Prominent Wheatland Area Citizens Rest in Wheatland Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas Branson was reared on his father’s farm in Ohio. He went with his family to Illinois in 1822. He was married August 12, 1829 to Miss Eleanor Thomas. In 1853 he moved with his family to Texas, and bought land eleven miles southwest of Dallas, (east side of the Wheatland area). Here he continued his agricultural pursuits the rest of his life, and at his death, October 21, 1864, he left a large estate. His home place consisted of 1,500 acres of fine, improved land, a large portion of which was under cultivation. He brought the first Durham cattle and Morgan horses to Dallas county and introduced greyhounds and rabbit-chasing. Mr. Branson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he at times officiated. He was an earnest Christian man and in every respect a most worthy citizen.
Mr. Thomas Branson was reared on his father’s farm in Ohio. He went with his family to Illinois in 1822. He was married August 12, 1829 to Miss Eleanor Thomas. In 1853 he moved with his family to Texas, and bought land eleven miles southwest of Dallas, (east side of the Wheatland area). Here he continued his agricultural pursuits the rest of his life, and at his death, October 21, 1864, he left a large estate. His home place consisted of 1,500 acres of fine, improved land, a large portion of which was under cultivation. He brought the first Durham cattle and Morgan horses to Dallas county and introduced greyhounds and rabbit-chasing. Mr. Branson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he at times officiated. He was an earnest Christian man and in every respect a most worthy citizen.
Prominent Wheatland Area Citizens Rest in Wheatland Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas Branson was reared on his father’s farm in Ohio. He went with his family to Illinois in 1822. He was married August 12, 1829 to Miss Eleanor Thomas. In 1853 he moved with his family to Texas, and bought land eleven miles southwest of Dallas, (east side of the Wheatland area). Here he continued his agricultural pursuits the rest of his life, and at his death, October 21, 1864, he left a large estate. His home place consisted of 1,500 acres of fine, improved land, a large portion of which was under cultivation. He brought the first Durham cattle and Morgan horses to Dallas county and introduced greyhounds and rabbit-chasing. Mr. Branson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he at times officiated. He was an earnest Christian man and in every respect a most worthy citizen.
Mr. Thomas Branson was reared on his father’s farm in Ohio. He went with his family to Illinois in 1822. He was married August 12, 1829 to Miss Eleanor Thomas. In 1853 he moved with his family to Texas, and bought land eleven miles southwest of Dallas, (east side of the Wheatland area). Here he continued his agricultural pursuits the rest of his life, and at his death, October 21, 1864, he left a large estate. His home place consisted of 1,500 acres of fine, improved land, a large portion of which was under cultivation. He brought the first Durham cattle and Morgan horses to Dallas county and introduced greyhounds and rabbit-chasing. Mr. Branson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he at times officiated. He was an earnest Christian man and in every respect a most worthy citizen.
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