William M. Raulston and his wife, Fannie Ousley Raulston, immigrated from Tennessee to Red River County, Texas, in 1850. They had five daughters at the time, but few facts are known about the family in Tennessee. Both parents of Fannie Ousley Raulston were born in Virginia. An ancestor, Thomas Ousley, was a very early settler in Virginia. He served in the House of Burgess and was later a sheriff. A creek at the foot of the Bull Run Mountains in northern Virginia still bears the Ousley name.
William and Fannie with their five daughters came to Texas in a covered wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. In the rear of the wagon a pair of saddle horses were led and were used to scout the trails for best routes of travel and to hunt for fresh meat. The eldest of the daughters was nine years old at the time, the youngest was two. An average day's travel behind a yoke of oxen was ten miles. It is reported that the trip from Tennessee took about two months.
In addition to the five girls brought with them from Tennessee, William and Fannie had six children born in Red River County. A total of seven girls and four boys all lived to raise families of their own, an unusual occurrence in that time.
William and Fannie originally settled in the county seat town of Clarksville and leased farm land about four miles north of town in the community of Cherry. They moved to this leased land at Cherry in 1851. They bought a 240 acre tract of land in the community of Dimple in 1854. The purchase price was one dollar per acre. They continued to farm the leased land in Cherry for a number of years after moving to their Dimple farm.
When William bought the home place the main road was a single lane, wagon-rutted dirt trail through the woods. It came out of Kaimichi, Oklahoma, through old Stephensborough (now a forest marked by an occasional clump of trumpet narcissus), entered the Raulston place on the northwest and passed in front of the house to corner just to the east of the house in what is now the horse lot. The road ran south from this corner across the place through the community of Cherry into Clarksville. There were three log cabins located on the land. The one at the corner in the road became the home of William and Fannie. It was a two-room log cabin with a fireplace across the entire south end. The fireplace was used for cooking the year round and for heating in the winter. Later, two large rooms and a large hallway were added to the front of the cabin. These rooms and the hallway were of board and batten construction. At still a later date, the original two rooms of log construction were replaced with board and batten.
This house when completed had about thirteen hundred square feet of living area plus large front and back porches. If this seems small by current standards, we must remember that our forefathers did not build such unnecessary niceties as bathroom, den, game room or study. Also, the farmhouse was used only as a place to eat and sleep and to provide shelter during inclement weather. During Sunday entertaining the women folk held sway in the kitchen while the men folk used the porches and horse lot for spit and whittle activities.
There were three school houses located on the Raulston place at different times during William and Fannie's lifetime. The first was located about three hundred yards north of the home cabin. The second one was built at a site near the halfway point in the north property line. That site would be about five hundred yards north-northwest from the home cabin. The third school was located near the northwest corner of the 240 acre tract, just south of the Uncle Jimmie D. Raulston home place. The recitation bench from the first Raulston school sits today on the front porch of the old home.
With the coming of a general store, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith shop to the old Dimple cross roads, a school was built there and the third Raulston school was converted to private use. The first Dimple school was located about two hundred yards south of the Johnson General Store which later became the Nelse Huddleston home place. The last Dimple school was constructed on a site across the road east of the Nelse Huddleston home in 1937. This school was torn down in 1967 and the children in the Dimple community now ride a school bus into Clarksville.
Some time prior to the Civil War a younger brother of William was camped on the north bank of Red River at Bryarly's Ferry waiting for flood waters to recede enough for a safe ferry run. During the night, Indians attacked, killed the parents and took the stock. Three small boys were left at the campsite. These children were brought to the home place at Dimple. They were Frank, Butler and Bill Raulston. Because William and Fannie already had a very large family, they were forced to find homes for these three boys with families in nearby communities.
William and Fannie with their five daughters came to Texas in a covered wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. In the rear of the wagon a pair of saddle horses were led and were used to scout the trails for best routes of travel and to hunt for fresh meat. The eldest of the daughters was nine years old at the time, the youngest was two. An average day's travel behind a yoke of oxen was ten miles. It is reported that the trip from Tennessee took about two months.
In addition to the five girls brought with them from Tennessee, William and Fannie had six children born in Red River County. A total of seven girls and four boys all lived to raise families of their own, an unusual occurrence in that time.
William and Fannie originally settled in the county seat town of Clarksville and leased farm land about four miles north of town in the community of Cherry. They moved to this leased land at Cherry in 1851. They bought a 240 acre tract of land in the community of Dimple in 1854. The purchase price was one dollar per acre. They continued to farm the leased land in Cherry for a number of years after moving to their Dimple farm.
When William bought the home place the main road was a single lane, wagon-rutted dirt trail through the woods. It came out of Kaimichi, Oklahoma, through old Stephensborough (now a forest marked by an occasional clump of trumpet narcissus), entered the Raulston place on the northwest and passed in front of the house to corner just to the east of the house in what is now the horse lot. The road ran south from this corner across the place through the community of Cherry into Clarksville. There were three log cabins located on the land. The one at the corner in the road became the home of William and Fannie. It was a two-room log cabin with a fireplace across the entire south end. The fireplace was used for cooking the year round and for heating in the winter. Later, two large rooms and a large hallway were added to the front of the cabin. These rooms and the hallway were of board and batten construction. At still a later date, the original two rooms of log construction were replaced with board and batten.
This house when completed had about thirteen hundred square feet of living area plus large front and back porches. If this seems small by current standards, we must remember that our forefathers did not build such unnecessary niceties as bathroom, den, game room or study. Also, the farmhouse was used only as a place to eat and sleep and to provide shelter during inclement weather. During Sunday entertaining the women folk held sway in the kitchen while the men folk used the porches and horse lot for spit and whittle activities.
There were three school houses located on the Raulston place at different times during William and Fannie's lifetime. The first was located about three hundred yards north of the home cabin. The second one was built at a site near the halfway point in the north property line. That site would be about five hundred yards north-northwest from the home cabin. The third school was located near the northwest corner of the 240 acre tract, just south of the Uncle Jimmie D. Raulston home place. The recitation bench from the first Raulston school sits today on the front porch of the old home.
With the coming of a general store, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith shop to the old Dimple cross roads, a school was built there and the third Raulston school was converted to private use. The first Dimple school was located about two hundred yards south of the Johnson General Store which later became the Nelse Huddleston home place. The last Dimple school was constructed on a site across the road east of the Nelse Huddleston home in 1937. This school was torn down in 1967 and the children in the Dimple community now ride a school bus into Clarksville.
Some time prior to the Civil War a younger brother of William was camped on the north bank of Red River at Bryarly's Ferry waiting for flood waters to recede enough for a safe ferry run. During the night, Indians attacked, killed the parents and took the stock. Three small boys were left at the campsite. These children were brought to the home place at Dimple. They were Frank, Butler and Bill Raulston. Because William and Fannie already had a very large family, they were forced to find homes for these three boys with families in nearby communities.
William M. Raulston and his wife, Fannie Ousley Raulston, immigrated from Tennessee to Red River County, Texas, in 1850. They had five daughters at the time, but few facts are known about the family in Tennessee. Both parents of Fannie Ousley Raulston were born in Virginia. An ancestor, Thomas Ousley, was a very early settler in Virginia. He served in the House of Burgess and was later a sheriff. A creek at the foot of the Bull Run Mountains in northern Virginia still bears the Ousley name.
William and Fannie with their five daughters came to Texas in a covered wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. In the rear of the wagon a pair of saddle horses were led and were used to scout the trails for best routes of travel and to hunt for fresh meat. The eldest of the daughters was nine years old at the time, the youngest was two. An average day's travel behind a yoke of oxen was ten miles. It is reported that the trip from Tennessee took about two months.
In addition to the five girls brought with them from Tennessee, William and Fannie had six children born in Red River County. A total of seven girls and four boys all lived to raise families of their own, an unusual occurrence in that time.
William and Fannie originally settled in the county seat town of Clarksville and leased farm land about four miles north of town in the community of Cherry. They moved to this leased land at Cherry in 1851. They bought a 240 acre tract of land in the community of Dimple in 1854. The purchase price was one dollar per acre. They continued to farm the leased land in Cherry for a number of years after moving to their Dimple farm.
When William bought the home place the main road was a single lane, wagon-rutted dirt trail through the woods. It came out of Kaimichi, Oklahoma, through old Stephensborough (now a forest marked by an occasional clump of trumpet narcissus), entered the Raulston place on the northwest and passed in front of the house to corner just to the east of the house in what is now the horse lot. The road ran south from this corner across the place through the community of Cherry into Clarksville. There were three log cabins located on the land. The one at the corner in the road became the home of William and Fannie. It was a two-room log cabin with a fireplace across the entire south end. The fireplace was used for cooking the year round and for heating in the winter. Later, two large rooms and a large hallway were added to the front of the cabin. These rooms and the hallway were of board and batten construction. At still a later date, the original two rooms of log construction were replaced with board and batten.
This house when completed had about thirteen hundred square feet of living area plus large front and back porches. If this seems small by current standards, we must remember that our forefathers did not build such unnecessary niceties as bathroom, den, game room or study. Also, the farmhouse was used only as a place to eat and sleep and to provide shelter during inclement weather. During Sunday entertaining the women folk held sway in the kitchen while the men folk used the porches and horse lot for spit and whittle activities.
There were three school houses located on the Raulston place at different times during William and Fannie's lifetime. The first was located about three hundred yards north of the home cabin. The second one was built at a site near the halfway point in the north property line. That site would be about five hundred yards north-northwest from the home cabin. The third school was located near the northwest corner of the 240 acre tract, just south of the Uncle Jimmie D. Raulston home place. The recitation bench from the first Raulston school sits today on the front porch of the old home.
With the coming of a general store, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith shop to the old Dimple cross roads, a school was built there and the third Raulston school was converted to private use. The first Dimple school was located about two hundred yards south of the Johnson General Store which later became the Nelse Huddleston home place. The last Dimple school was constructed on a site across the road east of the Nelse Huddleston home in 1937. This school was torn down in 1967 and the children in the Dimple community now ride a school bus into Clarksville.
Some time prior to the Civil War a younger brother of William was camped on the north bank of Red River at Bryarly's Ferry waiting for flood waters to recede enough for a safe ferry run. During the night, Indians attacked, killed the parents and took the stock. Three small boys were left at the campsite. These children were brought to the home place at Dimple. They were Frank, Butler and Bill Raulston. Because William and Fannie already had a very large family, they were forced to find homes for these three boys with families in nearby communities.
William and Fannie with their five daughters came to Texas in a covered wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. In the rear of the wagon a pair of saddle horses were led and were used to scout the trails for best routes of travel and to hunt for fresh meat. The eldest of the daughters was nine years old at the time, the youngest was two. An average day's travel behind a yoke of oxen was ten miles. It is reported that the trip from Tennessee took about two months.
In addition to the five girls brought with them from Tennessee, William and Fannie had six children born in Red River County. A total of seven girls and four boys all lived to raise families of their own, an unusual occurrence in that time.
William and Fannie originally settled in the county seat town of Clarksville and leased farm land about four miles north of town in the community of Cherry. They moved to this leased land at Cherry in 1851. They bought a 240 acre tract of land in the community of Dimple in 1854. The purchase price was one dollar per acre. They continued to farm the leased land in Cherry for a number of years after moving to their Dimple farm.
When William bought the home place the main road was a single lane, wagon-rutted dirt trail through the woods. It came out of Kaimichi, Oklahoma, through old Stephensborough (now a forest marked by an occasional clump of trumpet narcissus), entered the Raulston place on the northwest and passed in front of the house to corner just to the east of the house in what is now the horse lot. The road ran south from this corner across the place through the community of Cherry into Clarksville. There were three log cabins located on the land. The one at the corner in the road became the home of William and Fannie. It was a two-room log cabin with a fireplace across the entire south end. The fireplace was used for cooking the year round and for heating in the winter. Later, two large rooms and a large hallway were added to the front of the cabin. These rooms and the hallway were of board and batten construction. At still a later date, the original two rooms of log construction were replaced with board and batten.
This house when completed had about thirteen hundred square feet of living area plus large front and back porches. If this seems small by current standards, we must remember that our forefathers did not build such unnecessary niceties as bathroom, den, game room or study. Also, the farmhouse was used only as a place to eat and sleep and to provide shelter during inclement weather. During Sunday entertaining the women folk held sway in the kitchen while the men folk used the porches and horse lot for spit and whittle activities.
There were three school houses located on the Raulston place at different times during William and Fannie's lifetime. The first was located about three hundred yards north of the home cabin. The second one was built at a site near the halfway point in the north property line. That site would be about five hundred yards north-northwest from the home cabin. The third school was located near the northwest corner of the 240 acre tract, just south of the Uncle Jimmie D. Raulston home place. The recitation bench from the first Raulston school sits today on the front porch of the old home.
With the coming of a general store, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith shop to the old Dimple cross roads, a school was built there and the third Raulston school was converted to private use. The first Dimple school was located about two hundred yards south of the Johnson General Store which later became the Nelse Huddleston home place. The last Dimple school was constructed on a site across the road east of the Nelse Huddleston home in 1937. This school was torn down in 1967 and the children in the Dimple community now ride a school bus into Clarksville.
Some time prior to the Civil War a younger brother of William was camped on the north bank of Red River at Bryarly's Ferry waiting for flood waters to recede enough for a safe ferry run. During the night, Indians attacked, killed the parents and took the stock. Three small boys were left at the campsite. These children were brought to the home place at Dimple. They were Frank, Butler and Bill Raulston. Because William and Fannie already had a very large family, they were forced to find homes for these three boys with families in nearby communities.
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