son of John F. Son - Jennie Doak
J.C. Son married Miss Ida T. Corbin on 24 December 1878 at Palo Pinto, Texas. She preceded him in death.
J.C. Son, 90, founder of the Palo Pinto County Star at Palo Pinto, Texas was a veteran pioneer Texas newspaper man and prominent in Texas politics, died at his daughter's home.
Services were held at the Christian Church at Palo Pinto.
Mr. Son served his apprenticeship at Harrisonville, Missouri and became a journeyman printer for the McKinney Messenger at McKinney, Missouri in 1973. He moved to Texas in 1874 and founded the Plano News and remained there for one year. The Lancaster Gazette was founded by Mr. Son in 1875 and later he moved to Dallas and worked on the Dallas Evening Commercial. At this time, Mr. Son hear the Texas & Pacific railway was to build its tracks west of Palo Pint, then on the outskirts of Texa and the last organized county west of Dallas. He decided to pioneer with many early Texans heeding the urge to "Go West". He rode a Spanish pony to Palo Pinto and sent his type and the old hand press that still is in operation in the Star office by ox cart. This move revealed the courage and stamina of an ambitious young man of pioneer parents who was set upon making his mark in the world despite all obstacles and the dangers of Indian raids. Mr. Son established the weekly county seat newspaper at Palo Pinto. The Palo Pinto County Star, the first issue coming off the hand press on 22 June 1876 He operated the paper continuously for 57-1/2 years, and it was known as the oldest newspaper in Texas operated continuously under the same management when he sold it to Mrs. Mary Whatley Dunbar on 1 January 1934.
Mr. Son was one of the most popular members of the Texas Press Association and of the Texas Editorial Association of which he was vice-president for life by virtue of the fact he was the oldest editor in Texas in point of years of service. His energies were shared in lodge work and he helped organize the I.O.O.F. Lodges at Palo Pinto, Breckenridge and Albany. He was a leader in the Democratic Party. He saw Mineral Wells grow from one residence and a few tents to a modern Health Resotrt and wrote the first publicity articles telling the world of the advantages of the wonderful mineral water to be found there. He received pay for these articles in the form of a town lot.
Survived by three daughters - Mrs. R.B. Abernathy, Mrs. Corrie Keys, Mrs. J.O. Gore; four grandsons; one great-grandddaugher.
James Crittenden Son used an old Cincinnati hand press made in 1838 to print the Palo Pinto County Star for over 57 years. He moved to Texas in 1874 from Missouri and established the Plano News and Lancaster Gazetter before pushing west to Palo Pinto, Texas in 1876. He became the owner / Operator / Founder / Editor of the Palo Pinto Star newspaper in 1876. The first issue of the weekly Palo Pinto County Star was published on 22 June 1876. Son publisted the Palo Pinto County Star every week from its beginning until 1934, when he was 86 years old and beginning to "slow down". His paper was then the oldest paper in Texas under one management.
Mr. Son liked the climate and married Miss Ida Corbin in Palo Pinto, Texas.
Son was a Democrat of the old school and founded the Democratic Party in Palo Pinto County and served as its chairman for 30 years.
Mr. Son continued to publish the Palo Pinto County Star until he was 86 years of age and feeble health forced him to sell in 1934. The new editor was a young woman, Mary Whatley Dunbar Clarke whom Mr. Son had known all her life. Mr. Son's last issue of the paper had a hand-written and hand-set editorial on its front page set in 12 point type. It was the last article he ever wrote for the paper and was headed: "After 57 1/2 years we are out of the saddle."
Son continued his interest in the paper after his retirement for four years. Mrs. Clark recalls the first week after she took over, the press boy became ill and couldn't ink the 96-year-old Cincinnati press, which had come from freighter wagon to Palo Pinto from Missouri. Editor Son came to the rescue, tied on his printer's apron and inked every page. Then when he had finished, he said, "Give the money to the boy, he needs it."
At the time of his death, he was the vice-president of the Texas Editorial Association, having been elected for life due to the fact that he was the oldest editor in point of service in Texas and because the Palo Pinto Star was the oldest paper in the state under one management.
Mr. Son was living at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ray B. Abernathy at his death. He was 90 years old.
Mrs. Clarke owned/operated The Star from 1934-1939 when she sold the paper to Charles Johnson of Mineral Wells. In 1940, she bought the paper back from Mr. Johnson and kept it until January 1946. In 1938, Mrs. Clarke published the largest paper during the history of the paper when she had the edition of celebrating the 100-year-old press. The paper and pages were all handset and printed on the old press. In 1941, Mrs. Clarke purchased a Whitlock cylinder press which replaced the hand model. In 1946, George D. Barber bought the Star from Mrs. Clarke. He published the paper until 1948 when Nugent E. Brown of Washington, DC purchased the Star from Mr. Barber and published the paper for a short time. He leased the paper to Dal Dalrymple who published it until April 1, 1951. At that time, E.C. Schoolcraft leased the Star from Mr. Brown who his a native of Palo Pinto County. E.C. Schoolcraft worked at the Star for 14 years before leasing the paper.
J.C. Son married Miss Ida T. Corbin on 24 December 1878 at Palo Pinto, Texas. She preceded him in death.
J.C. Son, 90, founder of the Palo Pinto County Star at Palo Pinto, Texas was a veteran pioneer Texas newspaper man and prominent in Texas politics, died at his daughter's home.
Services were held at the Christian Church at Palo Pinto.
Mr. Son served his apprenticeship at Harrisonville, Missouri and became a journeyman printer for the McKinney Messenger at McKinney, Missouri in 1973. He moved to Texas in 1874 and founded the Plano News and remained there for one year. The Lancaster Gazette was founded by Mr. Son in 1875 and later he moved to Dallas and worked on the Dallas Evening Commercial. At this time, Mr. Son hear the Texas & Pacific railway was to build its tracks west of Palo Pint, then on the outskirts of Texa and the last organized county west of Dallas. He decided to pioneer with many early Texans heeding the urge to "Go West". He rode a Spanish pony to Palo Pinto and sent his type and the old hand press that still is in operation in the Star office by ox cart. This move revealed the courage and stamina of an ambitious young man of pioneer parents who was set upon making his mark in the world despite all obstacles and the dangers of Indian raids. Mr. Son established the weekly county seat newspaper at Palo Pinto. The Palo Pinto County Star, the first issue coming off the hand press on 22 June 1876 He operated the paper continuously for 57-1/2 years, and it was known as the oldest newspaper in Texas operated continuously under the same management when he sold it to Mrs. Mary Whatley Dunbar on 1 January 1934.
Mr. Son was one of the most popular members of the Texas Press Association and of the Texas Editorial Association of which he was vice-president for life by virtue of the fact he was the oldest editor in Texas in point of years of service. His energies were shared in lodge work and he helped organize the I.O.O.F. Lodges at Palo Pinto, Breckenridge and Albany. He was a leader in the Democratic Party. He saw Mineral Wells grow from one residence and a few tents to a modern Health Resotrt and wrote the first publicity articles telling the world of the advantages of the wonderful mineral water to be found there. He received pay for these articles in the form of a town lot.
Survived by three daughters - Mrs. R.B. Abernathy, Mrs. Corrie Keys, Mrs. J.O. Gore; four grandsons; one great-grandddaugher.
James Crittenden Son used an old Cincinnati hand press made in 1838 to print the Palo Pinto County Star for over 57 years. He moved to Texas in 1874 from Missouri and established the Plano News and Lancaster Gazetter before pushing west to Palo Pinto, Texas in 1876. He became the owner / Operator / Founder / Editor of the Palo Pinto Star newspaper in 1876. The first issue of the weekly Palo Pinto County Star was published on 22 June 1876. Son publisted the Palo Pinto County Star every week from its beginning until 1934, when he was 86 years old and beginning to "slow down". His paper was then the oldest paper in Texas under one management.
Mr. Son liked the climate and married Miss Ida Corbin in Palo Pinto, Texas.
Son was a Democrat of the old school and founded the Democratic Party in Palo Pinto County and served as its chairman for 30 years.
Mr. Son continued to publish the Palo Pinto County Star until he was 86 years of age and feeble health forced him to sell in 1934. The new editor was a young woman, Mary Whatley Dunbar Clarke whom Mr. Son had known all her life. Mr. Son's last issue of the paper had a hand-written and hand-set editorial on its front page set in 12 point type. It was the last article he ever wrote for the paper and was headed: "After 57 1/2 years we are out of the saddle."
Son continued his interest in the paper after his retirement for four years. Mrs. Clark recalls the first week after she took over, the press boy became ill and couldn't ink the 96-year-old Cincinnati press, which had come from freighter wagon to Palo Pinto from Missouri. Editor Son came to the rescue, tied on his printer's apron and inked every page. Then when he had finished, he said, "Give the money to the boy, he needs it."
At the time of his death, he was the vice-president of the Texas Editorial Association, having been elected for life due to the fact that he was the oldest editor in point of service in Texas and because the Palo Pinto Star was the oldest paper in the state under one management.
Mr. Son was living at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ray B. Abernathy at his death. He was 90 years old.
Mrs. Clarke owned/operated The Star from 1934-1939 when she sold the paper to Charles Johnson of Mineral Wells. In 1940, she bought the paper back from Mr. Johnson and kept it until January 1946. In 1938, Mrs. Clarke published the largest paper during the history of the paper when she had the edition of celebrating the 100-year-old press. The paper and pages were all handset and printed on the old press. In 1941, Mrs. Clarke purchased a Whitlock cylinder press which replaced the hand model. In 1946, George D. Barber bought the Star from Mrs. Clarke. He published the paper until 1948 when Nugent E. Brown of Washington, DC purchased the Star from Mr. Barber and published the paper for a short time. He leased the paper to Dal Dalrymple who published it until April 1, 1951. At that time, E.C. Schoolcraft leased the Star from Mr. Brown who his a native of Palo Pinto County. E.C. Schoolcraft worked at the Star for 14 years before leasing the paper.
son of John F. Son - Jennie Doak
J.C. Son married Miss Ida T. Corbin on 24 December 1878 at Palo Pinto, Texas. She preceded him in death.
J.C. Son, 90, founder of the Palo Pinto County Star at Palo Pinto, Texas was a veteran pioneer Texas newspaper man and prominent in Texas politics, died at his daughter's home.
Services were held at the Christian Church at Palo Pinto.
Mr. Son served his apprenticeship at Harrisonville, Missouri and became a journeyman printer for the McKinney Messenger at McKinney, Missouri in 1973. He moved to Texas in 1874 and founded the Plano News and remained there for one year. The Lancaster Gazette was founded by Mr. Son in 1875 and later he moved to Dallas and worked on the Dallas Evening Commercial. At this time, Mr. Son hear the Texas & Pacific railway was to build its tracks west of Palo Pint, then on the outskirts of Texa and the last organized county west of Dallas. He decided to pioneer with many early Texans heeding the urge to "Go West". He rode a Spanish pony to Palo Pinto and sent his type and the old hand press that still is in operation in the Star office by ox cart. This move revealed the courage and stamina of an ambitious young man of pioneer parents who was set upon making his mark in the world despite all obstacles and the dangers of Indian raids. Mr. Son established the weekly county seat newspaper at Palo Pinto. The Palo Pinto County Star, the first issue coming off the hand press on 22 June 1876 He operated the paper continuously for 57-1/2 years, and it was known as the oldest newspaper in Texas operated continuously under the same management when he sold it to Mrs. Mary Whatley Dunbar on 1 January 1934.
Mr. Son was one of the most popular members of the Texas Press Association and of the Texas Editorial Association of which he was vice-president for life by virtue of the fact he was the oldest editor in Texas in point of years of service. His energies were shared in lodge work and he helped organize the I.O.O.F. Lodges at Palo Pinto, Breckenridge and Albany. He was a leader in the Democratic Party. He saw Mineral Wells grow from one residence and a few tents to a modern Health Resotrt and wrote the first publicity articles telling the world of the advantages of the wonderful mineral water to be found there. He received pay for these articles in the form of a town lot.
Survived by three daughters - Mrs. R.B. Abernathy, Mrs. Corrie Keys, Mrs. J.O. Gore; four grandsons; one great-grandddaugher.
James Crittenden Son used an old Cincinnati hand press made in 1838 to print the Palo Pinto County Star for over 57 years. He moved to Texas in 1874 from Missouri and established the Plano News and Lancaster Gazetter before pushing west to Palo Pinto, Texas in 1876. He became the owner / Operator / Founder / Editor of the Palo Pinto Star newspaper in 1876. The first issue of the weekly Palo Pinto County Star was published on 22 June 1876. Son publisted the Palo Pinto County Star every week from its beginning until 1934, when he was 86 years old and beginning to "slow down". His paper was then the oldest paper in Texas under one management.
Mr. Son liked the climate and married Miss Ida Corbin in Palo Pinto, Texas.
Son was a Democrat of the old school and founded the Democratic Party in Palo Pinto County and served as its chairman for 30 years.
Mr. Son continued to publish the Palo Pinto County Star until he was 86 years of age and feeble health forced him to sell in 1934. The new editor was a young woman, Mary Whatley Dunbar Clarke whom Mr. Son had known all her life. Mr. Son's last issue of the paper had a hand-written and hand-set editorial on its front page set in 12 point type. It was the last article he ever wrote for the paper and was headed: "After 57 1/2 years we are out of the saddle."
Son continued his interest in the paper after his retirement for four years. Mrs. Clark recalls the first week after she took over, the press boy became ill and couldn't ink the 96-year-old Cincinnati press, which had come from freighter wagon to Palo Pinto from Missouri. Editor Son came to the rescue, tied on his printer's apron and inked every page. Then when he had finished, he said, "Give the money to the boy, he needs it."
At the time of his death, he was the vice-president of the Texas Editorial Association, having been elected for life due to the fact that he was the oldest editor in point of service in Texas and because the Palo Pinto Star was the oldest paper in the state under one management.
Mr. Son was living at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ray B. Abernathy at his death. He was 90 years old.
Mrs. Clarke owned/operated The Star from 1934-1939 when she sold the paper to Charles Johnson of Mineral Wells. In 1940, she bought the paper back from Mr. Johnson and kept it until January 1946. In 1938, Mrs. Clarke published the largest paper during the history of the paper when she had the edition of celebrating the 100-year-old press. The paper and pages were all handset and printed on the old press. In 1941, Mrs. Clarke purchased a Whitlock cylinder press which replaced the hand model. In 1946, George D. Barber bought the Star from Mrs. Clarke. He published the paper until 1948 when Nugent E. Brown of Washington, DC purchased the Star from Mr. Barber and published the paper for a short time. He leased the paper to Dal Dalrymple who published it until April 1, 1951. At that time, E.C. Schoolcraft leased the Star from Mr. Brown who his a native of Palo Pinto County. E.C. Schoolcraft worked at the Star for 14 years before leasing the paper.
J.C. Son married Miss Ida T. Corbin on 24 December 1878 at Palo Pinto, Texas. She preceded him in death.
J.C. Son, 90, founder of the Palo Pinto County Star at Palo Pinto, Texas was a veteran pioneer Texas newspaper man and prominent in Texas politics, died at his daughter's home.
Services were held at the Christian Church at Palo Pinto.
Mr. Son served his apprenticeship at Harrisonville, Missouri and became a journeyman printer for the McKinney Messenger at McKinney, Missouri in 1973. He moved to Texas in 1874 and founded the Plano News and remained there for one year. The Lancaster Gazette was founded by Mr. Son in 1875 and later he moved to Dallas and worked on the Dallas Evening Commercial. At this time, Mr. Son hear the Texas & Pacific railway was to build its tracks west of Palo Pint, then on the outskirts of Texa and the last organized county west of Dallas. He decided to pioneer with many early Texans heeding the urge to "Go West". He rode a Spanish pony to Palo Pinto and sent his type and the old hand press that still is in operation in the Star office by ox cart. This move revealed the courage and stamina of an ambitious young man of pioneer parents who was set upon making his mark in the world despite all obstacles and the dangers of Indian raids. Mr. Son established the weekly county seat newspaper at Palo Pinto. The Palo Pinto County Star, the first issue coming off the hand press on 22 June 1876 He operated the paper continuously for 57-1/2 years, and it was known as the oldest newspaper in Texas operated continuously under the same management when he sold it to Mrs. Mary Whatley Dunbar on 1 January 1934.
Mr. Son was one of the most popular members of the Texas Press Association and of the Texas Editorial Association of which he was vice-president for life by virtue of the fact he was the oldest editor in Texas in point of years of service. His energies were shared in lodge work and he helped organize the I.O.O.F. Lodges at Palo Pinto, Breckenridge and Albany. He was a leader in the Democratic Party. He saw Mineral Wells grow from one residence and a few tents to a modern Health Resotrt and wrote the first publicity articles telling the world of the advantages of the wonderful mineral water to be found there. He received pay for these articles in the form of a town lot.
Survived by three daughters - Mrs. R.B. Abernathy, Mrs. Corrie Keys, Mrs. J.O. Gore; four grandsons; one great-grandddaugher.
James Crittenden Son used an old Cincinnati hand press made in 1838 to print the Palo Pinto County Star for over 57 years. He moved to Texas in 1874 from Missouri and established the Plano News and Lancaster Gazetter before pushing west to Palo Pinto, Texas in 1876. He became the owner / Operator / Founder / Editor of the Palo Pinto Star newspaper in 1876. The first issue of the weekly Palo Pinto County Star was published on 22 June 1876. Son publisted the Palo Pinto County Star every week from its beginning until 1934, when he was 86 years old and beginning to "slow down". His paper was then the oldest paper in Texas under one management.
Mr. Son liked the climate and married Miss Ida Corbin in Palo Pinto, Texas.
Son was a Democrat of the old school and founded the Democratic Party in Palo Pinto County and served as its chairman for 30 years.
Mr. Son continued to publish the Palo Pinto County Star until he was 86 years of age and feeble health forced him to sell in 1934. The new editor was a young woman, Mary Whatley Dunbar Clarke whom Mr. Son had known all her life. Mr. Son's last issue of the paper had a hand-written and hand-set editorial on its front page set in 12 point type. It was the last article he ever wrote for the paper and was headed: "After 57 1/2 years we are out of the saddle."
Son continued his interest in the paper after his retirement for four years. Mrs. Clark recalls the first week after she took over, the press boy became ill and couldn't ink the 96-year-old Cincinnati press, which had come from freighter wagon to Palo Pinto from Missouri. Editor Son came to the rescue, tied on his printer's apron and inked every page. Then when he had finished, he said, "Give the money to the boy, he needs it."
At the time of his death, he was the vice-president of the Texas Editorial Association, having been elected for life due to the fact that he was the oldest editor in point of service in Texas and because the Palo Pinto Star was the oldest paper in the state under one management.
Mr. Son was living at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ray B. Abernathy at his death. He was 90 years old.
Mrs. Clarke owned/operated The Star from 1934-1939 when she sold the paper to Charles Johnson of Mineral Wells. In 1940, she bought the paper back from Mr. Johnson and kept it until January 1946. In 1938, Mrs. Clarke published the largest paper during the history of the paper when she had the edition of celebrating the 100-year-old press. The paper and pages were all handset and printed on the old press. In 1941, Mrs. Clarke purchased a Whitlock cylinder press which replaced the hand model. In 1946, George D. Barber bought the Star from Mrs. Clarke. He published the paper until 1948 when Nugent E. Brown of Washington, DC purchased the Star from Mr. Barber and published the paper for a short time. He leased the paper to Dal Dalrymple who published it until April 1, 1951. At that time, E.C. Schoolcraft leased the Star from Mr. Brown who his a native of Palo Pinto County. E.C. Schoolcraft worked at the Star for 14 years before leasing the paper.
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