A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Page: 497
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BELL AND COR YELL COUNT ES.
and was taken by her parents to Effingham
county, Illinois, where they became the owners
of a farm of 200 acres. The mother died there,
at the age of thirty-eight years, but is still sur-
vived by her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Deiter-
man are the parents of four sons and five daugh-
ters, as follows: Katie, wife of M. Entrop, by
whom she has four children: Albert, George,
Minnie, Joseph, John, Rosa A., Mary A., and
Louisa. After his arrival in this country, Mr.
Deiterman attended school for two years, then
learned the carpenter's trade, and did his own
building and that of his neighbors. He is an
intelligent man and speaks good English.
Politically he is a Democrat, and has long been
a member of the Catholic Church. He has a
fine orchard and vineyard and his place from
the public highway presents a thrifty appear-
ance. He is a member of the Germania Club,
a local organization, and is considered an excel-
lent and obliging neighbor. His worthy wife
has added materially to his social and financial
progress, and is an amiable and intelligent
lady.
(UDGE ALBERT G. PERRY.-Of the pio-
neers of Texas none were more highly es-
teemed, and few rendered more more dis-
tingnished service, than he whose name heads
this biographical sketch. No State in the Union
can present among her pioneers such an array of
talent. For intellectual force, undaunted
bravery, indomitable energy, uncompromising
integrity and chivalrous gallantry, he stands
out in bold relief, unprecedented in the history
of this country. They form a bright galaxy of
stars in American history, whose luster grows
brighter and brighter as time recedes, shedding
their rays upon the living that they may be in-
spired to imitate them, to follow in their foot-
steps. In this bright circle there is no light
more conspicuous than that of Judge Albert
G. Perry. He was a native of Tennessee and
was born at Knoxville, July 3, 1807, and was
the youngest of a family of twelve children whoseparents were Albert and Barthena Perry. The
elder Perry was a native of Ireland, of Irish and
Welsh ancestry. His wife was a native of Lon-
don, England, where she was reared and edu-
cated, and was of English-Scotch descent. Young
Albert received his preliminary education at
Knoxville. At the age of sixteen he was sent
to Selma, Alabama, to study law with an elder
brother, where he was subsequently admitted to
the bar, and began his practice.. Though young
he rose rapidly in his profession, and was forg-
ing to the front rank when he became possessed
of an uncontrollable desire to go to Texas, then
the country of romance and adventure. le ar-
rived in Texas in November, 1831, and located
Washington, Washington county, then the seat
of government. He at once opened his office
and began his practice. With his fine presence,
his dignified bearing and his ability, it was not
long before he had an extensive practice. Such
men as he were in those days received with open
arms in Texas. His law business took him to
San Jacinto, Houston, Austin, Palestine, etc.
It was while on one of these trips attending the
sessions of court that he met, wooed and won
the accomplished Miss Harriet Eliza Grimes,
whom he married January 8, 1832, at her fa-
ther's plantation on Grimes Prairie, Grimes
county, after only a courtship of a week. She
was the daughter of Judge J. M. and Patsy
(Smith) Grimes. Mr. Grimes was a native of
Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in
1797, locating at Raleigh, North Carolina,
where he practiced his profession, which was
that of law. In 1818, he removed to Alabama,
where he resided until 1825. He was a man of
eminent ability and at one time represented his
State in the Senate of the United States. He
removed from Alabama in 1825, to Texas, locat-
ing in what was subsequently known as Grimes
county, from whom the name was derived. He
there purchased a .large tract of land and be-
came an extensive planter, at the same time tak-
ing an active and prominent part in the public
affairs of Texas. He was a member of the Leg-
islature and also served on the Supreme Bench497
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A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas., book, 1893; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821501/m1/583/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library.