Dallas County, Texas obituaries

J.N. Fagg
Yoakum, Tex., Aug. 12, 1899 - J.N. Fagg, the leader of the Yoakum cornet band and a manufacturer, was host and instantly killed in the rear of the band headquarters on Front street about 8:45 Thursday night. Fagg who was participating with the other members of the band, left the quarters and said he would be back in a minute. When he had gotten outside a report of a pistol was heard and upon investigation, he was found dead upon the ground at the rear of the building.
Deputy Sheriff Ike Griffith of Shiner was sent for and brought a bloodhound to trail the assassin. The dog soon caught a trail and followed it to the home of C.A. Pelzer, in the eastern part of the city. Accordingly Pelzer was arrested and taken to Hallettsville yesterday afternoon. Fagg, who was a member of the Masonic lodge, was buried under the auspices of that order in the cemetery yesterday afternoon. He leaves a wife and one child. [The Evening News, Maria Texas, Submitted by Shauna Williams]

WM. A. BLACKWELL
PIONEER RANCHMAN OF CUERO EXPIRES
A sudden heart attack suffered at 3:30 Wednesday morning, brought to a close the long and active life of William A. Blackwell, Sr. one of Cuero's most prominent citizens and pioneer stockman of Smith Texas, a man who was identified with the early social and business life of the town and whose days had spanned its history. Funeral services are to be held from the family home on Terrell Street at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. [Victoria Advocate,
Jan. 3, 1929, transcribed by, Amanda Jowers]

NEWTON CRAIN
Cuero Lawyer, Crain, Dies
Cuero - Newton Mitchell Crain, prominent Cuero attorney who practiced law in DeWitt County years, died in a Cuero hospital Friday.
Mr. Crain was a retired member the past four years of the law firm of Crain, Crain, and Sheppard. He started practicing law in DeWitt County in 1908 after attending the university of Texas.
Mr. Crain, a member of the DeWitt County and Texas Bar Associations, was parade marshal of the last turkey trot held in Cuero in 1972.
He was a charter member and the first Grand Knight of the Cuero Knights of Columbus Council. He was also a charter member of the Cuero Rotary Club that was organized in 1921. He served as president in 1925 - 26. Mr. Crain served as DeWitt attorney from 1912 to 1914. He was born in Cuero Dec. 26, 1883, son of U.S. Congressman William Henry Crain and Angelina Mitchell Crain. He married Beryl Rathbone in Cuero, July 9, 1913.
Funeral services will be conducted at St. Michael's Catholic Church at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Monsignor Henry Herbst will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery under the direction of Freund Funeral Home. Survivors are the wife; three sons, Newton M. Crain Jr. and William R. Crain of Houston and James K. Crain of Cuero, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. [Victoria Advocate, December 31, 1977 - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers]

Dallas Morning News
7 Feb. 1898

Yoakum , Tex. , Feb. 6. – George Hammell, a well-known San Antonio and Aransus Pass railway engineer, died at the Santa Rosa hospital in San Antonio last night. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman]

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas)
Wednesday, March 28, 1894

Yorktown , Tex. , -March 22.—Preston Taylor, son of John M. Taylor, died at his father's ranch, ten miles south of town. He had been in bad health for a long time and returned from Florida a few years before his death. He leaves a young wife, whom he married about one year ago. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman]

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas)
Wednesday, March 28, 1894

MICHAEL, BELLANTONI

Yorktown , Tex. , March 26.—Michael Bellantoni, an oyster restaurant man, died here yesterday evening after a few days illness. He has lived in Cuero for several years and claimed Galveston as his home. He will buried here this evening. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman]