Henry Montgomery Dye

I have already mentioned Mr. Henry M Dye in the post related to his daughter Madora Ellen and her husband Jackson Harrison Bowman. However, since he was the first doctor and one of the early settlers of Plano, Texas he deserves more than a note in another article.

Henry Montgomery Dye is credited for naming the city of Plano (the name related to the Spanish word "llano" = plain).

Henry Montgomery Dye, the eldest child of Thomas Dye and Mary Duey, was born on 30 September 1830 in Wood County, Virginia. In 1848, Henry moved to Plano. The 20-year-old physician was registered by the clerk of 1850 Census at the household of Mr. Joseph Klepper (1).

At the same time, Henry's parents and siblings lived in Dallas County, Texas. Mr. Thomas Dye was a carpenter, Henry's younger brother John ran a farm (2).

When Henry was 24, he married Miss Sarah Skiles (b. 28 Feb. 1834 in Three Springs, Warren, Kentucky). The ceremony took place on 27 April 1854. Henry's spouse was the daughter of Mr. Jacob Clemens Skiles and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Alice Moore.

During the Civil War, Dr. Henry Dye served as the Confederate Army surgeon in Little Rock and Camden, Arkansas.

Fort Southerland area, Camden, Arkansas

In 1870, Henry, Sarah, and their children were recorded during the census. The family lived in Plano, Precinct #5, Collin, Texas. Sarah's parents lived with them as well (3).

Household

Henry Dye, Male, age 39, born West Virginia
Sarah Dye, Female, age 36, born Kentucky
Dora Dye, Female, age15, born Texas
Henry Dye, Male, age 13, born Texas
Euphemia Dye, Female, age 11, born Texas
Belle Dye, Female, age 9, born Texas
Adie Dye, Female, age 6, born Texas
Mary Dye, Female, age 1, born Texas
Luria Dye, Female, age 0, born Texas
Jacob Skiles, Male, age 65, born Kentucky
Sarah Skiles, Female, age 55, born Kentucky
Clement Patton, Male, age 31, born Alabama (physician)

Dr. H. M. Dye was also one of the main founders of the Presbyterian Church in Plano (1871).

Henry and Sarah Dye had nine children - 2 sons and 7 girls:

• Madora Ellen,

• Henry Montgomery Jr.  (b. 30 Nov. 1857/d. 10 March 1927) married Caroline Phillipena Lehmann,

• Euphemia Priscilla (b. 17 May 1859/d. 20 Feb. 1926) married William G Keyser,

• Eliza Belle (b. 21 March 1861/d. 9 Dec. 1891) married Andrew Benjamin Angel, our 2nd cousin twice removed, on 9 Dec. 1880 (4),

• Addie Lee (b. 23 June 1866/d. 5 Jan. 1930) married John Wesley Brown on 9 Dec. 1880 (5),

• Minnie M. born in about 1868 married probably Mr. Andrew Keyser * (?) abt. 1885,

• Lura P. (b. 16 March 1870/d. 5 March 1941) married Robert H Coleman on 20 Feb. 1890 (6),

• Mary Elizabeth (b. 20 Feb. 1873/d. 9 Feb. 1957) married Joel Lively Aldridge on 19 Dec. 1890 (7),

• Thomas Clemens (b. 29 Feb. 1876/d. 18 August 1952), a physician, married Emma L McKamey on 7 March 1906 (8).

Henry got ill and the family moved to Mason County with the hope that it would help the father of the family recover. However, it was his wife Sarah Elizabeth who left this world first, on 6 March 1878. After that, Henry came back to Plano. His health gradually deteriorated. He died of TB on 10 August 1878 in Plano.

There are three indirect family lines which connect us to Mr. Henry M Dye of Plano.

#1 mentioned above

⇒ his daughter Eliza Belle

⇒ her husband Andrew Benjamin Angel (b. 6 June 1853, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 31 May 1928, Birdville, Tarrant, TX), our 2nd cousin twice removed

⇒ his mother Elizabeth Sarah (Gant) Angel (b. 8 August 1834, Sumner, TN/d. 22 August 1891), our 1st cousin 3 times removed + husband James Henry Anglea (b. 16 Dec. 1822, Sumner, TN/d. about 1865), they married on 25 Sept. 1851, in Sumner, TN

⇒ her father Benjamin Thomas Gant (b. 1812, Orange, NC/d. 1865, Sumner, TN)

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

# 2 via Elbert Marshal Skiles (b. 28 August 1904, Richardson, Dallas, TX/d. Oct. 1993, Dallas, Dallas, TX) - grandson of Sarah Skiles Dye's brother Charles William Skiles (b. 13 Oct. 1831 in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky).

Elbert Marshal was married to Miss Iva Pearl Rippy, our 3rd cousin once removed.

⇒ Iva Pearl (Rippy) Skiles (b. 19 Sept. 1904, Sumner, TN/d. 4 Nov. 1994, Plano, Collin, TX) - Iva and Elbert married in Richardson, TX on 28 Oct 1922

⇒ her mother Mary Frances (Rippy) Gant (b. 1 Jan. 1866, Sumner, TN/d. 8 March 1943, Richardson, Dallas, TX) + husband Robert Sydney Rippy (b. 14 March 1866), they married on 1 August 1888 in Sumner, TN (9)

⇒ her father Jacob Mason Gant (b. 1 Dec. 1849, Sumner, TN/d. 8 Feb. 1914, Richardson, Dallas, TX - 1st cousin 3 times removed - wife Mary Jane Graves (b. 24 July 1850, Allen, Kentucky) = they married on 19 Jan. 1868 in Sumner, TN (10)

⇒ his father Benjamin Thomas Gant

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

#3 via the Brown family

Henry Montgomery Dye

⇒ his daughter Addie Lee (Dye) Brown

⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, TN/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)

⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (b. 11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, TN/d. 23 May 1890, Bethany, Collin County, TX)

⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother

* UPDATE

Additional info regarding Minnie Dye and the name of her husband was kindly provided by a reader of this post. See the comment below the text.

Resources:
1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-1LX : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye in household of Jos Clepper, Collin county, part of, Collin, Texas, United States; citing family 275, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-B51 : 12 April 2016), John Dye in household of Thomas Dye, Dallas county, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing family 419, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGG-F8P : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye, Texas, United States; citing p. 2, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,078.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6M : 10 December 2017), Andrew Angel and Belle Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6S : 10 December 2017), John W Brown and Addie Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
6. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-LFB : 10 December 2017), R H Coleman and Lura P Dye, 20 Feb 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-L1V : 10 December 2017), J L Aldridge and Lizzie M Dye, 19 Dec 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-CF7 : 10 December 2017), T C Dye and Emma L Mckamey Or Mckarney, 07 Mar 1906; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,601.
9. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZ1-727 : 4 December 2014), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 01 Aug 1888; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 122, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
10. "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQP-N5Q: 11 February 2018), J. M. Gant and Mary J. Graves, 19 Jan 1868; citing Sumner,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 969,853.

• Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed May 29, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.
• Collin County History
• History of Plano

Photo: Fort Southerland, Camden, Arkansas: By Brandonrush - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32847810
Photo of gravestone: Courtesy of Mr. Ed Elam

Clint S Haggard and Kate Lunsford

According to "A History of Collin County, Texas", the Haggard family is of Danish ancestry, from Denmark they moved to England. I have found the information regarding the Haggards' English heritage at geni.com.

The one who moved the family line from England to Virginia was Lord James D Haggard, born on 29 August 1687 in  Bradenham Hall, Bradenham, England. He was the son of a rich English nobleman, Lord Anthony Haggard.

James did not wish to follow the career plans his father had for him and as a result of that, young Lord J D Haggard arrived in Norfolk, Virginia around 1698. He married Miss Elizabeth Lucy Gentry and became a tobacco planter. 

James' son Nathaniel Haggard (Rev.) moved the family to Clark County, Kentucky in 1788.  Reverand's grandson was John W Haggard Jr. (born 17 March 1794 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky).

When John was 17, he married Miss Mourning Quisenberry. She was the daughter of  James and Jane Quisenberry.

John Haggard
mentioned in the record of John Haggard and Mourning Quisenberry
Name: John Haggard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Dec 1811
Event Place: Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mourning Quisenberry
Spouse's Gender: Female

Record Source:
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW19-Q2G : accessed 18 September 2018), John Haggard and Mourning Quisenberry, 22 Dec 1811; citing Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,943,687.

After Mourning's death in 1846, John and his son Clinton Shepard (born on 12 November 1838 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky) came to Texas. They settled west of Plano

John and his son grew horses, cattle and mules and soon became vital members of the Plano community. They also supported education. Together with other local families they started the Haggard school which was later transformed in Add Run College. The College became Texas Christian University.

John died  on 11 December 1858.

About a year later, at the age of 21, Clinton married Miss Nancy Catherine Lunsford, the daughter of William Lunceford and Catherine Potoff Schrader. Nancy was also a sister of Fred Lunsford's father Simon Peter.

Nancy C Lunsford
mentioned in the record of Clinton S Haggard and Nancy C Lunsford
Name: Clinton S Haggard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Sep 1859
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Nancy C Lunsford
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page 55

Record source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-HMV : accessed 18 September 2018), Clinton S Haggard and Nancy C Lunsford, 01 Sep 1859, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.

Clint grew oats and wheat, he also breaded mules.
He, his wife and children lived not far from Plano, in Precinct #5. The Census of 1870 informs that Clinton was a stock raiser, and the Haggard's family's real estate was worth $8.000 and their personal estate was $10.000. (2)

Clint and Mourning had nine children.

Clinton Haggard
United States Census, 1880
Name: Clinton Haggard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Sheet Letter D
Sheet Number 241
Person Number 0
Volume 2

Household

Clinton Haggard, Self, Male, age 42, born Kentucky, United States
Kate Haggard, Wife, F, age 41, born Kentucky, United States
Mary Haggard, Daughter, F, 19, Texas, United States
Minnie Haggard, Daughter, F, 17, Texas, United States
John Haggard, Son, M, 14, Texas, United States
Jennie Haggard, Daughter, F, 11, Texas, United States
Emma Haggard, Daughter, F, 9, Texas, United States
Annie Haggard, Daughter, F, 7, Texas, United States
Clifton Haggard, Son, M, 4, Texas, United States
Walter Haggard, Son, M, 0, Texas, United States

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-P12 : 15 July 2017), Clinton Haggard, Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 241D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.

On 1 Sept. 1921, Nancy Catherine and Clinton Shepard celebrated their 62 wedding anniversary.

Clippings Source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1921, newspaper, October 13, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291728/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Mrs. Jack Bowman mentioned in the article was Madora Ellen Elizabeth Bowman (nee Dye), the wife of Jackson Harrison Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was a distant relation of Nancy and Clint's:

Madora Ellen Elizabeth 

⇒ her sister  Mary Elizabeth (Dye) Aldridge (b. 20 Feb. 1873, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 9 Feb. 1957, Plano, TX)

⇒ her husband Joel Lively Aldridge (b. 8 Feb. 1864, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 20 Nov. 1946, Texas)

⇒ his brother James Shelton Aldridge (b. 23 May 1866, Collin, TX/d. 19 May 1918, Collin, TX)

⇒ his wife Annie Belle Haggard (the daughter of Clinton and Nancy C's)

Sadly, about a month later, on 6 October 1921, Mrs. Nancy Catherine Haggard passed away. In the newspaper obituary included below, we can read that the reason of her death was paralysis. I guess, she had had a stroke.

Clipping Source:

The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1921, newspaper, October 7, 1921; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570515/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

We can learn more about the circumstances of Nancy's departure from the article published in the Weekly Democrat-Gazette about a week later.

Nancy Catherine Haggard was buried at Bethany Cemetery.

The funeral service was attended by friends and relatives of Clint and Nancy's. It was a very solemn event, which also celebrated the life of Nancy Catherine and Clinton Shepard Haggard as a married couple. Both of them supported the local church, education and the local community in general.

Clippings Source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1921, newspaper, October 13, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291728/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Fred Lunsford is not the only one who connects us to the Haggard family. There is also a line which goes from Clinton S. Haggard via the Aldridge, and the Browns to our paternal grandmother Rachel Clementine Gant.

Clinton S Haggard

⇒ his daughter Annie Belle (Haggard) Aldrige (b. 6 June 1873, White Rock, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 5 Sept. 1969, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband James Shelton Aldridge (b. 23 May 1866, Collin, TX/d. 19 May 1918, Collin, TX)
⇒ his brother Joel Lively Aldridge (b. 8 Feb. 1864, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 20 Nov. 1946, Texas)
⇒ his wife Mary Elizabeth (Dye) Aldridge (b. 20 Feb. 1873, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 9 Feb. 1957, Plano as well)
⇒ her sister Addie Lee (Dye) Brown (b. 23 June 1866, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 5 Jan. 1930, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 23 May. 1893, Collin, TX)
⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine (Howard) Brown Gant

Sources:

• geni.com;
• my MyHeritage research; 
• (1) Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu;
• (2) "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGP-8VQ : 12 April 2016), Clinton Haggard, Texas, United States; citing p. 5, family 27, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,078. 

Victoria Gant

Victoria Wylie Augusta Gant was the oldest daughter/child of John Lee Gant and Rachel Clementine Howard.
Victoria came to this world on 13 March 1893 in Dallas, Texas.

When she was a young lady, Victoria was an active member of Fannie Harrington Chapel and Bethany Church in Plano. Studying old newspapers, I learned that she also enjoyed socializing, attending parties and meeting other persons of the local society.

 Transcription
Correspondence. Harrington Chapel Items

Bro. Humphries filled his pulpit Sunday at eleven o'colock.

The Children's Day program was to have been rendered last Sunday night was rained out but will be carried out Sunday night beginning at 8:30 p.m. Everybody cordially invited.

Miss Ina Erickson of Allen is the guest of Misses Leone Matthews and Victoria and Viola Gant this week.

The ladies Missionary Society was entertained at the home of Mrs. John Harrington. Several invited guests present were entertained with music by Misses Maud Davis and Leone Matthews, and readings by little Misses Helen Davis and Fannie Lee Harrington. Refreshments served consisted of ice cream and cake.

Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Everybody come. Junior League at 3 p.m. They are doing a good work with the children.

J. H. Harrington started his thrashing machine Thursday. The big rain Sunday intereferred with the thrasher men.

Mrs. J. V. Brimer has returned home from McKinney where she had a surgical operation on her neck. She is improving at this writing.

Miss Leone Matthews entertained the following to dinner Sunday: Misses Mildred Kennedy, Ethel Howard, Victoria and Viola Gant, Ina Erickson, and Willie Brown of Allen.

Mrs. Lee Howard and children were Frisco visitors Tuesday.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1912, newspaper, June 27, 1912; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570549/: accessed June 4, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Mr. J. H. Harrington was John Huffman Harrington, husband of Fannie, the Fannie Harrington Chapel leader.
• Mrs. Lee Howard (Dora Elizabeth Angel, wife of Robert Lee Howard) mentioned above was Victoria's aunt. Ethel Howard was Dora's daughter, Victoria's cousin. Viola Gant (Viola Winfred Gant, born 1895) was Victoria's younger sister.

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From Harrington Chapel news:
Transcription
Mrs. J. L. Angel who has been sick, is now convalescent.

Miss Tessie Dupree was the guest of the Misses Gant Sunday.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1912, newspaper, May 9, 1912; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570559/: accessed June 4, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Mrs. J. L. Angel was Mrs. Opal Angel nee Blankenship, wife of James Lafayette Angel. The latter one was Victoria's third cousin once removed.

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Bethany Church news: Transcription

Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Carpenter, who was operated on for appendictis, was resting nicely at last report.

Miss Lula Brown and sisters, Misses Victoria and Viola Gant, entertained the young folks Saturday night. Games were the diversions of the evening. About thirty-five guests were present and each left thanking these young ladies for such a delightful evening.

Quite a crowd attended the closing exercises of the faulkner school Friday night.

Clipping source:

Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1912, newspaper, May 18, 1912; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570314/: accessed June 4, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Miss Lula Brown was Victoria's sister. 
• Mr. G. E. Carpenter was Gibson Edgar Carpenter (born 1856 in Plano).  He was our distant relation (related to the Brown and also to the Harrington family). Gibson's wife was Elizabeth Cyrene King (born 1876). Their daughter Evelyn King Carpenter was born in 1899.

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Transcription
Misses Victoria and Viola Gant have returned home to their home at Plano after a delightful visit to their cousin, Miss Nona Porter, of this city.

Clipping: Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1912, newspaper, September 12, 1912; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292114/: accessed June 4, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Nona was a daughter of Jeannie Mae Howard and Thomas Alexander Porter.
• "This city" was McKinney.

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21 Jan. 1915

Transcription

ENTERTAINS

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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Witt entertained quite a number of young people Thursday night, "forty-two" being the diversion of the evening. Those present were: Miss Nona Porter, of McKinney,; Miss Leone Erickson. Terah Philpot, Etta Grantham, Isabel Beverly, Geraldine Schimelpfenig, Winnie Bourn, Ethel Howard, Lula Brown, Victoria and Viola Gant, Messrs. May-jor Bush, Vennie Tucker, Hendrick, Madingly, Nence Duke, Jess Scott, Cecil Richards, Glenn Dupree, Buster Scott, Estier, Walter Yarbrough, Walter Cocrell, Miss Geraldine Schimelpfenig and Mr. Jess Scott of Allen, won high score.

Clipping: Wankan, Fred E. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1915, newspaper, January 21, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601768/: accessed June 5, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

• Mrs. Arthur Witt was Clevie May Brown, Victoria's sister. 
• Cecil Richards was Lenzie Cecil Richards (born 1890), the future husband of Ethel Howard (Victoria's cousin) - the two got married on 2 March 1916.  
• Glenn Dupree was Glenn Brent Dupree (born 1890) - a cousin of Victoria's brother's wife.
• "Forty-two" is a domino game, played like a card game. It requires constant domino dots counting and bidding at the right moment. The game was invented in 1887 by two Texas teenage boys William Thomas and Walter Earl. The youngsters taught their families to play the game, and soon it became a popular pastime activity all over Texas.  You can check on the game rules here.

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Transcription

(...) Mrs. Emma Hart and daughter of Murphy are visiting G. M. Hart and wife. Misses Winnie Bourn and Victoria Gant visited friends south of Plano Sunday.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1916, newspaper, May 12, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601571/: accessed June 5, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Mrs. Emma Hart (Mary Emma Hart born in 1874) mentioned in the Bethany Itmes was also a relation - she was a sister of Andrew Morgan Gant.

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And the game of forty-two again. This time at the house of Gibson Egdar Carpenter.
Our Victoria must have been very good at that game.

Transcription

MEETING OF APRIL 28

At the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Carpenter Friday evening, April 28, 1916, The Idlewise club and a large number of invited guests were most pleasantly entertained by Mesdames H. T. Farrell, J. S. Aldridge, Emma Bishop and G. E. Carpenter, members of the club.

There were fourteen tables of enthusiastic forty-two, a game that never looses its charm.
Miss Victoria Gant, a club member, won high score, having gained twelve games out of fourteen.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1916, newspaper, May 19, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601603/: accessed June 5, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

• Wish I knew what that Idlewise club was. It seems it was not a local thing only as I have found that name in some old newspapers issued in other states as well.

• Mrs. J. S. Aldridge was Annie Bell Haggard, wife James Shelton Aldridge (b. 1866). James was related to our aunt Lula's (Victoria's sister's) father.

The game evening report was not exactly correct - see below.

Transcription

PLEASE MAKE THIS CORRECTION
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I want to call your attention to a slight error made in last week's account of the forty two party at Mrs G. E. Carpenter's. Instead of Miss Victoria Gant winning twelve games out of fourteen, she won every game played, which was something never done before the history of the club.

A GUEST

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1916, newspaper, May 26, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601588/: accessed June 5, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Bravo Victoria! Proud of our aunt Vickie!

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In 1918 Victoria was in a serious car acciden the result of which was her broken back. Victoria recovered and devoted herself to taking care of the family members. She looked after the sick ones, and the children of the family, helped those ones who needed her guardianship.

Aunt Victoria

The people who knew her say she was like a living saint - unselfish and caring, devoting her time helping others.

In 1972, Victoria lived at 3626 Oak Grove Ave in Dallas. The house no longer exists. Victoria passed in DOA Parkland Memorial Hospital on 5 October 1972 at 3:15 AM (due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease). She was 79 years old.

Victoria's body was buried at Plano Mutual Cemetery.

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Photo of the grave marker: mystic75074