James and his wife, natives of Tennessee, traveled by covered wagon from Giles County to Texas in the early 1890s.
James' working abilities were limited as the result of losing an arm in a threshing machine accident and his wife was in ill health much of the time. He provided for the family by raising and selling vegetables to nearby neighbors and stores in the surrounding communities.
The area doctor advised Emma to relocate to Arkansas for health reasons and the family moved, by covered wagon, to Prescott, Arkansas in 1905. Frequent stops were made along the way in order to earn money for food. The Willeford family returned to Texas around 1910. They arrived at the depot in Wylie onboard a train pulled by a big steam powered locomotive engine.
Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
James' working abilities were limited as the result of losing an arm in a threshing machine accident and his wife was in ill health much of the time. He provided for the family by raising and selling vegetables to nearby neighbors and stores in the surrounding communities.
The area doctor advised Emma to relocate to Arkansas for health reasons and the family moved, by covered wagon, to Prescott, Arkansas in 1905. Frequent stops were made along the way in order to earn money for food. The Willeford family returned to Texas around 1910. They arrived at the depot in Wylie onboard a train pulled by a big steam powered locomotive engine.
Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
James and his wife, natives of Tennessee, traveled by covered wagon from Giles County to Texas in the early 1890s.
James' working abilities were limited as the result of losing an arm in a threshing machine accident and his wife was in ill health much of the time. He provided for the family by raising and selling vegetables to nearby neighbors and stores in the surrounding communities.
The area doctor advised Emma to relocate to Arkansas for health reasons and the family moved, by covered wagon, to Prescott, Arkansas in 1905. Frequent stops were made along the way in order to earn money for food. The Willeford family returned to Texas around 1910. They arrived at the depot in Wylie onboard a train pulled by a big steam powered locomotive engine.
Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
James' working abilities were limited as the result of losing an arm in a threshing machine accident and his wife was in ill health much of the time. He provided for the family by raising and selling vegetables to nearby neighbors and stores in the surrounding communities.
The area doctor advised Emma to relocate to Arkansas for health reasons and the family moved, by covered wagon, to Prescott, Arkansas in 1905. Frequent stops were made along the way in order to earn money for food. The Willeford family returned to Texas around 1910. They arrived at the depot in Wylie onboard a train pulled by a big steam powered locomotive engine.
Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
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