Per Romance and Dim Trails by Katherine Christian (Mrs. J. W.) Douthitt, published 1938.
Mr. Alcorn began his Henrietta store in 1880. "He made lots of friends, and all the cowboys liked him especially for his fair and honorable dealings. He was always friendly to them when they came to town and they made his little place their headquarters, and spent lots of their money at his place of business. He remembers that a bunch of boys came to town one night from the Curtis Ranch and brought quite a lot of cowboy togs. They had been drinking and by the time they got to the Alcorn Store they were feeling 'good.' They started trying on ladies' hats, having fun and wore them out to the saloons and didn't return them, but they had a good time. Mr. Alcorn made out the bill for the hats and sent it to Curtis and he paid it.
He was always a friend to Quanah Parker, and later when he was in business here he sold Quanah and his tribe many fine pieces of merchandise such as fancy colored cloth for clothes; and many blankets. The Indians would wrap yards of cloth around themselves as they did not cut or sew their clothes to fit them. . . .
The poor and oppressed never had a better friend and his comradeship with the young people made him especially loved by them.
He has always been a great lover of books, histories and science particularly, and he has always spent a great portion of his leisure hours reading. His life has been unselfish; and he has been very aggressive in making social contacts, never avoiding people of any station in life; quick to see all other points of view although he has very positive ideas of his own, and above all he has always been a man of action, with the keenest sense of humor and wit.
He married Miss Ellen Douglass in 1880 and to them six children were born; two died in youth.∼He was the son of John Alcorn of Indiana. His wife was Sopha Alcorn.
Joseph worked his entire life as a merchant in the Dry Goods business.
Mr. Alcorn began his Henrietta store in 1880. "He made lots of friends, and all the cowboys liked him especially for his fair and honorable dealings. He was always friendly to them when they came to town and they made his little place their headquarters, and spent lots of their money at his place of business. He remembers that a bunch of boys came to town one night from the Curtis Ranch and brought quite a lot of cowboy togs. They had been drinking and by the time they got to the Alcorn Store they were feeling 'good.' They started trying on ladies' hats, having fun and wore them out to the saloons and didn't return them, but they had a good time. Mr. Alcorn made out the bill for the hats and sent it to Curtis and he paid it.
He was always a friend to Quanah Parker, and later when he was in business here he sold Quanah and his tribe many fine pieces of merchandise such as fancy colored cloth for clothes; and many blankets. The Indians would wrap yards of cloth around themselves as they did not cut or sew their clothes to fit them. . . .
The poor and oppressed never had a better friend and his comradeship with the young people made him especially loved by them.
He has always been a great lover of books, histories and science particularly, and he has always spent a great portion of his leisure hours reading. His life has been unselfish; and he has been very aggressive in making social contacts, never avoiding people of any station in life; quick to see all other points of view although he has very positive ideas of his own, and above all he has always been a man of action, with the keenest sense of humor and wit.
He married Miss Ellen Douglass in 1880 and to them six children were born; two died in youth.∼He was the son of John Alcorn of Indiana. His wife was Sopha Alcorn.
Joseph worked his entire life as a merchant in the Dry Goods business.
Per Romance and Dim Trails by Katherine Christian (Mrs. J. W.) Douthitt, published 1938.
Mr. Alcorn began his Henrietta store in 1880. "He made lots of friends, and all the cowboys liked him especially for his fair and honorable dealings. He was always friendly to them when they came to town and they made his little place their headquarters, and spent lots of their money at his place of business. He remembers that a bunch of boys came to town one night from the Curtis Ranch and brought quite a lot of cowboy togs. They had been drinking and by the time they got to the Alcorn Store they were feeling 'good.' They started trying on ladies' hats, having fun and wore them out to the saloons and didn't return them, but they had a good time. Mr. Alcorn made out the bill for the hats and sent it to Curtis and he paid it.
He was always a friend to Quanah Parker, and later when he was in business here he sold Quanah and his tribe many fine pieces of merchandise such as fancy colored cloth for clothes; and many blankets. The Indians would wrap yards of cloth around themselves as they did not cut or sew their clothes to fit them. . . .
The poor and oppressed never had a better friend and his comradeship with the young people made him especially loved by them.
He has always been a great lover of books, histories and science particularly, and he has always spent a great portion of his leisure hours reading. His life has been unselfish; and he has been very aggressive in making social contacts, never avoiding people of any station in life; quick to see all other points of view although he has very positive ideas of his own, and above all he has always been a man of action, with the keenest sense of humor and wit.
He married Miss Ellen Douglass in 1880 and to them six children were born; two died in youth.∼He was the son of John Alcorn of Indiana. His wife was Sopha Alcorn.
Joseph worked his entire life as a merchant in the Dry Goods business.
Mr. Alcorn began his Henrietta store in 1880. "He made lots of friends, and all the cowboys liked him especially for his fair and honorable dealings. He was always friendly to them when they came to town and they made his little place their headquarters, and spent lots of their money at his place of business. He remembers that a bunch of boys came to town one night from the Curtis Ranch and brought quite a lot of cowboy togs. They had been drinking and by the time they got to the Alcorn Store they were feeling 'good.' They started trying on ladies' hats, having fun and wore them out to the saloons and didn't return them, but they had a good time. Mr. Alcorn made out the bill for the hats and sent it to Curtis and he paid it.
He was always a friend to Quanah Parker, and later when he was in business here he sold Quanah and his tribe many fine pieces of merchandise such as fancy colored cloth for clothes; and many blankets. The Indians would wrap yards of cloth around themselves as they did not cut or sew their clothes to fit them. . . .
The poor and oppressed never had a better friend and his comradeship with the young people made him especially loved by them.
He has always been a great lover of books, histories and science particularly, and he has always spent a great portion of his leisure hours reading. His life has been unselfish; and he has been very aggressive in making social contacts, never avoiding people of any station in life; quick to see all other points of view although he has very positive ideas of his own, and above all he has always been a man of action, with the keenest sense of humor and wit.
He married Miss Ellen Douglass in 1880 and to them six children were born; two died in youth.∼He was the son of John Alcorn of Indiana. His wife was Sopha Alcorn.
Joseph worked his entire life as a merchant in the Dry Goods business.
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