History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. Page: 678
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HITSTORY OF TEXAS.
ance, and in many ways she was a model
mother, a choice neighbor, a cherished friend
and a valuable citizen.
S. 0. Eidman assisted in tlhe maintenance
of the family after tle father's death, working
two years at $4 per month, but was
swindled out of nearly half of his earnings,
and in the meantime secured a position in a
store of John Crutchler. Mr. Eidlnan hauled
the latter's goods with ox teams from liouston
to San Felipe, and the lumber for his
store-house was hauled by lliln on a slide or
sled, which ho made himself, from the Brazos
river to the lot upoll which it was built. Ile
then had enough money to buy another yoke
of oxen, after which lhe went to Houston and
purchased an ox wagon on time, paying $115
for tile wagon without thle be(l. I)uring this
tille Mr. Eidnian also bought a home in the
town and aliothier wagonl, with which he engaged
in freighting from hlouston to San
Felipe, and to tile neighboring towns, where
Indians were not troublesome. lIe succeeded
in making sufficient money to educate his
younger )lroth!ers and sisters, lie being the
oldest one of tIhe children, and continued that
occupation until 1856, at which time he had
200 or 300 lead of horses, and a considerable
stock of cattle. At tlhe breaking out of the
late war lie owned about 1500 lead of cattle,
al)out 400 lead of horses, worth from $30 to
$50 a head, and five good negroes. He was
exempt from service on account of holding
the offices of Postmiaster and Justice of the
Peace of San Felipe, but toward tlhe last of
the struggle he furnished a substitute after
having been in camp two weeks. During
the war Mr. Eidman also furnished beeves
to the soldiers, taking his pay in Confederate
scrip, which lie still holds. The soldiers also
helped themselves, free of charge, to /ll his
horses they could get, large enough to 1-ide.In 1865 he began the mercantile business
at San Felipe, under the firm name of 8. 0.
Elidman & Bro., which partnership continued
until the brother's death, and the stock he
then sold, in order to close up the firm's business,
at a public sale, lie agreeing to superintend
the store for the following twelve
months. In 1879 he was compelled to again
buy the stock of goods, having never sold
the house, and then conducted the business
under the style of S. 0. Eidman until the
fall of 1891, and from that time until Jannary,
1891, it was run by his nephew and
brother-inlaw, F. A. Berner. The store was
then sold to our subject's brother-in-law and
nephew. He changed his residence to Georgetown,Williamson
county, in September 1879,
to be convenient to a good school, namely,
the Southwestern University, for the purpose
of educating his children as well as for health
and good society. He served as County Commissioner
several terms in Austin county,
was Alderman in both San Felipe and Georgetown,
was appointed by the District Court as
receiver of the first Texas Furniture Factory
of Georgetown, was assignee of the late firm
of Rucker & Montgomery, of this city, and
for the past four years has been Agricultural
Reporter of Williamson county, to General
iRusk, of the Agricultural Bureau at Washington,
D. (., and is now making monthly
reports to the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Secretary
of Agriculture.
Mr. Eidman was married in 1870, to Miss
Virginia Gregory, a daughter of Humbleton
Gregory, of Fayette county, Texas. They
have eight children, viz.: Charles Sidney and
Katie May, pupils in the sophomore class of
the Southwestern University; Seman 0., in
the preparatory class of the same institution;
Jennie, Guy Gregory and Hugli Bryant, attending
the public school; Kraft Hewitt; and
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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/m1/728/?rotate=270: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.