Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries and Death Notices
George W. Burleson, Freestone Native, Dies
WORTHAM, Texas, Feb. 18.George W. Burleson, 67. died at his country home near Fairfield late Monday. He was a prominent native of Freestone County and a former resident of Wortham, where be was a merchant in the dry goods business. He also served as Sheriff of Freestone County a number of years. Funeral services will be held in the first Baptist Church of Fairfield with burial in the Old Cade Cemetery, the time pending arrival of relatives, immediate relatives surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. L. L. Rudafill of Fairfield and one son, Roy Burleson of Dallas; the following sisters and brothers, Oliver Burleson. Wortham; John Burleson and Joe Burleson of Fort Worth. Dave Burleson. Streetman; Mrs. H. B. Davis of Corsicana. Mrs. M. Baker of Stamps. Ark.: two grandchildren, Mildred Burleson of Dallas and Lee Judson Daris of Fairfield [February 19, 1936 Dallas Morning News]
Pioneer Freestone County Man Is Dead
WORTHAM. Freestone Co., Texas, Jan. 4.M. L. Morrow, 83, Confederate veteran, died early Thursday morning at the home of his brother, J. N. Morrow, here from injuries sustained when he was run down by an automobile in Worthham Dec. 21. Mr. Morrow was a resident of Freestone County for thirty-seven years and is survived by three daughters and one son. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon. [January 5, 1929 Dallas Morning News]
Kim Willard
FAIRFIELD. -Freestone Co.. Texas, April 19.State Ranger Kim Willard 31, was shot and fatally wounded seven miles west of here Thursday night, when he and several other rangers surprised a bunch of supposed moonshiners. Two loads of buckshot took effect in Willard's abdomen and legs, but he lived long enough to describe the man who fired. Other rangers surrounded the place where Willard's assailant Is believed to have taken refuge. A general alarm was turned in and all officers in Freestone County are now taking part in the manhunt. The rangers are almost certain that the man they seek is in the place surrounded, but believe several of his companions are with him all heavily armed. [April 20, 1928 Dallas Morning News]
Curry, Lee
Teague, Freestone Co., Texas, Aug. 27.-Lee Curry, a young man of this city, succumbed to typhoid fever here Tuesday night.
[ Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published on August 28, 1914]
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Ferguson, Mrs. J. M.
Wortham, Freestone Co., Texas, Dec. 16.-Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, 88, died at her home at Tehuacana Friday. She had lived here until recent years. She
was born in Mississippi and came to Texas in 1865 with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Hill Bounds. Mr. Bounds was a pioneer minister in the Methodist
Protestant Church in Wortham and vicinity. Funeral services were held Sunday in the chapel of the Westminister College at Tehuacana. Mrs. Ferguson is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Duard Moody of Tehuacana and Mrs. Mollie Graham of Coolidge; three sisters and one brother.
[Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published on December 17, 1935]
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McMillan, Mrs. Mary J.
Hillsboro, Tex., Jan. 21.-A wedded relation of two-thirds of a century, lacking only two months, was broken here this morning in the death of Mrs. Mary J.
McMillan, wife of Rev. F. C. McMillan, who passed away at the family residence after an illness of eighteen days. Another unusual feature of this long
wedded life was the large number of offsprings that has followed it. A total of 103 living descendants, including those who have married into the family, and
the whole number of offspring, with twelve deceased, being 115.
Mrs. McMillan was born in Thomas County, Georgia, Feb. 25, 1834, and in addition to her husband is survived by eight sons, three daughters, two
son-in-laws, six daughter-in-laws, fifty grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Messrs. T. J. Sims of this city and J. H. Sims of
Cotton Gin. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan were married in Thomas County, Georgia, Aug. 28, 1845, the romance that led to their marriage having originated at a
singing school which they attended when quite young. For several years following their marriage they lived in Georgia, but in 1849 they came to Texas and
located in Freestone County, between Fairfield and Cotton Gin, and there all the children, except the oldest daughter, Mrs. Sallie P. Buckhalter, who died
Oct. 9, 1908, were born.
From Freestone County, the family moved to Hill County in 1879, locating at the time at Brookens, near Abbott, where they resided until twelve years ago,
when they moved to Hillsboro, locating in the southeastern edge of the city, where they have resided since. Though they were well advanced in years when
they came to Hillsboro they still kept house by themselves until the last illness set in, though other members of the family lived near-by all the time.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church from early childhood and throughout her long life was an active Christian. When she realized that death
was probably only a short time away she told the members of the family that all was well and that she had no fears of death. The funeral was conducted from
the First Methodist Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. Horace Bishop, a pastor of the family thirty-five years ago, officiating, burial following in Ridge
Park Cemetery. The pallbearers included Messrs. Joe Davis, H. H. Simmons, W. H. Knight, W. A. Craig, J. V. Young, L. C. Barnett, R. O. Potts, Charles
Graham and John O. Turner.
The surviving children are Mrs. L. P. Burkhalter, Mrs. Mollie Young, S. F. McMillan, George McMillan, T. J. McMillan and John McMillan, all of this city;
B. F. McMillan of Denton, W. T. McMillan of Lometa, W. M. McMillan of Carter, Ok.; Mrs. Carrie Young of Abbott and J. S. McMillan of Austin. All of
the children, save one, were present when the end came. Among the floral offerings were beautiful ones from the board of stewards of the First M. E. Church
and the Woman's Home Mission Society.
[Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published on January 22, 1912]
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Dr. T. L. C. Means
Dr. T. L. C. Means died at his home on Tenth street in Oak Cliff, Friday morning at 7 o'clock.
Dr. Means was 78 years old, having been born in February, 1825, in Green County, Alabama.
He moved to Freestone County, Texas, in 1850, and was married to Miss Armette Wills, a daughter of Dr. J. S. Wills, one of the first settlers of Texas in
1852. For forty years he practiced medicine in Freestone and adjoining counties, building up a large and successful practice, most of which was done on
horseback. He was held in highest confidence and veneration by a host of people in the territory covered by his practice.
Early in life he joined the Presbyterian Church, and when a young man was made a ruling elder in that church, and at the time of his death was probably the
oldest ruling elder in point of service in Texas.
He moved to Oak Cliff in 1894 and since that time has lived a life of retirement.
Three sons and four daughters survive him: Leroy R. Means, Denver, Colo.; Col. John L. Means, Shreveport, La.; Dr. E. A. Means, Oak Cliff; Mrs. Nora
Simmons, Kerens, Tex.; Mrs. Emma Reynolds and Mrs. Etta White, Mexia, Tex., and Misses Angie and Nettie Means, Oak Cliff.
His wife for more than a half a century died in Oak Cliff in January, 1902.
The pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Cliff, Rev. W. L. Lowrance, has returned from San Saba to conduct the funeral services. Pallbearers
have been announced as follows: John W. George, J. E. Turner, E. M. Browder, J. Farley and W. E. Ellison.
[Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published on July 05, 1903]
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W. M. Seely
Wortham, Freestone County, Texas, Jan. 13.-W. M. Seely, one of the oldest citizens of Wortham, died at his home Wednesday. He was 72 years old.
Mr.Seely had been a resident of this place for over forty years, and was the first Mayor of the town when it was incorporated. He then served as peace
officer. Besides his widow, deceased leaves four children, Dr. Marcus Stewart Seely and Mrs. Will Thiele of Dallas, Mrs. J. M. Brooks of Kosse and
Roger Seely of this place. His body was buried in the Wortham Cemetery.
[Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published on January 14, 1921]
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