The Hamilton Herald-News (Hamilton, Tex.), Vol. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1958 Page: 64 of 72
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A Salute to the Past
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It is with gratitude and admiration that we all
pause at this 100th birthday of our County to pay tri-
bute to those hardy men and women who literally by
"might and main" cleared the land and broke the sod.
We enjoy the fruit of their labor today and are thank-
ful for their vision of the future of our County.
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PLOWING UP the PAST
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The Georgia Stock and the plodding Oxen have
long since vanished from the farming picture in our
area, they have been replaced by modern methods of
farming we know today. We are proud of the 44 years
of our contribution toward this progress in Hamilton
County.
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GEORGE HENRY DENISON
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stantly growing trade until his
goods invoiced $2,000 in 1896,
and his sales amounted to $80,-
000 annually. The post office at
Shive established in 1886 with J.
W. Shive as post master, until
succeeded by Denison in 1892.
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Pioneer Settlers
Biography Up To 1896
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'and married Harriet Harrison
Earle. Their children were: John
Amaryllis, Balys, Rebecca, Ele-
anor and Joseph. The father
was a lawyer by profession and
died in Liberty Hill, May 17,
1872, at the age of 86 years.
Mr. Denison abandoned ag-
riculture in 1891 and on the 24th
of December moved to his home
place in Shive and purchased
the general store of J. W. Shive,
in honor of whom the town was
named. The stock was then
small, but he increased it to
meet the demands of his con-
HAMILTON-BROWN SHOES—The shipment of Hamil-
ton-Brown shoes was the last freight hauled to John L.
Spurlin in Hamilton from Hico by C. E. Horton, after
working on the job 26 years. The picture was taken in
1905. Left to right: W. W. Smith, G. P. Toland, John H.
Scott, R. F. Scoggin, Charlie Horton, Ernest Durham, Wal-
ter Collier, John L. Spurlin, Angie Baker, J. J. Cleveland,
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born in Mississippi, October 31,
1884, and came to Texas in 1870.
She died February 7, 1887.
Mr. Denison was again mar-
ried, August 29, 1888, when Mrs.
Ellen Elizabeth Osbourne be-
came his wife. She was the wid-
ow of Alexander Osbourne and
a daughter of George Moran and
Rebecca (Roddy) Fletcher. Her
birth occurred i. n Burleson
County, December 6, 1851, and
she was a representative of one
of the old families of the state.
Her grandfather, Major Ephraim
Roddy, came to Texas in 1831
Excusable homicide is that
which occurs by accident or mis-
fortune.
The Hamilton High School
football team won its first dis-
trict championship in the fall of
1937.
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Sheriff Kinney Was
Working Official
According to printed records,
T. P. Kinney, who was sheriff of
Hamilton County from 1902 to
1906, put 368 men in jail, and ar-
rested about 35 on warrants from
other counties, and states. Dur-
ing the four years he collected
$2,500 in rewards offered for the
arrests of fugitives. He first serv-
ed as a deputy under Ramsey
Moore.
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George Henry Denison was an
early merchant of Shive, and also
the popular postmaster of the
town. He was one of the native
sons of the Lone Star State, his
birth having occurred near
Caldwell, in Burleson County,
on the 28th day of December,
1841, and his parents were Geo.
Henry and Sylvia (Bunker)
Denison..
After, his father’s death Mr.
Denison continued to make his
home with his mother, and in
1855 accompanied her on her re-
moval to Williamson County. He
was a young man of 19 years at
the time of the outbreak of the
Civil War and a patriotic de-
fense he gave to the south, en-
listing in June 1861, in Captain
Mullins’ company of the 12th
Texas Cavalry. His service was
mostly in Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas, and he was wounded
by a shell in the right hip when
participating in the battle of
Yellow Bayou. When the war
was over he returned to Burle-
son County, where he engaged
in farming and stock-dealing.
In October, 1873, he came to
Hamilton County, where he pur-
chased 360 acres of unimproved
land on the Leon River below
the city of Hamilton. Here he
resumed agricultural pursuits,
which he successfully followed
for a number of years.
Mr. Denison was married Jan.
11, 1872, to Susan Eleanor Leep-
er, daughter of Charles and
Frances (Knott) Leeper. She died
in 1876. Three children were
born to this union.
On the 27th of November, 1877,
Mr. Denison was again married,
his second union being with
Elizabeth Bodenhamer, who was
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Cathey, Mrs. Fletcher, Steve Foreman, Mrs. Ragsdale, Bob
King, Ethel Culp, Elmer Jordan, Henry Weller, Mrs. Cald-
well, W. W. Yates, Ollie Stuteville, Boon Freeman, Eph
Roddy, J. S. Brock, Arthur Chumney, John Cathey, Carter
Walton, High Wren, John Boyer. These people worked
for Spurlin.
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Billingslea, W. F. The Hamilton Herald-News (Hamilton, Tex.), Vol. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1958, newspaper, July 3, 1958; Hamilton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1313712/m1/64/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell.