Current and longtime member of the Heritage Association of Frisco Helen Joanne McSpedden, age 80, of Frisco, Texas passed away April 27, 2010. She was born November 11, 1929 in Little Elm, Texas to Mattie Bell (Salmon) and Clem Otis Thomas. On June 10, 1950, Joanne married T.H. “Sonny” McSpedden in Frisco, Texas. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Frisco. Joanne is survived by her husband, T.H. “Sonny” McSpedden of Frisco, Texas; children, Joni Minett and her husband, Buddy of Frisco, Texas, Elizabeth Lea Aaron and her husband, Ricky of Teague, Texas, Rusty McSpedden and his wife, Tracy of Frisco, Texas; grandchildren, Erin, Megan, McKenzie, Jori, and Mattie Belle Minett, J.P. Aaron, Marla Collins, Janna Aderman, Katie, Molly Rose, and Hannah McSpedden; great-grandchildren, Kade, Kall, Kai Collins, Kenlee and Alix Aderman, Gage and Lila Aaron. Joanne is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and six brothers. A Funeral Service will be held at First Baptist Church of Frisco on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM with Dr. Chuck Martin and Rev. Steven Fowler officiating. Interment will follow at Little Elm Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to First Baptist Church for a visitation on Thursday, April 29, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. ]]> http://friscogenealogy.org/blog/2010/04/29/mcspedden-joanne-helen-thomas/feed/ 0 http://friscogenealogy.org/blog/2010/04/29/harold-bacchus/ http://friscogenealogy.org/blog/2010/04/29/harold-bacchus/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:44:17 +0000 ckraemer http://friscogenealogy.org/?p=709 Frisco bids farewell to former Mayor Harold Paul Bacchus, 84, who passed away Saturday in Nocona, Texas. Bacchus is Frisco’s longest serving mayor, with six two-year terms, beginning in 1966, before term limits.

Generations of Bacchus supporters and friends joined his family at Tuesday’s services in the chapel at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home. Former mayor Mike Simpson was among the standing-room only crowd.

“I knew what Harold Bacchus had contributed as mayor, but I had no idea of the many volunteer commitments he made after leaving office,” Simpson said following the services. “There must have been eight to 10 organizations named.”

The decades-long commitment of Harold Bacchus and his wife, Clara, who predeceased him, started in Frisco in October 1946. Bacchus came to town as Frisco’s new depot agent for the Frisco railroad. (Harold married Clara Louise Dunn on August 18, 1946 in Fort Worth)

The couple dedicated themselves to their new home as volunteers, said longtime friend and former mayor Bob Warren.

“He was a servant,” Warren said, when asked to share his memories. “Harold was the first president of the Chamber of Commerce, President of the Kiwanis club at one time, and a member of the Bicentennial Committee that wrote Frisco’s first history book in 1976.”

Words of praise come easily to those who knew the man as well as the legend.

“Frisco has lost a friend, city father and a great man,” said current Frisco Mayor Maher Maso. “His dedication and passion for our city set a high-bar for all elected officials. The success of Frisco today is based on the foundation that helped build with others.  I am proud to have called Harold a friend and mentor, and we will all miss him.”

Bacchus will be long remembered for his vision of what the city of Frisco would become.

“Mayor Bacchus faithfully served this city as mayor during a critical time in our growth and was an important part of determining our current city boundaries as well as our future water supply,” said former mayor Mike Simpson  “These were two essential elements that provided for the growth of Frisco.”

Bacchus cared deeply for the well-being of Frisco, said city manager George Purefoy.

“He had a drive to do great things for Frisco. He also possessed a very strong personality,” Purefoy said. “He used these gifts to lead the effort to establish Frisco’s ultimate city limits by annexing down the center line of the state highways when strip annexation was legal in Texas. He also put in place utility lines throughout (what was) then countryside to enhance development.”

Harold Bacchus Community Park is named for Frisco’s longest serving mayor. The 79-acre park was completed in 2007.

“I remember Mayor Bacchus being very humbled by the naming of the community park in his honor and his pride in the city that he helped serve as mayor,” said Rick Wieland, director of parks and recreation.  “We will miss him.”

 Harold P. Bacchus’s  was born June 17, 1925 in Fort Worth to Morgan Paul and Alma Rae (Watson) Bacchus. Harold married Clara Louise Dunn on August 18, 1946 in Fort Worth.

He was a depot agent with the railroad and a member of the Frisco Church of Christ. Harold was Mayor of the City of Frisco for twelve years and was also the Commander of the Frisco VFW. He is survived by his sons, Terry Paul Bacchus and his wife, Rosemary of Frisco, Steve Bacchus and his wife, Suzie of Lewisville, Tom Bacchus and his partner, Anthony of Haslet; grandchildren, Amy Bacchus of Blanchard, Okla., Barry Bacchus and his wife, Lanna of Frisco, Jason Bacchus of Denton, Cory Bacchus and his wife, Danielle of Lewisville, Paul Bacchus of St. Jo, Texas, Mophat Chongo of Lewisville, Nathaniel B. Luedicke of Haslet; and great-grandchildren, Alex Bacchus and Lydie Bacchus, of Frisco.

Thanks to Jan Belamy and the Frisco Star Enterprise

Funeral services for Mr. J. E. (Mac) McIntire will be held on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00a.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Entombment will follow the services at 3:00p.m. in Restland Abbey in Dallas. Visitation will be held on Thursday with the family present from 6:00p.m. until 8:00p.m. at the funeral home. Jewel Eugene McIntire passed from this life on February 15, 2010 at his residence in Corinth, TX. He was born on October 25, 1917 to Fred & Lucy Montgomery McIntire in Frisco, TX. in the house where he grew up. Mac, as he was known to everyone, served the families of Texas in their hour of need as a licensed Mortician for over fifty-six years. He also served his country, beginning in 1940, in the U.S. Navy. He survived the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, T.H. on December 7, 1941, while serving on board the USS Dale DD-353. His ship was the first destroyer out of the harbor while its sister ship, the USS Monaghan, tried to ram a miniature submarine within the harbor. His parents were sent a telegram stating that he was missing and feared dead. It was over a week before he could set the record straight. After his service, he returned to Frisco where he had a laundry business and served as chief of the volunteer fire department. He then went into the funeral business and for twelve years he and his wife owned and operated the Sunray Funeral Home and Flower Shop in Sunray, TX. Mr. McIntire was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, and the Sunray Lions Club. He was an endowed member and affiliated Past Master of Boggy Masonic Lodge #739 in Teague and dual membership with Lewisville Lodge #201 in Lewisville. He was also a member of the Lewisville Chapter #935 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Scottish Rite. Mac received the Golden Trowel award from Boggy Lodge, in part for his untiring work on the scholarship fund committees in Teague. A former Scout leader, he was a member of the Order of the Arrow. Mr. McIntire was a member of Shady Shores Baptist Church and a former member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church near Teague. Mac was loved by many for his great sense of humor, and will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Imogene Gray McIntire, whom he married on March 3, 1960 in Lubbock; son, Forrest Broom & wife Carrie of Corinth; daughter, Bonnie McIntire of Indianapolis, IN; son, Allen McIntire & wife Tracey of Newman, GA; five grandchildren, Kenny Broom & wife Beth, Charles Broom & wife Christine, Jennifer Pillans, Noah Pillans, and Emily McIntire; three great-grandchildren, Sarah, Levi, and Charles Broom; a daughter from a previous marriage, Ginger Bowden & husband Jack and her daughter Jenny and her three children; one brother, Edgar McIntire of San Antonio; one sister, Katy Almon of Frisco; many nieces, nephews, and many, many friends. Mr. McIntire was preceded in death by two brothers, John Fred and Joe; three sisters, Elizabeth, Frances, and Lucille; one son, Billy Fred McIntire.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, 2222 Welborn St., Dallas, TX 75219 or the VITAS Hospice Trust Fund, 5430 NW 33rd Ave, Suite 106, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309..

19 December 1945- 6 October 2007

Tommy Gene Johnson, 60, of Krugerville passed away Saturday, October 6, 2007 at his residence.   He was born December 19,1946 in McKinney to Albert Dee and Evelyn Juanita (Hart) Johnson.   He married Louise Chandler on December 3, 1971 in McKinney.

Tommy served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.   He retired as a lineman for Southwestern Bell.   He was a reserve police officer for Little Elm for 28 years.

Tommy is survived by his wife, Louise of Krugerville; son, Tommy, Jr. and wife, Stephanie, and their daughter, Kaleigh Raye Johnson, of Krugerville; stepdaughter, Carrie Waite of Little Elm; sister, Pat Whitworth and husband, Ken of Frisco; brothers, Keith and wife, Lynda Johnson of Georgetown, Buba and wife, Gail Johnson of Krum, Jerry and wife, Annelle of Eustace; numerous nieces and nephews; and best friend, Stephen Foster of Phoenix, AZ.

Visitation Monday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Slay Funeral Home, Aubrey, Texas

Military graveside services DFW National Cemetery, 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 10, 2007.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Services are under the direction of Slay Memorial Funeral Center, Aubrey, Texas.

Seated lft: Ella Beale Smith Hawkins; seated rt: Ella's father, Robert Terrill Beale; standing: Everal Smith Hawkins; baby is Everal's son, Will Carpenter Hawkins, b. 1897 and RTB died 1899. Everal m. a nephew of Ella's husband, Robert Hawkins.

Robert Terrill Beale & Nancy Edna McKinsey Beale arrived in the Little Elm Community area about 1857 as newly marrieds. Their children born were: Lucy “Ella’ in 1861, James (Jimmie) R. in 1866, and William Jefferson.

Ella married in 1877 to George Andrew Smith, son of Hannah King Smith & Chancy Smith. Hannah is the daughter of Delilah Cox King and John King who arrived in the Little Elm area in 1845. John died the next year. Chancy & Hannah/Hanna Smith and Andrew & Justin Smith (Chancy & Andrew were brothers and Hannah and Justin were sisters). Hannah and Justin were the daughters of John and Delilah King. They had stayed in Missouri with their husbands when John and Delilah came to Texas. Chancy, Hannah, Justin, and Andrew arrived about 1857/8. They probably were leaving Missouri because of the unrest in the area before the Civil War. George Andrew Smith was the son of Hannah and Chancy. My grandmother, George Ella Smith was the daughter of George and Ella. Other children of George & Ella were Granville who lived only a few days, Everal, and Lillian (who died at about age four). Her sister was Robert (Robbie) Hawkins Mitchell. Robbie was the daughter of Ella and her second husband, Robert Hawkins.

The George Hammond Shrader family arrived in Collin County in 1872. For the first four (estimated) year they lived in two different locations on the south side of the county. They moved up to Rock Hill where they remained. In 1874, their last child, Daniel Booker Shrader was born. They arrived in Collin County with eleven children. Booker, as he was called most of his live was the last and number twelve. The Shrader sons were active in the politics of the county.

Fountain Pitt Shrader (#11 child), was the mayor of Frisco for four terms, according to the Frisco 10th Anniversary book. Daniel Booker was the Postmaster in Frisco for many years. At his death in 1937, Fount, as he was called volunterred and was appointed to take his brother’s place. They are buried in Bethel Cemetery. Houston Petway Shrader became a Methodist minister and was a circuit rider and eventually settled in Corsicana. He and his wife are buried in Restland Memorial Cemetery in Dallas.

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It states in the “History of Frisco 1902-1976” page 119 that “Linda Walton Hazelwood was the daughter of Joe Marion and Mollie McNally who lived east of Knoxville, Tennessee. Linda was born in the family home September 26, 1889.”

Knoxville of Knox County is located in East Tennessee, one of the state’s three” Grand Divisions”.  It was created 1792 from Greene and Hawkins counties.    

In viewing the census records for Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1900, there is a Joseph Marian, born about 1864. He is a farmer listed and married to a Mollie born about 1863, both are born in Tennessee.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 12, Hawkins, Tennessee; Roll: T623 1577; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 88.

 In 1880 it shows a Joseph Marion, age 16, born about 1864.  from Tennessee

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 12, Hawkins, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1261; Family History Film: 1255261; Page: 352.2000; Enumeration District: 86; 

 Of note: In the 1900 census for several of the listing nearby there were names listed as McAnally

 Speculation:   In 1870 there is a Sarah McAnally with a daughter Mary born in 1862, in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

 127     MCANALLY,SARAH  38      F       W       TN

        ELIZABETH       11      F       W       TN

        FANNY D.        9       F       W       TN

     *   MARY J.         7       F       W       TN

        JOHNSON, ISAAC  76      M       W       NC

Hamblen County was formed in 1870 from parts of Jefferson, Grainger and Hawkins Counties.

Hamblen County Courthouse, erected 1874.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 1, Hamblen, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1501; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 978.

Of note: In 1910 a P. Hazlewood age 21 lived with his cousin, Catherine Spoon 49-49  age 60 a widow and her 3 children—-6 listings from the Joe Marion 55-55

It states in the “History of Frisco 1902-1976” page 119 that “Here she (Linda Marion) lived until her mother died when Linda was about 19 years of age.”

It states in the “History of Frisco 1902-1976” page 119-120 that “Linda Walton Hazelwood married J. P. Hazelwood, June 10, 1909 and they came to Texas in that same year.

James Peter Hazelwood was of medium height, blue eyes and brown hair and medium build as of June 5, 1917 and he was farming in Boyce, Ellis County, Texas with his wife and three children. J. P was born March 22, 1887, in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee.

Source Citation: Registration Location: Ellis County, Texas; Roll: 1953277; Draft Board: 2.

BOYCE, TEXAS .is located, on Farm Road 879 four miles east of Waxahachie in central Ellis County,

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas; Roll: T625_1800; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 3.

Linda Marion Hazelwood and her four children came to stay in Little Elm, Denton County Texas sometime between 1921 ad 1930 and stayed with Linda’s father and her brother, Guy, and sister, Lena.  Guy was farming with his Dad at about that time.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: 2323; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1128.0.

Of note: In 1930 it states Virginia as birthplace for Joe Marion, however, it states ‘Tennessee’ in all decades previous.

 Of note:  About 3 listings down from Joe Marion on  this 1930 census listing  is, Eugene Smith, the brother of Dora Smith and Dora Smith is the wife of E. C. Chappell …E.C. Chappell’s home in 1930 was two houses from the home that the Hazelwood family would live in on Oak Street in Frisco.

It states in the “History of Frisco 1902-1976” page 119-120 that “After Mr. Marion’s death Mrs. Linda Hazelwood bought a home on East Oak Street from the late Arthur Brewer.  This was in 1942.”

There were four Hazelwood children: (Source: History of Frisco 1902-1976 pages 119-120)

Note: Three of the 5 cemetery inscriptions spell Hazelwood as Hazlewood.

  Mary Sue Hazelwood, born May 6, 1912 married John C. (J.C. ) Grant who was born May 18, 1909. They were married August 18, 1928.
John C. Grant (aka J C Grant) born May 18, 1909 in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas.  (Son of Luther and Myrtle Frances Gibson D. Grant)Died September 17, 1987 in Frisco, Collin County, Texas and was buried September 20, 1987 in Little Elm Cemetery, Little Elm, Denton County, Texas.

Mary Sue Hazelwood Grant died September 17, 1987. She is buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas.

 Gladys Juanita Hazelwood, born April 26, 1914. She married Cecil Clifton Stark born May 25, 1913 (son of Robert and Sallie Stark) and died March 3, 1995.. Buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas. They had five children. (Spelled as Hazlewood on gravestone)

 James Hubert/Jack Hazelwood, was born May 21, 1917 and married Joyce Inez Stine (Daughter of Maime Standerfer and Frank Stine). The Texas State Death Index states that James Hazelwood died July 21, 1981 in Collin County, Texas. Buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas.

 Ruth Hazelwood born April 5, 1920 and died July 4, 1990 and married Travis Phillips (Son of Thomas and Effie Phillips) on January 25, 1936. Buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas.  (Spelled Hazlewood on gravestone)

 Their mother, Linda W. Marion Hazelwood born  September 26, 1889 in Tennessee and died August 5, 1978 and is buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas. (Spelled Hazlewood on gravestone)

Study of the Joe Marion and Mollie Marion family (parents of Linda Marion Hazelwood)

Joseph “Joe” Marion was born in Tennessee and spent most of his life farming. Joseph married Mollie (McNally/McAnally) and they had their first child in 1899 in Tennessee. Their first daughter was Linda Marion. Mollie and Joseph continued to live in Tennessee and they had 6 more children. Sadly, Mollie died about 1909 when Linda was but 19 years of age. Not long after that, Linda married James Peter Hazelwood and they began their trek to Texas.  J. P. had decided to farm in an area know as Boyce, near Waxahachie in Ellis County, Texas.  The Hazelwood family was blessed with their first daughter, Mary Sue in 1914.

 The MARION family continued to live in the Little Elm area of Denton County in the 1920’s and 1930’s.  On March 14, 1938, Joe Marion died in Denton County, Texas.

Source Citation: Texas Death Index: Collin County, Texas. Certificate # 12336

 Guy Ray Marion was born in Tennessee on March 9, 1899 and on September 12,1918 he lived farming in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas.  Guy Ray Marion was medium height and slender build with brown eyes and possibly light brown hair. Guy continued to live at home in 1930. Guy Marion died June 11, 1969 in Collin County, Texas

Source Citation: WWI Draft Card Registration: Location: Denton County, Texas; Roll: 1953187; Draft Board: 0.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: 2323; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1128.0.

Source Citation: Texas Death Index: Collin County, Texas.

 Howard Wright Marion was born in Mooresburg, Tennessee on September 13, 1896. And at the time of his World War I Draft Card Registration he was 21 and farming for his father Joe Marion in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas. Howard Wright Marion died October 15, 1954 and is buried at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas.

Source Citation: WWI Draft Card Registration: Location: Denton County, Texas; Roll: 1953187; Draft Board: 0.

GRANT Family information

(Source: History of Frisco 1902-1976 page 112)

Luther Grant was from Caledonia (Monroe County) Mississippi and was married to Myrtle Gibson Derryberry a widow with two small sons Hetzel and Leroy. To this union was born J C Grant. (Married July 4, 1908, Denton County, Texas)

They lived 5 miles west of Frisco then Myrtle moved to Frisco when Luther died in 1945.  Hetzel Derryberry married Iva Mae Banks and Leroy Derryberry was married to Gladys Mullins. Leroy died in 1924 in an automobile accident at the age of 20.

JC went to school in Robertson, Little Elm, and Frisco schools. He married Mary Sue Hazelwood in 1928 and they moved to Frisco in 1935 where he had a garage and service station.

   Hetzel went into business with JC in 1936.  In 1937, JC bought out his brother’s interest and the store was known as the JC Grant Grocery and Market. In 1950, JC bought the John C. Carter Grocery known as Cashway food.  In 1954, he sold the JC Grant Grocery and Market to Charlie Cobb and in 1957 he sold the Cashway store to Price Stark.

   JC Grant was in the Volunteer Fire Dept when the first ‘pumper’ truck was purchased in 1940. He served on the school board in 1941 and 1942. He was elected City mayor in 1960 and served three terms to 1966.

1910 Texas – U S Federal Census

Denton County

Luther Grant 39

Myrtle Grant 35

John C Grant 10/12

Hetzel Derryberry 7

Leroy Derryberry 5

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: T624_1546; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 93; Image: 691

L. L. Grant and Myrtle lived with JC Grant, Hetzel and Leroy Derryberry, Denton County in 1920

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: T625_1795; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 1139.

Luther and Myrtle lived in Denton County in 1930.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: 2323; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1137.0.

• Myrtle Frances Gibson was born October 13, 1884 and died Myrtle Frances Gibson Derryberry Grant on November 22, 1962.
• Luther Lafayette Grant was born 1875 and died June 24, 1945 in Denton County, Texas. (cert# 75013)

Derryberry Family Information

Thomas Jefferson Derryberry was born February 17, 1850 and he died December 7, 1914. He married Josephine Salmon. Josephine Salmon (Derryberry) was born May 23, 1856.

Henry Walter Derryberry was born October 9, 1880 in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas to Thomas Jefferson and Josephine Salmon Derryberry. Henry died August 8, 1905 and was buried  August 10, 1905 at Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas. He married Myrtle Frances Gibson and they had two children.

• Morgan Hetzel Derryberry was born September 24, 1902 and died October 11, 1971 and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, in Forth Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. His parents were Henry Walter and Myrtle Frances Gibson Derryberry. Hetzel Derryberry married Iva Mae Banks, November 28, 1924.
• Leroy Thomas Derryberry was born May 4, 1904 in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas. He married Gladys Mullins. He died June 10, 1924 in Dallas,Texas in a trucking accident. He is buried in Little Elm Cemetery, Denton County, Texas. 

The Cecil Clifton Stark Family Information

Cecil Clifton Stark was the son of Robert and Sallie Stark. Social Security Death Index states Cecil C. Stark born May 25, 1913 and died Mar 2, 1995

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: 2323; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1135.0.

Further family information is recorded in detail in the History of Frisco 1902-1976  pages 187,188,189, and 190. Frisco the First 100 years, pages 388,389, and 390.

The Travis Phillips Family Information

Thomas and Effie Phillips married and had their first child about 1894.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: T624_1546; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 93; Image: 696.

In 1920, Travis is about 3 years old and is living on the farm with his two sisters, Stella, 18, and Estella 13 and his parents. His father owned his land at that time at that time and they lived in Precinct 6 of Denton County, Texas.

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas; Roll: T625_1795; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 1126.

In 1930 Travis Phillips lived at home in Frisco at the age of 13 with his father, Travis N. Phillips aged 60 and Mother, Effie J. Phillips age 52. They owned their home and lived in what was then called the Howard Addition. By 1930, Evertt Phillips their eldest son was married and living in Hale County, Texas. Evertt was born October 2, 1893 according to his WWI draft card registration.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Frisco, Collin, Texas; Roll: 2310; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 612.0.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Hale, Texas; Roll: 2339; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 959.0.

Social Security Death Index and the Texas death index
Travis Phillips born 7 January 1917 and died in Collin County, Texas on October 29, 1986.

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by Frances Miers Muller

On one of my visits to Bethel Cemetery in the early 1990s, I walked around to other parts of the cemetery. To my surprise, I found the graves of Mack and Minnie Fisher. I guess I thought they would live forever. They are not my ancestors, but they were good friends of my grandmother, George Ella Tarpley (Mrs. Sterling F.) Mack and his sons, Donald and Jasper, took care of my grandmother’s farm in Denton County. My first remembrances of them was while my grandmother was still living with my family in Dallas in the mid 1940s. A couple of times, they would come to our house in the summer and bring a couple of baby turkeys to raise before Thanksgiving. Several other times, they would bring baby chickens.

About 1948, my grandmother moved back to Frisco. She had been born and raised in the neighboring Little Elm community. When she married, in 1901, they lived in a house near the Collin County/Denton County border. My mother, Everal, was born in 1902 in that house. In 1903, there was a huge crop failure and that drove my grandfather Tarpley away from farming, almost. He moved his small family into the new town of Frisco and became a salesman for J. I. Case Implement Company. In 1905, my uncle Beale was born and in 1908, my uncle Frank was born. After this, they moved several times, to Texarkana, Denton, and lastly, to Waco, where they stayed. My mother married in 1935, in Waco, to Wesley S. Miers, a lineman for Texas Power and Light who was always proud of having “pulled” the first electrical wires, bringing electricity into many of the East Texas and Central Texas towns. My grandfather Tarpley died a few months later. In the summer of 1937, my parents moved to Dallas and my dad began his career as an electrical draftsman. In 1940, my grandmother closed her home and life in Waco and moved to Dallas with my parents and I.

After my grandmother moved to her house in Frisco, during the summers, I would go there several times and spend a week with her. I loved these times. During each of these visits, Mack and Minnie would invite my grandmother and I to supper. This was a dream come true for a city girl, now in upper grade school. During our visits with the Fishers, Minnie would take me out to the chicken house to collect eggs. She would stick her hand under those chickens that would skwalk and flutter and settle back down. Then Minnie would encourage me to get the eggs. Those hens scared me and I would back away, but Minnie kept encouraging me to get the eggs. I always settled for taking eggs from nests where no hens were sitting. Yet, I looked forward to trying this every visit. Minnie gave me my only exposure to farm life and I wanted to be a farmer’s wife, like her.

One time when my grandmother still lived with us in Dallas, Mack Fisher called. All the farmers had wheat ready for harvesting and there was a storm coming. The co-op had brought in three huge combines to help harvest all the wheat in the area. They were much faster than the smaller combines that the local farmers had. Mack and my grandmother were very excited about the larger combines because without them, the wheat would rot in the fields. He wanted us to come up and see them. Up we went.

When we arrived, we pulled off the road to watch. One of the Fisher’s sons came to the car to ask if I would like to ride on the large combine. I was a shy, meek, little kid and refused, although I really wanted to take that ride. Every one in the car tried to talk me into it, but I was too shy continued to refuse. I have never forgotten that day and have regretted it all my life. That was the only time I ever had an opportunity to ride on a combine … and I missed it.

 History of Frisco Tells of Growth from Rich Soil and Good Farm Land

By Bob Warren, Former Mayor of Frisco

In February 1902, a town we now know as Frisco, was formed from the fertile black soil of west Collin County’s beautiful rolling prairie land. However, to get a true picture of the history of our City, we need to look much further back in time, perhaps to the early 1800s.

At least three vital ingredients were present in the birth of Frisco. An abundance of rich soil made excellent farmland, but two other things were needed, transportation and water. Let’s see how these three ingredients worked together to grow the Frisco we know today.

Transportation

As with any successful city, transportation has been key to the development of Frisco. Settlers first came to this area while traveling the Shawnee Trail.

In 1838 the Congress of the Republic of Texas appropriated money for the construction of a north – south road, there by opening northern Texas to trade. The Shawnee Trail from Austin to the Red River was followed for this route. This road, for which our Shawnee Trail Sports complex is named, ran through the heart of what later became the City of Frisco.

A military post near the Red River was named for Captain William C. Preston, a veteran of the Texas Revolution. The Shawnee Trail, which would ultimately become Preston Trail, then Preston Road, was used by wagon trains moving south bringing immigrants to Texas and by cattle drives going north from Austin. The town, Lebanon, then a thriving a cattle town and now a part of Frisco served as an assembly point for the cattle drives. South of this area in 1841, John Neely Bryan began the settlement of Dallas.

Next came another mode of transportation, the railroad, which gave birth to Frisco. The origin of railroads in this area began in 1849 in the state of Missouri. The Pacific Railroad Company was granted a charter to build a line from St. Louis to this western boundary of Missouri. Fifty- three years later the line had become a part of the St. Louis, San Francisco Railroad. Men at depot stations along the line soon shortened the name of the line to “Frisco.”

Water

By 1869 the laying of track, which would become part of the Frisco line, was being completed in Texas. In 1902 one such line was completed from Denison to Carrollton through the center of what is now Frisco. The thirst of the steam locomotive brought the need of watering holes about every twenty to thirty miles. Since water was not as available on the higher ground along Preston Ridge, the Frisco Railroad looked four miles west to lower ground. There they dug a lake called Frisco Lake, on Stewart Creek to provide water, (the second ingredient in our growth story) for the engines.

Soil or Land

In 1902, what would eventually become Frisco was a piece of land owned by the Blackland Town Site Company, a subsidiary of the Frisco Railroad. The property was subdivided into lots and sold to potential settlers. The auction, which was held on February 13 and 14, 1902, was advertised up and down the rail lines as far away as Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. The sale also attracted residents and merchants from surrounding communities that had no rail access. Businesses and residents began moving here from Little Elm to the west and from Lebanon, which was seeing fewer and fewer cattle drives.

With the decline of Lebanon, some of the houses were physically moved from Preston Road to what is now downtown Frisco. One was the T.J. Campbell home which was rolled on logs and pulled into Frisco where it now stands, a historical monument, at the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. It has become the home of Randy’s Steak House.

The settlement was first called Emerson, named for Francis Emerson, owner of the farm where the town site was located. However, when application was made for a post office under the name “Emerson” the application was refused. There was a town called Emberson in Lamar County, and authorities ruled that the names were too similar.

An existing post office called Eurida was transferred to the new town site from a community only two miles to the northwest. The postmaster, Tom Duncan, came along in the move. For some time the office continued to operate under the name Eurida.

Later, in 1904, the people selected the name “Frisco City” for their town in honor of the railroad that founded the young city. It was soon shortened to Frisco, and the Post Office Department approved the new name.

Frisco became a thriving town, serving as a trade center for the surrounding farming community. It was not until 1908, however, that the residents elected to make their community an incorporated City. On March 27, 1908 the citizens elected their first municipal government which included four alderman, an alderman at large, a town marshal and Dr. I.S. Rogers, the town’s first physician and mayor. Dr. Rogers, for which Rogers Elementary is named, served as mayor the first three years of the City’s incorporated life.

The census of 1910, Frisco’s first, showed a population of 332 pioneers. By the next census in 1920, the count was 733, and the town’s population remained near that level through the 1950 census (736).

Quadruple digits were recorded in 1960 when the count showed 1184. Slow but steady growth continued, bringing the total to 3,499 in 1980 and 6,141 on 1990. The nineties ushered in a “population explosion” bringing an estimated 21,400 people as of January 1, 1997.

Today our three ingredients are still working to build Frisco. With 69 square miles of land (soil) within its boundaries the City is seeing a diversified crop produced. Where wheat, cotton, corn and feed once grew, we see people, houses, businesses, churches, schools, offices and parks.

The once small village of Frisco has reached perhaps adolescence. Its mother, the railroad, hardly recognizes her child. But, what of the future? The City’s Master Plan says when the City develops fully into its 69 square miles, it may house as many as 350,000 people.

We will be challenged to keep our ingredients in order!

Article from Frisco Style Magazine 2006