Hart Springs - northwest of McKinney
ON THE WING
(McKinney) Daily Courier Gazette, April 13, 1913
Personal Mention of People You Know by Our Field Man.
While proceeding leisurely last Monday morning to Roland, we were overtaken by J. A. L. Andrews and his bride of the evening before. He and Mrs. Alice Griffin were quietly married at the hour of 5:30 last Sunday evening in the home of J. J. Sportsman on South Tennessee street, Esquire T. O. Murray officiating. The bride on this happy occasion was formerly Miss Alice Grisham, sister of the late Hon. J. N. Grisham, and reared at Verona, twelve miles northeast from McKinney. Mr. Andrews was formerly a citizen of Ellis county, and recently purchased a large farm three miles west from Celina where they will live soon as a suitable house can be built. We extend to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews our congratulations, hoping their barque will have smooth sailing on the matrimonial sea.
Hart Springs.
Just at noon Buckskin thought it time to halt. We ate dinner in the home of E. A. Kirkland. Miss Maud Simmons was the name of a certain young lady to whom he promised many things and fulfilled everyone until after the ceremony and after that he weakened. Only two children in this home and all read the Democrat-Gazette each week.
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HART SPRINGS JOTTINGS
(McKinney) Daily Courier Gazette, August 4, 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
When this representative visited the home of Mrs. C. A. Cox we found her confined in her bed with illness. She is being tenderly cared for by her daughter, Mrs. Lovell and her son, Avner Cox.
Mrs. Cox was for years the correspondent for the Daily Courier-Gazette and the Weekly Democrat-Gazette, faithfully reporting the news from the Hart Springs community, located about four and a half miles northwest of McKinney. The name is derived from the natural spring that is located on Mrs. J. H. Hill's farm in the Hart Survey. The branch flows through the Cox farm into Honey Creek.
Mrs. Cox is an interesting conversationalist. She still keeps up with current events through her papers and radio, although she has been bedfast for a long time. She has always taken a keen interest in political affairs, both local and national.
Lava Jennings was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings. She was born in Ray Co., Missouri on July 19, 1864 at Lawson forty-five miles east of Kansas City and within twelve miles of the home of the famous bandit James brothers.
There were four girls and three boys in her family as follows: Ben Jennings, Lawson, Missouri, Sterling Jennings, deceased, Walter Jennings lived on a farm adjoining the Cox farm, he passed away thirteen years ago. Mrs. R. O. Cox of Roland; Ida Jennings, who died at the age of eleven years; William Cox, who passed away at her home in Kansas City one year ago. Lava Jennings and C. A. (Aus) Cox were married July 23, 1883 in Missouri. Three days later they located five miles northwest of McKinney in the Roland community and have always lived within a ten mile radius of their present home. Aus Cox was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox, born in Missouri in the same neighborhood with his wife. They grew up together, attended the same school and were sweethearts from childhood. He came to Texas with his parents in 1875; camped the first night on Wilson Creek, south of McKinney. He then moved to the farm south of Roland. His father purchased 200 acres of land for $5.00 per acre. R. O. Cox still lives on the old homeplace.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cox reared a large family of children. They were: John W. Cox, Roland; R. O. Cox of Roland; L. M. (Babe) Cox of Roland; T. Benton Cox, deceased; Alice Cox, who died when a small girl; Stella Cox, who married Robert Allen of Plano; Charley Cox, who met a tragic death in 1905, when he was crushed to death between an engine and separator while moving the thresher on the brother's farm near Gunter; C. A. (Aus) Cox, who passed away in 1936; Mrs. Effie Robins, 3343 Pine Street, Dallas; Virginia Cox, who died at the age of thirteen.
Mr. and Mrs. Aus Cox were the parents of seven children. They were: Roy, who died in infancy; Willie Nois, now Mrs. W. T. Beatty, 814 North Kentucky Street, McKinney; two daughters, who died in infancy; Cyrus Avner Cox, at home; Mrs. Grace Mildred Lovell of San Francisco, California, now at home with her mother and brother Martin who died at ten months.
R. O. Cox and C. A. (Aus) Cox married sisters Mrs. Jim Cox and Mrs. William Jennings were sisters of the late Jim and Tom Lanier, batchelor brothers who died a few years ago. There are still four generations of the family living. At one time when there was a school at Ash Grove Grace Lovell had twenty-four cousins at school with her. The community was practically made up of the Cox and Lanier families. Mrs. Cox has a clock that has been telling the time for fifty three years and a cedar tree that has been in her yard forty two years. We noted some Damson plum trees of which the original tree came from Missouri nearly a half a century ago.
Avner Cox taught school for six years, then his health failed. Physicians ordered him out in the open. After his father's death, he assumed charge of their farm. He raises Whiteface Hereford cattle, sheep, hogs, work stock and owns three head of saddle horses. A large orchard furnishes fruit for their needs and some to spare, and he raises Rhode Island Red chickens as a sideline.
Mrs. Grace Cox Lovell lived for a number of years in Detroit, Michigan, and made many friends. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Engel and little daughters, Leatrice and Joan of Ulier, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steffens of Detroit, Michigan, who were recent guests of Mrs. Lovell near Roland. This was their first visit to Texas and they were greatly impressed with McKinney and Collin County. While here they enjoyed a trip through the Texas Textile Mills, Inc. here and also the Collin County Cotton Oil Mill. The South has many wonders for these visitors who took samples of cotton, cotton seed, etc., as souvenirs, back home with them. They are traveling in an Oldsmobile and expect to be away from their home for six or seven weeks. From McKinney they went to Dallas, San Antonio and other Texas cities after which they plan to visit Carlsbad Caverns, El Paso, Juarez, Mexico: the Grand Canyon in Arizona; San Diego, Hollywood, Yosemite Park, San Francisco where they will see the Barbary Coast and Chinatown; Portland, Ore., Seattle, Washington; Mt. Rainer Park, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone Park and other points of interests.
Our next visit was to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. McTee. Here we found Mrs. McTee and her husband's mother, Mrs. J. A. McTee of Farmersville, busy canning. Mrs. McTee was formerly Miss Vera Inmon, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. C. H. Inmon near Sherman. She has two sisters and a brother as following: Mrs. Paul Daughtery, Route One, Sherman; Miss Velma Inmon at home; Roy L Inmon, 7040 Harrisburg Boulevard, Houston, Texas. Arthur McTee is a son of Mrs. J. A. McTee and her late husband of Farmersville. His father passed away nine years ago. This worthy couple reared the following children: Mrs. Shellie Nickles, who teaches in the Spring Hill School near Farmersville; Miss Juanita McTee, 920 West Second Street, Fort Worth; A. R. McTee, 716 West Avenue, Austin, Texas; C. B. McTee 1901 Roosevelt, Houston; A. W. McTee, Leonard, Texas.
Vera Inmon and Arthur McTee were united in marriage, October 6, 1929, at Sherman. They have three bright boys. Arthur Charles, six years old and reads books and papers, although he has never attended school; Don Roy, aged four years and Glen Ray, one-and-a-half years. This is the McTee's second year in the Hart Springs community. They moved from Blue Ridge and like their new home. They are truck farming together with general crops. Mrs. McTee was especially pleased with her chickens this year. They have a steam pressure canner and sealer and are putting up a supply of fruit and vegetables for use during the winter months.
(McKinney) Daily Courier Gazette, April 13, 1913
Personal Mention of People You Know by Our Field Man.
While proceeding leisurely last Monday morning to Roland, we were overtaken by J. A. L. Andrews and his bride of the evening before. He and Mrs. Alice Griffin were quietly married at the hour of 5:30 last Sunday evening in the home of J. J. Sportsman on South Tennessee street, Esquire T. O. Murray officiating. The bride on this happy occasion was formerly Miss Alice Grisham, sister of the late Hon. J. N. Grisham, and reared at Verona, twelve miles northeast from McKinney. Mr. Andrews was formerly a citizen of Ellis county, and recently purchased a large farm three miles west from Celina where they will live soon as a suitable house can be built. We extend to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews our congratulations, hoping their barque will have smooth sailing on the matrimonial sea.
Hart Springs.
Just at noon Buckskin thought it time to halt. We ate dinner in the home of E. A. Kirkland. Miss Maud Simmons was the name of a certain young lady to whom he promised many things and fulfilled everyone until after the ceremony and after that he weakened. Only two children in this home and all read the Democrat-Gazette each week.
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HART SPRINGS JOTTINGS
(McKinney) Daily Courier Gazette, August 4, 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
When this representative visited the home of Mrs. C. A. Cox we found her confined in her bed with illness. She is being tenderly cared for by her daughter, Mrs. Lovell and her son, Avner Cox.
Mrs. Cox was for years the correspondent for the Daily Courier-Gazette and the Weekly Democrat-Gazette, faithfully reporting the news from the Hart Springs community, located about four and a half miles northwest of McKinney. The name is derived from the natural spring that is located on Mrs. J. H. Hill's farm in the Hart Survey. The branch flows through the Cox farm into Honey Creek.
Mrs. Cox is an interesting conversationalist. She still keeps up with current events through her papers and radio, although she has been bedfast for a long time. She has always taken a keen interest in political affairs, both local and national.
Lava Jennings was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings. She was born in Ray Co., Missouri on July 19, 1864 at Lawson forty-five miles east of Kansas City and within twelve miles of the home of the famous bandit James brothers.
There were four girls and three boys in her family as follows: Ben Jennings, Lawson, Missouri, Sterling Jennings, deceased, Walter Jennings lived on a farm adjoining the Cox farm, he passed away thirteen years ago. Mrs. R. O. Cox of Roland; Ida Jennings, who died at the age of eleven years; William Cox, who passed away at her home in Kansas City one year ago. Lava Jennings and C. A. (Aus) Cox were married July 23, 1883 in Missouri. Three days later they located five miles northwest of McKinney in the Roland community and have always lived within a ten mile radius of their present home. Aus Cox was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox, born in Missouri in the same neighborhood with his wife. They grew up together, attended the same school and were sweethearts from childhood. He came to Texas with his parents in 1875; camped the first night on Wilson Creek, south of McKinney. He then moved to the farm south of Roland. His father purchased 200 acres of land for $5.00 per acre. R. O. Cox still lives on the old homeplace.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cox reared a large family of children. They were: John W. Cox, Roland; R. O. Cox of Roland; L. M. (Babe) Cox of Roland; T. Benton Cox, deceased; Alice Cox, who died when a small girl; Stella Cox, who married Robert Allen of Plano; Charley Cox, who met a tragic death in 1905, when he was crushed to death between an engine and separator while moving the thresher on the brother's farm near Gunter; C. A. (Aus) Cox, who passed away in 1936; Mrs. Effie Robins, 3343 Pine Street, Dallas; Virginia Cox, who died at the age of thirteen.
Mr. and Mrs. Aus Cox were the parents of seven children. They were: Roy, who died in infancy; Willie Nois, now Mrs. W. T. Beatty, 814 North Kentucky Street, McKinney; two daughters, who died in infancy; Cyrus Avner Cox, at home; Mrs. Grace Mildred Lovell of San Francisco, California, now at home with her mother and brother Martin who died at ten months.
R. O. Cox and C. A. (Aus) Cox married sisters Mrs. Jim Cox and Mrs. William Jennings were sisters of the late Jim and Tom Lanier, batchelor brothers who died a few years ago. There are still four generations of the family living. At one time when there was a school at Ash Grove Grace Lovell had twenty-four cousins at school with her. The community was practically made up of the Cox and Lanier families. Mrs. Cox has a clock that has been telling the time for fifty three years and a cedar tree that has been in her yard forty two years. We noted some Damson plum trees of which the original tree came from Missouri nearly a half a century ago.
Avner Cox taught school for six years, then his health failed. Physicians ordered him out in the open. After his father's death, he assumed charge of their farm. He raises Whiteface Hereford cattle, sheep, hogs, work stock and owns three head of saddle horses. A large orchard furnishes fruit for their needs and some to spare, and he raises Rhode Island Red chickens as a sideline.
Mrs. Grace Cox Lovell lived for a number of years in Detroit, Michigan, and made many friends. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Engel and little daughters, Leatrice and Joan of Ulier, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steffens of Detroit, Michigan, who were recent guests of Mrs. Lovell near Roland. This was their first visit to Texas and they were greatly impressed with McKinney and Collin County. While here they enjoyed a trip through the Texas Textile Mills, Inc. here and also the Collin County Cotton Oil Mill. The South has many wonders for these visitors who took samples of cotton, cotton seed, etc., as souvenirs, back home with them. They are traveling in an Oldsmobile and expect to be away from their home for six or seven weeks. From McKinney they went to Dallas, San Antonio and other Texas cities after which they plan to visit Carlsbad Caverns, El Paso, Juarez, Mexico: the Grand Canyon in Arizona; San Diego, Hollywood, Yosemite Park, San Francisco where they will see the Barbary Coast and Chinatown; Portland, Ore., Seattle, Washington; Mt. Rainer Park, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone Park and other points of interests.
Our next visit was to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. McTee. Here we found Mrs. McTee and her husband's mother, Mrs. J. A. McTee of Farmersville, busy canning. Mrs. McTee was formerly Miss Vera Inmon, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. C. H. Inmon near Sherman. She has two sisters and a brother as following: Mrs. Paul Daughtery, Route One, Sherman; Miss Velma Inmon at home; Roy L Inmon, 7040 Harrisburg Boulevard, Houston, Texas. Arthur McTee is a son of Mrs. J. A. McTee and her late husband of Farmersville. His father passed away nine years ago. This worthy couple reared the following children: Mrs. Shellie Nickles, who teaches in the Spring Hill School near Farmersville; Miss Juanita McTee, 920 West Second Street, Fort Worth; A. R. McTee, 716 West Avenue, Austin, Texas; C. B. McTee 1901 Roosevelt, Houston; A. W. McTee, Leonard, Texas.
Vera Inmon and Arthur McTee were united in marriage, October 6, 1929, at Sherman. They have three bright boys. Arthur Charles, six years old and reads books and papers, although he has never attended school; Don Roy, aged four years and Glen Ray, one-and-a-half years. This is the McTee's second year in the Hart Springs community. They moved from Blue Ridge and like their new home. They are truck farming together with general crops. Mrs. McTee was especially pleased with her chickens this year. They have a steam pressure canner and sealer and are putting up a supply of fruit and vegetables for use during the winter months.
