Horace Lee was born May 7, 1865 at the Van Culen Plantation, located in the southwestern part of Cherokee County, Texas to parents Duncan and Margaret McCall. Duncan was born February 18, 1827 in Claiborne, MS, died February 24, 1890 at Forrest. Texas They had come to Texas from Tensas Parish, Louisiana, to try to make a better life after battling the flooding of the Mississippi River many times.
Horace decided on a career in medicine. it is thought that the reason he made this choice, his family had lost many of it's members due to the fevers and other illnesses at that time. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with the class of 1893.
Soon after he came to Houston County to practice in the Tadmor Community, near Ratcliff. He met a young lady, Lula Musgrove, born October 17, 1876, daughter of Monsieru and Susan Musgrove. The couple were married October 20, 1895 at the home of the bride's parents, in the Coltharp Community, with the Rev WH Bowman presiding. They built a home in the Tadmor Community, and five daughters were born there. Pearl, born March 6, 1897, married Jess Wells. Minnie Lee, born Jan 6, 1900 married Lee Childers, Nena born July 16, 1903 devoted her life to teaching school, Jewel born October 22, 1906 died December 16, 1906 and Suzanna born June 28, 1909 died July 14, 1909.
Around 1915, the doctor and his family moved to Ratcliff, where they built a home, and he built a drugstore and doctors office. These were the days when doctors went to homes to treat the sick. He went in all kinds of weather on muddy roads by car or sometimes horseback. Money was not easy to come by, he was paid many times with vegetables, meat, eggs, whatever the family had. He was known for telling things the way they were! He believed cleanliness was next to Godliness, so many times he would have the family to clean the place first, so the sick could get well. Back then, little was known about "germs"! He saved many lives and delivered many babies in the area and was well respected. He delivered his great-grandaughter, Avis Wells, and her father Horace Lee Wells.
He died October 17, 1958, in the Crockett Medical and Surgical Hospital, after practicing medicine for sixty five years. He is buried next to his wife Lula, who died April 22, 1948 and his two baby daughters.
Submitted by: Avis Wells Walton
Great-grandaughter of Horace Lee Wells
Horace decided on a career in medicine. it is thought that the reason he made this choice, his family had lost many of it's members due to the fevers and other illnesses at that time. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with the class of 1893.
Soon after he came to Houston County to practice in the Tadmor Community, near Ratcliff. He met a young lady, Lula Musgrove, born October 17, 1876, daughter of Monsieru and Susan Musgrove. The couple were married October 20, 1895 at the home of the bride's parents, in the Coltharp Community, with the Rev WH Bowman presiding. They built a home in the Tadmor Community, and five daughters were born there. Pearl, born March 6, 1897, married Jess Wells. Minnie Lee, born Jan 6, 1900 married Lee Childers, Nena born July 16, 1903 devoted her life to teaching school, Jewel born October 22, 1906 died December 16, 1906 and Suzanna born June 28, 1909 died July 14, 1909.
Around 1915, the doctor and his family moved to Ratcliff, where they built a home, and he built a drugstore and doctors office. These were the days when doctors went to homes to treat the sick. He went in all kinds of weather on muddy roads by car or sometimes horseback. Money was not easy to come by, he was paid many times with vegetables, meat, eggs, whatever the family had. He was known for telling things the way they were! He believed cleanliness was next to Godliness, so many times he would have the family to clean the place first, so the sick could get well. Back then, little was known about "germs"! He saved many lives and delivered many babies in the area and was well respected. He delivered his great-grandaughter, Avis Wells, and her father Horace Lee Wells.
He died October 17, 1958, in the Crockett Medical and Surgical Hospital, after practicing medicine for sixty five years. He is buried next to his wife Lula, who died April 22, 1948 and his two baby daughters.
Submitted by: Avis Wells Walton
Great-grandaughter of Horace Lee Wells
Horace Lee was born May 7, 1865 at the Van Culen Plantation, located in the southwestern part of Cherokee County, Texas to parents Duncan and Margaret McCall. Duncan was born February 18, 1827 in Claiborne, MS, died February 24, 1890 at Forrest. Texas They had come to Texas from Tensas Parish, Louisiana, to try to make a better life after battling the flooding of the Mississippi River many times.
Horace decided on a career in medicine. it is thought that the reason he made this choice, his family had lost many of it's members due to the fevers and other illnesses at that time. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with the class of 1893.
Soon after he came to Houston County to practice in the Tadmor Community, near Ratcliff. He met a young lady, Lula Musgrove, born October 17, 1876, daughter of Monsieru and Susan Musgrove. The couple were married October 20, 1895 at the home of the bride's parents, in the Coltharp Community, with the Rev WH Bowman presiding. They built a home in the Tadmor Community, and five daughters were born there. Pearl, born March 6, 1897, married Jess Wells. Minnie Lee, born Jan 6, 1900 married Lee Childers, Nena born July 16, 1903 devoted her life to teaching school, Jewel born October 22, 1906 died December 16, 1906 and Suzanna born June 28, 1909 died July 14, 1909.
Around 1915, the doctor and his family moved to Ratcliff, where they built a home, and he built a drugstore and doctors office. These were the days when doctors went to homes to treat the sick. He went in all kinds of weather on muddy roads by car or sometimes horseback. Money was not easy to come by, he was paid many times with vegetables, meat, eggs, whatever the family had. He was known for telling things the way they were! He believed cleanliness was next to Godliness, so many times he would have the family to clean the place first, so the sick could get well. Back then, little was known about "germs"! He saved many lives and delivered many babies in the area and was well respected. He delivered his great-grandaughter, Avis Wells, and her father Horace Lee Wells.
He died October 17, 1958, in the Crockett Medical and Surgical Hospital, after practicing medicine for sixty five years. He is buried next to his wife Lula, who died April 22, 1948 and his two baby daughters.
Submitted by: Avis Wells Walton
Great-grandaughter of Horace Lee Wells
Horace decided on a career in medicine. it is thought that the reason he made this choice, his family had lost many of it's members due to the fevers and other illnesses at that time. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with the class of 1893.
Soon after he came to Houston County to practice in the Tadmor Community, near Ratcliff. He met a young lady, Lula Musgrove, born October 17, 1876, daughter of Monsieru and Susan Musgrove. The couple were married October 20, 1895 at the home of the bride's parents, in the Coltharp Community, with the Rev WH Bowman presiding. They built a home in the Tadmor Community, and five daughters were born there. Pearl, born March 6, 1897, married Jess Wells. Minnie Lee, born Jan 6, 1900 married Lee Childers, Nena born July 16, 1903 devoted her life to teaching school, Jewel born October 22, 1906 died December 16, 1906 and Suzanna born June 28, 1909 died July 14, 1909.
Around 1915, the doctor and his family moved to Ratcliff, where they built a home, and he built a drugstore and doctors office. These were the days when doctors went to homes to treat the sick. He went in all kinds of weather on muddy roads by car or sometimes horseback. Money was not easy to come by, he was paid many times with vegetables, meat, eggs, whatever the family had. He was known for telling things the way they were! He believed cleanliness was next to Godliness, so many times he would have the family to clean the place first, so the sick could get well. Back then, little was known about "germs"! He saved many lives and delivered many babies in the area and was well respected. He delivered his great-grandaughter, Avis Wells, and her father Horace Lee Wells.
He died October 17, 1958, in the Crockett Medical and Surgical Hospital, after practicing medicine for sixty five years. He is buried next to his wife Lula, who died April 22, 1948 and his two baby daughters.
Submitted by: Avis Wells Walton
Great-grandaughter of Horace Lee Wells
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