A history of Texas and Texans . social life of the com-munity. Judge Mims was married in June, 1890, to Miss VallieC. Price, of Nacogdoches. She was the daughter of Vin-cent and Annie J. (Mims) Price, and although hermother had the same name as her husband there was norelationship. Four children have been born to theJudge and his wife, as follows: Euth, who is the wifeof Irving C. Gilliland, of Port Worth; Gordon; D. Vin-cent and Billie Burke, the younger three being withtheir parents. Judge Mims predicts a bright future for Taylor believes the land will become many times more valu-a
A history of Texas and Texans . social life of the com-munity. Judge Mims was married in June, 1890, to Miss VallieC. Price, of Nacogdoches. She was the daughter of Vin-cent and Annie J. (Mims) Price, and although hermother had the same name as her husband there was norelationship. Four children have been born to theJudge and his wife, as follows: Euth, who is the wifeof Irving C. Gilliland, of Port Worth; Gordon; D. Vin-cent and Billie Burke, the younger three being withtheir parents. Judge Mims predicts a bright future for Taylor believes the land will become many times more valu-able than its present selling price, for Taylor county hasa good climate and an abundance of underground waterwithin easy reach for irrigation, which must soon come. EuPERT Cltde Priest, M. D. The Priest family, ofwhich Dr. Priest is a prominent representative iii thefield of medicine, with important professional and civicconnections at Eusk, is one of the oldest in Cherokeecounty. The grandfather of Dr. Priest came to Cherokee. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1897 county about the time Rusk was founded as a settlement,was a pioneer member of the bar of that city, and be-sides serving as tlie first district judge of this locality,an ofiice he held tor a number of years, he also offici-ated as the fiist pastor of the Eusk Coiiyrcunt ion (,t ilicCumberland Presbyterian church, and ili\ In- Iiiihfor many years among the spheres of law, ;imii He had no connection with the uiilitury estab-lishment of the south during the war, but furnished sev-eral i-ous who wore the grey uniform. Mr. Priest was bornin Alabama, and his children were: Henry and William,both of whom wcic killcl wliilc weariiiff the Confederateuniform during tlir nai : i:iisli,-i M., tif IJiisk; Mige of•Fort Worth; Allint nt halhis; M;.iy, wlm married Wil-liam Bird and died in roiinty; Lizzie, wife ofJudge Sam A. WiUon of Kiisk; Sallie, wife of of Jacksonville. Elisha M. Priest, father of Dr
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