I went back and found in my own papers that T.J Whaley , Jr. from Marshall ,Texas served in the Civil War and while gone, his wife managed his properties so well that she saved a bunch of money.and abought him a ranch in Bowie County. This is from a book on Harrison Co. Families by the Historical Society. It does not state how long he had it , but in 1883-4, he went into the Hardware business in Marshall. Mary Lee Barnes