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: 422
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HISTORY OF ELL18 COUNIr.
deceased, wife of I. L. Pruit, a planter of
Walker county, Texas; John B., a trader and
speculator of Rockdale, Texas; Margaret H.,
deceased, was Mrs. J. J. Pruit, of Ellis
county, and Benjamin F., deceased, served in
Company E, Twelfth Texas Cavalry. Our
subject's paternal grandfather, Edmund
Fears, a native of Virginia, was a speculator,
and served in the Revolutionary war.
The paternal grandmother, nee Ann Clark,
was a distant relative of Governor Clark, of
Georgia.
Dr. James Fears was born in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, August 30, 1831, where he was
reared to farm life and attended school.
When eighteen years of age he entered the
Salem Academy at Jonesboro, where he completed
the preparatory course, and afterward
taught school two years. He next attended
the University at Louisville, Kentucky, then
studied medicine under Dr. Gill and Dr.
Hayes, and graduated at the University of
Louisiana in 1858. Dr. Fears came to Texas
in 1859 and began practice, and in 1862 lie
enlisted in the Confederate service, and was
commissioned Surgeon, was on the examining
board, and at the close of the war was
Surgeon on detached service in the trans.
Mississippi Department. After his discharge
he returned to Polk county, Texas, where he
practiced medicine until 1869, and in that
year he came to Milford, Ellis county, and in
1872 to Waxahachie, where lie retired from
active practice. Dr. Fears began life for
himself at the age of eighteen years, with
comparatively little, but he now owns 700
acres of good land and city property, and isalso a stockholder in the street railway and
electric light plant. He was formerly a
member of the County Medical Association,
of which he was at one time president..
In 1859 he was married to Susan Ford,
widow of Abram Ford, a brother of Andrew
Ford, Surgeon-General of the Confederate
army. She was a daughter of John W.
Pruit, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and died at
Milford, Texas, in 1871. Three children
were born to Dr. and Mrs. Fears, namely:
Benjamin F., deceased; James T., also deceased,
and William B., now at home. - Dr.
Fears was again married, in 1876, to Mrs.
Whipple, widow of Louis B. Whipple, and
daughter of Luke Bott. They have no children.
The Doctor is an agnostic, and is not
a member of any church or society, but is
liberal to a fault in home charities, having
spent much of his means assisting those in
need.
HOMAS H. WICKER, deceased, was
a son of John Wicker, a native of
Georgia. The father subsequently removed
to Alabama, and thence t) Texas,
where he remained until his death. He
served in the war of 1812, was a quiet and
successful farmer, and in politics was a Democrat.
Our subject's mother was a native of
Alabama.. Mr. and Mrs. Wicker were the
parents of six children.
Thomas H. was born October 25, 1881; in
Baldwin county, Georgia, and when a young
man he removed with his parents to Alabaina,
and in 1848 to Texas, settling near- F
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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/m1/402/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.