Gullett
DR. ANDREW GULLETT PIONEER M’KINNEY FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
Courier-Gazette, June 14, 1938
Immigrated From Missouri To Texas With Wife and Little Child In Ox Drawn Wagon—Practiced Profession Here For Thirty Years. Riding Horseback Over Surrounding Country For Miles With His Old Fashioned “Pill Bags”—Buried By Masons In Pecan Grove Cemetery—His Two Surviving Children Reside In Denver, Colorado.
One of the early day physicians and leading citizens of McKinney was Dr. Andrew Gullett, who was born, March 14, 1828, and died at his home, in McKinney, July 15, 1893.
This pioneer Collin County physician and wife came to McKinney, in 1867. They drove all the way from Missouri in a wagon drawn by oxen. For a good many years, he rode horseback over the country surrounding McKinney with his old-time “pill bag.”
Dr. Gullett was a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, serving under General Marmaduke. He served in the same hospital with the late Dr. Thos. Wooten of Austin, Texas, who was the father-in-law of the former Miss Ella (Newsome) Wooten, native McKinney woman, who now lives in Austin. Dr. Gullett surrendered in Galveston, Texas.
When he got back to Missouri, he found his plantation and earthly possessions all swept away, so he took his wife and little son, Joe, and started for Texas in a wagon, as stated, drawn by an ox team.
He located in McKinney, in 1867. His old homeplace is on the corner of South Church and West Davis Streets, in McKinney, now owned by J. Ed Gibson. He only had five dollars in money in his pocket when he reached McKinney with his wife and little son.
Dr. Gullett served as a physician during the active careers of the late Dr. B. M. E. Smith, the late Dr. G. A. Foote, the late Dr. T. W. Wiley, the late Dr. J. E. Gibson and other early day family physicians of McKinney and Collin County.
He was an active Mason member of the St. John’s Lodge, No. 51, A. F. & A. M. of this city by whom he was laid to rest in Pecan Grove Cemetery when he died as stated, July 15, 1893. Everything of moral or educational or material upbuilding nature for his community or state, he favored and lent his influence to promote. He was an educated man and a student all of his life.
His wife was a cultured old school Southern type of woman. She was born, April 26, 1836, and died, July 24, 1899, and is buried beside her husband in Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney here where they also have three children buried on the lot with them. Their children buried here were: Joseph A. Gullett, who died April 19, 1878, at the age of 8 years, 6 months and 9 days old; Mattie Gullett, who died July 9, 1874, before she was a year old and Tommie Gullett, who died, May 23, 1874, at the age of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days old.
Dr. Gullett and wife have two surviving children— Andrew (“Bruzz”) Gullett and Miss Lizzie Gullett, the latter now Mrs. Luther Tallant, 523 Clermont Parkway, Denver, Colorado. Her brother, “Bruzz” Gullett and she were both born, reared and educated in McKinney. It will be interesting to the old friends of the Gullett family, still living in McKinney, to know that “Bruzz” as was generally known here, has two children. His oldest son in married and the younger one has just finished high school.
Luther G. Tallant, husband of Mis Lizzie, was also reared near McKinney. Mr. and Mrs. Tallant were in the grocery business, owning several stores, in Denver. However, they have retired from business and now are living a less strenuous life looking after their real estate property and other interests.
A year ago, they made a motor trip through the Old South and in the earlier part of the present spring they made another motor trip through San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Monterrey, Mexico; Mexico City and many other points of interest, in Old Mexico and in the south before returning to their home in Denver.
“Bruzz” Gullett married Miss Alice Kimball of Denison, Texas, and as already stated, they are the parents of two sons. Their oldest one graduated with honors from the Colorado A. & M. College. At the present time he is a civil engineer on the All-American Canal in the state of California and has a promising professional career before him. He is married and is the father of a pretty little baby daughter.
Mrs. Luther G. Tallant is a member of the Colorado Poetry Fellowship, in which group she has many advantages in the way of intellectual treats. Lectures from eminent authors and travelers and association with literary people of our great home city. She has always loved poetry and writes verse of such merit that many of her poems are printed in the newspapers and magazines of Denver and other sections of the Western portion of the United States.
Courier-Gazette, June 14, 1938
Immigrated From Missouri To Texas With Wife and Little Child In Ox Drawn Wagon—Practiced Profession Here For Thirty Years. Riding Horseback Over Surrounding Country For Miles With His Old Fashioned “Pill Bags”—Buried By Masons In Pecan Grove Cemetery—His Two Surviving Children Reside In Denver, Colorado.
One of the early day physicians and leading citizens of McKinney was Dr. Andrew Gullett, who was born, March 14, 1828, and died at his home, in McKinney, July 15, 1893.
This pioneer Collin County physician and wife came to McKinney, in 1867. They drove all the way from Missouri in a wagon drawn by oxen. For a good many years, he rode horseback over the country surrounding McKinney with his old-time “pill bag.”
Dr. Gullett was a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, serving under General Marmaduke. He served in the same hospital with the late Dr. Thos. Wooten of Austin, Texas, who was the father-in-law of the former Miss Ella (Newsome) Wooten, native McKinney woman, who now lives in Austin. Dr. Gullett surrendered in Galveston, Texas.
When he got back to Missouri, he found his plantation and earthly possessions all swept away, so he took his wife and little son, Joe, and started for Texas in a wagon, as stated, drawn by an ox team.
He located in McKinney, in 1867. His old homeplace is on the corner of South Church and West Davis Streets, in McKinney, now owned by J. Ed Gibson. He only had five dollars in money in his pocket when he reached McKinney with his wife and little son.
Dr. Gullett served as a physician during the active careers of the late Dr. B. M. E. Smith, the late Dr. G. A. Foote, the late Dr. T. W. Wiley, the late Dr. J. E. Gibson and other early day family physicians of McKinney and Collin County.
He was an active Mason member of the St. John’s Lodge, No. 51, A. F. & A. M. of this city by whom he was laid to rest in Pecan Grove Cemetery when he died as stated, July 15, 1893. Everything of moral or educational or material upbuilding nature for his community or state, he favored and lent his influence to promote. He was an educated man and a student all of his life.
His wife was a cultured old school Southern type of woman. She was born, April 26, 1836, and died, July 24, 1899, and is buried beside her husband in Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney here where they also have three children buried on the lot with them. Their children buried here were: Joseph A. Gullett, who died April 19, 1878, at the age of 8 years, 6 months and 9 days old; Mattie Gullett, who died July 9, 1874, before she was a year old and Tommie Gullett, who died, May 23, 1874, at the age of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days old.
Dr. Gullett and wife have two surviving children— Andrew (“Bruzz”) Gullett and Miss Lizzie Gullett, the latter now Mrs. Luther Tallant, 523 Clermont Parkway, Denver, Colorado. Her brother, “Bruzz” Gullett and she were both born, reared and educated in McKinney. It will be interesting to the old friends of the Gullett family, still living in McKinney, to know that “Bruzz” as was generally known here, has two children. His oldest son in married and the younger one has just finished high school.
Luther G. Tallant, husband of Mis Lizzie, was also reared near McKinney. Mr. and Mrs. Tallant were in the grocery business, owning several stores, in Denver. However, they have retired from business and now are living a less strenuous life looking after their real estate property and other interests.
A year ago, they made a motor trip through the Old South and in the earlier part of the present spring they made another motor trip through San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Monterrey, Mexico; Mexico City and many other points of interest, in Old Mexico and in the south before returning to their home in Denver.
“Bruzz” Gullett married Miss Alice Kimball of Denison, Texas, and as already stated, they are the parents of two sons. Their oldest one graduated with honors from the Colorado A. & M. College. At the present time he is a civil engineer on the All-American Canal in the state of California and has a promising professional career before him. He is married and is the father of a pretty little baby daughter.
Mrs. Luther G. Tallant is a member of the Colorado Poetry Fellowship, in which group she has many advantages in the way of intellectual treats. Lectures from eminent authors and travelers and association with literary people of our great home city. She has always loved poetry and writes verse of such merit that many of her poems are printed in the newspapers and magazines of Denver and other sections of the Western portion of the United States.
