• General Notes

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  THE MALLONE FAMILY Taken from Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
  The Celina Record, 1937
  
       Dr. David Powell and his wife, Lucinda, moved from
  Missouri to Texas by wagon and settled near Cottage Hill in
  1859.  With them they brought five single children, their
  married daughters (Polly and her husband, William E.
  Mallone) and three sons David, John T., and William E. ,
  the other daughter (Sarah and her husband, Henry T. Hart).
  All settled and homesteaded 641 acres at this location.
  Dr. Powell was for a time the only doctor in Collin County.
  He and his wife Lucinda lived at this location until he
  died in 1893 while visiting a daughter in Montague County.
  This ended a marriage of sixty seven years, ten months.
  Lucinda died two years later and was buried at Cottage Hill.
       William E. (Uncle Billy) and Polly had five more
  children; Lucinda, born shortly after their arrival in
  Texas, who married W. T. Button, George N., Mary, Hixie,
  and Goolman.
       Uncle Billy was well-known in the area as he was a
  lay-preacher and blew the cow horn announcing the beginning
  of all the camp meetings.  He and his wife were devoted
  members of the Methodist Church.
       When Celina began to grow, Uncle Billy and John T.
  operated a wagon train between Celina and Jefferson, the
  center of culture and supplies in Texas.  Mules were used
  in the winter but summer brought on the use of oxen.  Grass
  along the route was necessary to sustain the oxen.  It took
  from eight to sixteen days to make the round trip.  In wet
  weather it was sometimes necessary to hitch all teams to
  one wagon and leave the others.  Sometimes they could not
  get back for the other wagons for six weeks.  Much of the
  lumber in the early houses in Celina was hauled by these
  two gentleman.
       Meanwhile, John had married Frances Showver, January
  8, 1874, in Celina.  They lived to celebrate their golden
  wedding anniversary in 1924.
       Mr. and Mrs. John Mallone had two children, William
  Lee and Ina. Ina was married in the first church wedding
  held in the Union Church to Dr. John Gossett.  Mr. Mallone
  stated that when he and his wife married in 1874 and
  located half a mile from the present site of Alla school,
  there was not a house nor a fence between him and Pilot
  Point.
       He also recalled that in his boyhood days the
  community was overrun with deer and prairie chickens,
  turkeys, a few bobcats and Mexican lions.  He said he had
  seen prairie chickens cover as much as an acre of ground.
  These birds were killed in large numbers and put up in
  barrels for winter use by the settlers.  He says he could
  never remember an Indian raid any closer than Pilot Point
  but several on Fort Worth.  The western frontier was then
  at Blocker, near Sanger, and Rangers kept the Indians back
  to the west.  There was plenty of wild stock, horses and
  cattle, but it was necessary to go to Lamar County  to buy
  milch cows.
       There were no churches but religious services were
  held in the homes.  The first one room school was built
  near Cottage Hill.  A short time later "Marshall College"
  was built near Twin Bridges.  Students were lodged in one
  room shacks and they boarded with the head of the school,
  Rev. Marshall, a Methodist minister who founded the school.
       William Lee Mallone and Fannie Estele McCoy were
  married in Collin County.  They had one daughter, Alta
  Waunetta, who married S. G. (Pete) McKnight on June 7,
  1923.  They were the parents of one daughter, Mary Ann Who
  married T. M. Hughes, Jr. and are the parents of two
  children, Terry Lee and T. M. Hughes III.  The entire
  family has lived in and around Celina since arriving in
  1859.[576008.ftw]
  
  THE MALLONE FAMILY Taken from Fiftieth Anniversary Edition The Celina Record, 1 937 Dr. David Powell and his wife, Lucinda, moved from Missouri to Texas by wag on and settled near Cottage Hill in 1859.  With them they brought five single c hildren, their married daughters (Polly and her husband, William E. Mallone) an d three sons David, John T., and William E. , the other daughter (Sarah and her husband, Henry T. Hart).  All settled and homesteaded 641 acres at this locati on.  Dr. Powell was for a time the only doctor in Collin County.  He and his wi fe Lucinda lived at this location until he died in 1893 while visiting a daught er in Montague County.  This ended a marriage of sixty seven years, ten months. Lucinda died two years later and was buried at Cottage Hill. William E. (Uncl e Billy) and Polly had five more children; Lucinda, born shortly after their ar rival in Texas, who married W. T. Button, George N., Mary, Hixie, and Goolman. Uncle Billy was well-known in the area as he was a lay-preacher and blew the co w horn announcing the beginning of all the camp meetings.  He and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Church. When Celina began to grow, Uncle Bill y and John T. operated a wagon train between Celina and Jefferson, the center o f culture and supplies in Texas.  Mules were used in the winter but summer brou ght on the use of oxen.  Grass along the route was necessary to sustain the oxe n.  It took from eight to sixteen days to make the round trip.  In wet weather it was sometimes necessary to hitch all teams to one wagon and leave the others .  Sometimes they could not get back for the other wagons for six weeks.  Much of the lumber in the early houses in Celina was hauled by these two gentleman. Meanwhile, John had married Frances Showver, January 8, 1874, in Celina.  They lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in 1924. Mr. and Mrs. John Mallone had two children, William Lee and Ina. Ina was married in the first chu rch wedding held in the Union Church to Dr. John Gossett.  Mr. Mallone stated t hat when he and his wife married in 1874 and located half a mile from the prese nt site of Alla school, there was not a house nor a fence between him and Pilot Point. He also recalled that in his boyhood days the community was overrun wit h deer and prairie chickens, turkeys, a few bobcats and Mexican lions.  He said he had seen prairie chickens cover as much as an acre of ground.  These birds were killed in large numbers and put up in barrels for winter use by the settle rs.  He says he could never remember an Indian raid any closer than Pilot Point but several on Fort Worth.  The western frontier was then at Blocker, near San ger, and Rangers kept the Indians back to the west.  There was plenty of wild s tock, horses and cattle, but it was necessary to go to Lamar County  to buy mil ch cows. There were no churches but religious services were held in the homes. The first one room school was built near Cottage Hill.  A short time later "Ma rshall College" was built near Twin Bridges.  Students were lodged in one room shacks and they boarded with the head of the school, Rev. Marshall, a Methodist minister who founded the school. William Lee Mallone and Fannie Estele McCoy w ere married in Collin County.  They had one daughter, Alta Waunetta, who marrie d S. G. (Pete) McKnight on June 7, 1923.  They were the parents of one daughter , Mary Ann Who married T. M. Hughes, Jr. and are the parents of two children, T erry Lee and T. M. Hughes III.  The entire family has lived in and around Celin a since arriving in 1859.

Details of William Elliott's family with Mary "Polly" POWELL