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HomeMy WebLinkAboutElisha Adams - Historical Marker, History of, and PhotoDedication Texas Historical Marker Elisha Adams Euless ELLS A ADM EULESS EMSHA ADAM EULtSSi<Tt 40.1911j MIGRATED 10 T"AS c", 1$67' FROX1 PEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE At 10 SETTi(D 1Tde TAT1RANT COUt4T1t 110 JULY 1810 EULESS MARRIED JUDY TRICC.ALSO A TENfIES$EE NATIV3.1-1I* BEGAN ORR�1I!IG BOUGHT LAND IN 1071, EULES5 WAS ELECTED A TARRAOIT COUNTY CONSTABLE IN T$76, IN MARCH 1879 EULESS FURCHASE0 170 ACRES IU THE AREA KNOWN AS WOODLAWN FROM 415 MOTHER•14-LAW. #tART ANN TRIGG. THE LAUD INCLUDEDA TWO-STORY GRATIGE. HALL BUILT IN 1877 THE FIR$T FLOOR WAS USED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND BY YHE LOCAL }4METHODISST Atli? PAESPY TERIA14 CHURCHE5,THE GRA14GE USED THE TOP FLO(X. £ULE.SS PROSPERED AS A PARt.',E;t AND PRE OUCED CONSID ERABLE, Al,IOWIT5 OF C01TON AND C094.114 1861 HE BOUGHT $0 ACRES WHERE A COTTC111 GIN STOOD.THE COM 4UN'ITY . IHAT iiAEW AROUND THE COTTON MN AHED THE GRANGE14MI CAME TO BE CALt1 T) CUL£SS. A POST OFFICE, MISTAKENLY IIAMEV EIILfS$. QPENED THERC IIJ 1888, EVLFS5 WAS ELECTED TARRANT COUNTY $HtRIF; 1 QR T%%%> TE#11,% SrgVttiG fSOM 1842 TO 1996, HE WAS THE fIRST 5H£RIFF TO OCCUPY I►IE COURTH00E c:OMPLITED IN 1W94L HE LATER 8VURNEV 10 THE 14LYN OF E4Jk.ESS,THIR MOAO BACK TO F041 WOPtH WHEIIE HE DIED IN 1911 APID WAS 0110110 IN T1IL CaAW01000 CWE10% Sunday, February 9, 1997 2: 00 PM City of Euless Municipal Complex Euless, Texas Program Master of Ceremonies ............................................ ........................Troy Fuller, Chairman City of Euless Historical Preservation Committee Invocation............................................................................................Dr. Gary Whitbeck First United Methodist Church of Euless Greeting from City of Euless ................................. ........................Mayor Mary Lib Saleh City of Euless Introduction of Special Guests .............................. ..........................................Troy Fuller Remarks................................................................. ...............Honorable Tom Vandergriff Judge, Tarrant County Historical Statement ............................................... ............ Weldon Green Cannon, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of History Temple Junior College Temple, Texas Dedicatory Address ............................................... .................George Hedrick, Chairman Tarrant County Historical Commission Unveiling............................................................... Elisha Adam Euless Family Members Benediction..........................................................................................Dr. Gary Whitbeck Refreshments will be served immediately following the ceremony in the Euless Public Library TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION May 31, 1996 George Hedrick, Chair Tarrant CHC 5636 Blueridge Drive Fort Worth, TX 76112 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS 27" x 42" marker w/o post for brick Job # 13096 Dear Mr. Hedrick: George W7. Busk Governor Joiin L Nau, III ' Chairman CUrtis Tunnel) • Executive Director 71ie State Agency for historic .Preservation ,U4 0 6 1996 Enclosed is the proposed inscription for the above -referenced marker. (Please note that this is a working copy, including filing and foundry instructions. The right-hand margin, which is uneven in this copy, will be justified on the finished marker.) Please review and verify the information contained in the inscription. In particular, be sure to check all names and dates, and make certain we have noted the correct marker location. Please contact other sponsors of this application to discuss the wording of this marker. If you approve the inscription, sign where indicated and return it to me. You also may want to make a copy of the inscription for your files. If you have corrections to make or changes to suggest, please do so on the enclosed copy of the inscription and return it to me with the marked corrections. To ensure that I catch all your suggested changes, I ask that you not tvne a new version of the inscription. The revised wording will need to meet style and spacing requirements; suggestions for new information not documented in your narrative history must be sent with appropriate reference notes. The marker will not be ordered for casting until the county historical commission and other persons or groups listed below have approved the inscription. Again, to avoid any unnecessary delays, please consult with all parties to decide that all are in accord before returning your approval or submitting any suggested changes. Sincerely, �V' Nf8k Wendy Cloyd Thorp, Historian Official Texas Historical Markers Local History Programs PC: Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Diana Crawford Joye K. Evetts P.O. Box 12276 Austin, TX 78711-2276 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 • TDD 1-800-735-2989 Texas Historical Commission Staff (WCT), 5/28/96 27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker without post for brick Tarrant County (Job #13096) Location: 201 N. Ector Drive, Euless ELISHA ADAM EULESS* ELISHA ADAM EULESS(1848-1911)MIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1867,FROM BEDFORD COUNTY,TENNESSEE AND SETTLED IN TARRANT COUNTY*IN JULY 1870,EULESS MARRIED JUDY ANN TRIGG,ALSO A TENNESSEE NATIVEOHE BEGAN FARMING AND BOUGHT 160 ACRES IN 18710EULESS WAS ELECTED TO PUB- LIC OFFICE IN TARRANT COUNTY IN 1876 AND IN 18770 IN MARCH 1879 EULESS PURCHASED 170 ACRES IN THE AREA KNOWN AS WOODLAWN FROM HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY ANN TRIGGOTHE LAND INCLUDED A TWO-STORY GRANGE HALL BUILT IN 18770THE FIRST FLOOR WAS USED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND AS A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,AND THE TOP FLOOR WAS USED BY THE GRANGEO EULESS PROSPERED AS A FARMER AND PRODUCED CONSID- ERABLE AMOUNTS OF COTTON AND CORNoIN 1881 HE BOUGHT 80 ACRES IN 1881 THAT CONTAINED A COTTON GINOTHE COMMUNITY THAT GREW AROUND THE COTTON GIN AND THE GRANGE HALL CAME TO BE CALLED EULESS,AND A POST OFFICE OPENED THERE IN 18860 EULESS ALSO PURCHASED PROPERTY IN FORT WORTHOHE WAS ELECTED TARRA14T COUNTY SHERIFF IN 1892 AND SERVED FOUR YEARSOHE WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF TO OCCUPY THE COURTHOUSE BUILT IN 1893,HE LATER RETURNED TO THE TOWN OF EULESS WHERE HE DIED IN 19110HE WAS BURIED IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY IN FORT WORTHa** (1996)*** *3/4 inch lettering PLEASE CHECK ONE AND SIGN., **1/2 inch lettering ***1/4 inch lettering El i-approve this text as written. ® Please consider the revisions as noted on this copy. (signature) TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS ORDER FORM FOR MARKER -RELATED PRODUCTS The following items are available for purchase through the Texas Historical Commission's Local History Programs office. Please read and fill out this form carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us at 512/463-5853. Your order will be processed once payment is received. Please note: A recent ruling by the State Comptroller's Office determined that the THC is not required to collect sales tax on items of an educational nature. It has been determined that all of the following items, except paperweights, are educational in nature and, therefore, are not subject to sales tax. Directional HISTORICAL MARKERS IN CITY Signs HMIC signs are placed on city limit signs by the Texas Department of Transportation They will be shipped directly to the District Engineer. Size: 24" x 24" Types: 2 • For Interstate Hwys.: Green & White • For FM, State, and U.S. Hwys.: Black & White Price: $100 I would like to order: (#) Black & White signs (#) Green & White signs Location: city limit sign FM/state/U.S./I.H. County HISTORICAL MARKER HM signs are placed along city and county roads only. The applicant is responsible for supplying post and erecting sign. Size: 18" x 22" Types: 3 With directional arrows pointing • Left • Right • Straight Price: $100 I would like to order: (#) sign(s) w/ a Left arrow. (#) signs(s) w/ a Right arrow. sign(s) w/ a Straight arrow. Pape� �deights MEDALLION PAPERWEIGHT REPLICA PAPERWEIGHT Available in aluminum or bronze. The A miniature replica of your marker mounted on a' medallion measures 4" in diameter with a 3" x 4 Wx W black acrylic base. Please allow two 3 %" x 1 %" plate, allowing for four lines months after the completion of the marker for delivery. of incising. Cost: Bronze: $70.20 ($65 if tax exempt) Cost: $97.20 ($90 if tax exempt) Aluminum: $54 ($50 if tax exempt) Quantity: (#) Quantity: (#) __ in bronze/aluminum Replica of marker entitled Please specify desired incising. Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: in County. (over) •' / • HISTORICAL COMMISSION May 31, 1996 George Hedrick, Chair Tarrant CHC 5636 Blueridge Drive Fort Worth, TX 76112 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS 27" x 42" marker w/o post for brick Job # 13096 Dear Mr. Hedrick: George Wt. Bush Governor J01111 L. Nau, III Chairman Curtis Tunnel) ' Executive Director Ae State Agency for Historic .Preservation JUN n 6 1996 Enclosed is the proposed inscription for the above -referenced marker. (Please note that this is a working copy, including filing and foundry instructions. The right-hand margin, which is uneven in this copy, will be justified on the finished marker.) Please review and verify the information contained in the inscription. In particular, be sure to check all names and dates, and make certain we have noted the correct marker location. Please contact other sponsors of this application to discuss the wording of this marker. If you approve the inscription, sign where indicated and return it to me. You also may want to make a copy of the inscription for your files. If you have corrections to make or changes to suggest, please do so on the enclosed copy of the inscription and return it to me with the marked corrections. To ensure that I catch all your suggested changes, I ask that you not type a new version of the inscription. The revised wording will need to meet style and spacing requirements; suggestions for new information not documented in your narrative history must be sent with appropriate reference notes. The marker will not be ordered for casting until the county historical commission and other persons or groups listed below have approved the inscription. Again, to avoid any unnecessary delays, please consult with all parties to decide that all are in accord before returning your approval or submitting any suggested changes. Sincerely, U/° 3�PN4 *,A�— Wendy Cloyd Thorp, Historian Official Texas Historical Markers Local History Programs PC: Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Diana Crawford Joye K. Evetts P.O. Box L2276 • Austin, TX 78711-2276 • 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 • TDD 1-800-735-2989 Texas Historical Commission Staff (WCT), 5/28/96 27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker without post for brick Tarrant County (Job #13096) Location: 201 N. Ector Drive, Euless ELISHA ADAM EULESS* ELISHA ADAM EULESS(1848-1911)MIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1867,FROM BEDFORD COUNTY,TENNESSEE AND SETTLED IN TARRANT COUNTY®IN JULY 1870,EULESS MARRIED JUDY ANN TRIGG,ALSO A TENNESSEE NATIVE®HE BEGAN FARMING AND BOUGHT 160 ACRES IN 18719EULESS WAS ELECTED TO PUB- LIC OFFICE IN TARRANT COUNTY IN 1876 AND IN 1877® IN MARCH 1879 EULESS PURCHASED 170 ACRES IN THE AREA KNOWN AS WOODLAWN FROM HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY ANN TRIGG®THE LAND INCLUDED A TWO-STORY GRANGE HALL BUILT IN 18774THE FIRST FLOOR WAS USED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND AS A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,AND THE TOP FLOOR WAS USED BY THE GRANGE® EULESS PROSPERED AS A FARMER AND PRODUCED CONSID- ERABLE AMOUNTS OF COTTON AND CORNoIN 1881 HE BOUGHT 80 ACRES IN 1881 THAT CONTAINED A COTTON GIN®THE COMMUNITY THAT GREW AROUND THE COTTON GIN AND THE GRANGE HALL CAME TO BE CALLED EULESS,AND A POST OFFICE OPENED THERE IN 18860 EULESS ALSO PURCHASED PROPERTY IN FORT WORTH®HE WAS ELECTED TARRANT COUNTY SHERIFF IN 1892 AND SERVED FOUR YEARS®HE WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF TO OCCUPY THE COURTHOUSE BUILT IN 1893,HE LATER RETURNED TO THE TOWN OF EULESS WHERE HE DIED IN 19110HE WAS BURIED IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY IN FORT WORTH®** (1996)*** *3/4 inch lettering PLEASE CHECK ONE AND SIGN. **1/2 inch lettering ***1/4 inch lettering ❑ 1 approve this text as written. ❑ Please consider the revisions as noted on this copy. (signature) TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS ORDER FORM FOR MARKER -RELATED PRODUCTS The following items are available for purchase through the Texas Historical Commission's Local History Programs office. Please read and fill out this form carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us at 512/463-5853. Your order will be processed once payment is received. Please note: A recent ruling by the State Comptroller's Office determined that the THC is not required to collect sales tax on items of an educational nature. It has been determined that all of the following items, except paperweights, are educational in nature and, therefore, are not subject to sales tax. Directional HISTORICAL MARKERS IN CITY Signs HMIC signs are placed on city limit signs by the Texas Department of Transportation They will be shipped directly to the District Engineer. Size: 24" x 24" Types: 2 • For Interstate Hwys.: Green & White • For FM, State, and U.S. Hwys.: Black & White Price: $100 I would like to order: (#) Black & White signs Green & White signs Location: city limit sign FM/state/U.S./I.H. County PPaperweightsj I MEDALLION PAPERWEIGHT Available in aluminum or bronze. The medallion measures 4" in diameter with a 3 %" x 1 %" plate, allowing for four lines of incising. HISTORICAL MARKER HM signs are placed along city and county roads only. The applicant is responsible for supplying post and erecting sign. Size: 18" x 22" Types: 3 With directional arrows pointing • Left • Right • Straight Price: $100 I would like to order: (#) sign(s) w/ a Left arrow. (#) signs(s) w/ a Right arrow. (#) sign(s) w/ a Straight arrow. REPLICA PAPERWEIGHT A miniature replica of your marker mounted on d 3" x 4 Wx W black acrylic base. Please allow two months after the completion of the marker far delivery. Cost: Bronze: $70.20 ($65 if tax exempt) Cost: $97.20 ($90 if tax exempt) Aluminum: $54 ($50 if tax exempt) Quantity: (#) Quantity: (#) in bronze/aluminum Replica of marker entitled Please specify desired incising. Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: in County. (over) FOR 1936 MARKERS Replacement Parts I would like to order the following bronze replacement parts (please indicate quantity desired): (#) Stars @ $25 (#) Wreaths @ $25 (#) Star/Wreath set @ $35 (#) Seals @ $65 (#) Plates @ $185 Centennial Marker entitled: in County. 12" x 6" SUPPLEMENTAL PLATE Other Items for marker in County Cost: $110 Please submit desired wording, generally 25 words or less, on a separate sheet. For attachment to (brick, stone, etc.): FOR BUILDING MARKERS I would like to order a replacement for the marker entitled: in County. Medallion: $125 16" x 12" plate: $225 Please contact Local History Programs before ordering. CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION Signed by the executive director of the THC and your county historical commission chairperson. Cost: $.50 each Please send me (#) certificates. Please ship this order to: (not applicable for HMIC signs) Name Street Address City Zip , County In case of a shipping problem, please include recipient's telephone number below. Telephone Payment enclosed Please charge my credit card: VISA MASTERCARD Card No. Expiration Date Signature Please make check payable to the Texas Historical Commission. Orders will be processed once payment is received. Thank you. S YkIS TO Please return this form with your payment to: arm ern H r LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS Texas Historical Commission P.O. Box 12276 04,,MIS Austin, TX 78711-2276 F TEXAS Ei \ c1 :r tip; L HISTORICAL E � COMMISSION Febuary 19, 1996 George Hedrick, Chair Tarrant CHC 5636 Blueridge Drive Fort Worth, TX 76112 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS 27" x 42" marker w/o post Job # 13096 Received: 01/29/96 Dear Mr. Hedrick: George W/. Busk Governor Join L. Nau, 1[[ Clioirman Curtis ['unnell • Executive Director %e State genc i e rvafion We have received the above -referenced marker application. The application will be reviewed and evaluated by the Texas Historical Commission staff in the order in which it was received. Currently, there is a three to four month wait between the time subject marker applications are received and evaluated. Should additional information be needed for the review, we will contact you and any parties listed below at that time. After any deficiencies have been corrected, we will send copies of the application to the members of the State Marker Review Board, who will make the final determination of the topic's acceptability for marking. We will notify all parties as soon as the Board makes its decision. If the topic is approved for marking, payment will be requested at that time. If not approved, the application will be returned along with a letter of explanation. Because of the variables involved in the marker process, and because we must coordinate our orders with the schedule of the contracting foundry, we suggest that the date of the marker dedication not be set until the completed marker is received. We appreciate the effort made to record this topic. Should there be any questions about the status of this marker application, please contact me at 512/463-5853. Sincerely, Egina(6/. Reyes Office Manager Local History Programs PC: Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Diana Crawford Joye K. Evetts P.O. Box 12276 Austin, TX 78711-2276 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 TDD 1-800-735-2989 TfxAs 4 HISTORICAL , COMMISSION July 9, 1996 Diana Crawford 214 Ironbridge Place Euless, TX 76040 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS 27" x 42" Marker with post Job # 13096 Inscription Revision Dear Ms. Crawford: George W. 13us11 Governor John L. Nau, III • Chairnin„ C urti� TunneJJ Executive Director The Mate Agency for Historic Preservation 9?,o ezi ve- d JUL 1 5 1996 City of Eules4, Enclosed is the revised inscription for the above -referenced historical marker. I have tried to incorporate most of the changes that you suggested, but various style and spacing requirements may have required some compromising. If you approve the inscription, please sign and return the enclosed copy of the text. If not, please let me know and I will work on it further with you. Again, to avoid any unnecessary delays, please consult with all parties listed below before returning your approval or submitting any suggested revisions. As mentioned in earlier correspondence, the marker will not be ordered for casting until a final inscription is approved by all parties, as documented by the return of each r)erson's signed coDv of the inscription. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Siijn�cerely, 0r ftpov Wendy Cloyd Thorp, Historian Official Texas 1-14torical Markers Local History Programs PC: George Hedrick Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Joye K. Evetts P.O. Rox 12276 Dustin, TX 78711-2276 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 "rm) 1-800-735-2989 Texas Historical Commission Staff (WCT), 5/28/96, revised 6/20/96, 7/2/96 a 27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker without post for brick Tarrant County (Job #13096) Location: 201 N. Ector Drive, Euless ELISHA ADAM EULESS* ELISHA ADAM EULESS(1848-1911)MIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1867 FROM BEDFORD COUNTY,TENNESSEE AND SETTLED IN TARRANT COUNTYOIN JULY 1870 EULESS MARRIED JUDY ANN TRIGG,Arf! A TENNESSEE NATIVEOHE BEGAN FARMING AND BOUGHT LAND IN 1871�]ET'T Fe\c T7TC crrrm�n T TTDDTT`T 2 CQ1JN �" r.TaTAr'LLTTS 1 A26 \ v IN MARCH 1879 EULESS PURCHASED 170 ACRES IN THE AREA KNOWN AS WOODLAWN FROM HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY ANN TRIGG&THE LAND INCLUDED A TWO-STORY GRANGE HALL BUILT IN 18770THE FIRST FLOOR WAS USED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL-,lN& BY THE LOCAL METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES&THE GRANGE USED THE TOP FLOOR& EULESS PROSPERED AS A FARMER""i..,,.-r' ^F^mm^ii=+bB-AT�IN 1881 HE BOUGHT 80 ACRES WHERE A COTTON GIN STOODSTHE COMMUNITY THAT GREW AROUND THE COTTON GIN AND THE GRANGE HALL. PTO BE CALLED EULESS�A^Smr-'y'r^ciC"r—,""—cmTvz,rry N &4 n ENTT _S_Q ^nr..#EL -rnn KE IN EULESS WAS ELECTED TARRANT COUNTY /SHERIFF FOR TWO TERMS, SERVING FROM IN 1892 TO 1896VHE WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF TO OCCUPY THE COURTHOUSE COMPLETED IN 18950 H.W�iER HE DIED IN 1911 AND WAS BURIED IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY@** (19 9 6) * * * PLEASE CHECK ONE AND SIGN: *3/4 inch lettering **1/2 inch lettering 1 approve this text as written. ***1/4 inch lettering ❑ Please consider the revisions as noted on this copy. (signature) TT Ueof"C W. Busk • Governor HISTORICAL x(l i Joan I — Nau, Ill Chairman 1 1 I S T V R I C A L Curtis T unnell I Executive Director C O M M I S S I O N The State Agency for Historic Preservation Augu�.l 15, 1996 George Hedrick, Chair Tarrant CHC 5636 Blueridge Drive Fort Worth, TX 76112 �� i� yt1 22 (.96 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS �� �,� 27" x 42" marker w/o post for brick ESS Job #: 13096; Shipment to: The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor, City of Euless, 210 N. Ector Drive, Euless, 76039, 817/685-1419 Dear Mr. Hedrick: We have ordered the above -referenced marker for casting. Due to a backlog at the foundry, it is currently taking about 16 weeks for delivery. However, this is just an estimate; a final shipment date will depend on the foundry's workload. A copy of the final inscription as it was sent to the foundry is enclosed for your files. According to our records, the marker should be shipped to the address above. If these instructions have changed during the marker process, please let me know as soon as possible so that I may notify the foundry. If you have not already done so, this would be a good time to begin planning the marker dedication ceremony. However, please avoid setting the dedication date until the marker is received. The estimated shipping date above does not take into account potential shipping problems or other unforeseen delays, and the best laid dedication plans could be upset if planned around this time estimate. We will notify you and all parties listed below once the marker has been shipped from the foundry. A guide to planning a dedication ceremony is available from our office upon request. Since this is a state program, we suggest that your state senator and/or representative be included in the program, as well as your county judge and commissioners who have appointed your county historical commission. Enclosed is a form for announcing the dedication in the THC's bi-monthly newsletter, The Medallion. in the marker dedication, calendar, which is distributed to agency commissioners and staff, and in the monthly News for Countv Historical Commissions, once details have been finalized. Again, please let me know if there has been a change in the shipping address, or if you would like a marker dedication guide. Sincereji, gina Reyes Office" anager Local History Programs pc: Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Diana Crawford Joye x r�vetts P.O. 13ox 1247 Auatin, TX 78711-2276 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 TDI) 1-800-735-2989 Texas Historical Commission Staff (WCT), 5/28/96, revised 6/20/96, 7/2/96, 7/25/96 27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker without post for brick Tarrant County (Job #13096) Location: 201 N. Ector Drive, Euless ELISHA ADAM EULESS* ELISHA ADAM EULESS(1848-1911)MIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1867 FROM BEDFORD COUNTY,TENNESSEE AND SETTLED IN TARRANT COUNTYoIN JULY 1870 EULESS MARRIED JUDY ANN TRIGG,ALSO A TENNESSEE NATIVE.HE BEGAN FARMING AND BOUGHT LAND IN 1874 EULESS WAS ELECTED A TARRANT COUNTY CONSTABLE IN 18760 IN MARCH 1879 EULESS PURCHASED 170 ACRES IN THE AREA KNOWN AS WOODLAWN FROM HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY ANN TRIGG*THE LAND INCLUDED A TWO-STORY GRANGE HALL BUILT IN 1877oTHE FIRST FLOOR WAS USED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND BY THE LOCAL METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHESOTHE GRANGE USED THE TOP FLOOR* EULESS PROSPERED AS A FARMER AND PRODUCED CONSID- ERABLE AMOUNTS OF COTTON AND CORN,IN 1881 HE BOUGHT 80 ACRES WHERE A COTTON GIN STOODoTHE COMMUNITY THAT GREW AROUND THE COTTON GIN AND THE GRANGE HALL CAME TO BE CALLED EULESSdA POST OFFICE,MISTAKENLY NAMED ENLESS,OPENED THERE IN 18869 EULESS WAS ELECTED TARRANT COUNTY SHERIFF FOR TWO TERMS,SERVING FROM 1892 TO 1896*HE WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF TO OCCUPY THE COURTHOUSE COMPLETED IN 1895@) HE LATER RETURNED TO THE TOWN OF EULESS,THEN MOVED BACK TO FORT WORTH WHERE HE DIED IN 1911 AND WAS BURIED IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY*** (1996)*** *3/4 inch lettering **1/2 inch lettering ***1/4 inch lettering \E X• HISTORICAL COMMISSION George W. Busli Governor Jolin L Nau, III Chairman Curtis Tunnell • Exearlivc Direclor ir'jze State Agency for Historic Preservation MARKER DEDICATION ANNOUNCEMENT This form may be used to announce your marker dedication in the Texas Historical Commission's newsletter, The Medallion; in the THC's marker dedication calendar, which is distributed to agency commissioners and staff; and in the monthly News for County Historical Commissions. To announce your dedication to THC commissioners and staff in the agency's marker dedication calendar, this form should be received approximately three weeks prior to the dedication. The announcement will be listed in the next calendar issued after its receipt. To include your announcement in The Medallion, please submit this form at least two months before the marker dedication. Title of Marker County Community or nearest town Date of dedication Contact person Address City, state, zip Area code & telephone number Please return this form to: Local History Programs at the address below P. O. Box 12276 • Austin, TX 78711-2276 • 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 • TDD 1-800-735-2989 George W. Bush Governor Join L. Nan, III Chairman Curtis Tunneu • Executive Director The state Agency for Historic Preservation y;. s December 17, 1996 George Hedrick, Chair Tarrant CHC 5636 Blueridge Drive Fort Worth, TX 76112 RE: ELISHA ADAM EULESS 27" x 42" marker w/o post, for brick - Job #: 13096 Date Shipped: 12/11/96; Shipping Company: UPS Dear Mr. Hedrick: The above -referenced marker was recently shipped to The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor, City of Euless, 210 N. Ector Drive, Euless, 76039, 817/685-1419, on the above referenced date. If it has not been received, please contact the Southwell Company at 210/223-1831 so that it may be traced. Please be prepared to give the job number, date shipped, and shipping company name. We would appreciate having photocopies of any newspaper clippings (rather than the original clippings, which aren't archivally stable) or photos about the dedication ceremony to complete our file on this marker. Thank you for your continued support and good work toward the preservation of the history of our state. Sincerely, 6,j�; Cynthia J. Beeman, Administrator Official Texas Historical Marker Program pc: Susan Crim The Hon. Mary Lib Saleh Diana Crawford Joye K. Evetts P. O. Box 12276 • Austin, TX 78711-2276 • 512/463-6100 Fax 512/475-4872 • TDD 1 i. . " el,... „Im ,,, oft,. I., .... , " IL ._ _- • I / ^ I Niii‘ . . r ,V • i .- 11, , ',Ilk L',_ .1 it - / It ' • . I; _ '0'4 :.,,, • 4,i7N 4. oil. ���. r r i . 1pJT" t )/ Shfr . ifF LA IIt ff,DA » E uL E ss ta , ,�, c � , th . f d f r D ,N.‘ -4) �11 () R-nr N } i L F 5J ofc: , ca -t (r- 1) 5 t. 19 s 'f\ I`' (Z ArNT ( © rJ n, 7 (Cr At SSE l .7) 94 Weldon G. Cannon History Files ELISHA ADAM (E.A.) EULESS In this folder donated to the City of Euless, labeled ELISH ADAM (E.A.) EULESS, are a few key documents and other materials from files donated to The University of Texas at Arlington for the Weldon G. Cannon Euless Collection in the Special Collections of the University Library. Following is a brief summary of materials in 8 folders under this subject that were donated to UTA: L. ONE-SIDED 1995 ORIGINAL Folder contents The historical narrative for the Elisha Adam Euless Texas historical marker; %". 2. MARKER Folder contents Correspondence with Texas Historical Commission and Tarrant County Historical Commission; news releases about dedication of marker and newspaper clippings of event; %z". 3. MARKER DEDICATION Folder contents Correspondence with Euless family members; photos of the Euless family and dedication ceremony February 9, 1997; list of those invited and those who attended; 1/2 ". 4. EULESS FAMILY, ETC. Folder contents E. A. Euless family and ancestors and related families; %". 5. EULESS BIOGRAPHIES Folder contents Various writings about E. A. Euless and other family members (besides Cannon historical narrative about E. A. Euless); time line of his life. %". 6. EULESS—N.C., TENN. Folder contents Materials about Euless family, mainly in North Carolina and Tennessee; %". 7. EULESS CORRESSPONDENCE Folder contents Mainly Weldon Cannon with Euless family members; 1'. 8. TEXAS GRANGE Folder contents An earlier name for the Euless community was Grange Hall (or simply The Hall) which was built by the Trigg and Euless families on Trigg land and was later long owned by E. A. Euless; Triggs and Euless were active members; %". ELISHA ADAM EULESS Preface In 1995, I wrote ELISHA ADAM EULESS, the historical narrative accompanying an application for a Texas Historical Marker. The application was approved by the Texas Historical Commission. Sponsored by the City of Euless, the marker was installed at the Euless City Hall and dedicated February 9, 1997. This narrative includes slight revisions in 1996 and 2018 of the original. It is basically a brief biography of the person for whom the city is named and a Tarrant County Sheriff. Incorporated in the narrative is a brief history of the early Euless community. Also included is some information about the Trigg family. Several members of this family, especially Mr. Euless' mother-in-law, Mary Ann Whitson (Mrs. William A.)Trigg, played important roles in the founding and early development of Euless. A few minor corrections might still be made. The major shortcoming is lack of a thorough analysis of Mr. Euless' service as sheriff. 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Si E1�i +t7� _l�Ci��lI�Y - N6 s4014ayshom- •G 1PUT� L,AY 1t RET II Q T :: r V t+t - i EtltriS3; ON IMQVW Elisha Euless ny Weldon Green Cannon, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of History Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas Member, Bell County Historical Commission Member, City of Euless Historical Committee Copyright1995 Weldon Green Ceonon In 1895, Adam Euless might have sat in his office at the new Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, and looked back over the past forty-sixyears with some pride. He had come a long way. In less than half a century a new town had been named for him, and he was now sheriff of the state's fourth most populous county. His was a remarkable journey. At age nineteen, he migrated in 1867 from war -ravaged Bedford County, Tennessee, to Tarrant County, Texas. Here he found a new life in this Texas frontier county inhabited by 6,000 people. Christened Elisha Adam Euless, he was known as Adam Euless throughout his life. The surname Euless has had many spellings from the eighteenth century to the present.' Among the variations are Eules, Euliss, Eulis, Eulass, Eulas, Eulice, Eauless, Ewliss, Ewlis, I Ewyas, Hehus, Uless, Ules, Uliss, Ulis, Ulius, Uhles, Ulyss and Ulys. It has also been 1 In some cases, the spelling varies within the same document. In this manuscript the original spelling from any document will be used. When the name is used without reference to a particular document, the spelling "Euless" will be used. ►ram „ .60 spelled Enless and Ellis in government documents where Euless was obviously meant. Different branches of the family at various times have spelled the name many ways. Spelling in government documents and records varies greatly, often being phonetica German in origin, the ancestors of Elisha Adam Euless were first recorded in the newworld in Orange County, North Carolina, in the eighteenth century, where they lived among many other German families. The most consistent spelling of the name in North Carolina has long been Euliss. For manyyears, Euliss reunions have been held near the site of their eighteenth -century settlements.3 Philip Ulis, great-grandfather of Elisha Adam Euless and a large property owner, was listed on the Orange County tax rolls in 1779. Philip Euliss also appeared on the 1790 U.S. Census for North Carolina. A will for Philip Eulice, dated 1812, was recorded in Orange County. Listed among his children was Adam Eulice, the grandfather of Elisha Adam Euless. Elizabeth, surname unknown, was listed as Philip's wife.¢ 2 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1895), pp. 424-426; History of Bedford County, Tennessee (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886), p. 1146; The Dallas Morning News, Jan. 26, 1911) p, 7. 3 Elinor Samons Euliss, ed., Alamance County: The Legacy of its People and Places (Greensboro, North Carolina: Legacy Publications, 1984), pli. 146-147; "Euliss Family Association Reunion," The Ouarterly, Local History and Genealogical Society, Dallas, Texas, XVI (March, 1970), 28. 4 Euliss, Alamance County, pp. 146447; Ruth Herndon, compiler, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850 (n.p., n.d.), p. 51; Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790: North Carolina (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908), p. 95; William Perry Johnson, ed., North Carolina Genealogy, to Mrs. Louis Wm. Kleasner Jr., .historian, Euliss Family Association Reunion, Feb. 11, 1969, copy in possession of author. j Adam Eulice, son of Philip, was born about 1775 in North Carolina. In 1803, he married Dorothea Turley Shofner, born Jul 1778, to another prominent German family in Orange County. They immigrated to Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1810, and settled about eight miles southeast of Shelbyville, Tennessee. Adam was listed on the First tax roll for the county in 1812. Adam 'Euless died in 1843 and Dorothea in 1872, both in Bedford County.5 Adam and Dorothea Euless were the parents of ten children, among them Martin, the father of Elisha Adam Euless. Born in Bedford County in 1818, Martin married Cassandra Dean "Cassie" Bobo in 1843, daughter of Elisha and Lucy Dean Bobo, natives of South Carolina. Cassandra was a member of the same family for whom the Tarrant County community of Bobo, later officially designated Bedford, Texas, was named. Martin died in 1900, and Cassandra in 1910, both buried in Bedford County. They eventually accumulated about 600 acres of land in Bedford and Coffee counties, Tennessee. The eastern Bedford County terrain, home of the Euless family, is hilly to rugged, with red clap and sandy land. Much of the landscape has always been covered with timber, but the valleys and many steep slopes were cultivated in the nineteenth century.6 s History of Bedford County, p. 114G; "Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax List, 1$12," Bedford County Historical Quarterly, XLI (Fall, 1976), 24, 29; James Rightman Blanks, The Shofner Familv Genealogy: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Michael Shofner ( 1721-1810) (Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1989), pp. v, vi, 280. 6 History of Bedford County, p. 1146; Janet L. Schmelzer, Where the West Begins: Fort Worth and Tarrant County (Northridge, California: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1985), p. 36; Minutes, MSS, Tarrant County Court House, Fort Worth, Texas, vol. B, pp. 228, 339; An Industrial Brochure of Shelbyville and Bedford County, Tennessee (Shelbyville: The Chamber of Commerce of Shelbyville and Bedford County, n.d.), p. 2; ADAM JUVI.ESS / Page 4 In 1860, Martin Euless was a farmer and the master of eight slaves. His familpwas the sixth wealthiest among 168 in his Bedford County civil district. This prosperous farm family grew cattle, sheep and swine, and produced a great deal of corn, some wheat and a little cotton, plus certain items necessary for a farm household, such as vegetables, butter and honey.' Elisha Adam Euless, third child of Martin and Cassandra Euless, was born in Bedford County on September 26, 1848. The young bop was reared in a largely rural and agricultural county, inhabited by 21,511 people in 1850. Slaves composed 25.6 percent of the population. Shelbyville, the major town and county seat, had a population of 1,615. Elisha Adam received a "moderate" education in neighborhood schools.$ Bp 1860, the population of Bedford County was relatively unchanged from ten pears earlier, at 21,584, but slaves now constituted 31.2 percent. The population of Shelbyville had risen to 2,092. In the presidential election of 1860 Bedford County cast 51.4 percent of its vote for native Tennessean, John Bell, the Constitutional Union Party interview with Frank Edelbrock by author, January 4, 1972, Fort Worth, Texas; Blanks, Shofner Family Genealogy, pp. 281, 282. ' U.S. Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Bedford County, Tennessee, p. 169; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Agricultural Schedule, Bedford County, Tennessee, p. 25; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Slave Schedule, Bedford County, Tennessee, P. 39. s Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425; The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Embracing a Statistical View of Each of the States and Territories, Arranged by Counties, Towns, etc. (Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853), pp. 573, 575. candidate; 47.4 percent for John C. Breckinridge, candidate of the Southern Democrats; and 1.2 percent for Stephen A. Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. ]n 1861 Bedford County voted overwhelmingly in favor of secession, favoring it by 68.7 percent, only slightly less than the state percentage of 69.9 percent. Nevertheless, union sentiment during the Civil War was strong in Shelbyville, and some people even nicknamed it "Little Boston." The countyfurnished almost as many soldiers for the United States Army as for the Confederacy. Numerous families were divided in their loyalties.lo Bedford County was also on the line of march for both armies during much of the war with many large troop movements from both sides. Bedford County sustained heavy property damage and some casualties, although no major battles were waged in the county. The courthouse burned in 1863, caused by Confederate soldiers who accidently started the fire. Marauding soldiers from both sides constantly stripped fields and businesses of food and supplies as competing armies scoured the countryside Co provisions. 11 � Population of the United States in 1860; Compiled From the Original Returns of the Eighth Census; Classified Population of the States and Territories, by Counties, Slave & White (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), pp. 466467; Anne H. Hopkins and William Lyons, Tennessee Votes: 17994976 (Knoxville: The University -of Tennessee, 1978), p. 42. io History of Bedford County, pp. 872-873; Hopkins and Lyons, Tennessee Votes, p. 43. 11 History of Bedford 'County, pp. 872=873; "The Civil War in Bedford County," Bedford County Historical Quarterly, XH (Fall, 1986), 71, 78; "An Overview of the Civil War in Bedford County," Bedford County Historical Quarterly, VU (Winter, 1981), 96-97, U4 WOW it U xx'i Apparently no Euless men served m the war. Martin was too old. Elisha Adam was too young to Fight, but he grew to manhood during the war, turning nineteen in 1867, when he migrated to Texas. He left no record of why he decided to go to Texas and settle in Tarrant County. Possibly he was caught up in the westward movement of many Tennesseans to Texas. Bp 1860 more people had migrated to Texas from Tennessee than from any other state.12 Even before the war, migration from Bedford County to Tarrant County had begun. For example, some children of Hayden Trigg, a prominent and well-to-do Bedford County resident, had settled in Tarrant County in the 1850s. A daughter, Esther Trigg Hitch, and her husband, William Henry Hitch, had moved in 1855. Next, her brother, John Trigg, had migrated iri 1857. Another brother, Daniel C. Trigg, came in 18581 bringing his family and slaves with him. Daniel bought a section of land and became a prosperous farmer. All of these settled in eastern Tarrant County, near the Dallas County line, north of the Trinity River, in or near the present City of Euless.13 The war slowed migration, but afterward the movement began again at an even more rapid clip. For the next twenty years, many families traveled the same route from 100. I s The Fort Worth Record, Jan. 26, 1911, p. 4; Rupert N. Richardson, Ernest Wallace and Adrian Anderson, The Lone Star State, 5th Ed. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988), p. 169. 13 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, pp. 561-562. AUAM EULESS / Page 7 Bedford County and Coffee County, Tennessee, to Tarrant County, Texas.14 Adam Euless first at Grapevine, in far northeastern Tarrant County, followed the same trail. He settled where he stayed briefly. Then, he moved about seven miles south to the present site of the City of Euless. Also, in 1867, another member of the Trigg family came, Mary Ann Trigg, widow of William H. Trigg, who was a brother of Esther Trigg Hitch, John Trigg in and Daniel C. Trigg. Adam Euless, Mary Ann Trigg and others could have come the same travel party. is VDhile little is known of what they carried with them to Texas, records list at least two items that Mr. Euless brought an Army pistol that he purchased From his father's second cousin, Monroe Shofner, a Civil War veteran, and a $200 draft that he sold for 75 cents on the dollar when he arrived in Texas.16 Tarrant County, Texas, was far removed from the destruction inflicted by rival armies in Bedford County, Tennessee. Nevertheless, it was severely affected by the war and was still in great turmoil when the Bedford County citizens arrived in 1867. Half of the Tarrant County men who went to the war did not come home; the population had declined drastically; the tax base had fallen substantially; the economy had slowed to a 14 Compare censuses of Bedford County and Coffee County for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 with censuses for Tarrant County for 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 for the movement of these families. 1 s pp. 424426, 561-562. 16 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, pp. 424-426; Austin W. Shofner to Weldon G. Cannon, October 91 1969, m possession of author. ADAM EUI.ESS /Page 8 near standstill; and the local government was in chaos. Still, Texas was a new country to the immigrants who saw a chance to start over.l' Iri November 1867, Mary Ann Trigg purchased a 250-acre tract in the James P. Hanford survey in the present City of Euless, situated west of present North Main Street and north of present West Euless Boulevard and Huffman Drive. In 1870 she was living on her property with three of her children, plus Adam Euless and four African -American servants.18 On July 6, 1870, Adam Euless and Judy Ann Trigg, daughter of Mary Ann Trigg, married. He was 21; she was 30. The Euless home was a favorite stopping place for recent arrivals from Bedford County, Tennessee. For example, Weldon Wiles Bobo, Adam's uncle, stayed with them before he settled in his permanent home in Tarrant County. Eventually a community evolved around Weldon W. Bobo's store. The community was first known as "Bobo" but the name was changed to "Bedford" in 1877. i9 17 Schmelzer, Fort Worth and Tarrant County, pp• 31-34; Oliver Knight, Fort Worth: Outpost on the Trinity (Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1953), pp• 54-56, 62; James Farber, Fort Worth in the Civil War (Belton, Texas: Peter Hansbrough Bell Press, 1960), pp. 51-54. 18 Deeds, MSS, Tarrant County Courthouse, Fort Worth, Texas, vol. N, pp. 579-580; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Tarrant County, Texas, P. 500. i9 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, pp. 426; United States Census, 1870, Tarrant County, p. 500; interview with Marvel Bobo Wallace (Mrs. Frank Wallace) by author, June 5, 1970, Justin, Texas; Edelbrock interview; interview with Zoe Edelbrock (Mrs. J.A. Edelbrock), Kerrville, Texas, October 5, 1995. i Judy Ann was the third child and daughter of eight children of William H. and MaryAnn Whitson Trigg, born on Sept. 5, 1839, in Tennessee, probably Bedford County. Bp 1870, when she married, she was the oldest of three unmarried children living with their mother. Jud�s grandparents were Hayden Trigg and Juda Worder Trigg. Her great- grandfather, also named Hayden Trigg, a native of Virginia, served in the American Revolutionary Army. The Worders were also natives of Virginia. Both families moved to Kentucky, the Triggs moving on to Tennessee. One source saps Adam's wife was named Julia. Other records, however, including her tombstone and Tarrant County deed records, maintain her name was Judp. Still other records identify her as Judith, Judia, Judie or Jude. Some descendants were named Judy in her honor. One relative recalled that she was often called "Cousin Jude" and that she smoked a pipe.20 Thus, Elisha Adam Euless, a newlywed with a little money and a secondhand gun, settled into life in Texas, living among former neighbors from Tennessee. He engaged in farming, the occupation of nearly everyone else in the area, probably cultivating Mary Ann Triggs extensive property. An analysis of one page of the 1870 agricultural census on which she appears with 39 other farmers reveals that only three of them had a greater cash value in their farms. One was her brother-in-law, Daniel C. Trigg. Another was the family of Daniel's sister, Esther, who married William Henry Hitch. Mary Ann kept a 20 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, pp. 426, 561-562; United States Census, 1870, Tarrant County, p. 500; James Knox Trigg, Trigg History (Knoxville: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1994), pp. 420421, 433; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 423, R. 2739 Judy Euless, Tombstone, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth; interview with Marvel Bobo Wallace (Mrs. Frank Wallace) by author, June 5, 1970, Justin, Texas; Edelbrock interview. considerable number of live stock, especially swine. Her farm produced a large quantity of corn along with some cotton and wheat. Mary Ann Triggs land was situated in the Eastern (or Lower) Cross Timbers. Wedged between the heavy black soils of the Blackland Prairie and the Grand Prairie, the terrain was a narrow band of sandy and red clay soil stretching southward from near the Red River through eastern Tarrant County. It was heavily timbered, mainlywith varieties of oak. Therefore, a ready supply of Fire wood and building logs was at hand. When cleared, the land was excellent for truck farming and dairying, as well as growing corn and cotton. In fact, it probably reminded the former Tennesseans of their Bedford County homeland, except that Texas was. much flatter.22 Although his father, Martin, was described as politically neutral, Adam Euless was interested in politics most of his life. From his twenty-first birthday, he was a Democrat who enthusiastically supported his party. He cast his first vote Co president in 1872 Co Democratic candidate Horace Greeley. In 1876, he was elected constable of Justice Precinct 3 in northeastern Tarrant County, bounded by the Denton County line on the north, the Dallas County line on the east, the Trinity River on the south and Precinct Line ai United States Census, 1870, Tarrant County, p. 500; U.S. Bureau of the Census,. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Agricultural Schedule, Tarrant County, Texas, pp. 23-24. zz Walter Prescott Webb and H. Bailey Carroll, eds., 2 vols., The Handbook of Texas (Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1952), I, 439, 537. ADAM EIILESS / Page 11 Road on the west. The Justice of the Peace Court was held at Spring Garden, on the border between the present cities of Bedford and Colleyville.23 In 1876 and 1877 Adam also served as a bailiff for a Tarrant County district court. In October 1877, he resigned his post as constable. At the same meeting of the County Commissioner's Court, another man was appointed constable, and the Justice of the Peace Court was shifted from Spring Garden to Grapevine. Still interested in politics, however, Adam Euless was elected a delegate from Precinct 3 to the 1880 Democratic County Convention. At that convention, he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for county sheriff.' As his interest in politics developed, his family was also growing. Adam and Judy Euless' First child, Martin, was born in 1873, followed the next year by a daughter, Suma. Tn 1876 another son, William Edgar, and in 1881 another daughter, Cassie, were born. A Filth child, whose name, sex, birth and death dates are unknown, was also born.as a3 History of Bedford County, Tennessee, p. 1146; Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425; Minutes of Tarrant County Commissioners Court, MSS, Tarrant County Court House, Fort Worth, Texas, vol. B, pp. 1, 278; Michael E. Patterson, "Spring Garden School", MSS, Texas State Historical Commission, Austin, Texas, pp. 2, 3, 5. a¢ Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425; Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. B, pp. 43, 147, 277, 278.; Patterson, "Spring Garden School," p. 5; Fort Worth Democrat, August 1, 1880, p. 3. zs Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 426; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Tarrant County, Texas, p. 156; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Tarrant County, Texas, p. 144. 1 In the 1870s, in addition to his family responsibilities and political involvement, Mr. Euless expanded his business, civic and religious interests. In January 1$71 at the age of 22, he paid $480 fora 160-acre tract in the Spring Garden community, when it was the seat of justice for the precinct. Spring Garden was also the site of a highly respected school and meeting place for congregations of Methodists, Baptists and the Church of Christ. His new property was located in the northeast corner of the present City of Bedford, just west of the Euless city linllts.z5 In a particularly significant move for his own personal life and for the history of the City of Euless, in March 1879, he purchased 170 acres of the 250-acre tract belonging to MaryAnn Trigg, his mother-in-law. The land was situated in the northwest corner of the intersection of present North Main Street and West Euless Boulevard in the City of Euless. It stretched more than one-half mile north along the west side of North Main Street and one -quarter mile west along the north side of West Euless Boulevard and Huffman Drive. At that time the neighborhood was known as Woodlawn.27 In April 1879, Mr. Euless petitioned the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to create a road from Bedford, about three miles west of his land, to the Dallas County line at Bear Creek. He requested that the road pass by the "Grange Hall," which was now on a6 Tarrant County Deeds, vol. G, p. 320; Patterson, "Spring Garden School," pp. 2-5. Z7 Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 144, pp. 393; Fort Worth Democrat, July 9, 1880, p. 3,. ADAM BULESS / Page 13 his property. The court ordered the road established and appointed a jury, including Adam, to lay it out.Z$ A grange was a local unit of a farmers' organization, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Established in the 1860s for social and educational purposes, the organization was dedicated to improving the lives ofAmerican farmers and their families. Many members became increasingly politically active in the 1870s as farmers sought to correct what they considered economic abuses.29 The grange hall on the Euless propertywas one of two important buildings related to the founding of the City of Euless. Then called the Woodlawn Grange, the organization was established between January and April 1874. After the first grange in Texas was established in 1873 at Salado, the number multiplied rapidly. In just three months in early 1874, the number of granges had jumped from 55 to more than 300. Woodlawn was number 106, the fourth established in Tarrant County. The first head of the Woodlawn Grange was John W. Trigg, neighbor and brother-in-law of Mary Ann Trigg. Joel H. Bobo of Bedford was secretary. Trigg served as a Tarrant County delegate to the Texas State Grange annual meetings in 1875, 1877 and 1879.30 '� Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. A, pp. 88-89, 17$-179• 29 The Handbook of Texas, I, 716-717; D. Sven Nordin, Rich Harvest: A History- of the Grange, 1867-1900 Qackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1974), pp. 168-177; William H. Harris and Judith S. Levey, eds., The New Columbia Encyclopedia (New York: Columbia University Press, 1975), p• 1122. 30 Ralph Adam Smith, "A J. Rose, Agrarian Crusader of Texas," Ph.D. thesis, pp. 27,31; Curtis Eugene McDaniel, "Educational and Social Interests of the Grange in Texas, 1874- 1905," M.A. thesis, p. 31; Name and No[.] of Grange & Post Office, Proceedings and ADAM EMESS / Page 14 At its annual meeting in January 1877, the state presiding officer urged local granges to erect "suitable and convenient grange halls with school rooms attached." The Woodlawn Grange took his advice to heart and erected atwo-story bung on Mao 7 Triggs property in the summer of 1877. Inc grange reserved the upper floor for its own useI but set aside the lower floor for a school and for church gatherings. The rambling frame building was located on the west side of the present 100 block of North Main Street.31 A grange hall usually served as a rural community center. While members followed a secret, ritualistic order in their official meetings, the buildings were open for social gatherings and often served as schools, churches and libraries. Many halls resembled the simple architecture of rural churches and schools. One of the earliest schools organized in the present City of Euless was conducted in the local grange hall. Between 1876 and 1884, rural areas of Texas were served by "community schools," informal educational institutions, without district boundaries or taxes, that operated for Minutes, Box 2G19, A.J. Rose Papers, The Center forAmerican History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Patrons of Husbandry. List of Subordinate Granges in Texas with Master's and Secretary's Names, and Postoffice Address, As Officially Reported, November, 1874(Waco: Examiner and Patron, 1874), [no page number]; A List of Subordinate Granges in the State of Texas (n.p.: J.D. Logan & Co., Book and Job Printers, [18751), [no page number]; Official List of Granges in the States of Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Texas (n.p.: [18761), (no page number. 31 Interview with Betty Fuller Jernigan (Mrs. W.C. Jernigan) by author, November 2, 1969, Lubbock, Texas; Tarrant County Deeds; vol. 358, p. 214; Fort Worth Star -Telegram, Evening Ed., June 21, 1960, p. 3; Glenn M. Holden, "A Partial History of Education in Tarrant County," M.A. thesis, pp. 25, 26; Proceedings of the Third Annual Session of the Texas State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Held at the City of Tyler, Texas, January, 1877 (Waco: Examiner and Patron Steam Printing Establishment, 1877), p. 56. ARAM EiTLESS / Page A5 a few months of the year. The state provided a pittance for each student enrolled. Each year, interested local citizens organized the school, collected some funds and secured a teacher and a building. The grange hall on the Trigg and Euless property served as the location for a community school, probably sponsored by the local grange. In later years, the ramshackle building shook and rattled every time the wind blew. When that happened, concerned parents would take their children home. The grange hall was torn down in the early 1900s.32 in 1884, when Texas law provided for establishment of permanent school districts with boundaries and taxing authority, the grange hall continued to serve as a school. For several pears, the district and the school were officially known as Woodlawn. The school was officially named Euless by 1894, when trustees of the district purchased an acre of land on the south side of the present 100 block of East Euless Boulevard from W.N. Mood Fuller and his wife, Sarah. Anew school building was erected on the property, but for many years overIlow classes were conducted in the grange hall. 33 The grange hall also served as a church. Although his parents were Lutherans, Adam Euless was a Cumberland Presbyterian. Hence, the building served manyyears as a meeting place for a Presbyterian Church. Whether the church existed before the grange 3z The Handbook of Texas, I, 716-717; The New Columbia Encyclopedia, p. 1122; Richardson, Texas: The Lone Star State, pp. 253, 328; Jernigan interview; interview with Steve Huffman by author, July 20, 19752 Euless, Texas. 33 Richardson, Texas: The Lone Star State, p.328; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 140, p. 59; Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. 4, p. 239; vol. 16, XVI, pp. 53, 55-56; vol. 22, p. 49 Fort Worth Democrat, July 9, 1880, p. 3; Jernigan interview. CAM EiJZTSS /Page Z6 hall was built is unknown. A Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was rganized in the community in 1876, however. Its first meeting place is not known, but ;after the grange hall opened in 1877 the Methodists and Presbyterians shared the building as a place of worship. After the Methodists erected their own building across present North Main Street in 1891, the Presbyterians continued worshipping in the building until their congregation disbanded, probably in the 1890s. The building continued to serve as a school until it was razed in the early 1900s.34 Because the grange hall was such a prominent building in the area in the 1880s and 1890s, the community was often identified as the Grange Hall, or simply The Hall, for several pears. Local Methodists used Grange Hall as the name for their congregation in the 1880s before it became known as Euless.35 Adam Euless continued to prosper as a farmer. He built a large, comfortable hilltop home among stately oak trees on the north side of the present 200 block of Huffman Drive. In 1880 he kept cattle, swine and poultry, and produced considerable amounts of corn and cotton, besides the usual farm products, such a butter. One o1d- 34 History of Bedford County, p. 1146; Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 426; Reco�nizin� the Past ... Pointing to the Future; Methodist Bicentennial 1784=1984 (Fort Worth: Fort Worth East District, The United Methodist Church, 1984), p. 14; Grapevine Circuit, Quarterly Conference Journal, Dallas District of the East Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 18654888, photocopy of manuscript in possession of author, pp. 235, 262; Jernigan Interview; Huffman interview, July 20, 1975; interviews with Monnie Cannon Borah (Mrs. W.J. "Billy' Borah) by author, January 5, 1971, March, 16, 1976, November 5, 1983, Euless, Texas. 35 Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. A, pp. 88-89, 178-179; Fort Worth Star -Telegram, Evening Edition, June 21, 1960, p. 3; Grapevine Circuit Methodist Journal, pp. 235, 262. ARAM Ei1LESS / Page 17 timer recalled that vicious geese, hatched from wild geese eggs, roamed the Euless property and bit passersby on the legs. Mr. Euless, particularly fond of hounds, also kept several around his property.36 He continued to expand his farm and business interests, laying foundations for the future City of Euless. In 1881, he purchased another eighty acres of land, the remainder of the 250-acre tract that his mother-in-law, MaryAnn Trigg, had bought in 1867. She had sold the eighty acres in 1878 to Martha A. Calloway, a widow, who married James H. Trigg two years later. Trigg was a son of MaryAnn and brother of Judy Ann Trigg Euless. Adam bought the land from Martha A. and James H. Trigg. This property was situated on the north side of the present 300 block of Huffman Drive. Located on it was a cotton gin, the other important building in the early history of the City of Euless. Known as Tuck Trigg's Gin, it was named for Daniel C. "Tuck" Trigg Jr., another son of Mary Ann Trigg. (He was named for his uncle, Daniel C. Trigg Sr. [1819-19021). The gin was probably built while Mary Ann owned the property. Cotton was the most important commercial crop in the area; thus, a gin was an economic necessity. Previously, the nearest gin was probably at Bedford, about three miles away. Mr. Euless apparently also briefly operated a general store on his property about 1891. The presence of the cotton gin and other mercantile enterprises stimulated community growth. The community that grew around the gin and the grange hall eventually came to the known as "Euless."37 36 Interview with Steve Huffman by author, July 8, 1970; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States. 1880. Agricultural Schedule, Tarrant County, Texas, p. 26. 37 Tarrant County Deeds, vol. D, p. 517; vol. 35, p. 534; vol. 96, p.118; vol. 423, p. 273; Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. A, pp. 88-89, 178-179; Jernigan interview; The Mercantile Agency Reference Bookfor the Within States (Texas], Corrected up to January 1891 (New York: R.G. Dun & Co., 1891), p. 134; Edelbrock interview; Mid -Cities Dailv News, February 18, 1979, Chamber of Commerce Section, p. 3; Trigg, Trigg History, pp. 393, 404, 421423, 432433. ADAM z I/MSS / Paige .18 He purchased, and often sold, several other large tracts of land in or near the present City of Euless, apparently for speculation rather than for tarming. He also bought and sold tracts in other parts of the county and in Fort Worth and Arlington. Eventually, he owned several hundred acres, some of which he retained until his death.3s Two important events in the 1880s assured the permanence of the Euless community and the preservation of Adam Euless' name on the map. On March 3, 1886, the U.S. Post Office opened at Euless. There was a problem, however. In all official printed records, the post office was identified as "Enless" until it closed in 1910. This could be attributed to a misunderstanding of the handwritten application for the post office. The letters "u" and "n" are especially easy to confuse.39 The postmasters' names and the map indicators of the "Enless" post office corroborate that "Enless" was the community of Euless.40 3s Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 39, p. 409; vol. 144, pp. 394-395; vol. 383, p. 688; vol. 5407 p. 334. 39 The confusion still continues. Jim Wheat, who in about 1980 published a list of all Texas post offices and postmasters from 1846 until 1930, lists the post office from 1886 until 1910 as "Euless," not "Enless." The post office department considers it *to be "Euless," not "Euless." 40 Geneva C. Chancey, Librarian, U.S. Post Office Department, to Weldon G. Cannon, April 1, 1965', in possession of author; Jim Wheat, compiler, Post Offices and Postmasters of Texas, 18464930, microfilm, (n.p., n.d.); Record of Appointments of Postmasters, Tarrant County Texas, 1878=1890, 18914902, 19034929, MSS, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.; Eleanor S. Hutcheson, compiler, United States Atlas 1890 and Complete Post -Office Directoiy (Fort Worth: Eleanor S. Hutcheson, 1969), p. 66. The First postmaster was C.S. Snow, who served until December 30,. 1889. Little is known about Snow, except that in June 1885, he sold a stock of drugs at Bedford and, on August 28, 1886, purchased an acre of land near the center of the present City of Euless. Perhaps he was a merchant or a druggist. Other postmasters were Thomas W. Fuller, who served from December 30, 1889, to November 15, 1892, followed by John E. Evans, who served until June 25, 1901. Then Fuller served again until the "Euless" post ofFice closed on July 15, 1910. Evans and Fuller were general merchandise storekeepers on the west side of the intersection of present Euless Boulevard and Main Street. A post ofFce opened in Euless again on February 1, 1949, bearing the correct name.41 Another step toward assuring permanence for a place named Euless was taken with the creation of a voting precinct, Number 29, by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in February 1888. The name was spelled correctly. Previously, local citizens had voted at Bedford. Euless was the fourth voting place created in Justice Precinct 3. The other two boxes were Grapevine and Peden's 0tore.42 41 Record of Appointments of Postmasters, Tarrant County, Texas, 1878-1890, 1891- 19027 1903-1929; Chancey to Cannon; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 38, p. 533; The Mercantile Agency Reference Book for the Within States [Texas], Corrected up to July, 1886 (New York: R. G. Dun & Co., 1886), p. 116; The Mercantile Reference Bookfor the Within States rTexasl, Corrected up to January. 1889 (New York: R. G. Dun & Co., 1889), p. 122; interview with 1Vonnie Cannon Borah (Mrs. W J. "Billy" Borah) by author, October 19, 1983, Euless, Texas, Huffman interview, July 20, 1975; interview with Roy Cannon by author, July 2, 1975, Irving, Texas, 4' Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. B, pp. 298, 339; vol. 4, p. 333. vol. 5, p. 325. With the permanence' of the community apparently assured, Mr. Euless began shifting his business interests.toward Fort Worth. In December 1890, he purchased a lot fronting the public square near the Tarrant County Courthouse. In August 1891, he leased it for a saloon "and no other purpose." In 1891, he sold his cotton gin at Euless, with a small lot upon which it was located, and perhaps his store, to W. N. Mood Fuller and Thomas W. Fuller. In 1896, he was associated with the Central L-ive Stock Commission Company in Fort Worth.43 While rearing a family, farming and operating his various business enterprises, Adam Euless still had time for politics. In 1892 he secured the Democratic nomination for sheriff, defeating three strong opponents. The voters gave him a majority of 934 votes cast in the general election. He moved with his family to Fort Worth to serve as sheriff.` In 1893, during Sheriff Euless' first term, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court appropriated $500,000 for construction of a new courthouse. Although it was a magnificent building that still stands, voters were scandalized by the cost of such an 43 Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 79, p. 25; vol. 83, p. 305; vol. 96, p. 118; General Directory of the City of Fort Worth, 1896-97 (Galveston: Morrison & Fourmy, 1896), p. 143; Jernigan interview. ' Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425; Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol.�, p. 403. ARAM EVLESS / Page 21 immense building which they thought would never be fully utilized. They voted out the entire Commissioners Court and several other officials in the 1894 election.45 But Mr. Euless survived. The Democrats renominated him, and he was reelected by a majority of 800 votes cast in the general election after ahard-fought campaign. "In the discharge of his official duties, Sheriff Euless," according to one account, "has won the respect and esteem of the public in general. His only aim has been to do his duty alike by friend and foe, and in so doing he has won the friendship and well -wishes of the people of Tarrant County. i46 He was the first sheriff to occupy the new courthouse. He served four pears as sheriff, not eight as stated in newspaper obituaries 47 According to one account, Adam Euless spent the remainder of his life in Fort Worth after his election to the sheriffs office � However, his name is not listed in the city directories after 1896-1897. Even that directory, published while he was still sheriff, indicated that his residence was Euless. The 1900 census also records his residence at Euless. Furthermore, some longtime Euless residents remembered his return to the 4s Knight, Outpost on Trinity, pp. 157-158; Leonard Sanders and Ron Tyler, How Fort Worth Became the Texasmost City (Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1973), p. 106. 46 Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425. 4' Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, p. 425; The Fort Worth Record, January 26, 1911, p. 4; The Dallas Morning News, January 26, 1911, p. 7; Tarrant County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. 11, p. 511. 48 The Fort Worth Record, January 26, 1911, p. 4. ADAM EiTLESS / Page 22 community after his service as sheriff. In 1902, after his father's death, he visited his mother and other family members in Bedford County, Tennessee.49 Just as his political career was drawing to a close, an outside force was threatening the community that bore his name --the railroad. Iri 1902 and 1903, the Chicago, Rock Island and Gull' Railway Company extended a line from Dallas to Fort Worth, bypassing Euless about two miles to the south. The railroad built stations at Irving, Tarrant and Hurst. The Tarrant station, near Euless and about half way between Dallas and Fort Worth, was the largest. The company intended Tarrant to be its major town on the line. Ever alert for a good business deal, Mr. Euless, owner of a 100-acre tract about one mile east of the proposed site of Tarrant, sold the railway a strip of land for the new line.so Tarrant boomed. It had a post office and a growing population, along with thriving businesses, churches, lodges and a school. It became a transportation hub as the community of Euless declined. In 1910 the Euless post office closed, while Tarrant's remained open until 1923.51 ¢� Fort Worth City Directory, 1896-97, p. 143; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Tarrant County, Texas, 1900, p. 144; Huffman interview, June 8, 1970; Wallace interview, June 5, 1970, Justin, Texas; Phil Ayres to Weldon G. Cannon, September 14, 1995, in possession of author. so The Dallas Morning News, Dec. 2, 1903, p. 10; interviews with H. Grady Walker by author, April 4, April 17, 1965; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 173, p. 30. sl Record ofAppointments of Postmasters, Tarrant County, Texas, 19034929; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 220, p. 126; The Mercantile Agency Reference Book For the Within States [Texas], Corrected up to January, 1910 (NewYork: R.G. Dun & Co.) 1910), p. 426; The Fort Worth Record, November 8, 1923, p. 3; interview with Mr. & Mrs. Neal Reaves by author, November 8, 1969, Euless, Texas; interview with Ross Cannon by author, July 13, 1970, Euless, Texas; interview with Cora Ferris Cribbs (Mrs. O.B. Cribbs) by author, ADAM EiTLESS / Page 23 As the community bearing his name dwindled, Adam Euless' health also declined. In 1909, he and Judy moved to Fort Worth to live near their youngest daughter, Cassie, who had married Loftus D. Prather. In October 1910, Adam and Judy sold the land where the community had begun in 1877 -- the Grange Hall and Presbyterian Church lot -- to the Tarrant Baptist Church. The Baptists, who apparently still saw a future for the Euless community, combined this property with an adjoining lot they had purchased earlier in the year. There they relocated their church, changing the name to Euless Baptist Church in 1912.s2 Adam's illness worsened. Only able to walk on crutches, he fell and fractured a hip in. May 1910. Thereafter, he was bedfast. He died on January 25, 1911, in his daughterAs home on East Leuda Street in Fort Worth. At the request of the Grapevine Masonic Lodge, a Fort Worth lodge was in charge of the funeral, conducted at the home. The Rev. J.F. Hicks, pastor of the Hemphill Street Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, delivered a eulogy. Many residents from the eastern part of Tarrant County -- the Euless and Grapevine area where he had settled in 1867 -- attended the funeral.53 July 16, 1970, Fort Worth, Texas; interview with Jessie Ferris Cannon (Mrs. L.T. "Jim" Cannon), July 8, 1975, Euless, Texas; Edelbrock interview. 52 Directory of the City of Fort Worth, 1909-10 (Galveston: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Company, 1909), pp. 188, 415; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Tarrant County, Texas, Enumeration District 116, p. 16; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 358, p., 214; Virginia L. Reedy, People in His Purpose: An Eighty five Year History of First Baptist Church, Euless, Texas (Euless: Fast Baptist Church, 1988) pp. 1345; The Fort Worth Record, January 26, 1911, p. 4. s3 The Fort Worth Record, January 26, 1911, p. 4; The Dallas Morning News, January 26, 1911, p. 7. He was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery, called "the Westminster Abbey' of Fort Worth, the Final resting place of many of the city's notables, situated on a North Fort Worth bluff. Just across the Trinity River from the cemetery, on a higher bluff, rises the magnificent 1894 courthouse, once Sheriff Euless' office, in full viewfrom his burial sites¢ Adam Euless was survived by his widow, Judy, who died on November 7, 1923, in Fort Worth and was buried beside her husband. Numerous Euless descendants today are scattered from Texas through Oklahoma and to California. The older son, Martin, married Mattie D. Evatt, daughter of William Evatt, in 1897. The Evatt family donated land for a school near Euless. Martin and his family eventually moved to Oklahoma. The older daughter, Suma, married Henry H. Landess in 1899. They moved to the Texas Panhandle, then to Kansas, and eventually to California.ss The younger son, William Edgar, usually identified by his middle name, became a deputy sheriff for Tarrant County in the 1890s. He married Mary H. "Mamie" Valentine in 1899. She was a daughter of Richard Valentine, a Bedford storekeeper and postmaster at Bedford three separate times -- 187848812 18884891 and 1893=1904. Edgar succeeded him as postmaster, serving until 1906. Cassie married Loftus D. Prather in 54 Tombstone, E.A. Euless, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth; Margaret W. Harrison, The "Westminster Abbe' of Fort Worth, Texas: The Story of Oakwood Cemetery (Fort Worth: Oakwood CemeteryAssociation, 1970), p. 14; The Dallas Morning News, January 261 1911; p.7. ss Tombstone, Judy Euless, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas; Blanks, Shofner Family Genealo�y, pp.284-285; Tarrant County Marriages, MSS, Tarrant County Court House, Fort Worth, Texas, vol. 10, p. 489; vol. 9., p. 321; Wallace interview, interview with Mary Schwartz Berry (Mrs. Lindy Berry) by author, August 27, 1995, Fort Worth, Texas; Tarrant County Deeds, vol. 163, p. 185. ARAM BUlESS /Page 25 1901. They lived m Fort Worth where she died m 1935. 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