DUMP
(St. Paul)
ON THE WING
Daily Courier Gazette, January 22, 1912
Dump.
H. P. Smith met his affinity in the person of
Miss Zera Millis one year ago. The stork had very little difficulty in locating
them for in less than a year he left them a boy of the Woodrow Wilson type, is a
son of Commissioner J. Wesley Smith, and was born and reared within one mile of
where he now lives. Subscribes for the Democrat-Gazette, Dallas news and Wylie
Rustler, all three papers one year for only $2.50.
M. G. Hillin is a native Texan raising his
first row in Rusk county. 1902 Miss Sally Graham joined herself to the worst
half but realized too late that he had joined to stay. Is wide awake,
industrious and prosperous. We rolled him for a dollar while the
Democrat-Gazette stood by and winked the other eye.
Henry Neilon won't tell his age, although Mrs.
Neilon is still living, hale and hearty. Was married to Miss Sarah Dempsey
twenty-five years ago and boasts of eight children and all girls but six. Owns
72 acres of land that leans right up against Dump. A silver dollar changed hands
and the Democrat-Gazette has another family of earnest readers.
When only twenty-one years of age S. W. Smith
took unto himself a wife, Miss Maud Anderson becoming the beneficiary of his
affections and indulgences. Their marriage was eleven years ago, and two
children is all they can muster at present. To improve their morals and for the
development of their minds, raised a dollar for a year's subscription to the
Democrat-Gazette which will enable us to meet conference claims.
contd
DUMP JOTTINGS
Daily Courier Gazette, April 22, 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
Dump is the center of an interesting community
about fourteen miles southeast of McKinney, [Texas] officially known as the
Morris School District. But it is more widely known as "Dump," where a number of
the most widely known Collin early settlers came when our county was young and
where they established homes and where numerous descendants still reside and
bear honor to their ancestors.
We had a very interesting combination social
and business visit at the home of Mrs. J. O. Morris, the faithful correspondent
of the Weekly Democrat-Gazette and Daily Courier-Gazette here at Dump. She was,
before her marriage, Miss Katie Smith, the youngest of a family of nine children
of the late County Commissioner J. Wesley Smith, an early settler of revered
memory. Her mother is still living and resides at Amarillo. Mr. and Mrs. Morris
have reared an interesting family of six children - four daughters and two sons.
These children are: Mrs. Jesse McGuire of Dallas, Mildred, Dorothy and Patsy.
The sons are Byron and Ray. The latter holds a position with Mrs. Baird's Bakery
establishment at Dallas. Mrs. Smith's brothers and sisters, like herself were
all reared in this fine community. These brothers and sisters and their
locations are: Prof. J. Wesley Smith, for a number of years Dean of Marshall
College, Marshall, Texas; H. P. Smith of Clayton, New Mexico; Mrs. A. L.
England, also living at Clayton, New Mexico, her husband being the Postmaster
there; Mrs. Dudley Grantham and Mrs. Holden, both residing at Amarillo. Another
brother S. W. Smith died last September, at his late home near Dump, where his
family are still residing. His son, Raymond Smith, is serving out his father's
unexpired term as a member of the local School Board.
The Morris School is a three-teacher
educational institution with Prof. Will Killian as Principal serving his third
consecutive year. Prof. Gerald Giles Intermediate teacher and coach, serving his
first year in this school, and Mrs. Marie Moss the Primary teacher, who is
serving her seventh year at this point. Mrs. Moss is coach for the soft ball
team of girls, who are through with their schooling here. This school has an
enrollment of between seventy-five and eighty pupils, with a good average daily
attendance. The Board of School Trustees is composed of J. O. Sealy, A. R. Bare
and Raymond Smith. This school has a neat four-room teacherage, located near the
schoolhouse. The teacherage is occupied by Prof. Killian and family. The land on
which the school building stands, was donated for the purposed by M. L. Morris,
grandfather of J. O. Morris. The St. Paul Methodist Church is located on a lot
adjacent to the school campus. A. R. Bare is the Superintendent of this Sunday
School, which meets regularly every Sunday with an average of from twenty to
thirty. Rev. Mr. Lawton of Wylie is pastor. He preaches here on the first and
third Sunday afternoons in every month.
In former times a Catholic church and school
were located at Dump, as many of the early settlers of this vicinity were
members of the faith. However, after the founding of the town of Wylie, the
Catholics moved their church location to that little city, where most of the
communicants of the Dump section hold membership and now go to worship. The
Catholic school was consolidated with the Morris School and their old school
building torn down. A well cared for Catholic cemetery is located about one mile
east of the Morris School and the old St. Paul Methodist Church. This old
burying ground is still used, especially by the families of the earlier settlers
and others who bring their dead back her for sepulture.
Dump is noted for being one of the choice
farming sections of Collin County. It is a fine corn and cotton growing area. In
recent years these staple crops have been supplemented by numerous other crops
of lesser importance, but which give the farmers diversification of a profitable
assortment, providing feed and food crops and some money income auxiliary to the
staple crops income that are grown throughout this section.
St. Paul Cemetery
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
"Dump- Collin County Communities,"
Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of
Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
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