Memorial and biographical history of Ellis county, Texas ... Containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects; with full-page portraits of the presidents of the United States, and also full-page portraits of some of the most eminent men of the county, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day ... Page: 263
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HISTORY OF ELLIS COUNTY.
more, nearly all of which is now under cultivation.
He was married in Greenup
county, in 1851, to Mary E. Pratt, a daughter
of John Pratt, a native of Vermont.
Mr. and Mrs. Mackoy have had nine children,
five of whom still survive: Mary Lavinia,
who married Charles E. Reid, district
and county Clerk of Wichita county, Texas;
Amanda, the wife of Dr. R. A. McCall, a
practicing physician of this county; John
Pratt, who married Mary Lee Morgan, a native
of Mississippi; Samuel W., a farmer of
this county; and Maggie A., at home. Mr.
Mackoy is a member of the Christian Church,
of the Greenup Lodge, No. 89, A. F. & A.
M., and of the Farmers' Alliance.
gUDGE GEO. M. WEEKLY, of Files,
Ellis county, was born in South Carolina
in 1816, a son of William Weekly,
a native of England. The father came to
America just before the war of 1812, where
lie married a Miss Collans, of South Carolina,
and they had seven children, of which
our subject was the youngest child, and the
only one who ever came to Texas. They are
all now deceased but three, a brother and
sister residing in South Carolina.
George W. was left an orphan when only
a small boy, and subsequently went with an
older brother to Georgia, where, after reaching
a proper age, he was employed as overseer.
He-followed this occupation until 1838,
when he emigrated to Texas on horseback, in
company with two other young men. Hefirst settled at Houston, when that place was
composed only of huts and shanties. Iie
made the acquaintance of Sam Houston, and
the next spring Mr. Weekly went to Grimes
county, where lie worked at whatever lihe
could find to do, having built many log
houses for the settlers. After two years lie
settled in Montgomery county, and four or
five years later located in Grimes county.
He located the land where he now lives in
1846, and on which he settled in 1852. In
March, 1862, he entered the army, inl Company
C, Captain Forrest, Buford's Regiment,
and served in Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
He was in the Marmaduke raid to
Cape Girardeau, and during the Banks raid
on Red river he was at home on a surgeon's
certificate. He was neither wounded nor
captured, and served with his command to
the close of the war. After returning home
he found his stock scattered, and all he received
was some Confederate money, which
proved worthless. Mr. Weekly's original
claim was 640 acres of land; but he has since
added to this until he now owns 1,700 acres,
370 of which is now cultivated by tenants.
Before the war he was extensively engaged
in stock-raising, and since then he has had
an interest in a Western ranch; but has since
sold all his interests in that, and confines
himself strictly to home farming. He was
one of the projectors, and is now a stockholder
in the Itaska bank, has stock in the
cotton seed oil mill at Waxahachie, and also
has other important interests.I
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Memorial and biographical history of Ellis county, Texas ... Containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects; with full-page portraits of the presidents of the United States, and also full-page portraits of some of the most eminent men of the county, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day ..., book, 1892; Chicago. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33018/m1/261/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.