A history of Texas and Texans . ts head. There shemet and married her husband when he was only twentyyears old. She is a daughter of Thomas and Emily Z.(Briscoe) Walker, both now deceased. The father wasborn in North Carolina and the mother in Walker was one of the earliest settlers of theState, coming to Angelina before county lines weredrawn, and as early as 1840. He made his first settle-ment on the Neches Eiver. He was a citizen of promi-nence in his district, and served as sheriff of Angelinacounty for seventeen years. Seven children were bornto Dr. and Mrs. Denman. all of
A history of Texas and Texans . ts head. There shemet and married her husband when he was only twentyyears old. She is a daughter of Thomas and Emily Z.(Briscoe) Walker, both now deceased. The father wasborn in North Carolina and the mother in Walker was one of the earliest settlers of theState, coming to Angelina before county lines weredrawn, and as early as 1840. He made his first settle-ment on the Neches Eiver. He was a citizen of promi-nence in his district, and served as sheriff of Angelinacounty for seventeen years. Seven children were bornto Dr. and Mrs. Denman. all of whom are yet living,and are here named as follows: Dr. Peyton E. Denman,a noted surgeon of Tbiustnu. Trxas; Archie Lovell, OliveLillian; Kester Walkn-. r,,nr,Miiiiig whom further men-tion is made in tli. fMll,,vMnn ].aragraphs; Dr. LinwoodH.; Mary Nell, Harvey. Kester Walker Denman was born in Lufkin in 1889,and he was there reared and had his preliminary educa-tion in the schools of that district. He was graduated. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1639 from Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Vir-giua, witli the degree of B. A. in 1909, and he laterstudied law in the law department of the University ofTexas, finishing his studies there in 1912, when he wasawarded the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He beganhis practice immediately at Lufkin, and already he hasmade an excellent showing in his profession, taking hisplace among the foremost men of the community. He isnow city attorney for Lufkin, as well as the legal repre-sentative in local circles for the Cotton Belt Railway, andhe has in many ways demonstrated his iitne^s ;nid capac-ity for the profession of his choice. Dr. A. M. Denman,together with Judge E. J. Jlautoutli, organized the firsttelephone system in Lufkin, in which the family nowowns a half interest. That Mr. Denman has shown an unusual capacity forhis profession is not a cause for wonderment when it isunderstood that he is a direct descendant of the linethat pr
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