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came to Wood County in 1851. He was born 1799 in
Scott County, Kentucky. He was of Huguenot extrac-
tion. He had gradually migrated west and was living in
Madison County, Mississippi when he met and
married Minerva A. Wadlington in 1831. In 1841, the
Flournoy family moved to Chireno, Texas, where they
owned and operated the Halfway House Inn and post
office.SAMUEL MARTIN FLOURNOY, prominent early settler
in county.
S. M. Flournoy had accumulated land in Smith,
Rains (then Wood) and Wood Counties, and in the
summer of 1850 crossed the Sabine at Belzora Crossing
enroute to his wood County land to select a homesite.
He chose a site 11/2 miles southeast of Quitman and
began the construction of his house as quickly as he
could send his son to supervise a large number of slaves
who would build it. The family moved to their new
home in late 1851.
S. M. Flournoy had a reputation for being active in
religious, civic, and political affairs and continued this
interest in Quitman. One of his first acts was to help in
the organization of a Presbyterian Church. In 1852, he
was elected commissioner of precinct 2. In the same
year, he and his slaves, with the Jones brothers and
their slaves, built a Farm-to-Market road to the
Upshur County line. At this point they were met by
other road builders who completed a road to Jefferson,
Texas. This was the first market road constructed in
this section of Northeast Texas.
Flournoy, a mason, helped to secure the Charter
for the Flora Masonic Lodge of Quitman, organized in
1855.
When the Civil War began, although in his 61st
year, Samuel M. Flournoy became actively engaged.
He provided the land for Camp Flournoy, which was
located southeast of his home. A spring on the land fur-
nished water. Camp Flournoy is thought to have beenlocated east of the present city limits of Quitman on
what is known as the Conger Place.
S. M. Flournoy was commissioned Brigadier
General and was commander of the Texas Militia, 12th
Brigade.
Samuel M. and Minerva A. Flournoy were the
parents of 10 children. Some of the children who
remained in Wood County and have descendants here
were:
Mercer, married Julia Jones
Mary, married James Mallory
Narcissa, married George Haines
William (Will), married Elizabeth Weems
Samuel M. died in 1878 and was buried in the
Quitman City Cemetery.
Source: Mrs. Johnnie Flournoy Moody
ROSS FOUSE, son of Alex H. and Margaret
Fouse, was born in the New Hope Community 6
December 1885. He married Beulah Naomie Bailey in
the home of the Reverend B. F. Blaylock of the
Redland Community. Ross and Beulah Naomie Fouse
are the parents of 6 children: Marie (Mrs. Homer
Turbeville), Estelle (Mrs. Charley Paul Sanders), Lon-
zo (married Lois Williamson), Louise (Mrs. Harless E.
Benthul), Raymond (married Margaret Withrow) and
Wesley W.
The Ross Fouse family continues to live in the New
Hope Community.
MRS. CALVIN F. FOWLER, born 1857 in
Alabama, came to Wood County in 1861. Belle Fowler
was the daughter of T. D. Holley, a shoemaker, and the
Holley family settled in Winnsboro, which at that time
boasted only two stores.
Mrs. C. F. (Belle) Fowler was first married to H. C.
Raley in 1872. Mr. Raley died in 1884. In 1887, she was
married to Calvin F. Fowler. She was the mother of 12
children.
As a child, Belle Holley Fowler attended the old
Cornersville School out from Winnsboro. Her father, T.
D. Holley, fought for the South during the Civil War.
Mrs. Fowler died in 1941, and was buried in
Hopewell Cemetery.
Source: Wood County Democrat 1934 issue
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