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Biographies
JOSEPH WILSON BAINES
Joseph Wilson Baines, son of Rev. G. W. Baines, was born in Louis-
iana on January 24, I846. In 1850 he moved with his family to Inde-
p-ienence, Texas, where his education was interrupted by two years'
service in the Confederacy. After arriving in Collin County in i868
he taught school for three years at Hide Out school and at Rowlett.
On September 12, I869, he was married at Rowlett to Ruth Huffman,
daughter of Dr. John S. Huffman, one of the Peters colonists. After
studying law with Throckmorton and Brown at McKinney, he was
admitted to the bar and practiced at Piano and McKinney. In 1870 he
bought The McKinney Advocate and worked tirelessly for the election
of John Ireland as governor of Texas. He served as secretary of state
for Texas from 1883 to I887. Baines practiced law at Blanco and served
in the state legislature from 1887 to 1903, after which he moved to
Fredericksburg, where he died in I906. Three children survive him:
Huffman Baines and Mrs. Edgar Saunders, both of San Antonio, and
Mrs. Sam E. Johnson of Austin. United States Senator Lyndon Baines
Johnson is a grandson.3
SANFORD BECK and FAMILY
Sanford Beck was born in Missouri. He married Matilda Rountree in
that state and together they came to Texas in I845, settling in the Dub-
lin Community, east of Piano. A daughter, Sarah, married John Salmon,
son of James Salmon, who came to Texas from Illinois in 1845 and set-
tled east of Piano. John and Sarah were the parents of Morgan H.
Salmon and Mrs. Lin Mitchell.
Manly S. Beck was the son of Matilda and Sanford Beck. In i853 he
married Elizabeth Frances Fitzhugh, daughter of George Fitzhugh, and
a sister of Gabe and Sol Fitzhugh and Mrs. Jim Snider. Elizabeth
Frances was born in Kentucky on March 22, I832. The Fitzhugh fam-
ily came to Texas when she was a little girl and settled in the Fitzhugh
Mills Community. After their marriage Manly and his wife moved to
a location near Plano, where he died in 1862. They had four children,
George, Gabe, John, and Mrs. Lou Beard. After the death of her hus-
band, Mrs. Beck moved back to the Fitzhugh Mills community. In
1866 she was married to Voltair Rountree. To this union were born
Mrs. S. P. Coffey, Dudley Rountree, and Mrs. Ada Rountree. Mrs.
Elizabeth Frances Rountree died in McKinney on February 13, I910,
and was buried in the Fitzhugh cemetery.
Other children of Sanford and Matilda Beck were Mrs. Bill McDon-
ald, Mrs. Bill Sanders, Mrs. Bob Higgins, Mrs. F. L. Hardwick, and
John Beck, who died while serving in the Confederate Army.
8Interview with Mrs. Sam E. Johnson, Austin, June II, I956.
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