A history of Texas and Texans . s LL. B. degree from Cumberland Universityin 1883. In the same year he took up the active prac-tice of law in Texarkana, Texas, where he remainedfor several years and in 1888 became a permanent resi-dent of Wichita Falls, where he is among the oldestlawyers. Judge Carrigan has always been one of the firmDemocrats in this section of the state and for twelveyears has served as district judge, having first beenelected in 1898. He is a Knights Templar Mason, alsobelongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,and is a director of the Chamber of Commerce. Hisc
A history of Texas and Texans . s LL. B. degree from Cumberland Universityin 1883. In the same year he took up the active prac-tice of law in Texarkana, Texas, where he remainedfor several years and in 1888 became a permanent resi-dent of Wichita Falls, where he is among the oldestlawyers. Judge Carrigan has always been one of the firmDemocrats in this section of the state and for twelveyears has served as district judge, having first beenelected in 1898. He is a Knights Templar Mason, alsobelongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,and is a director of the Chamber of Commerce. Hischurch is the Presbyterian. At Wichita Falls, December 10, 1901, he marriedMiss Lulu Barwise, a native of Jlissouri, and a daugh-ter of J. H. and Lucy Barwise. The four children bornto their marriage are: Annie, a student in the StateUniversity of Texas: Alfred: Joseph, and Carrigan is a member of the County Bar Asso-ciation, and as head of his law firm enjoys a good prac-tice in all the courts of Wichita k TEXAS AND TEXANS 2091 Eev. William D. Hammack. The life record of D. Hanimac-k since his coming to Kaufmancounty in 1S74, is one notable not alone for bis achieve-ments in the fields of agriculture and finance, but alsofor his long and zealous service in the work of hisMaster. Coming here with but little save his youthfulstrength of heart, ambition and determination to win,he has accumulated a handsome financial competencyand has gained also what few men achieve, the esteemand love of those with whom he has passed so manyyears. Eev. Hammack was born in Lee county, Ala-bama, February 15, 1853, and was reared on a smallfarm and in an upright though humble home. Hisfather was William B. Hammack, who owned a few slavesand identified himself with Alabama in the flush ofyoung manhood. He was born in Georgia in lS2fi, and itis believed that he left his native state about the year1S40, although the early separation of our subject fromhis parents a
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