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H E A R N E O N T H E B R A Z O S |
Century Press Of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
© 1958 by Norman Lowell McCarver
Lone Star Printing Company, San Antonio, Texas
Used with permission of Norman Lowell McCarver, Jr. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format by other organizations or individuals. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of McCarver family relatives.
Biographical Sketches - M
MAHAN, PARKER ODELL, son of John Walker Mahan
and Hessie Mae Guynes Mahan, was born at Elliott, Texas, in Robertson
County, July 12, 1906. He attended the rural schools of Elliott
and Bishopville.
After finishing his schooling, he farmed with his father until
1926. On October 16, 1926, he moved to Hearne, Texas and went to
work for the Humble Pipe Line Company. He worked as a pipeliner,
oiler, truck driver, and head stock gauger. He was promoted to
engineer and in 1958 is an engineer with the Humble Products Station of
the Humble Pipe Line Company at Hearne.
On July 26, 1926, he was married to Virginia Estell King, daughter of
Robert Alexander King and Elizabeth Ann Dunsford King of Franklin,
Texas. Virginia Estell King Mahan attended the public schools of
Franklin. In May 1952, she began a career in nursing and has been
associated with the hospitals in Hearne in this profession.
Two children were born to Parker Odell Mahan and Virginia Estell King
Mahan; a son, Dr. Parker Eugene Mahan who is a practicing dentist in
Rochester, New York; and a daughter, Madalyn Elizabeth Mahan. Dr.
Parker Eugene Mahan attended the public schools of Hearne and is a
graduate of Hearne High School. He married Lorraine Nottage of
Key West, Florida. Two daughters were born to Dr. Parker Eugene
Mahan and Lorraine Nottage Mahan: Cheryl Christine Mahan and
Kathy Lee Mahan. Madalyn Elizabeth Mahan married Larry Robert
Mangold of San Antonio, Texas. She also attended the public
schools of Hearne and graduated from Hearne High School. Two
children were born to Madalyn Elizabeth Mahan Mangold and Larry Robert
Mangold: Sue Mangold and David Robert Mangold.
Parker Odell Mahan and Virginia Estell King Mahan are members of the
First Baptist Church of Hearne. He is a member of the Woodmen of
the World; a member of the Board of Directors of the Camp Creek Water
Company; and is Auditor for the Hearne Building & Loan Association.
MALONE,
ARTHUR EDWARD,
was born August 29, 1902 at Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas, the son
of James
Monroe Malone and Hattie Hathway Malone. Both
of his parents were pioneer citizens of DeKalb County, Tennessee.
He
was graduated from Celina High School in Collin County, Texas in 1918
and later
attended Brantley-Draughon Business College in Fort Worth.
Upon
completing his education, he was employed by the Burton Peel Dry Goods
Company
in Fort Worth for one year. He then
moved to Celina, Texas where he entered the dry goods business for
himself.
In 1934 he owned and operated an independent brokerage business
handling
packing house products.
He
moved to Hearne in 1936 and in partnership with L. W. Perkins, the
Western Auto
Associate Store opened on the corner of Magnolia and Third Streets,
August 29,
1936. He sold his interest in this
business in 1946 and established a retail feed store business on Third
Street
which he operated until 1947. In
July 1947 in partnership with Charles E. Blake, the insurance and real
estate
firm of Blake &- Malone was established.
He
was married to Miss Hazel Irene Talkington, daughter of Lon Talkington
and Laura
Graves Talkington, April 20, 1926. Mrs.
Malone's home was in McKinney, Texas.
He
is a member of the First Baptist Church of Hearne where he served as
Church
Treasurer for a number of years; a former member of the Board of
Education of
the Hearne Independent School District; a member of the Hearne Chamber
of
Commerce; and a member of the Hearne Rotary Club.
MARIS,
JACK L.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Maris, was born in the Grant Prairie
community of
Robertson County, Texas, May 4, 1921.
He
attended school at Grant Prairie before transferring to Franklin High
School
from which he graduated in 1938. Upon
graduation from high school, he went to work for the Triple A Farm
Program in
Franklin, working with this organization until he entered the U. S.
Army in
1942. After receiving his discharge
from military service during World War II he returned to Franklin in
1945 and
accepted a position as a deputy tax collector of Robertson County.
He worked at this position for eight months and then he entered
Sam
Houston State College at Huntsville, Texas.
He received his B. S. Degree from this school in 1949.
Upon
receiving his college degree he returned to Franklin and accepted a
position as
assistant to the County School Superintendent and remained in that
position
until September 1, 1956 when he accepted employment with the Hearne
Independent
School District as Tax Assessor-Collector and Business Manager.
He received his Masters Degree in Education in 1956 from Sam
Houston
State College.
He
was married to Miss Janelle Petty of the Henry Prairie community of
Robertson
County, June 27, 1947. Mr. and Mrs.
Maris have two children: Mike Maris and Marsha Maris.
All of the members of the Maris family are members of the First
Baptist
Church where Mr. Maris serves as a member of the Board of Deacons.
He is a member and Past Master of the Patrick Masonic Lodge No.
359 of
Franklin.
MARSHALL,
RICHARD WEBSTER
was born in Taylor County Kentucky on July 27, 1857, the son of John A.
Marshall
and Ann E. Watson Marshall.
In
1893, he left his native state and came to Texas to engage in business
in
Houston. He came to Hearne in 1899
as manager of the National Cotton Oil Mill that later operated as the
Industrial
Oil Mill. He held this position for
several years and then was connected with the Merchants & Planters
Company
of Houston in a traveling capacity. Later
he owned and operated a real estate and insurance agency in Hearne.
In 1900 he was married
to Miss
Valesca Steffan, daughter of Jacob Steffan and Eugenie Gerbracht
Steffan.
Mrs. Marshall was born in Hearne, June 16, 1880 and attended a
public
school in Hearne until she reached the high school grades.
She then attended Winston-Salem Female College in North
Carolina,
graduating with the Class of 1899.
She and Mr. Marshall
were married in
St. Phillips Episcopal Church. Two
daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall; Eugenie Marshall Allen
and Ann
Marshall Cole. Grandchildren are:
Richard Allen, Walter Allen, Brady Marshall Cole, Richard Rosser Cole,
and
Wharton Cole.
When the
Planters &
Merchants State Bank was organized in Hearne in 1907, Mr. Marshall was
a member
of the organizing group and served on the Board of Directors up to the
time of
his death. In addition to his
private business, Mr. Marshall found time as a progressive citizen to
serve as a
director of the Hearne Building & Loan Association and a director
of the
Hearne Chamber of Commerce. He was
a charter member of the Hearne Rotary Club, a member of the Golden Rule
Masonic
Lodge, a member of the Hearne City Council, and served for many years
on the
Vestry of St. Philips Episcopal Church. Mr.
Marshall died April 16, 1944 and Mrs. Marshall died May, 20, 1957.
MARTIN,
GLENNY DIAL
SR., son of Robert T. "Little Bob" Martin and Marie
Louise Fowler
Martin, was born in Hearne, Texas, May 10, 1891.
During
his early boyhood he attended public school in Hearne but later moved
to
Houston, Texas and was graduated from high school in that city in 1910.
In
the fall of 1910 he went to work in the cotton office of George H.
McFadden
& Brother in Hearne and continued to work for this firm until 1920
when he
formed a partnership in the cotton buying business with D. R. Atkisson,
this
firm operating in Hearne for 10 years before being dissolved in 1930.
During 1926 he moved to Waco in order to enter a larger
territory for his
cotton buying business and moved back to Hearne in 1928.
After dissolving the firm of Adkisson & Martin in 1930 he
continued
in the cotton buying business. At
one time, 1938 through 1942, he was agent in Hearne for the Magnolia
Petroleum
Company. He entered the automobile
business in partnership with Patrick B. Hall under the firm name of
Martin-Hall
Company.
He has served on tax
equalization
boards and was a member of the War Ration Board during World War II.
His father, Robert T. Martin, was born March 15, 1860 and died
August 19,
1899. His mother, Marie Louise
Fowler Martin, was born June 4, 1867 and died September 13, 191 1.
Other
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Martin were: Robert Fowler
Martin,
Norine Martin Wilrich, Marie Louise Martin, John Franklin Martin, and
Rose
Marcita Martin.
Glenny
Dial Martin was married to Miss Lucille Welch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles
P. Welch, December 25, 1916. Three
sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin: Glenny Dial Martin Jr., Captain
Robert W.
Martin, and Arnold Randolph Martin. All
of these Martin boys are graduates of Hearne High School.
Mrs.
Martin was born in Hearne, December 21, 1898.
She attended the Hearne schools and graduated from Hearne High
School in
1916, and later attended Baylor University School of Music and taught
music in
Hearne for many years. She was
appointed Postmaster of Hearne, April 16, 1945. Mrs.
Martin is a charter member of the Hearne Music Club and
a former member of the Hearne Shakespeare Club.
Her church affiliation is with the First Baptist Church of
Hearne.
Glenny Dial Martin Jr.
was born
October 2, 1917; Captain Robert W. Martin was born January 18, 1922;
and Arnold
Randolph Martin was born February 25, 1923.
Glenny Dial Martin's
maternal great
grandmother was Mary O'Meara of Ireland and his grandmother Fowler at
one time
owned and operated the Alden Hotel which was located on the corner of
Fifth and
Market Streets in Hearne. His
grandfather, Robert T. "Big Bob" Martin was born in Kilkenny, Ireland
in 1834 and died July 19, 1888 and is buried in Norwood Cemetery in
Hearne.
MARTIN,
HENRY VICTOR JR.,
was born in Hearne, Texas, July 23, 1924, the son of Henry Victor
Martin and
Lena C. Moseley Martin.
He
attended Hearne public schools and was graduated from Hearne High
School with
the Class of 1942. He then enlisted
in the U. S. Army where he served for thirty-four months during World
War II,
his overseas duty being in Europe.
He
returned to Hearne the latter part of 1945 after being discharged from
military
duty. He began the operation of
Martin's Cleaners in February 1946, this business being located on
Magnolia
Street in Hearne, a business that previously had been established and
operated
by his father.
He
was married to Miss Ruth Gean Stephens, daughter of James Edgar
Stephens and
Gean Lancaster Stephens of Hearne, Texas, April 6 1947.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin: Ira Lee Martin,
Vicki
Gean Martin, and Susan Ann Martin.
Mr.
and Mrs. Martin are communicants of St. Philips Episcopal Church where
Mr.
Martin serves as a member of the Vestry and Mrs. Martin is active in
the Church
School.
He
is a member of the Miles Scriviner American Legions Post of Hearne, a
former
member of the Hearne Rotary Club, and is very ,active in the work of
Cub
Scouting.
MARTIN,
HENRY VICTOR
SR.,
son of William LaFayette Martin and Nancy Ann Thornhill Martin, was
born in
Brookhaven, Mississippi, October 17, 1891.
He
attended school at Brookhaven and graduated from the Georgia-Alabama
Business
College at Macon, Georgia in 1911.
Upon
graduation from business college he was employed as a bookkeeper for
the
Hawkinsville Trading Company at Hawkinsville, Georgia until the summer
of 1912
when he moved to Winfield, Louisiana and was employed as a clerk for
the Tremont
& Gulf Railroad Company. Later
he served as agent for the same railroad company at Rochelle, Louisiana.
In
1913 he returned to Winfield, Louisiana and worked for the Louisiana
&
Arkansas Railroad for a year.
He
moved to Hearne, Texas in 1914 and was employed in the dispatcher's
office of
the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company and in 1916 he served
as
timekeeper at the H. & T. C. Railroad roundhouse.
In 1917 he became Chief Clerk in the freight office of the H.
& T. C.
Railroad and continued in this position until 1921 when he accepted
employment
with the D. R. Adkisson & Company of Hearne as a cotton buyer.
In December 1924 he began work with the Marga Cotton Company of
Galveston
as a cotton buyer in the East Texas area. During
the latter part of 1924 he established a cleaning and pressing business
in
Hearne, but he continued to be a cotton buyer until 1932.
In
1930 he was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Education of
the Hearne
Independent School District and served for twelve years.
He also served as Secretary to the School Board during these
years.
He resigned from the school board in 1942 when he was appointed
Tax
Assessor-Collector for the Hearne Independent School District and
served in this
capacity through 1946.
He
joined the Golden Rule Masonic Lodge of Hearne in 1917 and served as
secretary
of this organization. During the
years that he followed the railroading profession he was a member of
the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. He
is a member of the Hearne Chamber of Commerce and his religious
affiliation is
with the Baptist Church.
He
married Miss Tinnye Moseley, daughter of John M. Moseley and Alma E.
Sanders
Moseley, January 16, 1916. Three
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin: Francis Martin Putz,
Margaret Martin
Lumpkin, and Henry Victor Martin Jr. Mrs. Martin's parents, Mr. and
Mrs.
Moseley, were pioneer citizens of Hearne.
MASSEY,
COLLIN S.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Massey, was born at Franklin, Texas, May 10,
1915.
In 1916, with his family he moved to Corsicana, Texas to make
his home.
He attended grade school in Corsicana but his teen-age years
were spent
at Olden and Turkey, Texas. He
graduated from Turkey High School in 1933.
Upon graduation from
high school he
returned to Corsicana and worked in the County Clerk's office of
Navarro County
for four years. In 1937 he went to work
for the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company in Corsicana and transferred to Hearne in 1941, where he has
served as
yardmaster-switchman.
He was married to Miss
Vanita Pratt
in Waco, Texas, November 30, 1939 and he and Mrs. Massey have three
children:
Linda Massey, Carolyn Massey, and a son, William Massey.
Collin S. Massey
is a member
of the Church of Christ; a member of the Hearne City Council; and is
very active
in youth work, especially with the Little League Baseball program.
MATHEWS, JOHN E., son of John W. "Captain Jack" Mathews
and Fannie Taylor Mathews, was born August 16, 1887 at Hearne, Texas.
He attended the Hearne public
schools. When he became a young man, he went to work as a
brakeman for the T. & B. V. Railroad and later was promoted to a
conductor.
In 1909 he married Verna Josephine Wood,
daughter of Robert T. Wood and Eliza Jane Eberley Wood of Hempstead,
Texas. A son, John Wood Mathews, was born January 27, 1911 to Mr.
and Mrs. Mathews. Robert T. Wood, father of Verna Wood Mathews,
was born in 1851 and died in 1913. Eliza Jane Eberley Wood,
mother of Verna Wood Mathews, was born in 1857 and died in 1939.
While on duty as a conductor for the T.
& B. V. Railroad, John E. Mathews was killed in a railroad accident
near North Zulch, Texas, March 2, 1911.
MATHEWS, OTHO,
son of Little Berry Mathews and Jane
Agnes Anderson Mathews, was born October 28, 1891 at Hearne,
Texas. His parents were pioneer citizens of the Hearne area.
He attended the Hearne schools. On
December 28, 1909 he went to work for the H. & T. C. Railroad as a
clerk and worked in this position until 1912 when he began work as a
switchman in the Hearne yards.
On December 19, 1914, he was married to
Eunice Gardner, daughter of Charles Wilburn Gardner and Mary Magdalene
Knipp Gardner of Hearne. Charles W. Gardner, who fought for the
Southern Confederacy during the Civil War, was born in 1842 and died in
1924. Mary Magdalene Knipp Gardner was born in 1862 and died in
1924.
The following children were born to Otho
Mathews and Eunice Gardner Mathews: Otho Mathews Jr., Jack Walton
Mathews, Edward Lee "Jiggs" Mathews, Jane Mathews Willis, and Charles
Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathews are members of
Grace Methodist Church of Hearne and Mr. Mathews is a member of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Otho Mathews, who began his career with
the railroad December 28, 1909 retired December 31, 1957 completing 48
years of railroad service.
MATHIS,
JULIUS EFRUM “SNOOKIE”,
son of Clarence E. Mathis and Mary Isa Keeling Mathis, was born in
Hearne,
Texas, May 6, 1913.
He
attended the Hearne Public Schools and Hearne High School, playing
football on
the Hearne Eagles team in 1929 and 1930.
Upon
the completion of his schooling he entered the general contracting
business.
He entered the U. S. Navy, May 4, 1944 and served until January
16, 1946
during World War II, his active duty being in the Pacific area.
Upon
his discharge from military service, he returned to Hearne to resume
his
building contract business.
He
married Johnoween Smyth, daughter of John George Smyth and Charlie
Ramsey Smyth,
July 20, 1934. The marriage was
solemnized in Bryan, Texas.
Two children, Patricia Ann Mathis and John Ramsey Mathis, were
born to
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis.
He
is a member of the Miles Scriviner American Legion Post #454 of Hearne;
a member
of the Hearne Parent-Teachers Association; a member of the Hearne
Volunteer Fire
Department; a member of the Hearne Chamber of Commerce; served as
Chaplain and
Historian of the American Legion Post; is Past Commander of the Miles
Scriviner
American Legion Post #454; served on the National Rehabilitation
Committee;
served on the National Committee of the American Legion; served as
Commander of
the 6th District American Legion; is a Communicant of St. Philips
Episcopal
Church where he has served as Church School Superintendent, Senior
Warden,
junior Warden, and as a member of the Vestry.
Mrs.
Mathis is active in civic and local affairs.
She is a member of the Miles Scriviner Unit #454 American Legion
Auxiliary where she served as President in 1946-47 and Treasurer for 6
years;
Chairman of Girls State for 6 years; has served on various other
committees of
the American Legion Auxiliary both local and district committees; is
Past
President of the 6th District American Legion Auxiliary; served on
District
Committees of the Parent-Teacher Association; a member of the Hearne
Band
Parents Association and served as Uniform Chairman; served as Local
Chairman for
the American Heart Drive. During
1949-53 she helped to organize and served as General Chairman of Girl
Scouts and
Brownie Troops. She is a member of
the Disaster Committee for Robertson County; a Communicant of St.
Philips
Episcopal Church; a member of the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Philips
Church, and
served as Church School Teacher for five years.
In addition to the above, she has served as Secretary for the
Democratic
Party of Precinct No. 2, Robertson County.
MATKIN,
DR. MARION
was born at Decatur, Alabama, August 29, 1836 and was married to Louisa
Olivia
Garrett, July 11, 1865 in Dayton, Alabama.
Dr. Matkin died in Terrell, Texas, May 12, 1895.
Mrs. Matkin died January 13, 1918 in Houston, Texas.
Dr. and Mrs. Matkin had
ten
children; three of them died at birth. The
children were: Charles T. Matkin, born in Alabama, May
23, 1866; George C. Matkin, born at Dayton, Alabama, November 21, 1867;
Ada
Gordon Matkin, born in Hearne, Texas, November 26, 1870; Marion
Morrison Matkin,
born in Hearne, Texas, October 12, 1872; Lydia I. Matkin, born in
Hearne, Texas,
January 14, 1874; Louise Olivia Matkin, born in Hearne, Texas, June 27,
1876;
and John Moseley Matkin, born in Hearne, Texas, January 1, 1877.
In 1868, Dr. Matkin
with his wife
and sons Charles and George moved from Alabama to Hearne, Texas to make
their
home. The Matkin family had lost
everything they possessed when the Northern forces and carpet-baggers
took over
Alabama. The family started to
California by wagon train. When
they arrived in Hearne, Texas they found James F. Exum who Dr. Matkin
had cared
for when Mr. Exum had been wounded and left for dead.
Mr. Exum had given Dr. Matkin a Prayer Book and a shoe lacer and
asked
him to try and get these articles back to his family as he thought he
was dying.
Mr. Exum was instrumental in getting the Matkin family to settle
in
Hearne, and also helped Dr. Matkin in the establishment of his practice
in
Hearne.
Dr. Matkin served in
the Confederate
Army under Pat Clayburn in the Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry as doctor
and
surgeon. He was captured in 1864
but escaped and returned to Alabama and rejoined the Southern forces a
few
months before the Civil War ended. While
he was a captive of the North he served as a doctor
aboard a Northern hospital ship and had a very interesting experience.
A Northern woman who was visiting the wounded soldiers aboard
the
hospital ship was wearing a Masonic pin and Dr. Matkin gave her the
Masonic
distress signal and she helped him escape, furnishing him a slave, a
horse, and
a Yankee uniform in addition to forged safe conduct papers.
Dr. Matkin along with
his
father-in-law Dr. C. C. Garrett was very active in Masonic circles, Dr.
Garrett
having helped to initiate the Scottish Rites Degree in Texas.
His picture hangs in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Galveston.
Dr. Garrett burned to death in Calvert, Texas when the building
in which
he had his office burned. No trace
of him was ever found.
Dr. Matkin's death was
caused by a
blow on his head, struck from behind by a man who wanted to "borrow"
his horse. When Dr. Matkin refused,
the man slipped up behind him and struck him on the head.
Dr. Matkin's skull was fractured and he never recovered his
health after
the incident. A tale following this
incident says that young Dr. Matkin traced his father's assailant to
Mexico and
years later a message was received by the Matkin family reading -
---------------- is now shoveling coal in H --------- signed, your
loving son,
George. Dr. George Matkin served in
Hotel Dieu Hospital in Beaumont, Texas where he died in 1905.
Dr. Matkin's other son
Charles was
at one time Assistant Chief of Police at Fort Worth, Texas and died in
1932.
His daughter, Louise Olivia was married to James Herman Ragland
in Ennis,
Texas and their son Herman Matkin Ragland was born in Waxahachie, Texas
Dr.
Marion Matkin served as physician and surgeon for the H. & T. C.
Railroad
for a number of years and also owned and operated a drug store in
Hearne.
McCARVER,
ROBERT MARION SR. was born
at Ashland, Mississippi, March 27, 1866, the son of John W. McCarver
and Melvina Chester McCarver, pioneers of the State of Mississippi.
He
attended the country school in Ashland and worked on his father's farm
during
his boyhood days. When he was a
young man, he left his home in Mississippi and went to Nashville,
Tennessee
where he was employed operating a horse-drawn street car.
In 1884 he came to
Texas to join two
older brothers, James H. McCarver and John H. McCarver, who had already
established themselves on a farm near Salado, Texas.
He was employed for a short time with his brothers then went to
Palestine, Texas where he worked in a printing shop.
Later on he was
employed by the San
Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad Company and the I. & G. N.
Railroad Company
where he worked first as a section hand, extra gang foreman, bridge
gang foreman
and section foreman, following the type of work that many of Irish
extraction
followed during the days that railroading was in its infancy in Texas.
On December 25, 1890,
he was married
to Miss Centennia Barnhouse, daughter of William Barnhouse and
Christine Wheeler
Barnhouse, who was born at McGregor, Iowa, March 29, 1876.
Mrs. McCarver came to Hearne, Texas with her family in
September, 1876
when she was only six months old, her father having been a village
school
teacher, store owner, and farmer in Iowa. Mrs.
McCarver's family lived in Hearne at the old Lallier Hotel for six
months during
1876-77, while their new home in Milam County was being built.
When the new home was finally completed and the family situated
in Texas,
Mrs. McCarver's father cleared his farm land of timber and sold the
wood to the
I. & G. N. Railroad Company for fuel to fire the boilers on the
locomotives.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarver
were married
at the old Barnhouse home located between Gause and Milamo, the old
homestead
site now being the location of a state roadside park.
Mr. McCarver was
employed in
railroad work for over thirty years, being promoted to the job of
Roadmaster for
the I. & G. N. Railroad Company to become effective January 1, 1919.
However, while serving in the duties of Roadmaster he was killed
in a
train wreck between Elliott and Franklin, December 28, 1918.
He was a member of the
Masonic
Lodge, served as Deacon in the First Baptist Church, and taught the
men's Bible
Class for many years.
Mrs. McCarver was also
an active
member of the First Baptist Church for many years until her health
failed.
Mrs. McCarver passed away March 7, 1944 at the family home on
Cedar
Street.
Children of Mr.
and Mrs.
McCarver: Rosa McCarver, Kate McCarver Davis, Pearl McCarver Brennan,
Lillian
McCarver, Robert M. McCarver, Lois McCarver Robbins, William David
McCarver,
Norman Lowell McCarver, John W. McCarver, and Mavis McCarver
Knapp.
MOUNTS, SAMUEL
MARCUS, son of Walter Thomas Mounts and Irena Dell McCoy Mounts,
was born at Ennis, Texas, February 7, 1909. He mother and father
were pioneers from Mississippi. During his residence in Ellis
County, Texas, Samuel Marcus Mounts attended school at Bardwell and
Ensign. He later attended Hearne High School.
In 1927, he moved to
Hearne, Texas. On August 1, 1928, he went to work for the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company at Hearne as a caller and worked on
this job for eleven years. On September 3, 1939, he became a
switchman for this railroad and worked in the Hearne yards.
He enlisted in the U.S.
Army March 3, 1944 and served in the European Theater of Operations
with the 734 Battalion (Railroad) during World War II. He
received his discharge from military service April 13, 1946. He
returned to Hearne and worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
as Yardmaster until 1951 when he went back to his job as switchman in
the Hearne yards.
Samuel Marcus Mounts
married Mozelle Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Elmer J. Cox and Lois Hyden
Cox of Jewett, Texas, April 4, 1936. The marriage was performed
at Hearne, Texas. Her parents were natives of Jewett in Leon
County, Texas. Mozelle Elizabeth Cox Mounts attended the public
schools of Jewett. During World War II, she was employed by the
Guiberson Company of Dallas and the Rheams Company of New Orleans,
Louisiana. Later, she was employed by the Easterwood Insurance
Agency and the Culpepper Hardware & Furniture Company of
Hearne. She accepted employment in a secretarial capacity for the
General American Transportation Corporation of Hearne and in 1958 is
served as chief clerk to the superintendent of this corporation.
Samuel Marcus Mounts
and Mozelle Elizabeth Cox Mounts are members of the First Baptist
Church of Hearne. She is active in the Woman's Missionary Union
and he is active in the Baptist Brotherhood. He is a member of
the Switchmen's Union of North America.
MULDROW, JACK VICTOR, son of Claude Clifford Muldrow and Mae
Belle Breedlove Muldrow, was born January 3, 1916 at Clarita,
Oklahoma. He attended school at Achille, Oklahoma and graduated
from Achille High School with the Class of 1933.
After completing high school he attended
Southwest State College at Durant, Oklahoma, the University of Houston,
and North Texas State College. He received his B. A. Degree from
Southeast State College in 1938 and his Master of Education Degree from
the University of Oklahoma in 1948. While attending college he
was a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, and Red Red Rose.
From 1938 through 1940 he taught school
in Oklahoma and in 1941 and 1942 he worked at Dallas, Texas for the
North American Company in a defense plant. In 1942 he enlisted in
the U. S. Merchant Marines and in 1944 he served in the U. S. Army
during World War II and received his discharge in 1947. From 1947
to 1949 he taught school at LaMarque, Texas, and in 1949 he was junior
High School Principal at Haskell, Texas. In 1950 to 1952 he
served as high school principal at San Augustine, Texas. He spent
1952-53 attending North Texas State College working on his Doctor of
Education degree. In 1953 he was elected high school principal at
Hearne, Texas and moved to Hearne August 1, 1953.
He was married to Billie Ruth Price, daughter
of Alonzo V. Price and Leona Tucker Price, at Edinburg, Texas, June 4,
1954. Billie Ruth Price Muldrow attended elementary school at
Fulbright, Texas and was graduated from Fulbright High School.
She attended North Texas State Teachers College at Denton, Texas and
received her B. A. Degree from this school. She later attended
the University of Oklahoma and received her Master of Education Degree.
Jack Victor Muldrow is a member of the
Church of Christ; a member of the Hearne Rotary Club; a member of the
Hearne Quarterback Club; a member of the Texas State Teachers
Association; a member of the Secondary School Principals Association; a
member of the Masonic Lodge; and a member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
MULLINS, FRANCIS CLINT, was born November
26, 1893 at Easterly, Texas, the son of Frances Mullins and Cevilla
Welborn Mullins. He attended the Gourd Neck and Navasota rural
schools in Robertson County. During his boyhood, he lived on the
family farm and farmed with his father. In 1912, he began farming
on his own near Easterly.
He moved to Hearne,
Texas in 1914 and worked for the Industrial Cotton Oil Company.
Later, he moved back to Easterly to farm.
On November 23,
1926, he was employed by the Humble Pipe Line Company and worked for
six months on construction work at Hearne. On October 1, 1928, he
was made head stock gauger for this company and worked in this position
until 1943 when he became an oiler at the Humble pump station in
Hearne. In 1948, he transferred to the Humble Products station at
Hearne and retired October 14, 1956 after serving nearly 30 years with
the Humble Company.
Francis Clint
Mullins married Sarah Elizabeth Cobb, daughter of James W. Cobb and
Sarah Smith Cobb, of Easterly, Texas, January 14, 1912. The
father of Sarah Smith Cobb fought with the Confederate Army during the
Civil War and died enroute home after the war was over. The
following children were born to Francis Clint Mullins and Sarah
Elizabeth Cobb Mullins: James Francis Mullins, Gladys Mae
Mullins, Marvin Alfred Mullins, G. W. Mullins, Mary Ruby Mullins,
Bessie Elizabeth Mullins, Furman Clint Mullins, Cleo Viola Mullins,
Grace Lois Mullins, Darrell Lee Mullins, Altha Faye Mullins, Betty Edna
Mullins, and Kenneth Wayne Mullins.
Francis Clint
Mullins is a member of the Church of Christ; a member and former Junior
Deacon of the Golden Rule Masonic Lodge No. 361 of Hearne; a member of
the Order of the Eastern Star; a member of the Humble Employees
Federation; and a former member of the Woodmen of the World.
Sarah Elizabeth Cobb Mullins is a member of the Baptist Church and a
member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
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