NEVADA
NEVADA IS REPOSITORY OF
INTERESTING FACTS
Daily Courier Gazette, March 29, 1938
Some Personalities And
Incidents Gleaned By Our Field Representatives.
While perambulating
Nevada's streets this Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette scribe
observed that a double brick building on the public square owned by the Heard
Estate of McKinney was in process of being razed. We were told that the brick
are to be moved by their owners for use in buildings to be erected at other
points in the county where the Heard's own business property.
F. P. Brown is the
owner and operator of a cafe and grocery store on the West Side of the Nevada
public square. Since the death of his dear wife, Mr. Brown and children lived
with his aged father and mother, Capt. W. L. Brown and wife. Capt. W. L. Brown
is a former Tax Assessor of Rockwall County before moving to Nevada here in
Southeast Collin, located within only a few miles to the North of Rockwall
county borders.
William Franklin
Brown, eighteen-year-old son of F. P. Brown is now serving in the United States
Marines on the ship U. S. S. Chester, stationed in San Pedro, California. Mr.
Brown's twin daughters, Misses Ruth and Ruby Brown, are Nevada High School
students, while the youngest son, Joe Lloyd, is a Seventh grade pupil in the
local school system.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Bryant own one of the leading grocery and general mercantile stores in Nevada,
enjoying an excellent trade. These good people are the parents of two lovely
daughters, Miss Marjorie, who is an honor graduate of Nevada High School and who
has attended the North Texas State Teachers College at Denton, for four years.
She is now located in Fort Worth. Her sister, Miss Lanice, is a Sophomore in
Nevada High School.
Upon visiting the
enterprising Founcey Grocery and Market Store, we found R. S. McClendon in
charge of the establishment. He is a son of R. A. McClendon, one of Southeast
Collin's most influential and highly esteemed older citizens of near Nevada. The
latter has been a subscriber and reader of the Weekly Democrat-Gazette for more
than a third of a century. These editors are proud to have had his loyal
friendship thru the years.
Perhaps the leading
dry goods establishment of the city is that of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Poole, who
have been in business here at Nevada for the past thirteen years. Mrs. Pool has
a hobby of assembling beautiful crystals. One showcase was filled with lovely
vases of a multitude of designs and attractive patterns.
Another item of more
than passing interest in the Poole store was a huge rubber plant, growing in the
window. It is several feet tall, the largest that we have ever seen growing
indoors anywhere.
The home of Mrs. J.
E. Davis is located on Nevada's main street. When we called, we found Mrs. Davis
quietly sitting in her favorite armchair. We regretted to learn that she is a
sufferer from chronic rheumatism. This dear old lady is one of the pioneer women
of Nevada and Southeast Collin. She is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
McMinn, who came here from Lamar County, seventy-one years ago, when she was
only three years of age. Mrs. Davis has four children, living- two daughters and
two sons, as follows: Mrs. G. J. Jones and Miss Beatrice Davis, both living with
their mother; J. Q. Davis and Nick Davis, both also live nearby. Mrs Davis and
her late husband were bereft of three children to die in early childhood.
Mrs. G. J. Jones is
recovering from a serious eye operation having a cataract removed from one of
her eyes, which restored its sight, much to her delight. Medical science and
modern surgery accomplish wonders these days.
It was interesting
to this newspaper scribe to know that while Mrs. J. E. Davis is eighty-nine
years old, she still retains her faculties to a marked extent, especially her
eyesight. This enables her to pass her time in an agreeable way, reading
newspapers and books and keeping thoroughly abreast of current affairs, local,
county-wide, national and rural like news. Her mind is a veritable storehouse of
ripe knowledge and wisdom gathered thru the years.
We made another very
interesting visit in the home of A. S. Stinebaugh and wife where we found his
mother, Mrs. J. S. Stinebaugh residing. She is being lovingly and tenderly
looked after. At the time we called we found Mrs. A. S. Stinebaugh confined to
her bed with illness, but not too ill to assist her husband and sweet old mother
in entertaining this Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette
representative by helping to give us some interesting facts, relating to a
couple of the pioneer families of this section of Collin County. Some of these
facts are as follows:
Mrs. J. S.
Stinebaugh is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Hale, who came from
Bellbuckle, Middle Tennessee to Texas immediately following the Civil War. They
located two miles north of Nevada - within 100 yards of where the cyclone of
1927 tore its disastrous path through the town. Her father, Mr. Hale, served
through the Civil War and was discharged from the Confederate service as
Rockwall by Capt. Joe S. Shelby. Mr. Hale served as Constable for a number of
years. His daughter, Miss Nancy Hale, was united in marriage to J. S. Stinebaugh
in 1870. To this union were born six children - Ursula, the eldest is deceased.
The others are all living in or near Nevada as follows: Mrs. W. G. Smith, C. J.
Stinebaugh, Mrs. D. E. Deane, A. S. Stinebaugh and Mrs. J. F. Ricks.
Mrs. J. S.
Stinebaugh now lives with her children since the death of her husband, who
passed on some time ago at the advanced age of eighty-eight.
We were interested
in seeing in this home a handsome chair with old fashioned rawhide bottom - 120
years old. A. S. Stinebaugh's grandparents, Jacob and Nancy Stinebaugh, came
from Springfield, Missouri, by wagon. Their daughter, Nancy, sat in this chair
all the way on the long, tedious journey to Texas. There were no springs in the
wagons of that early time. There were eleven children in the family. Only one of
them, a girl, died under the age of eighty and she was seventy-two. The other
deceased children passed away between the ages of eighty-two and ninety. Six of
the brothers served through the four years of Civil War of 1861-65. Two of them
were wounded, but recovered, and all living to the ripe old ages as above
indicated.
We enjoyed listening
to the relating of a little incident told us by a son of the late J. S.
Stinebaugh concerning his father an the late Clebe Murchant of Abilene. It
occurred in the early days when they were hearding Texas cattle up as far as Red
River, each fall, and would have to wait in that section until after frost had
fallen to drive them on towards Kansas City where they were marketed. This was
because our Northern friends were afraid of cattle fever. On this particular
day, as J. S. Stinebaugh was riding across the river, leading the cattle herd
over the stream, his horse took a stubborn spell for some reason, laying down in
the water and throwing the rider in the stream. The cattle began a stampede,
milling around the riderless horse and his mount struggling in the water. For
the thoughtfulness of Mr. Murchant, both horse and Mr. Stinebaugh would have
been killed. Mr. Murchant daringly drew near enough to Mr. Stinebaugh for the
latter to get hold of his horse's tail and was in that way dragged out of his
perilous condition in the water. The stampeding cattle also followed them across
the river. The riderless horse of Mr. Stinebaugh was then found down the stream,
little the worse for his experience resulting from his balky, stubborn spell.
NEVADA JOTTINGS
Daily Courier Gazette, April 1, 1938
by
Mrs. O. S. Scott
This rambling
representative of the Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette enjoyed
a recent semi-business and social visit to the little city of Nevada, located in
Southeast Collin.
We called at the
Post Office, where we found E. J. Mayo, Assistant Postmaster, very busy passing
out mail to patrons and supplying them with stamps and other postal service
provided for the public by Uncle Sam. Postmaster Paul Davis was absent at the
time, attending the funeral of his grandfather, the late T. A. Kirby, which was
being held at the Methodist Church. Mr. Mayo is a native of Nevada, being the
son of Mrs. John Mayo and her late husband, a highly esteemed couple of early
settlers in this part of the county. Mrs. E. J. Mayo is the former Miss Willomae
Bean, who was also born and reared at Nevada, being the daughter of Mrs. J. L.
Bean and her late husband. This young couple have a pretty little daughter,
Carolyn Jean, aged four who was in the office at the time we called with her
doting father and where she was the center of admiring glances from every
patron.
Mrs. W. T. McCain is
the faithful and very capable correspondent of our papers, here, at Nevada. She
is the former Miss Virgie Gay, sister of former County Tax Assessor L. T. Gay of
McKinney and of J. Matson Gay, formerly of McKinney, but now of Dallas. Mrs.
McCain is widely acquainted in her little native home city and surrounding trade
territory for which she renders valuable service to them by assembling more
important news for Collin County's only daily newspaper, the Daily
Courier-Gazette, and the county's oldest published paper, the Weekly
Democrat-Gazette. Mrs. McCain and husband are the parents of five children as
follows: Melvin Gay McCain, who lives, at Brownfield, West Texas, where he is
manager of a cotton gin; Mrs. Claude Burns of Fate, Texas; Fred Olen, Assistant
Rural Mail Carrier, who also assists his father in running their farm and Misses
Fanelle and Hattie Margaret McCain, who have finished high school and now still
grace the parental home. Our readers will remember that tow or three years ago,
Mr. and Mrs. McCain suffered the misfortune of losing their property, Mrs.
McMCain sustained serious burns from which it took several weeks, or months, to
recover, but fortunately left scarcely a scar as a result of her very painful
and serious injury.
A community,
village, town or city can be pretty well judged by its churches. Nevada has
three of them each having Sunday School each Lord's Day morning. Rev. M. C.
Smith is serving his second year as pastor of the Methodist Church; Rev. E. P.
Wooten is serving his sixth consecutive year as pastor of the Baptist Church,
and Rev. Mr. Manning of Rockwall is the consecrated pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. Mortality, Christianity and good citizenship largely predominate, at
Nevada. Consequently, this is a desirable town for homes and the rearing of
children under the best of opportunities and environment.
This representative
also called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walker. We greatly enjoyed our
short sojourn and visit with Mrs. Walker. This family formerly lived, at
Josephine, before moving here. While living at Josephine Mrs. Walker was the
Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette reporter for that community.
Mr. Walker served as Deputy Sheriff, at Josephine, under the administration of
Sheriff G. J. S. Walker and also, one time, served as Justice of the Peace of
this section, so we are informed. Mrs. Walker before her married was Miss Lillie
Mae Boyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Boyce. The Walkers have two bright
little sons, Charles Jr., aged twelve, and Erwin Boyce, eight. Both of these
bright little fellows attended Nevada Schools. As we were leaving Mrs. Walker
presented us with some young cherry tree sprouts from an original tree that came
from the state of Mississippi where such fruits grow to perfection.
Nevada has a very
excellent school system, consisting of eight teachers in the faculty, teaching
eleven grades. The school is a beautiful, modern brick structure and located on
a large campus, almost in the center of the little city. Prof. R. F. Hartman is
Superintendent. His wife is the Primary teacher. That they are doing the job
well and pleasing the patrons, is evidenced by the fact that they are teaching
their eleventh consecutive year at this place. Other members of the faculty are
W. T. LeNoir, who is principal and coach; B. S. Henson, Miss Marion Hilton, Miss
Pearl Long, the latter volley ball coach; Miss Gertrude Burke, Miss Thelma
Combs, Miss Grace Ford, music teacher and Miss Oneta Norris, Expression teacher.
A good school is
also provided at Nevada, for the colored children of the town and surrounding
community. This school is housed in the colored Baptist Church, while pursuing
their studies.
In 1926, Nevada
suffered its greatest catastrophe, when it was very largely destroyed by a
violent cyclone. Great property loss was done and several fatalities resulted.
Among the human lived snuffed out in the cyclone, or who died from injury were:
Mrs. R. B. Craft, instantly killed; her son Will Craft, followed her to the
grave, ten days later, after expiring in a Dallas hospital from his injuries.
These victims were the grandmother and father of Cecil Craft, now a young
business man of McKinney. His mother, Mrs. Will Craft, was also seriously
injured, necessitating hospital treatment for many weeks. She and her daughter,
Dorothy, now both also reside in McKinney. This scribe did not obtain the names
of the other victims, who lost their lives in this terrible storm that swooped
down upon this peaceful little Southeast Collin city bringing death and property
damage to so many of its citizens and taxpayers.
SOUTHEAST COLLIN TOWN OF NEVADA
Daily Courier Gazette, April 2, 1938
Center Of Historical Interest - Some Celebrities Of This And Earlier
Generations.
By
Mrs. O. S. Scott
Nevada's one and
only drug store is well stocked with dependable merchandise in its line. Here we
met both the enterprising proprietor, Mr. J. A. Taylor, and his good wife. In
conversation with this worthy business couple, we learned from Mr. Taylor that
he has lived here, at Nevada, all his busy life, being a son of the late Dr. R.
A. Taylor and a brother of R. A. Taylor Jr., now with the Farmersville bank.
This place was named
"Nevada" by Granville Stinebaugh, who came here from Nevada, Missouri, at the
time this little Southeast Collin city began in its making. Later on, Mr.
Stinebaugh went to California, where he had the distinction of naming another
new town in that state and also calling it "Nevada," thus giving to both the
states of Texas and California, the name of his native home town, in Missouri.
This was unwaveringly loyalty to the home city that gave him birth. They are
worthy namesakes of their Missouri mother.
Mr. Taylor also
reminded us of some, more or less, well-known and celebrated names of former
residents of Nevada and this immediate section of Southeast Collin. Among them
are: Bascomb Timmons, born here one mile north of town. He is one of the most
widely read newspaper staff writers and columnists of the present day
Washington, D. C., where for some years now chronicles the daily happenings of
the national capital. His columns are read by literally thousands of people
scattered in every part of the country. He is Past President of the National
Press Club, who enjoys the intimate friendship and confidence of a wide circle
of noted public men of today from President Roosevelt, members of Congress,
United States Senators, Texas Governor and other leading officials of our nation
and of his native Lone Star State. Nevada is proud of this distinguished native
born son.
Another original
Nevada man now of national fame is Hatton W. Sumners, member of Congress from
the Dallas District and Chairman of the Judiciary committee of the House of
Representatives. None of the most powerful Committees of Congress. Congressman
Sumners received a greater part of his public school education at Millwood, five
miles southwest of Nevada. The Sumners family is an honored name in Southeast
Collin, although the Congressman's District doesn't include our county. His
district is made up of Dallas County only, adjoining Collin on the South,
including the great metropolitan city of Dallas as among his constituency.
Dr. J. H. Stevenson,
who was for ten years Superintendent of Parkland Hospital, Dallas, now
Superintendent of the Houston hospital, began his medical practice, at Nevada.
His eminence in his profession reflects much credit upon our entire county and
especially his former home here at Nevada. Another noted professional man of
more than local prestige, who began his career, at Nevada, is Dr. H. R. Beachem,
President of the Dallas County Dental Society. He has numerous former patrons,
at Nevada, and other parts of Southeast Collin, who have a pride in the eminence
that he has attained in his profession which he is following in Texas' largest
city with so much success and honor.
We were much
interested in the information obtained from Mr. Taylor to the effect that Warren
Street the principal thoroughfare of Nevada, is the dividing line between the
Trinity and Sabine River slopes or watersheds. He told us that all the water
that flows in the ditch on the West side of the street eventually runs into the
Trinity River to the West of the town, while the ditch on the east side of
Warren Street starts its flow of water on its journey Eastward to finally find
its way into the Sabine River that flows in a Southeasterly direction through
East Texas to empty its accumulated waters a mighty reservoir of the Gulf of
Mexico and thence into the Atlantic Ocean.
The home of Mrs.
John Mayo was a point of an interesting visit made by us which we thoroughly
enjoyed. Mrs. Mayo is the widow of John Mayo, who passed away only a few years
ago. At the time of his death, they had been married for fifty-four years -
thirty-five of which were spent in Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo were the parents of
a large and interesting family of eleven children. Two of these children died in
infancy, while eight sons and one daughter are still living. One of the sons, L.
F. Mayo, resides at Longview. The other children are residents of different
places, as follows: Mrs. J. W. Boyce, Altus, Okla; D. T. Mayo, Tulia, Texas; W.
G. Mayo, Dallas, Texas; E. J. and C. G. Mayo, both residents of Redondo Beach,
California; L. G. Mayo is a resident of Breckenridge, Texas; E. J. Mayo is
Assistant to Postmaster Davis here, at Nevada, while Clyde Mayo is still in the
parental home, here, with his dear old mother.
It was interesting
to this Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette rambling
representative to learn that one of our employers, Mayor Tom W. Perkins of
McKinney, was once interested in his newspaper profession here in the town of
Nevada. In partnership with J. I. Rymer, Mr. Perkins established the first
newspaper to be published in the town, which he named the "Nevada News."
However, Mr. Perkins later disposed of his interest in order to concentrate on
his papers, at Wylie, then Plano and later the McKinney field, which he entered,
more than thirty years ago. Mayor Perkins has risen to prominence of statewide
scope. He is really now one of the most widely known members of the Texas Press
Association of which organization he is a former President. As most of our
readers already know, Mayor Perkins is serving his seventh term at the present
time as Mayor of McKinney and is, also, a former State Senator for four years,
representing Collin, Hunt and Rains Counties in the higher law-making body of
Texas as the District was then composed.
Dr. Taylor, father
of the druggist was a pioneer settler of this section of Southeast Collin. He
was a first cousin of Governor James W. Throckmorton, the most illustrious name
in the ninety-two year history of Collin County, Confederate Brigadier general,
member of the United States Congress, the eleventh Governor of Texas and last of
more influential national Indian treaty negotiators, who represented Uncle Sam
on important Indian treaty pow-wows of historical importance for our national
government. Dr. Taylor was reared in Kentucky. Governor Throckmorton came to
Texas, intending to follow in the footsteps of his father, Dr. W. E.
Throckmorton (for whom Throckmorton County, Texas, was named), and was
accordingly educated in medical school. He actually began the practice, but soon
decided to change his profession from Medicine to that of the Law. He thereupon
sent his collection of medical books to his cousin, Dr. Taylor, father of the
present Nevada druggist. Dr. Taylor began his professional practice at the early
age of twenty. He came to Texas in 1854, first settling in the northwest edge,
or immediate vicinity of the present town of Anna in North Collin. He also
practiced for a few months in the town of Weston. He married and moved to
Millwood, in Southeast Collin, in 1855. His dust now reposes in the old Millwood
Cemetery, some distance southwest of town of Nevada. An old chair made of
hickory and Bois-d'arc Wood is a cherished possession of Mr. Taylor, the
druggist, inherited from his honored physician father. This old chair was a
wedding gift to the parents of Mr. Taylor and was used by Dr. Taylor and his
wife throughout their long married life. It then passed on to the son and wife
as a family heirloom. Until comparatively recent time, the original cowhide
bottom was still used, but it eventually had to be replaced. The mother of Dr.
Taylor was the daughter of Capt. Throckmorton, a soldier of the War of 1812.
NEVADA BAND
The
Nevada Band was created in 1892 by Professor Frank Bryant. Their meetings were
held in the old Masonic Hall, just back of Glenn Montgomery's store. The hall
burned in 1917. It was a wooden two-story building.
Band
members were: John Rollow, Fate Kimbriel, John Hargraves, Charley McCarty of
Wylie, Jim Waddill, LIm Gay, Charley Stinebaugh, John Woods, Albert Bryant, Mack
Phillips, and Ed Stanford.
The
band disbanded in 1897 when professor Bryant disappeared.
Nevada Cemetery
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
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"Nevada
- Collin County Communities," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy
Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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