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Title: Sixty years in Texas
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Jackson, George, b. 1838
Subjects: Texas -- Social life and customs Dallas (Tex.)
Publisher: (Dallas, Tex. : Wilkinson printing co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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his city, were instrumental inbuilding the rescue home in East Dallas. They (theMethodists) have seven acres of ground and a largebuilding, and many a poor girl and fallen womanhas found protection and a home there when theirkindred and relatives would not recognize them. Mr. Joseph Morgan was a very useful man andwas an exception, and volumes could be written onhis good qualities. But we can sum it up in a veryfew words by saying he was a perfect Christian gen-tleman, and his good works live after him. TheMorgans have done much for the people in the neigh-borhood in which they have lived, and their influencehas spread out over a large part of Texas. I neverheard him use any bad language when a young man,never a word that was not fit for the ears of ladies,and his influence was always good. I will try to note the character of Mr. JosephMorgan in the following poem. Our departed brother was a Christian And a man without a stain,And was never known to do a wrongTo secure a worldly gain.
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Sixty Years in Texas. 75 By looking straight into his face A child could understandThat he could depend on such a friend, Because he was a kind man. His language was always pure and chaste,And such as all could understand; And his neighbors loved him very much,Because he was a pure man. The Church esteemed him highly— He was first to give and plan,And the members held him as a model, Because he was a liberal man. In business circles he was known, And they seemed to understandThat his word was good as any bond, Because he was an honest man. And he also was a scholar, And did deep questions understand,And the world esteemed him highly,Because he was a learned man. George Jackson,His neighbor and friend for more than fifty years. THE WARNERS The Warners emigrated to Dallas County earlyin 1852 direct from Ireland. They were influencedby letters written by my father to his brother thatwas then living in Ireland. There were eight ofthem, the old gentleman and his wife and five sonsand a d

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