History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. Page: 530
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530 HISTORY OF TEXAS.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
establishment in the county seat and the character,
cost and quantity consumed of merchandise;
our religious, social and political
gatherings and in fact many things respecting
our public and home life; but I suppose
these things have, at least in a general way,
been covered by others. The subject of Texas
history, as seen even by an unpretentious
citizen like myself, is a vast one, and a man
could undertake to go over but little of it in a
talk like the present."
It has been mentioned that Mr. Flanniken
married in 1846. The lady was Miss Margaret
E. Wilson, a daughter of Rev. Hugh V.
Wilson, a pioneer Presbyterian minister who
in 1837 organized the first Presbyterian
Church ever established in Texas, this being
the one that was organized that year at San
Augustine. Mr. and Mrs. Flanniken had two
children, both sons, Hugh James and Robert
H., the former dying at the age of sixteen
and the latter at six. The wife and mother
died in 1888, at the age of sixty-five. She
had been a devoted member of the Presbyterian
Church from early girlhood, and was a
most worthy Christian woman. In addition
to her other responsibilities, she had the care
of as many as ten orphans at different times
in life, and was ever marked for her unceasing
attentions to the sick and afflicted of her
acquaintance. Mr. Flanniken joined the Presbyterian
Church through her influence soon
after marriage, and has been an active member
since. He has been an Elder for many
years. He is also a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and in politics a Democrat. By
the death of his wife he was robbed of his
sole remaining joy, but has borne this affliction
with calmness and resignation, and despite
this and his age, with its attendant infirmities,
is still cheerful, and a most elcome
guest wherever he goes. He makes his homewith an adopted son, Hugh Wilson Rowland,
whom he and his wife took in infancy and
reared to manhood, and who is now married
and the head of a family. Mr. Rowland is
discharging faithfully and affectionately his
duties toward his foster-father.
G B. WILSON, a farmer of Williamson
county, was born in Kanawha county,
West Virginia, March 13, 1839, a son
of R. W. and Rebecca (Rust) Wilson. The
father was a son of James Wilson, who came
from county Tyrone, Ireland, to this country,
and was engaged in merchandising in
New York for a number of years. He subsequently
went to Kentucky, and later engaged
in boating on the river to New Orleans,
and then took up his residence in West Virginia,
where he was among the first to manufacture
salt. The father of our subject was
born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, subsequently
moved to West Virginia, and his
death occurred October 19, 1890. The
mother died when our subject was four years
of age. They were the parents of two sons.
and the youngest, James M., was a member
of the Seventeenth Texas Infantry, during
the late war, and was killed at the battle of
Mansfield.
C. B. Wilson, the subject of this sketch,
came with his father and brother to Texas in
1857, at the age of eighteen years, locating
on the farm where he still resides. The farm
then contained 250 acres, and was located near
the old Mustang spring, which was noted as
a stopping place for emigrants. The second
mill in the county was located on their land,
and their house was always a stopping-place
for travelers, and none were ever turned away
hungry. They were also the first in Will530
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Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties., book, 1893; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29785/m1/572/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.