Price, and was with that distinguished leader
in all his operations in Missouri, Kansas and 1
Arkansas, except his last expedition into
IMissouxi, during which time Mr. Hash was l
on detached service under Colonel Rains. I
I-e came to Texas in 1863, during his term ^of service in the army, bringing his family
and what property was spared, but did not
settle here permanently until the war closed.
He bought the farm on which he now lives
in 1866, locating there at that time. Mr.
Hash was married in January, 1839, to Millie
Elkins, a native of Lawrence county, Missouri,
and they had five children, only three
of whom survive: Martha, the wife of L. B.
Whaley, of Dallas county; James P. and
Guilford, both also of this county. The wife
and mother died in 1851, and Mr. Hash was
again married, in 1852, to Mrs. Martha Parrott,
and a daughter of Spencer Turrentine.
The latter was of Irish descent, and for many
years a citizen of Shelbyville, Tennessee,
where Mrs. Hash was born. By her former
marriage Mrs. Hash had four children: Sarah,
the wife of Caswell Wier, of Indian Territory;
Mary E., now Mrs. Benjamin Bowman,
of Illinois; William, of Mount Vernon,
Missodri; and Victor, of Bell county, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Hash have had three children:
Abraham P., Alfred T. and Jane. The
latter is the wife of Dr. E. C. Stuart, of
Lancaster. Mr. Hash has a pleasant home,
arid the latch-string hangs out to all alike,
and the best of entertainment awaits those
who make his house their temporary abiding
place.
THOMAS S. RAMSBY, a successful
farmer of Dallas county, was born at
Logansport, in what was then called
Nacogdoches, now Shelby, county, Texas, January
8, 1828, of Scotch and French extraction.
His father, Zenor Ramsby, was born in
Rapelli parish, Louisiana, where he was also
reared and educated. He came to Texas in
1820, taking up his residence at Logansport,where he remained until the revolt of Texas
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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/m1/989/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.