Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 1, Number 3, February 1990 Page: 77
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A Sketch of My Life
There was nobody lived in that part of the
country only along the river. Starting at the Pinchback
Ranch there was Suggs, Bratton, Jones, Ables, Roben Drob,
Kinchlow, Schultz, Bundick, Spores, Jenning, Dordy, Rob-
ins, then came Matagorda Bay.1o We would work down the
Colorado River to the bay then across to the Palacios, then
up the Palacios on the east side to the head timbers then
down the west side to Hamilton Point (where the little town
Palacios now stands). Then over to the Karankaway then
back up the country to where we started. No one could
understand how much territory we covered unless they
knew the country.
In those days there was cattle everywhere. I will
give you a few of the names of the stock men. Stafford &
Wright, Townsend, Words, Yorks, Pool & Allen, W. B.
Grimes. These were the big stock men and later on Shanghai
Pierce was one among the big fish.11
As I said, we got back to the Drob Ranch about
the first of July and disbanded until the first of September.
All the hands went where they pleased as the ponies were
turned loose in the pasture. I went to Bob Stafford's and
made that my home and did just as I pleased. Bob Stafford
has three children, two girls and one boy, Gussie, Myra, and
Warren. Warren and I were great chums and was into
10 Suggs is probably John A. Suggs, a wealthy Colorado County
farmer. By 1880, he had a son-in-law named John Bratton, and this man,
or his father, may be the second man Thomas lists. Jones, and Ables are
otherwise unknown. There is a possibility that Ables should be Abell, for
there was a Colorado County family by that name in the late 1800s. Robin
Drob surely ought to be Robin Draub, though no member of the Draub family
with that given name has been found. Kinchlow is probably a reference to
one or all of the sons of William Kincheloe by his second wife, namely
Lawrence, Daniel, and Augustus. Schultz and Bundick are unknown.
Spores may have been John Phillip Spoor. Jenning and Dordy, which
probably ought to be Daugherty, are also unidentified. Robins is very likely
meant to be Frederick W. Robbins of Matagorda County.
11 "Townsend" was Asa Townsend of Columbus, "Words"
were Robert Emmett and Charles T. Word of Gonzales, "Yorks" were John
York and his kinsmen of Austin County, "Pool & Allen" is the firm of Allen
& Poole who were the primary shippers of cattle from Galveston (the Allen
was Sam Allen), "W. B. Grimes" was William Bradford Grimes of Matag-
orda County, and "Shanghai Pierce" was Abel Head Pierce of Matagorda
and Wharton Counties.77
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Nesbitt Memorial Library. Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 1, Number 3, February 1990, periodical, February 1990; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151376/m1/9/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nesbitt Memorial Library.