Son of William Marshall "Bill" and Nancy (Hurt) Stovall
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STOVALL, W. M.
Liked the Open Range
W. M. (Billy) Stovall was a cattleman, and when ranges were broken out for wheat or crops, he moved westward in search of more grass for his cattle. His father had sent him as a boy of 16 to deliver 50 horses to the Pitchfork Ranch, around Dickens, and he stayed to become a cowboy. After his marriage in Dickens County to Miss Mary McAteer, he moved to Floydada and ran his cattle around McAdoo.
Wheat began to take over the range there, and he moved to Deaf Smith County from Floydada in 1919. His ranch in the north-west part of the county embraced the New Kelso area. Again wheat crowded the range, and Stovall moved on the Obar, N. M., in 1932. There he found land where farming had already proved unprofitable. He ranched in New Mexico through the dust bowl days and retired to move to Tucumcari six months before his death in 1944. Mrs. Stovall returned to make her home at Hereford and died here in 1952.
The Stovalls were parents of two daughters, Dyalthia, and Virginia. Dyalthia was married to Egbert Bradly; they have one son, Bill, of Hereford. Following her husband's death, Dyalthia Bradly was married to Henry Benson, Hereford. As manager of the Hereford, Texas Federal Credit Union, Mrs. Benson is well-known throughout the area. Virginia Stovall married J. C. Gilbreath, and they live at Dimmitt.
(A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964)
Thanks to Find A Grave member Sherry (47010546) for sharing :-)
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STOVALL, W. M.
Liked the Open Range
W. M. (Billy) Stovall was a cattleman, and when ranges were broken out for wheat or crops, he moved westward in search of more grass for his cattle. His father had sent him as a boy of 16 to deliver 50 horses to the Pitchfork Ranch, around Dickens, and he stayed to become a cowboy. After his marriage in Dickens County to Miss Mary McAteer, he moved to Floydada and ran his cattle around McAdoo.
Wheat began to take over the range there, and he moved to Deaf Smith County from Floydada in 1919. His ranch in the north-west part of the county embraced the New Kelso area. Again wheat crowded the range, and Stovall moved on the Obar, N. M., in 1932. There he found land where farming had already proved unprofitable. He ranched in New Mexico through the dust bowl days and retired to move to Tucumcari six months before his death in 1944. Mrs. Stovall returned to make her home at Hereford and died here in 1952.
The Stovalls were parents of two daughters, Dyalthia, and Virginia. Dyalthia was married to Egbert Bradly; they have one son, Bill, of Hereford. Following her husband's death, Dyalthia Bradly was married to Henry Benson, Hereford. As manager of the Hereford, Texas Federal Credit Union, Mrs. Benson is well-known throughout the area. Virginia Stovall married J. C. Gilbreath, and they live at Dimmitt.
(A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964)
Thanks to Find A Grave member Sherry (47010546) for sharing :-)
Son of William Marshall "Bill" and Nancy (Hurt) Stovall
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STOVALL, W. M.
Liked the Open Range
W. M. (Billy) Stovall was a cattleman, and when ranges were broken out for wheat or crops, he moved westward in search of more grass for his cattle. His father had sent him as a boy of 16 to deliver 50 horses to the Pitchfork Ranch, around Dickens, and he stayed to become a cowboy. After his marriage in Dickens County to Miss Mary McAteer, he moved to Floydada and ran his cattle around McAdoo.
Wheat began to take over the range there, and he moved to Deaf Smith County from Floydada in 1919. His ranch in the north-west part of the county embraced the New Kelso area. Again wheat crowded the range, and Stovall moved on the Obar, N. M., in 1932. There he found land where farming had already proved unprofitable. He ranched in New Mexico through the dust bowl days and retired to move to Tucumcari six months before his death in 1944. Mrs. Stovall returned to make her home at Hereford and died here in 1952.
The Stovalls were parents of two daughters, Dyalthia, and Virginia. Dyalthia was married to Egbert Bradly; they have one son, Bill, of Hereford. Following her husband's death, Dyalthia Bradly was married to Henry Benson, Hereford. As manager of the Hereford, Texas Federal Credit Union, Mrs. Benson is well-known throughout the area. Virginia Stovall married J. C. Gilbreath, and they live at Dimmitt.
(A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964)
Thanks to Find A Grave member Sherry (47010546) for sharing :-)
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STOVALL, W. M.
Liked the Open Range
W. M. (Billy) Stovall was a cattleman, and when ranges were broken out for wheat or crops, he moved westward in search of more grass for his cattle. His father had sent him as a boy of 16 to deliver 50 horses to the Pitchfork Ranch, around Dickens, and he stayed to become a cowboy. After his marriage in Dickens County to Miss Mary McAteer, he moved to Floydada and ran his cattle around McAdoo.
Wheat began to take over the range there, and he moved to Deaf Smith County from Floydada in 1919. His ranch in the north-west part of the county embraced the New Kelso area. Again wheat crowded the range, and Stovall moved on the Obar, N. M., in 1932. There he found land where farming had already proved unprofitable. He ranched in New Mexico through the dust bowl days and retired to move to Tucumcari six months before his death in 1944. Mrs. Stovall returned to make her home at Hereford and died here in 1952.
The Stovalls were parents of two daughters, Dyalthia, and Virginia. Dyalthia was married to Egbert Bradly; they have one son, Bill, of Hereford. Following her husband's death, Dyalthia Bradly was married to Henry Benson, Hereford. As manager of the Hereford, Texas Federal Credit Union, Mrs. Benson is well-known throughout the area. Virginia Stovall married J. C. Gilbreath, and they live at Dimmitt.
(A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964)
Thanks to Find A Grave member Sherry (47010546) for sharing :-)
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