ENLOE, ABE
OLD ABE ENLOE HOME
Historical marker application, rejected by the Historical Commission
This home has the distinction of having been home to the generations that followed the first Abe Enloe for 128 years. Not only has the land been accepted in the Texas Land Heritage Program this year, but the old original house is still occupied by an Enloe descendant....
The homeplace is owned by Mrs. Minnie Fae Griffin and her husband, Wiley Griffin who is also a descendant of a pioneer Collin County family. The land was deeded to Minnie Fae on July 16, 1946, a gift from her aunt Martha Ann, affectionately called Dove.
This is built on the land acquired from Richard H. Locke January 7, 1858. The deed to this transaction may be read in Vol. m, page 253 and Vol. L, page 228.
This has always been a working farm and today after more than 100 years still produces cotton, corn, and livestock....
In 1857 the father moved his family to what was known as the Milligan Community and here Abe Enloe grew to manhood. At the time they moved to the homeplace, there were only two families within miles of them, the J. J. Massie family and the Wiley Duggers. On this place the father and mother both died, he in 1871 and she in 1875 and both were laid to rest in the old Stiff Chapel graveyard ten miles northeast of McKinney. [Cemeteries Inscriptions of Collin County, Texas, does not have a listing for either one.]
The older Abraham Enloe parents had ten children. Ben died in Louisiana during the Civil War, being a member of the ill-fated Jim Reed’s Company.... There was J. B., John, William, Enoch, Mrs. Jane Anderson, Mrs. Polly Estepp, Mrs. Salle Kindle, and Abe.
Young Abe was living with his parents when the Civil War came and although he was only 14 years old at the time, he was determined to go since his brothers were already Confederate soldiers from the beginning of the war. He ran away from home, finally reaching Tallequah, in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and here he enlisted in the same company as his two brothers.
He was sent home because he was too young to serve where he waited for the Conscript Act to be passed and finally he was able to join the dismounted Cavalry under command of Col. Bailey. At the end of the war his company was disbanded at Hempstead, Texas and he walked back to McKinney.
On November 11, 1865, Abe was married to Miss Mattie Kindle, living for a time in McKinney where he operated a meat market in both Plano and McKinney. They soon returned to their farm in the Enloe Community where they lived out their long lives of service to the area.
A microfilmed issue of the old McKinney Democrat under date of October 11, 1900 contained a long story in tribute to Abe Enloe who they said in the headlines over the story, “Man who came here in an ox wagon is enjoying life at 76. Abe left home to enter the army at 14.”
“The subject for this story began at Houston, Missouri, for it was at this place that the Rev. Abe Enloe, more familiarly known over the county as “Uncle Abe,” was born. He now lives on the old Abe Enloe farm, the community named for him, three miles southeast of present McKinney. He is a farmer, Baptist preacher, and in the past engaged in business in both McKinney and Plano.
Abe Enloe is the son of the late Abraham Enloe and Sarah Pate Enloe. His father was born in North Carolina while his mother was a native of Kentucky where the couple was married, moving on to Tennessee and later Missouri.
When Uncle Abe was only five years old the family came to Texas in ox wagons in 1856, living the first two years east of McKinney....For a short time the family lived in the now ghost town of Ardath on the farm now occupied (1900) by the Rev. W. H. (Uncle Billy) Dunn. They described this entire area as a vast wilderness, Enloe having to cut a road through the timber to his place. In the area from Artath to what is now New Hope and Altoga, there were only four families, frequently paid visits from Indians passing by....
The book, “Collin County in Reconstruction Days” lists Abe Enloe as owning 168 acres of the Richard H. Locke Survey, and having 10 horses, six cows, and 10 sheep.
The 1860 Census of Collin County lists Abe, the father, as 57 years old male from South Carolina, Sarah, his wife as 45 and from Kentucky. son Benjamin was 23 and born in Tennessee, Joel age 20 born in Missouri, Jane age 18, born in Missouri, John age 16 born in Missouri, Abe age 14 also born in Missouri, Enoch age 10, born in Missouri, Mary age 8 born in Texas, Sarah age 5 born in Texas. Also in the household was Joseph Langley, a teamster aged 37.
In 1858 Abe Enloe gave a portion of his land for the purpose of erecting a school house so the children of the community could go to school. The school was built of logs and was 12 by 18 feet in size. It was known as the Enloe School... It was located 5 miles east of McKinney and 1 mile south of the Farmersville Road....
The microfilmed story of 1900 said, “The Rev. Enloe has preached the gospel for over thirty years, having been baptized into the East Fork Baptist Church at the age of 42. He is credited with marrying more couples than any local minister, having more than 1000 at this date.
Young Abe Enloe, the story reported, freighted much cotton in the days after the war, going by ox wagon to Jefferson. On the return trip he loaded the big wagons with lumber from which early homes were built.
ABE ENLOE FAMILY
Biography.
...Abe was still living at home when the Civil War broke out. His brothers, Benjamin and Joe enlisted, sl Abe ran away and rode horseback to the Indian Territory where he enlisted even though he was only 16 years old. When his age was discovered he was sent back home, where he stayed until he was 18, then enlisted in 1863 and served in Co. D. of the 28th Texas Dismounted Cavalry under Baxter. At the end of the conflict he was discharged at Hempstead and walked the many miles home in the company of 15 or 20 other soldiers.
On November 23, 1865 Abe married Mattie Kindle and to his union were born 8 children, two of whom died in infancy. The children were W. A., J. M., John C., Dove, G. B., and T. B.... (Complete biography in McKinney paper of June 11, 1921.)
Historical marker application, rejected by the Historical Commission
This home has the distinction of having been home to the generations that followed the first Abe Enloe for 128 years. Not only has the land been accepted in the Texas Land Heritage Program this year, but the old original house is still occupied by an Enloe descendant....
The homeplace is owned by Mrs. Minnie Fae Griffin and her husband, Wiley Griffin who is also a descendant of a pioneer Collin County family. The land was deeded to Minnie Fae on July 16, 1946, a gift from her aunt Martha Ann, affectionately called Dove.
This is built on the land acquired from Richard H. Locke January 7, 1858. The deed to this transaction may be read in Vol. m, page 253 and Vol. L, page 228.
This has always been a working farm and today after more than 100 years still produces cotton, corn, and livestock....
In 1857 the father moved his family to what was known as the Milligan Community and here Abe Enloe grew to manhood. At the time they moved to the homeplace, there were only two families within miles of them, the J. J. Massie family and the Wiley Duggers. On this place the father and mother both died, he in 1871 and she in 1875 and both were laid to rest in the old Stiff Chapel graveyard ten miles northeast of McKinney. [Cemeteries Inscriptions of Collin County, Texas, does not have a listing for either one.]
The older Abraham Enloe parents had ten children. Ben died in Louisiana during the Civil War, being a member of the ill-fated Jim Reed’s Company.... There was J. B., John, William, Enoch, Mrs. Jane Anderson, Mrs. Polly Estepp, Mrs. Salle Kindle, and Abe.
Young Abe was living with his parents when the Civil War came and although he was only 14 years old at the time, he was determined to go since his brothers were already Confederate soldiers from the beginning of the war. He ran away from home, finally reaching Tallequah, in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and here he enlisted in the same company as his two brothers.
He was sent home because he was too young to serve where he waited for the Conscript Act to be passed and finally he was able to join the dismounted Cavalry under command of Col. Bailey. At the end of the war his company was disbanded at Hempstead, Texas and he walked back to McKinney.
On November 11, 1865, Abe was married to Miss Mattie Kindle, living for a time in McKinney where he operated a meat market in both Plano and McKinney. They soon returned to their farm in the Enloe Community where they lived out their long lives of service to the area.
A microfilmed issue of the old McKinney Democrat under date of October 11, 1900 contained a long story in tribute to Abe Enloe who they said in the headlines over the story, “Man who came here in an ox wagon is enjoying life at 76. Abe left home to enter the army at 14.”
“The subject for this story began at Houston, Missouri, for it was at this place that the Rev. Abe Enloe, more familiarly known over the county as “Uncle Abe,” was born. He now lives on the old Abe Enloe farm, the community named for him, three miles southeast of present McKinney. He is a farmer, Baptist preacher, and in the past engaged in business in both McKinney and Plano.
Abe Enloe is the son of the late Abraham Enloe and Sarah Pate Enloe. His father was born in North Carolina while his mother was a native of Kentucky where the couple was married, moving on to Tennessee and later Missouri.
When Uncle Abe was only five years old the family came to Texas in ox wagons in 1856, living the first two years east of McKinney....For a short time the family lived in the now ghost town of Ardath on the farm now occupied (1900) by the Rev. W. H. (Uncle Billy) Dunn. They described this entire area as a vast wilderness, Enloe having to cut a road through the timber to his place. In the area from Artath to what is now New Hope and Altoga, there were only four families, frequently paid visits from Indians passing by....
The book, “Collin County in Reconstruction Days” lists Abe Enloe as owning 168 acres of the Richard H. Locke Survey, and having 10 horses, six cows, and 10 sheep.
The 1860 Census of Collin County lists Abe, the father, as 57 years old male from South Carolina, Sarah, his wife as 45 and from Kentucky. son Benjamin was 23 and born in Tennessee, Joel age 20 born in Missouri, Jane age 18, born in Missouri, John age 16 born in Missouri, Abe age 14 also born in Missouri, Enoch age 10, born in Missouri, Mary age 8 born in Texas, Sarah age 5 born in Texas. Also in the household was Joseph Langley, a teamster aged 37.
In 1858 Abe Enloe gave a portion of his land for the purpose of erecting a school house so the children of the community could go to school. The school was built of logs and was 12 by 18 feet in size. It was known as the Enloe School... It was located 5 miles east of McKinney and 1 mile south of the Farmersville Road....
The microfilmed story of 1900 said, “The Rev. Enloe has preached the gospel for over thirty years, having been baptized into the East Fork Baptist Church at the age of 42. He is credited with marrying more couples than any local minister, having more than 1000 at this date.
Young Abe Enloe, the story reported, freighted much cotton in the days after the war, going by ox wagon to Jefferson. On the return trip he loaded the big wagons with lumber from which early homes were built.
ABE ENLOE FAMILY
Biography.
...Abe was still living at home when the Civil War broke out. His brothers, Benjamin and Joe enlisted, sl Abe ran away and rode horseback to the Indian Territory where he enlisted even though he was only 16 years old. When his age was discovered he was sent back home, where he stayed until he was 18, then enlisted in 1863 and served in Co. D. of the 28th Texas Dismounted Cavalry under Baxter. At the end of the conflict he was discharged at Hempstead and walked the many miles home in the company of 15 or 20 other soldiers.
On November 23, 1865 Abe married Mattie Kindle and to his union were born 8 children, two of whom died in infancy. The children were W. A., J. M., John C., Dove, G. B., and T. B.... (Complete biography in McKinney paper of June 11, 1921.)