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Taken from a History of Texas, Lewis publishing Company’s 1893 History of Texas: Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee, and Burleson Counties. C.W.
HEMPHILL, a farmer of Bastrop
County, was born on the farm where he still resides, September 28, 1848,
a son of C.M. and Elizabeth (Snoddy) Hemphill, the former a native of
Georgia, and the latter of Alabama.
C.M. Hemphill came to Texas with his father and family in 1835.
The latter, Colonel William Hemphill, settled on the Brazos
river, and was accidentally killed soon afterward.
He had a family of nine children viz: Zeno; M.L.; A.B.; W.A.;
Ulysses; Andrew; C.M.; the father of our subject; Ellen, who married
Captain Jack Nash; and Elolesa married M.O. Diamond, a merchant of
Bastrop. Two of the children died before coming to Texas, and the
remainder lived in this county until their death. In 1836 C.M. Hemphill, the father of our subject, located the
farm where the latter now resides, was a member of the ranging service,
and suffered the privations and hardships of a pioneer life. His farm of 800 acres was well improved, and his death
occurred in 1862. He was
married in 1845, and his wife survived him until 1874.
She came to this state with an uncle, Edwin Alexander, who was
robbed and killed by Mexicans. Mr.and
Mrs Hemphill had seven children, viz: Margaret, who married W.S. Miller,
is now deceased, leaving six children: C.W. our subject; Gillespie, a
resident of the old homestead; Prudence, wife of W.B. Bryant, a farmer
of Bastrop county; Tony E, still unmarried; Cuba, wife of Wade Hemphill,
a distant relative; and R.L., at home.
Gillespie, the second son, was married in December, 1873, to Miss
Alice Bryant, a daughter of William Bryant, a native of Tennessee.
The latter came to Texas in 1836, and, after several changes, loc
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