A history of Texas and Texans . ars his father wasthe proprietor of tho Inrsost general merchandise storein that town, and al-o roihlmroil :i shop, andwas a leader amony linsiii,-s mni mnl citizens of this lo-calitv. He was a stronu iiiiiii. tlio ,|ua]ity of , it «as natural tliat many followed iinpliritlv. «ith rom|ilrt,. of the sue-,a-s of aiiv to lio put bis hand. HeaiTumiilatcd a laryc amounr of ].rn|icity. and lived toeniov its income and the general esteem paid him by allwlioknew his life. He and his es
A history of Texas and Texans . ars his father wasthe proprietor of tho Inrsost general merchandise storein that town, and al-o roihlmroil :i shop, andwas a leader amony linsiii,-s mni mnl citizens of this lo-calitv. He was a stronu iiiiiii. tlio ,|ua]ity of , it «as natural tliat many followed iinpliritlv. «ith rom|ilrt,. of the sue-,a-s of aiiv to lio put bis hand. HeaiTumiilatcd a laryc amounr of ].rn|icity. and lived toeniov its income and the general esteem paid him by allwlioknew his life. He and his estimable wife attainedthe age of eighty years, and they reared a family oftwelve children, among whom Major Downs was theseventh, and he is one of the three now living. Eighteen months after the family moved to Waco, JohnWesley Downs, in company with L. S. Boss, who subse-quently became noted as a general and as governor ofTexas, set out on horseback and made the trip acrossthe country through rough and uncertain ways to Flor-. (M^K^^^2. L;avotwo years of faithful and efficient servii-o tn tln Imii
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