Tom H. Allsup, age 88 years, 1 month and 27 days, died in San Marcos, Tex., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. H. M. Wilson, on Dec. 13, 1916, The remains were taken to Skidmore for interment and were laid to rest in the Madray Cemetery, some miles from that place. The Masonic Lodge of Beeville performed the last sad rites at the grave. Mr. Allsup was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., on Oct 17, 1828, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Allsup. He moved in 1840 to Panola County, Miss., where he remained until 1850, then coming to Texas and locating in Cherokee County. The following year he moved to Gonzales County, remaining there until 1857, when he moved to what was then Live Oak County. Shortly after his arrival here, Mr. Allsup signed the petition for the creation of Bee County, and in the early part of 1858 the county was organized. Mr. Allsup was a member of the first grand jury empaneled in the new country and voted in every Bee county election from the date of its organization until 1913. By the latter years he became too feeble to visit the polls. For several months he had been making his home with his daughter at San Marcos. His death was due to the infirmities of old age, and hastened by a fall sustained while walking in his room recently. He was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Caroline Smith in Goliad county on Dec. 10, 1860, her death occuring 22 years later. They were the parents of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive their father, except two, both daughters, Mrs. Mattie J. Jamison, the oldest, and Laura Allsup, third daughter. Mr. Allsup enlisted as a volunteer in the Confederate army in 1862 and served until the close. He was a member of Woodward's Company, Waller's Battalion, Green's Brigade. In recognition of this service the United Daughters of the Confederacy of San Marcos presented him, in March 1914, with a Cross of Honor. They also sent a wreath of ivy to accompany the remains to their last resting place. Mr. Allsup was a charter member of Beeville Lodge, No. 261, A.F. & A. M. He was the last of the charter members of this lodge to answer the final summons. Mr. Allsup joined the Baptist church in Beeville in 1876 and remained a faithful follower of the Lord to the end. When the Skidmore Baptist church was organized he withdrew his membership here and placed it at Skidmore, being a charter member of the church. Peace be to his ashes. (Joan Daily Spragins, Martindale, Texas, 1971)