A History of Texas and Texans, Vol. 5 , by Frank W. Johnson. A leader in the Texas revolution.
William Thomas Wall, is a farmer and stockman of the Aberdeen community of Collingsworth county and the owner of the Aberdeen section. He came into this locality in 1893, a settler from the Chickasaw Nation, although he was hardly more than a temporary settler in what is now Oklahoma. He spent but two years there, on Mud Creek, at the mouth of Deer Creek, a lessee and carried on mixed farming. He went to Oklahoma from Montague County, Texas, having spent some seven years near Eagle Point, in that county, as a farmer, having previously resided four miles northeast of Sherman. He was born in Randolph County, Georgia, not far from the county seat, October 22, 1850.
William T. Wall suffered in boyhood a lack of educational privileges from reasons over which he had no control. The war but recently over, had disorganized the country at that time and the new conditions had not yet come about. He engaged in farming until 1873 when he left Georgia for Texas and made the changes already mentioned. After his marriage 1887, for a time he utilized his span of horses and his capital of $750 in operating his wife's land on Red River. Later he disposed of this land and when he came to Collingsworth County he went to work for the Rocking Chair Ranch as a cowboy and remained with that company for four years. In 1893 he filed on his present home farm, moving into the little two-room house, about the only improvement on the place, and several of his children were born there. Mr. Wall then went into stock farming, subsequently becoming a shipper of his own stock, and his registered Little Bone Berkshires have been a source of great profit. He keeps the White Face cattle, has added a half section to his first filing, has fenced his property and has bought 300 acres under cultivation.
In Montague County, Texas, in September, 1887, Mr. Wall was married to Miss Ellen Coleman, a daughter of Alexander Coleman, who came to Texas from Tennessee, He was a Mexican war veteran, a farmer and slaveholder and during the Civil war was a Confederate soldier in Texas. They had four children: Sallie, Mrs. Childress, of Collingsworth County; James of Montana; John of Collingsworth County; and Mrs. Wall. the following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wall: Carl, who is in the moving picture business at Wellington, Texas, married Miss Ola Cragg; Lula who is the wife of Albert Laycock; Alexander, who is with a wild west show enterprise; Sallie, who is the wife of John Lenox, of Collingsworth County; Hilda, who is the wife of Clyde Bird, of the Aberdeen locality; and Thomas, Julian, Marie and Dick.
When Mr. Wall came to this locality there were no school facilities an he, with Ed. Tomlinson, built the first schoolhouse. This was afterward destroyed by a cyclone, two months later. School sessions were then held for a few months in a dwelling and then the Aberdeen schoolhouse was built and it was converted into a church, the first building here ever used exclusively for church purposes. The next schoolhouse was erected on Mr. Wall's section. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he has served as one of the stewards. Politically he is a democrat and fraternally an Odd Fellow.
William T. Wall's father William E. Wall came from Georgia To Texas Montague Co. abt 1874 he and his wife Lucinda are buried at Old Spanish Fort.
William Thomas Wall, is a farmer and stockman of the Aberdeen community of Collingsworth county and the owner of the Aberdeen section. He came into this locality in 1893, a settler from the Chickasaw Nation, although he was hardly more than a temporary settler in what is now Oklahoma. He spent but two years there, on Mud Creek, at the mouth of Deer Creek, a lessee and carried on mixed farming. He went to Oklahoma from Montague County, Texas, having spent some seven years near Eagle Point, in that county, as a farmer, having previously resided four miles northeast of Sherman. He was born in Randolph County, Georgia, not far from the county seat, October 22, 1850.
William T. Wall suffered in boyhood a lack of educational privileges from reasons over which he had no control. The war but recently over, had disorganized the country at that time and the new conditions had not yet come about. He engaged in farming until 1873 when he left Georgia for Texas and made the changes already mentioned. After his marriage 1887, for a time he utilized his span of horses and his capital of $750 in operating his wife's land on Red River. Later he disposed of this land and when he came to Collingsworth County he went to work for the Rocking Chair Ranch as a cowboy and remained with that company for four years. In 1893 he filed on his present home farm, moving into the little two-room house, about the only improvement on the place, and several of his children were born there. Mr. Wall then went into stock farming, subsequently becoming a shipper of his own stock, and his registered Little Bone Berkshires have been a source of great profit. He keeps the White Face cattle, has added a half section to his first filing, has fenced his property and has bought 300 acres under cultivation.
In Montague County, Texas, in September, 1887, Mr. Wall was married to Miss Ellen Coleman, a daughter of Alexander Coleman, who came to Texas from Tennessee, He was a Mexican war veteran, a farmer and slaveholder and during the Civil war was a Confederate soldier in Texas. They had four children: Sallie, Mrs. Childress, of Collingsworth County; James of Montana; John of Collingsworth County; and Mrs. Wall. the following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wall: Carl, who is in the moving picture business at Wellington, Texas, married Miss Ola Cragg; Lula who is the wife of Albert Laycock; Alexander, who is with a wild west show enterprise; Sallie, who is the wife of John Lenox, of Collingsworth County; Hilda, who is the wife of Clyde Bird, of the Aberdeen locality; and Thomas, Julian, Marie and Dick.
When Mr. Wall came to this locality there were no school facilities an he, with Ed. Tomlinson, built the first schoolhouse. This was afterward destroyed by a cyclone, two months later. School sessions were then held for a few months in a dwelling and then the Aberdeen schoolhouse was built and it was converted into a church, the first building here ever used exclusively for church purposes. The next schoolhouse was erected on Mr. Wall's section. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he has served as one of the stewards. Politically he is a democrat and fraternally an Odd Fellow.
William T. Wall's father William E. Wall came from Georgia To Texas Montague Co. abt 1874 he and his wife Lucinda are buried at Old Spanish Fort.
A History of Texas and Texans, Vol. 5 , by Frank W. Johnson. A leader in the Texas revolution.
William Thomas Wall, is a farmer and stockman of the Aberdeen community of Collingsworth county and the owner of the Aberdeen section. He came into this locality in 1893, a settler from the Chickasaw Nation, although he was hardly more than a temporary settler in what is now Oklahoma. He spent but two years there, on Mud Creek, at the mouth of Deer Creek, a lessee and carried on mixed farming. He went to Oklahoma from Montague County, Texas, having spent some seven years near Eagle Point, in that county, as a farmer, having previously resided four miles northeast of Sherman. He was born in Randolph County, Georgia, not far from the county seat, October 22, 1850.
William T. Wall suffered in boyhood a lack of educational privileges from reasons over which he had no control. The war but recently over, had disorganized the country at that time and the new conditions had not yet come about. He engaged in farming until 1873 when he left Georgia for Texas and made the changes already mentioned. After his marriage 1887, for a time he utilized his span of horses and his capital of $750 in operating his wife's land on Red River. Later he disposed of this land and when he came to Collingsworth County he went to work for the Rocking Chair Ranch as a cowboy and remained with that company for four years. In 1893 he filed on his present home farm, moving into the little two-room house, about the only improvement on the place, and several of his children were born there. Mr. Wall then went into stock farming, subsequently becoming a shipper of his own stock, and his registered Little Bone Berkshires have been a source of great profit. He keeps the White Face cattle, has added a half section to his first filing, has fenced his property and has bought 300 acres under cultivation.
In Montague County, Texas, in September, 1887, Mr. Wall was married to Miss Ellen Coleman, a daughter of Alexander Coleman, who came to Texas from Tennessee, He was a Mexican war veteran, a farmer and slaveholder and during the Civil war was a Confederate soldier in Texas. They had four children: Sallie, Mrs. Childress, of Collingsworth County; James of Montana; John of Collingsworth County; and Mrs. Wall. the following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wall: Carl, who is in the moving picture business at Wellington, Texas, married Miss Ola Cragg; Lula who is the wife of Albert Laycock; Alexander, who is with a wild west show enterprise; Sallie, who is the wife of John Lenox, of Collingsworth County; Hilda, who is the wife of Clyde Bird, of the Aberdeen locality; and Thomas, Julian, Marie and Dick.
When Mr. Wall came to this locality there were no school facilities an he, with Ed. Tomlinson, built the first schoolhouse. This was afterward destroyed by a cyclone, two months later. School sessions were then held for a few months in a dwelling and then the Aberdeen schoolhouse was built and it was converted into a church, the first building here ever used exclusively for church purposes. The next schoolhouse was erected on Mr. Wall's section. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he has served as one of the stewards. Politically he is a democrat and fraternally an Odd Fellow.
William T. Wall's father William E. Wall came from Georgia To Texas Montague Co. abt 1874 he and his wife Lucinda are buried at Old Spanish Fort.
William Thomas Wall, is a farmer and stockman of the Aberdeen community of Collingsworth county and the owner of the Aberdeen section. He came into this locality in 1893, a settler from the Chickasaw Nation, although he was hardly more than a temporary settler in what is now Oklahoma. He spent but two years there, on Mud Creek, at the mouth of Deer Creek, a lessee and carried on mixed farming. He went to Oklahoma from Montague County, Texas, having spent some seven years near Eagle Point, in that county, as a farmer, having previously resided four miles northeast of Sherman. He was born in Randolph County, Georgia, not far from the county seat, October 22, 1850.
William T. Wall suffered in boyhood a lack of educational privileges from reasons over which he had no control. The war but recently over, had disorganized the country at that time and the new conditions had not yet come about. He engaged in farming until 1873 when he left Georgia for Texas and made the changes already mentioned. After his marriage 1887, for a time he utilized his span of horses and his capital of $750 in operating his wife's land on Red River. Later he disposed of this land and when he came to Collingsworth County he went to work for the Rocking Chair Ranch as a cowboy and remained with that company for four years. In 1893 he filed on his present home farm, moving into the little two-room house, about the only improvement on the place, and several of his children were born there. Mr. Wall then went into stock farming, subsequently becoming a shipper of his own stock, and his registered Little Bone Berkshires have been a source of great profit. He keeps the White Face cattle, has added a half section to his first filing, has fenced his property and has bought 300 acres under cultivation.
In Montague County, Texas, in September, 1887, Mr. Wall was married to Miss Ellen Coleman, a daughter of Alexander Coleman, who came to Texas from Tennessee, He was a Mexican war veteran, a farmer and slaveholder and during the Civil war was a Confederate soldier in Texas. They had four children: Sallie, Mrs. Childress, of Collingsworth County; James of Montana; John of Collingsworth County; and Mrs. Wall. the following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wall: Carl, who is in the moving picture business at Wellington, Texas, married Miss Ola Cragg; Lula who is the wife of Albert Laycock; Alexander, who is with a wild west show enterprise; Sallie, who is the wife of John Lenox, of Collingsworth County; Hilda, who is the wife of Clyde Bird, of the Aberdeen locality; and Thomas, Julian, Marie and Dick.
When Mr. Wall came to this locality there were no school facilities an he, with Ed. Tomlinson, built the first schoolhouse. This was afterward destroyed by a cyclone, two months later. School sessions were then held for a few months in a dwelling and then the Aberdeen schoolhouse was built and it was converted into a church, the first building here ever used exclusively for church purposes. The next schoolhouse was erected on Mr. Wall's section. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he has served as one of the stewards. Politically he is a democrat and fraternally an Odd Fellow.
William T. Wall's father William E. Wall came from Georgia To Texas Montague Co. abt 1874 he and his wife Lucinda are buried at Old Spanish Fort.
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