Father was Thomas Kealy 1809-1879
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS Lewisville, Her Past, Present and Future; Article from The Lewisville Enterprise 1 November 1912: Show me a nation of happy homes and farms and I will show you a nation of happy and prosperous and contented people. Tell me of the growth of a town and I will tell you of the character of its people. The stability of our government rests upon the stability of our homes; and the stability of our homes rests upon the excellency of the men and women who compose these homes. Consequently where you find good homes and good citizens, there must be a good community and fine land to support those people. Nature has endowed our fair city with marvelous advantages in location, health, the highest class of her citizenship and the fertility of her soil. So it is no spirit of "City Boom" or "City Bragging" that we take this occasion of telling of Lewisville--- her past, her present and what there is in the future for her. Lewisville is about 23 miles from Dallas and 17 miles from Denton on the M.K. & T. Railroad. It is on the J.W. and A.C. King headright who settled in this section in about 1844. Steve Hyatt was the next property owner here who sold his property to Thomas Kealy, Uncle of L.M. Kealy of the present mercantile firm of Kealy and Bradley. In 1862 Rawlins, Kealy and Herod organized and built a grist mill on South Mill street and east of the Farmers' and Merchants' Gin. The first store to be opened in this section was in 1855 on the place now owned by J.S. Huffines, about one mile west of town. It was conducted by Thomas Dorsett, who owned this firm at that time. He moved this store to Lewisville during the the Civil War. In 1865 E.K. Rawlins brought in a little stock of dry goods and kept them at his residence, which was a double roomed log house just back of E.R. Sherrill's present residence. In 1867 Uncle Joe Minor built a small house on the corner where the Stover brick now stands and opened up a small saloon. In about the same year Woodrum and Davis built a little box house on the lot now occupied by the J.A. Hatcher brick building, which they used for a general merchandise store. In 1866 D.J. Rawlins built a very good frame store room on the lot now occupied by Kealy and Bradley, which was used as a general merchandise store. Along about that time the Indians were commiting depredations such as stealing, etc., and trying to kill the settlers. The people of Lewisville and surrounding country received a severe scare. It was reported that the Indians were coming, and burning and killing as they came. Every family on this and McCurley Prairie left their homes and sought protection in the Rawlins, Kealy and Herod grist mill. The report however, proved false. The alarm was sounded by some school children between Big Elm and Little Elm. They mistook some cowmen, who were wearing red blankets as the Indians did, for Indians.
Stephen Alexander Kealy was in Union Army of Michigan Co K 6th Heavy artillery Enlisted Rawlins Co Michigan 23 Dec 1863 and was Mustered out New Orleans Louisiana 20 Aug 1865. He was serving with his brother Leonard Kealy in the same outfit in Fort Hudson January 1864 and at Fort Morgan Mobile Point Alabama by December 1864 where he and Leonard served out their time together. They were mostly guarding their Heavy artillery.
Stephen was appointed Postmaster at Lewisville Texas 16 May 1870.
Many letters were held and preserved from a family who bought the old homestead in Rollins Michigan and after being handed down several generations handed them over to Dana Thomas between Stephen Alexander Kealy and his cousin Sarah (Kealy) Bell and a daughter of hers. He wrote weekly while he was in the Army. He was single at the time. One letter was about the assassination of Prsident Lincoln and another talked about the capture of Atlanta Georgia by General Sherman.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS Lewisville, Her Past, Present and Future; Article from The Lewisville Enterprise 1 November 1912: Show me a nation of happy homes and farms and I will show you a nation of happy and prosperous and contented people. Tell me of the growth of a town and I will tell you of the character of its people. The stability of our government rests upon the stability of our homes; and the stability of our homes rests upon the excellency of the men and women who compose these homes. Consequently where you find good homes and good citizens, there must be a good community and fine land to support those people. Nature has endowed our fair city with marvelous advantages in location, health, the highest class of her citizenship and the fertility of her soil. So it is no spirit of "City Boom" or "City Bragging" that we take this occasion of telling of Lewisville--- her past, her present and what there is in the future for her. Lewisville is about 23 miles from Dallas and 17 miles from Denton on the M.K. & T. Railroad. It is on the J.W. and A.C. King headright who settled in this section in about 1844. Steve Hyatt was the next property owner here who sold his property to Thomas Kealy, Uncle of L.M. Kealy of the present mercantile firm of Kealy and Bradley. In 1862 Rawlins, Kealy and Herod organized and built a grist mill on South Mill street and east of the Farmers' and Merchants' Gin. The first store to be opened in this section was in 1855 on the place now owned by J.S. Huffines, about one mile west of town. It was conducted by Thomas Dorsett, who owned this firm at that time. He moved this store to Lewisville during the the Civil War. In 1865 E.K. Rawlins brought in a little stock of dry goods and kept them at his residence, which was a double roomed log house just back of E.R. Sherrill's present residence. In 1867 Uncle Joe Minor built a small house on the corner where the Stover brick now stands and opened up a small saloon. In about the same year Woodrum and Davis built a little box house on the lot now occupied by the J.A. Hatcher brick building, which they used for a general merchandise store. In 1866 D.J. Rawlins built a very good frame store room on the lot now occupied by Kealy and Bradley, which was used as a general merchandise store. Along about that time the Indians were commiting depredations such as stealing, etc., and trying to kill the settlers. The people of Lewisville and surrounding country received a severe scare. It was reported that the Indians were coming, and burning and killing as they came. Every family on this and McCurley Prairie left their homes and sought protection in the Rawlins, Kealy and Herod grist mill. The report however, proved false. The alarm was sounded by some school children between Big Elm and Little Elm. They mistook some cowmen, who were wearing red blankets as the Indians did, for Indians.
Stephen Alexander Kealy was in Union Army of Michigan Co K 6th Heavy artillery Enlisted Rawlins Co Michigan 23 Dec 1863 and was Mustered out New Orleans Louisiana 20 Aug 1865. He was serving with his brother Leonard Kealy in the same outfit in Fort Hudson January 1864 and at Fort Morgan Mobile Point Alabama by December 1864 where he and Leonard served out their time together. They were mostly guarding their Heavy artillery.
Stephen was appointed Postmaster at Lewisville Texas 16 May 1870.
Many letters were held and preserved from a family who bought the old homestead in Rollins Michigan and after being handed down several generations handed them over to Dana Thomas between Stephen Alexander Kealy and his cousin Sarah (Kealy) Bell and a daughter of hers. He wrote weekly while he was in the Army. He was single at the time. One letter was about the assassination of Prsident Lincoln and another talked about the capture of Atlanta Georgia by General Sherman.
Father was Thomas Kealy 1809-1879
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS Lewisville, Her Past, Present and Future; Article from The Lewisville Enterprise 1 November 1912: Show me a nation of happy homes and farms and I will show you a nation of happy and prosperous and contented people. Tell me of the growth of a town and I will tell you of the character of its people. The stability of our government rests upon the stability of our homes; and the stability of our homes rests upon the excellency of the men and women who compose these homes. Consequently where you find good homes and good citizens, there must be a good community and fine land to support those people. Nature has endowed our fair city with marvelous advantages in location, health, the highest class of her citizenship and the fertility of her soil. So it is no spirit of "City Boom" or "City Bragging" that we take this occasion of telling of Lewisville--- her past, her present and what there is in the future for her. Lewisville is about 23 miles from Dallas and 17 miles from Denton on the M.K. & T. Railroad. It is on the J.W. and A.C. King headright who settled in this section in about 1844. Steve Hyatt was the next property owner here who sold his property to Thomas Kealy, Uncle of L.M. Kealy of the present mercantile firm of Kealy and Bradley. In 1862 Rawlins, Kealy and Herod organized and built a grist mill on South Mill street and east of the Farmers' and Merchants' Gin. The first store to be opened in this section was in 1855 on the place now owned by J.S. Huffines, about one mile west of town. It was conducted by Thomas Dorsett, who owned this firm at that time. He moved this store to Lewisville during the the Civil War. In 1865 E.K. Rawlins brought in a little stock of dry goods and kept them at his residence, which was a double roomed log house just back of E.R. Sherrill's present residence. In 1867 Uncle Joe Minor built a small house on the corner where the Stover brick now stands and opened up a small saloon. In about the same year Woodrum and Davis built a little box house on the lot now occupied by the J.A. Hatcher brick building, which they used for a general merchandise store. In 1866 D.J. Rawlins built a very good frame store room on the lot now occupied by Kealy and Bradley, which was used as a general merchandise store. Along about that time the Indians were commiting depredations such as stealing, etc., and trying to kill the settlers. The people of Lewisville and surrounding country received a severe scare. It was reported that the Indians were coming, and burning and killing as they came. Every family on this and McCurley Prairie left their homes and sought protection in the Rawlins, Kealy and Herod grist mill. The report however, proved false. The alarm was sounded by some school children between Big Elm and Little Elm. They mistook some cowmen, who were wearing red blankets as the Indians did, for Indians.
Stephen Alexander Kealy was in Union Army of Michigan Co K 6th Heavy artillery Enlisted Rawlins Co Michigan 23 Dec 1863 and was Mustered out New Orleans Louisiana 20 Aug 1865. He was serving with his brother Leonard Kealy in the same outfit in Fort Hudson January 1864 and at Fort Morgan Mobile Point Alabama by December 1864 where he and Leonard served out their time together. They were mostly guarding their Heavy artillery.
Stephen was appointed Postmaster at Lewisville Texas 16 May 1870.
Many letters were held and preserved from a family who bought the old homestead in Rollins Michigan and after being handed down several generations handed them over to Dana Thomas between Stephen Alexander Kealy and his cousin Sarah (Kealy) Bell and a daughter of hers. He wrote weekly while he was in the Army. He was single at the time. One letter was about the assassination of Prsident Lincoln and another talked about the capture of Atlanta Georgia by General Sherman.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS Lewisville, Her Past, Present and Future; Article from The Lewisville Enterprise 1 November 1912: Show me a nation of happy homes and farms and I will show you a nation of happy and prosperous and contented people. Tell me of the growth of a town and I will tell you of the character of its people. The stability of our government rests upon the stability of our homes; and the stability of our homes rests upon the excellency of the men and women who compose these homes. Consequently where you find good homes and good citizens, there must be a good community and fine land to support those people. Nature has endowed our fair city with marvelous advantages in location, health, the highest class of her citizenship and the fertility of her soil. So it is no spirit of "City Boom" or "City Bragging" that we take this occasion of telling of Lewisville--- her past, her present and what there is in the future for her. Lewisville is about 23 miles from Dallas and 17 miles from Denton on the M.K. & T. Railroad. It is on the J.W. and A.C. King headright who settled in this section in about 1844. Steve Hyatt was the next property owner here who sold his property to Thomas Kealy, Uncle of L.M. Kealy of the present mercantile firm of Kealy and Bradley. In 1862 Rawlins, Kealy and Herod organized and built a grist mill on South Mill street and east of the Farmers' and Merchants' Gin. The first store to be opened in this section was in 1855 on the place now owned by J.S. Huffines, about one mile west of town. It was conducted by Thomas Dorsett, who owned this firm at that time. He moved this store to Lewisville during the the Civil War. In 1865 E.K. Rawlins brought in a little stock of dry goods and kept them at his residence, which was a double roomed log house just back of E.R. Sherrill's present residence. In 1867 Uncle Joe Minor built a small house on the corner where the Stover brick now stands and opened up a small saloon. In about the same year Woodrum and Davis built a little box house on the lot now occupied by the J.A. Hatcher brick building, which they used for a general merchandise store. In 1866 D.J. Rawlins built a very good frame store room on the lot now occupied by Kealy and Bradley, which was used as a general merchandise store. Along about that time the Indians were commiting depredations such as stealing, etc., and trying to kill the settlers. The people of Lewisville and surrounding country received a severe scare. It was reported that the Indians were coming, and burning and killing as they came. Every family on this and McCurley Prairie left their homes and sought protection in the Rawlins, Kealy and Herod grist mill. The report however, proved false. The alarm was sounded by some school children between Big Elm and Little Elm. They mistook some cowmen, who were wearing red blankets as the Indians did, for Indians.
Stephen Alexander Kealy was in Union Army of Michigan Co K 6th Heavy artillery Enlisted Rawlins Co Michigan 23 Dec 1863 and was Mustered out New Orleans Louisiana 20 Aug 1865. He was serving with his brother Leonard Kealy in the same outfit in Fort Hudson January 1864 and at Fort Morgan Mobile Point Alabama by December 1864 where he and Leonard served out their time together. They were mostly guarding their Heavy artillery.
Stephen was appointed Postmaster at Lewisville Texas 16 May 1870.
Many letters were held and preserved from a family who bought the old homestead in Rollins Michigan and after being handed down several generations handed them over to Dana Thomas between Stephen Alexander Kealy and his cousin Sarah (Kealy) Bell and a daughter of hers. He wrote weekly while he was in the Army. He was single at the time. One letter was about the assassination of Prsident Lincoln and another talked about the capture of Atlanta Georgia by General Sherman.
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