Hi Diana, You are SO right! One of the things I did do, while I was researching, was to find history to go along with the time lines I was following--not only the Texas Revolution, but years of drought, or depression, national issues going on at the same time, how the Regulator/Modulator war might have affected the family, Indian wars--or peace, and what they were wearing and eating! I discovered several antedotes about a plague of grasshoppers that swarmed over North Texas, and all about the sated chickens, and what things people did about the grasshoppers. I also found out about something called "moonstones", a cure for--what?--I don't remember at the moment, but it was an absurd, hopeless cure. I read about a little boy who was killed by a rattlesnake when he reached under his bed for his ball. One of the most memorable true stories was one of an Indian massacre in or near Wise county--a woman was scalped, but didn't die right away. She described to her caretakers that being scalped "sounded like a cow pulling its foot from the mud". One of the most fascinating things I learned, while researching at the Texas State Archives was that the author Cormac McCarthy, who wrote (among others) "Blood Meridian", did extensive research, and several of his characters were based on real people, using events that actually happened. Putting the people in their own history helps to bring them more alive. The logic, observations, and speculations you used to conclude Elizabeth was married to Granville may not have documentation, but except for using it to get into DART, it's a proof of its own. The hardest part I found about writing a book is that it is an intensely solitary activity, filled with mind-searching and grunting that doesn't appreciate interruption! And I just don't seem to be geared for solitude!! But if we all would just write down not only what we know about these people, but our pretty accurate speculations, too, imagine what a gift it would be to our descendants who run across all that treasure!! Sorry--as you can see once in a while the keyboard can still kidnap me! -Joanne www.jdeshong.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > Joanne, > > I am not laughing - we all need to write a book or at least a short > manuscript with our research and conclusions. It is the one thing most of > us put off doing. > > Eighto or so years ago, I wrote about one of my observations. It was about > 8 pages putting forth the reasons and documents that led to the conclusion > that Elizabeth Petitt, the daugther of Robert and Melinda Logan Pettit, > was the wife of Granville Kuykendall. I had census, land records, probate > records, etc that pointed to that. However, there is not a marriage > license or any docuement with both of their names on it. > > She died in about 1846-47, so she was not on the 1850 census. > > If we did that on every question, we would have a record of our work. > > Diana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > > >> Hi Diana, >> About 5 years ago, I was digging everywhere, and may have seen at least >> one of those sites. I'm going to have to go back and take another look, >> though! I think I'm about ready to delve in again! >> I had been planning a book (go ahead, laugh--I do!!) about this ancestor, >> but somewhere along the way, I discovered two half-sisters of mine, which >> sort of blew me out of the water, and I abandoned my search for W.W.O. >> until just a few weeks ago. >> Thank you for Googling W.W.O.--I used to do that from time to time, and >> found the results for a Masonic lodge and that was about it! Thanks for >> letting me know there's more now!! >> I really, really appreciate your message! >> -Joanne >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> >> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:29 AM >> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >> >> >>> Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on >>> WWO Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana >>> >>> http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp >>> >>> Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. >>> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html >>> >>> >>> Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield >>> >>> (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) >>> >>> "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart >>> Failure >>> >>> With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed >>> away one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. Stanfield, >>> whose death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is presumed that death >>> was the result of heart failure. Thursday Captain Stanfield spent in >>> Dallas attending to some business, returning on the first train in the >>> evening. He retired at about his usual hour seemingly in good health >>> (unclear for a few lines) while spent with him, he seemed to be at ease >>> again and his family retired shortly after to be again aroused when they >>> found the husband and father breathing his last. A physician was quickly >>> summoned, but it was to no avail (unclear few words). >>> >>> News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the >>> theme of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever to >>> his friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good health. >>> >>> The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 >>> o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The organization >>> will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and will go from >>> there to the Presbyterian church where the services will be held, >>> internment following in Oakland cemetery. >>> >>> Biographical- >>> >>> Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) practitioner >>> in the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born in Virginia and >>> his mother in England, and were married in Texas, where he first saw the >>> light of day. He lived in Texas from the time of his birth, consequently >>> under every flag that has floated over Texas since the declaration of >>> independence from Mexico. >>> >>> A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe >>> counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law >>> and the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he never >>> involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair prospect of >>> success, hence the dockets show the successful termination of a large >>> majority of his cases. >>> >>> He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and was >>> the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, which >>> office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. He was >>> at the first election thereafter elected to the office of presiding >>> justice. He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, holding the >>> office several terms and finally resigned to take the office of County >>> Judge, which he resigned in 1882, before moving to Terrell, where he >>> located Dec. 25, 1882. He held office in Rockwall County during his >>> entire residence in the county without ever having to become a >>> candidate. >>> >>> Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and >>> served several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. Prominent >>> in Masonic circles he for many years held the office ofdistrict deputy >>> grand master and was holding the office of grand visitor for the grand >>> Royal Arch Chapter at the time of his death." >>> >>> >>> Diana >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >

Hello, again, Joanne, The addition of current history in a genealogy gives it meat on the bones. I taught history for 29 years, so I really do appreciate these things. I love to research but do not like to do the writing. Writing it down makes it seem so final, and I always KNOW there is more to be found, if given enought time. You have found some interesting additions to your family history. One of my ancestor's deaths, in the 1820s, was recorded in the Knoxville newspaper. He was a circuit riding Methodist preacher and when he returned home from the circuit, as he opened the door, he was struck by lightening. To have a story like that really does create interest in a person and his life. My mother liked the novel Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. A Google search showed that the text is online with a summary of it. Walker Pettit was in Shelby County at the time of the R/M War, but I do not know if he was involved or not. Walker is supposed to be a brother of Robert, but I wonder if he might be a son of Benjamin Pettit Jr, not Sr. I am a member of DRT as a descendant of Robert T. Pettit and Isaac Huston. Elizabeth was a daughter of Robert and a sister of Mary Ann, wife of Isaach Huston. I had two wonderful court cases that proved beyond a doubt the relationships in this family. Elizabeth Pettit was married to a KUYKENDALL who had daughters named Nancy and Melinda, names used by the Logan family, and a daughter Caroline, a name of the Kuykendall family. By time the Melinda Logan Pettit's estate was settled, Nancy was the only one living. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > Hi Diana, > You are SO right! > One of the things I did do, while I was researching, was to find history > to go along with the time lines I was following--not only the Texas > Revolution, but years of drought, or depression, national issues going on > at the same time, how the Regulator/Modulator war might have affected the > family, Indian wars--or peace, and what they were wearing and eating! I > discovered several antedotes about a plague of grasshoppers that swarmed > over North Texas, and all about the sated chickens, and what things people > did about the grasshoppers. > > I also found out about something called "moonstones", a cure for--what?--I > don't remember at the moment, but it was an absurd, hopeless cure. I read > about a little boy who was killed by a rattlesnake when he reached under > his bed for his ball. One of the most memorable true stories was one of > an Indian massacre in or near Wise county--a woman was scalped, but didn't > die right away. She described to her caretakers that being scalped > "sounded like a cow pulling its foot from the mud". One of the most > fascinating things I learned, while researching at the Texas State > Archives was that the author Cormac McCarthy, who wrote (among others) > "Blood Meridian", did extensive research, and several of his characters > were based on real people, using events that actually happened. > > Putting the people in their own history helps to bring them more alive. > The logic, observations, and speculations you used to conclude Elizabeth > was married to Granville may not have documentation, but except for using > it to get into DART, it's a proof of its own. > > The hardest part I found about writing a book is that it is an intensely > solitary activity, filled with mind-searching and grunting that doesn't > appreciate interruption! And I just don't seem to be geared for > solitude!! > But if we all would just write down not only what we know about these > people, but our pretty accurate speculations, too, imagine what a gift it > would be to our descendants who run across all that treasure!! > > Sorry--as you can see once in a while the keyboard can still kidnap me! > -Joanne > www.jdeshong.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > > >> Joanne, >> >> I am not laughing - we all need to write a book or at least a short >> manuscript with our research and conclusions. It is the one thing most of >> us put off doing. >> >> Eighto or so years ago, I wrote about one of my observations. It was >> about 8 pages putting forth the reasons and documents that led to the >> conclusion that Elizabeth Petitt, the daugther of Robert and Melinda >> Logan Pettit, was the wife of Granville Kuykendall. I had census, land >> records, probate records, etc that pointed to that. However, there is not >> a marriage license or any docuement with both of their names on it. >> >> She died in about 1846-47, so she was not on the 1850 census. >> >> If we did that on every question, we would have a record of our work. >> >> Diana >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> >> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 2:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >> >> >>> Hi Diana, >>> About 5 years ago, I was digging everywhere, and may have seen at least >>> one of those sites. I'm going to have to go back and take another look, >>> though! I think I'm about ready to delve in again! >>> I had been planning a book (go ahead, laugh--I do!!) about this >>> ancestor, but somewhere along the way, I discovered two half-sisters of >>> mine, which sort of blew me out of the water, and I abandoned my search >>> for W.W.O. until just a few weeks ago. >>> Thank you for Googling W.W.O.--I used to do that from time to time, and >>> found the results for a Masonic lodge and that was about it! Thanks for >>> letting me know there's more now!! >>> I really, really appreciate your message! >>> -Joanne >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> >>> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:29 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >>> >>> >>>> Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on >>>> WWO Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana >>>> >>>> http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp >>>> >>>> Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. >>>> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield >>>> >>>> (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) >>>> >>>> "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart >>>> Failure >>>> >>>> With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed >>>> away one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. >>>> Stanfield, whose death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is >>>> presumed that death was the result of heart failure. Thursday Captain >>>> Stanfield spent in Dallas attending to some business, returning on the >>>> first train in the evening. He retired at about his usual hour >>>> seemingly in good health (unclear for a few lines) while spent with >>>> him, he seemed to be at ease again and his family retired shortly after >>>> to be again aroused when they found the husband and father breathing >>>> his last. A physician was quickly summoned, but it was to no avail >>>> (unclear few words). >>>> >>>> News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the >>>> theme of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever >>>> to his friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good >>>> health. >>>> >>>> The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 >>>> o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The organization >>>> will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and will go from >>>> there to the Presbyterian church where the services will be held, >>>> internment following in Oakland cemetery. >>>> >>>> Biographical- >>>> >>>> Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) practitioner >>>> in the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born in Virginia >>>> and his mother in England, and were married in Texas, where he first >>>> saw the light of day. He lived in Texas from the time of his birth, >>>> consequently under every flag that has floated over Texas since the >>>> declaration of independence from Mexico. >>>> >>>> A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe >>>> counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law >>>> and the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he >>>> never involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair >>>> prospect of success, hence the dockets show the successful termination >>>> of a large majority of his cases. >>>> >>>> He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and was >>>> the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, which >>>> office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. He was >>>> at the first election thereafter elected to the office of presiding >>>> justice. He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, holding the >>>> office several terms and finally resigned to take the office of County >>>> Judge, which he resigned in 1882, before moving to Terrell, where he >>>> located Dec. 25, 1882. He held office in Rockwall County during his >>>> entire residence in the county without ever having to become a >>>> candidate. >>>> >>>> Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and >>>> served several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. Prominent >>>> in Masonic circles he for many years held the office ofdistrict deputy >>>> grand master and was holding the office of grand visitor for the grand >>>> Royal Arch Chapter at the time of his death." >>>> >>>> >>>> Diana >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >

Hi Diana, You are indeed right about history giving the the bare bones some flesh!! I wasn't terribly interested in history in high school, but in college I was lucky enough to have a teacher who brought it to life and made it more interesting--made me lean forward eagerly, waiting for the rest of the story, even though I already knew the facts, or bones of the matter! That story about your ancester would make a GREAT opening line for a book! Then maybe go for a flashback, and....oh well, enough. I still consider tracking the rest of the paperwork to become a member of DRT. I've already got all the correct information and certification, clear up to W.W.O. Stanfield's son, (my great-grandfather), but am too lazy to collect the proof that he IS a son. I'm not really a "meeting" kind of girl, anyway. Oh, by the way--writing down shouldn't make it seem final--editing can go on for infinity!! Write, speculate, edit, embellish!! And keep digging in the genealogical pile! (grin). -Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > Hello, again, Joanne, > > The addition of current history in a genealogy gives it meat on the bones. > I taught history for 29 years, so I really do appreciate these things. I > love to research but do not like to do the writing. Writing it down makes > it seem so final, and I always KNOW there is more to be found, if given > enought time. You have found some interesting additions to your family > history. > > One of my ancestor's deaths, in the 1820s, was recorded in the Knoxville > newspaper. He was a circuit riding Methodist preacher and when he returned > home from the circuit, as he opened the door, he was struck by lightening. > To have a story like that really does create interest in a person and his > life. > > My mother liked the novel Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. A Google search > showed that the text is online with a summary of it. > > Walker Pettit was in Shelby County at the time of the R/M War, but I do > not know if he was involved or not. Walker is supposed to be a brother of > Robert, but I wonder if he might be a son of Benjamin Pettit Jr, not Sr. > > I am a member of DRT as a descendant of Robert T. Pettit and Isaac Huston. > Elizabeth was a daughter of Robert and a sister of Mary Ann, wife of > Isaach Huston. I had two wonderful court cases that proved beyond a doubt > the relationships in this family. Elizabeth Pettit was married to a > KUYKENDALL who had daughters named Nancy and Melinda, names used by the > Logan family, and a daughter Caroline, a name of the Kuykendall family. By > time the Melinda Logan Pettit's estate was settled, Nancy was the only one > living. > > Diana > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > > >> Hi Diana, >> You are SO right! >> One of the things I did do, while I was researching, was to find history >> to go along with the time lines I was following--not only the Texas >> Revolution, but years of drought, or depression, national issues going on >> at the same time, how the Regulator/Modulator war might have affected the >> family, Indian wars--or peace, and what they were wearing and eating! I >> discovered several antedotes about a plague of grasshoppers that swarmed >> over North Texas, and all about the sated chickens, and what things >> people did about the grasshoppers. >> >> I also found out about something called "moonstones", a cure >> for--what?--I don't remember at the moment, but it was an absurd, >> hopeless cure. I read about a little boy who was killed by a rattlesnake >> when he reached under his bed for his ball. One of the most memorable >> true stories was one of an Indian massacre in or near Wise county--a >> woman was scalped, but didn't die right away. She described to her >> caretakers that being scalped "sounded like a cow pulling its foot from >> the mud". One of the most fascinating things I learned, while >> researching at the Texas State Archives was that the author Cormac >> McCarthy, who wrote (among others) "Blood Meridian", did extensive >> research, and several of his characters were based on real people, using >> events that actually happened. >> >> Putting the people in their own history helps to bring them more alive. >> The logic, observations, and speculations you used to conclude Elizabeth >> was married to Granville may not have documentation, but except for using >> it to get into DART, it's a proof of its own. >> >> The hardest part I found about writing a book is that it is an intensely >> solitary activity, filled with mind-searching and grunting that doesn't >> appreciate interruption! And I just don't seem to be geared for >> solitude!! >> But if we all would just write down not only what we know about these >> people, but our pretty accurate speculations, too, imagine what a gift it >> would be to our descendants who run across all that treasure!! >> >> Sorry--as you can see once in a while the keyboard can still kidnap me! >> -Joanne >> www.jdeshong.com >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> >> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >> >> >>> Joanne, >>> >>> I am not laughing - we all need to write a book or at least a short >>> manuscript with our research and conclusions. It is the one thing most >>> of us put off doing. >>> >>> Eighto or so years ago, I wrote about one of my observations. It was >>> about 8 pages putting forth the reasons and documents that led to the >>> conclusion that Elizabeth Petitt, the daugther of Robert and Melinda >>> Logan Pettit, was the wife of Granville Kuykendall. I had census, land >>> records, probate records, etc that pointed to that. However, there is >>> not a marriage license or any docuement with both of their names on it. >>> >>> She died in about 1846-47, so she was not on the 1850 census. >>> >>> If we did that on every question, we would have a record of our work. >>> >>> Diana >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> >>> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 2:05 PM >>> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >>> >>> >>>> Hi Diana, >>>> About 5 years ago, I was digging everywhere, and may have seen at least >>>> one of those sites. I'm going to have to go back and take another >>>> look, though! I think I'm about ready to delve in again! >>>> I had been planning a book (go ahead, laugh--I do!!) about this >>>> ancestor, but somewhere along the way, I discovered two half-sisters of >>>> mine, which sort of blew me out of the water, and I abandoned my search >>>> for W.W.O. until just a few weeks ago. >>>> Thank you for Googling W.W.O.--I used to do that from time to time, and >>>> found the results for a Masonic lodge and that was about it! Thanks >>>> for letting me know there's more now!! >>>> I really, really appreciate your message! >>>> -Joanne >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> >>>> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:29 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield >>>> >>>> >>>>> Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on >>>>> WWO Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana >>>>> >>>>> http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp >>>>> >>>>> Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. >>>>> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield >>>>> >>>>> (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) >>>>> >>>>> "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart >>>>> Failure >>>>> >>>>> With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed >>>>> away one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. >>>>> Stanfield, whose death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is >>>>> presumed that death was the result of heart failure. Thursday Captain >>>>> Stanfield spent in Dallas attending to some business, returning on the >>>>> first train in the evening. He retired at about his usual hour >>>>> seemingly in good health (unclear for a few lines) while spent with >>>>> him, he seemed to be at ease again and his family retired shortly >>>>> after to be again aroused when they found the husband and father >>>>> breathing his last. A physician was quickly summoned, but it was to no >>>>> avail (unclear few words). >>>>> >>>>> News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the >>>>> theme of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever >>>>> to his friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good >>>>> health. >>>>> >>>>> The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 >>>>> o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The >>>>> organization will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and >>>>> will go from there to the Presbyterian church where the services will >>>>> be held, internment following in Oakland cemetery. >>>>> >>>>> Biographical- >>>>> >>>>> Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) >>>>> practitioner in the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born >>>>> in Virginia and his mother in England, and were married in Texas, >>>>> where he first saw the light of day. He lived in Texas from the time >>>>> of his birth, consequently under every flag that has floated over >>>>> Texas since the declaration of independence from Mexico. >>>>> >>>>> A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe >>>>> counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law >>>>> and the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he >>>>> never involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair >>>>> prospect of success, hence the dockets show the successful termination >>>>> of a large majority of his cases. >>>>> >>>>> He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and >>>>> was the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, >>>>> which office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. >>>>> He was at the first election thereafter elected to the office of >>>>> presiding justice. He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, >>>>> holding the office several terms and finally resigned to take the >>>>> office of County Judge, which he resigned in 1882, before moving to >>>>> Terrell, where he located Dec. 25, 1882. He held office in Rockwall >>>>> County during his entire residence in the county without ever having >>>>> to become a candidate. >>>>> >>>>> Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and >>>>> served several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. >>>>> Prominent in Masonic circles he for many years held the office >>>>> ofdistrict deputy grand master and was holding the office of grand >>>>> visitor for the grand Royal Arch Chapter at the time of his death." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Diana >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >