The suffix of I is not part of his real name. It is added in this database to help differentiat the 5 James F. High's.
He was a blacksmith and had an accident while working in Lubock Texas in his blacksmith shop. He was hit in the head while at work and died less than a week later.
I never saw Grandma High smile. I believe she was a depressed person. James F. High III.
The Sublett's first lived in Sipe Springs Texas and later moved to Cisco Texas.
The town of Sipe Springs was named for springs that "seeped" out of the earth. First settlers arrived around 1870. The town was organized in 1873 and the first school was built that same year. A post office was granted in 1883, and the town had a thriving population of 130 the next year. Around 1890 the town had their own newspaper, and in 1911 the Texas Central Railroad built through - just north of the town. A short-lived oil boom occurred from 1918 - 1921 with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people arriving to share in the wealth. The town built an opera house and supported a professional baseball team. Buildings went up overnight, but many disappeared in a 1922 fire after most of the population had already left (only 575 in 1924). In 1937 two Sipe Springs schools served 152 pupils with instruction provided by six teachers. Dwindling ground water added to the depressed economy and many simply farmers gave up. By 1940 the community had 200 persons and it went down to only 120 by 1949. The state-wide school consolidations of the 50s eliminated the Sipe Springs schools and students were sent to DeLeon or Sidney. The population was reported to be 110 in 1974.
At the foot of the small grave, located on the northern edge of County Road 185 in Comanche County about a mile-and-a-half east of the ghost town of Sipe Springs, is a granite marker with these words: "Little girl, age 3 died 1870, moving west." - Mike Cox
The Sipe Springs Cemetery appears on the detailed TxDoT county map of Comanche County. The cemetery can be reached by driving north from FM 587 (.3 of a mile from the former townsite). A fork appears in the road and the left fork will take you to the cemetery after a half-mile drive. Excerpted text from the historical marker reads: Pioneers settled this area about 1870, after finding water seeping from a spring. There was controversy from the beginning over the correct spelling of the name, which is pronounced "seep". Upon the death of Pratt Scarlett in 1873, John C. Smith gave five acres for a cemetery, but the title was not clear. A large stone carved with Scarlett's death date was buried at the foot of his grave. Several burial sites in the old part of the cemetery have plain sandstone markers. In 1890 the area residents built a tabernacle at the burial ground. Enlarged in 1951, it is still used for gatherings such as the annual homecoming in July. Nels and Sarah Crain acquired a clear title to the cemetery tract and their heirs gave it to the Sipe Springs Cemetery Association. The graveyard is still in use today with about 1,150 gravesites.
Samuel appears to have died in 1881 because I (James F. High III) can't find any records of him after that date. The most recent records I found for him were the 1880 census and the 1880 tax rolls for Erath County Texas. The same property shows a Mrs. M. R. High in 1884 who was his wife Mary R. Clifton . She married J.T. McCollum on Aug 14 1884 in Erath County.
Following is the content of 3 letters sent to Sam High from Pontotoc MS.
Pictures of these letters are in Sam High's photo section of this genealogy database.The first letter is from Sam's father, Bowling Dunn High. It was this letter that led me to the discovery of my ancestors from Pontotoc Mississippi. My father never mentioned his ancestors coming from Mississippi, therefor I assume he did not know that they came from MS. These letters were found in my Aunt Edith's home after she died. See Edith High born 1908 in Comanche Texas.
Letter to Sam High in Waco TX from B. D. High in Pontotoc MS.
Mr Sam High
Waco Texas
Body of letter
Dec 10th 1866 Pont. Co Miss
Dear Son Sir
I take this opportunity to write you a few lines by Wm Newsom as he going to leave here tomorrow morning for your neighborhood. He and several men. Which I thought would be better than mailing. They can tell you more than I can write. The weather at this time is very cold. There is the greater confusion in the country I ever witnessed I believe since 1838 about money matters. I don’t think I ever saw so much cursing going on as it is now. Pontotoc County can not pay the cost left lone the debt. And also the people is very much alarmed about there land. It is believed by a great many that the land will be confiscated by congress. But I am in hope the president will not approve the law. Some men think there will be war before twelve months. Scout around about the southern prospects. You know there is two parties in the north. The sates cat say they going to have the land. The copperheads say they should not, hence the latter party in the south will unite. Be ………… will make the two parties equal and if there is another war it will be a bloody one. If the confiscated law passes I do not know what we will do for ……………….. now let him the confiscation. The cotton crop is a complete failure, corn crops tolerable good. The most of them will have enough to do them and have some to sell. There is enough I think in the county to feed the people at $1.50 a bushel and also meat. How it will sell I can’t tell. Some say eight and others ten and twelve. But as bacon at Memphis is worth 12 ½ cents we want to go to Texas but we are not able. Been east talk of going next fall. Jimmie will go with him, maybe all us. George Sityle kind Tom having to make crops He gave Tom seven hundred lbs of lint cotton, 80 bushels in all so he will have his corn to try and no money. I and Jimes made it er say one good bale. Henry will have earned enough. Aly is living with us. Sam, I wrote you in Sept have not heard from you since July. I want you to let us know about living in Texas. This leaves us all well, write soon. I will close. Your effectionate.
B. D. HighN B
I have no envelope to enclose this letter.
Letter to Sam High in Waco TX from George W. Souter in Pontotoc MS 1867Friend
Sam High. I Avail myself of this opportunity to write you a few lines which will inform you that I am still on the land and among the living. This leaves me in enjoyment of good health. The flat woods folks are generally well as far as I know. Jimmy spent the night with me one night last week. He said they are all well. Sam I have no news of interest to write, times are dull here. I am not married yet and that is not the worst, there is no prospect. There is but a few left of old Co. I know Bill Duncan is married to Mrs Fanny Temple. There is only two or three of us left and I have tried all the girls in the country and have utterly failed. My old sweet hearts have all married off and left me. Now Sam, enough of foolishness. I want you to write me and give me a complete description of the country in which you live. Tell me all the advantages and disadvantages, and how you think it would suite me. Write me what kind of business I could get into there and whether you think it is better farming country than this land is regard to health of the county and what kind of society you have and whether you have a heep of pretty women there to. In short I want a general history. I have a notion of leaving the flat woods. I am certain there’s a better country than this and I am fully determined to find it. Now, Sam I want you to respond immediately and write me a long letter, tell me lots. I am farming this year on John’s creek and as you know the country you quite likely I will make a fortune this year. We have had so much rain this spring that we are very backward with our crops. It is raining now. Corn is worth $1.00 for Bushels and everything else in proportion will sum as I said at the start. I had no news so I recon you think so by this time.
Your Fraternally
Geo. W. SouterP.S. I have heard several times that you was married. Tell me if it is so, so I can congratulate you.
G. W. SouterLetter to Sam High in Waco TX from R. William in Pontotoc MS 6/16/1867
Miss 6/16/1867
Houston
Mr. S. High
Dear Sir. I recd. yours in due time and was glad to hear from you. We are all up today but it is all that I can do to be up. My Eyes and Head are in bad condition. I am fearful I will go blind or crazy shortly. While I was in Texas my eyesight improved. Since I left there it is going the other way. Yesterday we had a trash moving rain. Well I’ll give you a full history of our crops. We have corn from one inch high up to as high as I can reach. Cotton from knee high down to two leaves. Wheat is very short. Corn is selling in Okolona from $1.40 to $1.50 per bushel. Bacon 13 to 18 cts per lb. The whites and blacks are registering there names for the coming contest. What ever it may be. Mr. High, answer this immediately and let me no what Judge Davis has done with my gold Horse Case. And tell him I want him to put it through to the last notch or make them pay for the Horse. I have wrote several letters to Marion and Sister Nonnie and have not heard from either one of them. I would be glad to know if they got my letters or if they are sick or what ever the cause may be. I have not heard anything from your relatives to write you. Mr. High, I’ll make you this proposition, If you would like to have a News Paper from our county Town, I will pay for it and send it to you weekely, if you will send me the Waco Paper. If you accept this proposition, send the paper when you write and I will answer and send immediately. If I am not mistaken, it is $2.50 for twelve months. I must close I hope you will excuse bad speeling writeing to.
Give my respects to all my friends.
Yours as ever
R. WilliamsTo Col. S. High
P.S. If you send the paper suit yourself as to the time we will take them.
R. W.
He is in the U.S. census in Callahan County Texas in 1990. He was a farmer and had a wife living with him. Callahan County is just west of Cisco TX.
I, James F. High, have not been able to find out much about Eva. The most recent information I have is from the 1900 U.S. census. At that time she lived in Vernon Tx and was boarding in a home.
Biography:
This Biography is by his son, James Foster High III.
The name suffix of II is not part of his real name. It is added to help differentiate the 5 James F. High's.
My father was born in De Leon, a small town in Comanche County TX.
His social security number was 545-40-5185
As part of this genealogical research I talked recently to a cousin of my fathers. He is the youngest son of Uncle Jim and Aunt Lola, James Patrick Fulton. AKA Jimpat. Jimpat told me that my father was the nicest man he ever knew. Jimpat is about 75 years old and I am sure he has known many, many people in his lifetime. That was quit a compliment for Dad and it describes part of his personality. He was a very tolerant, helpful loving person..
Dad graduated from De Leon High School Circa 1922. He attended John Tarlton College and then Texas Tech in Lubbock Texas for one, or 2 years. While at Texas Tech he was a member of the debating team and acted in stage plays. He enjoyed acting in local theater groups for most of the remainder of his life. He was also in a singing group where he was the base singer which is where he got the nickname "Bull". He was know by most of his friends as "Bull"
He was forced to quit college when his father died and could no longer support him. He left college and rode the rods (traveling on freight trains without permission) for 2 or 3 years all over the United States. After this train riding he returned to Los Angeles and got a job on what is today the L.A. Transit Authority where he worked on the streetcars as a person who helped the conductors. He met his wife, Edith Bray, while working on the streetcars.
After marying my mother, Dad worked for U.S. Gypsum which made building material and was headquartered in Huntington Park Ca. He got a job of supervising a warehouse in Portland Oregon. Mom and Dad were living in Portland in 1930 when their first child, Joe Anne, was born. While living in Portland, the great depression occurred and he lost his job to one of the owner’s son’s. This occurred in the middle of the depression and he could not find work after that for some time. This unemployment affected him a great deal. He said that they did not know where his family’s next meal was coming from and he had to stand in the “Bread lines” for food. As a result of this trauma, he became quite bitter with our Government. He loved Franklin Roosevelt and became fascinated with communism. He was not a communist but thought that it was not all bad and could quote Karl Marx and others like him. I remember Dad talking about a California politician from Whittier California, by the name of Richard Nixon. He said many bad things about Nixon. For example: "He was corrupt and paid off many people". These negative statements about Nixon were expressed long before Nixon became president of the U.S. He said at the time that Nixon was corrupt and not to be trusted.
Dad finally got a job with the U.S. post office as a letter carrier where he stayed until retirement, circa 1969.Mom was always proud of Dad’s intellectual ability. She would tell us things like the time he took the exam for the post office and placed 3rd out of several thousand applicants.
Dad liked to act in stage plays. See the attached picture of a Los Angeles Times article about a play that he acted in.
After retirement Dad went to a college in Long Beach, California to learn to improve his writing skills. He spent weeks writing a very lengthy suggestion to the U.S. Post Office on how to set up what is now the Zip Code system. I don’t believe this suggestion was accepted. I have just received some writings of my father and most of them were written after his retirement and perhaps because of the English class he took. He was concerned with what to do to keep him happy in retirement.
Dad was known for his love of intelligent discussions. He was good at philosophy. He belonged to groups like the "Great Books Club" who would read books or articles, EG: The U.S. Constitution, and then they would meet once a week to discus the subjects. He loved the game of chess and belonged to chess clubs. He taught both of my sons, Jeff and Scot, how to play chess. He would take them to the chess clubs. They remember these times with fondness to this day. My sons have become quite good at the game.
Dad was not religious. I believe he claimed to be an agnostic, however check out his photo album for the "Bachelors in Religious Science".
In his 70’s, my father was thin and healthy. He walked two or three miles several times every day. His usual walking destinations were local restaurants where he would chat with all the pretty waitresses. I would walk with him occasionally and he would introduce me to some of his many friends.
Dad started developing dementia in his late seventies. By the time he died he did not even recognize me. I will never forget one day when he asked me how Edie (Mom) was and she had been dead for more than a year. I agreed with my sister, Joe Anne to get Dad and deliver him to her house in Arizona so that she could have him cared for because he wasn't being well taken care of in his home in South Gate Calif. On the way to Arizona, Dad and I stopped in a restaurant near Palm Springs for brunch. While we were eating, he started singing a song that I had heard him sing before, but it was not appropriate for this time and place. The song went like this:
Run nigger run, the pateroles'll get you Run nigger run, it's almost day. That nigger run, that nigger flew That nigger tore his shirt into. Run nigger run, the Pateroles'll get you Run nigger run, it's almost day.
This song was written during the slavery period by an unknown Negro and was sung quite commonly by them at that time. Sitting in a booth next to us were two black men. I was embarrassed and looked at them apologetically and they both had large grins on their faces. They new he was senile.
Dad died of pneumonia.
This information is by her son, James Foster High.
Mom was a person who liked to help others. She spent a great deal of time working with Hospitals and convelescence homes to help crippled and older patience.
Mom was raised by her Presbyterian parents but didn't go to church while raising her children. She became interested in the Church of Religious Science in the early 1950's and got a Bachelors of Religious Science. See her photo album.
She took care of her mother who was in a comotose state. She visited her everyday for many years. Her mother died when she was 95 years old. After her mother died, Mom said to me "Jimmy don't let that happen to me". It didn't happen to her, she died quickly with water on the brain. Her request effected me a great deal when it comes to helping a sick person die. I have become a strong advocate of "Physician assisted death".
This biography is by his grandson James F. High III.
Robert had George Matthew and his brothers re-christened in Winterton church on 3 Jan 1886. George Matthew was then 12 years old. They all then emigrated to Winnipeg.
George Mathew Bray left England for Canada June 13 1905. Edith, his wife and 4 children followed April 26 1906.
He joined the Canadian Army and went to World War I August 23, 1914. Returned March 1918.
He and his sons left Canada for California in October 1923. His wife and daughter Edith joined them in May 1924.
The family celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary in South Gate, Cal June 1946.
Granddad Bray taught me many things while I was growing up in South Gate California. He was a home building contractor during most of the time that I knew him and later when he was about 70 he narrowed his work to home painting. My recollections of him are primarily as a result of working for him when I was a teenager. He would talk about his past while we worked painting homes.
When he was about 12 years old he got his first job. This was in England. He had to walk to work which was about 5 miles from his home. This first job was helping to make coffins. This included actually putting the bodies in the coffins and keeping them until their funeral. He told me a story about how one time he was working near a body in a coffin and the man opened his eyes, sat up and started making loud noises. He said it was a very scary experience for him. Granddad never told me whether the man was alive or not. I assume that he was alive.
When he first started working on home building, he made the paint from raw materials. He later became a carpenter and home builder. He built the homes completely, from drafting the plans to the actual labor of carpentry, painting, plumbing etc.
One of my memories that keep coming back to me was of him saying he didn’t like these new fangled paint rollers. He said that they are just a fad that won’t last long. He was working as a paint contractor at the time, about 1946 and never used a paint roller.
While working for him we used to go to his home and eat lunch and his wife, Grandma Bray, would make us lunch. He would put more salt on his food than I have ever seen anyone do.
He made the house that I grew up in. It was on Walnut Ave. in South Gate California. He was the general contractor for this house.
Another incident that I’ll never forget was when I was working for him painting a house in South Gate California and I went up a step ladder and took too many steps and went over the top of the ladder and fell spilling paint all over the front lawn. He saw me do this and said that the reason for me doing this was because I was watching a pretty girl walk down the street instead of paying attention to what I was doing. He thought it was funny.
Edith's Social Security No. 556-70-8023
Bio by her grandson James F. High III
Grandma Bray lived until she was 95 years old. My mother visited her everyday in the hospice that she stayed in for the last 7 or 8 years of her life. She was not concience for most of that time and did not even recognize her daughter. She got bed soars galore. My Mom said to me after grandma Bray died, "Jimmy, don't let that happen to me".
The name suffix of III is not part of my real name. It has been added to help differentiate the 5 James F. High's.
Autobiography of James F. High III
I will not include anything in this autobiography that is already included in this database, E.G. my wife’s and children’s information.
After graduating from South Gate California High school in 1950 I joined the U.S. Navy and spent 4 years as a sailor. I was stationed on the submarine USS Spinax. Also, while in the Navy I attended a 9 months school in electronics.
Just before I got out of the Navy, my sister suggested that because of my electronics experience I should try to get a job with IBM. I asked her, “Who is IBM?” The world has changed since then.
I spent 14 years working for IBM and while working for them I got a job on the graveyard shift and went to college during the day. After graduating from Los Angeles State College with Bachelors degree in Business Administration, I applied for and was promoted from repairman to “System’s Engineer”. This job was to help IBM’s customers with the IBM equipment. I finally left IBM and went to work for one of their customers as a “Data Processing Manager”. The name “Data Processing” has changed since then and today it is normally referred to as “Information Systems”. I spent the rest of my career at several companies designing and programming systems. Eventually the personal computer came along and I got one at home and I have been using them ever since.
About 1986, when my wife Roni and I lived in the state of Washington near Microsoft’s corporate office, Roni worked for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation. Roni was involved in testing a new computer concept called “Email”. Boeing and IBM had developed this system and when Roni told me about it, I told her that it was a waste of time. It would never work because there was no need for such a thing. I think I was wrong.
I was first a republican and then after about 30 years as a republican and voting for democratic candidates, I switched to being a democrat.
I have been an athiest for as long as I can remember.
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Education: Kathleen received her Master's of Education: College Student Affairs from Azusa Pacific University in 2001, a Bachelor of Science in Communication -- Public Relations in 1999, and her Associate of Arts in General Education from Rio Hondo Community College in 1993. She also is a qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator administrator; and she posesses a certificate in Christian Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. Professional Experience: Kathleen had 18 years experience working full-time while attending college part-time. Since she lacked the skills necessary to succeed at finding and achieving her dream education and career, she floundered through life. During those years, she held various administrative support roles in the corporate sector. However, in 1997, advances in technology pushed her into the role of full-time college student at age 35. She spent the next four years completing her Bachelor's and Master's degrees, while trying to make a career change. Consequently, her education and job choices were carefully planned to give her the knowledge and the skills necessary to be able to identify and address the needs of displaced workers, and other mature adults who want to go back to school to develop new skills, and to make a career change. By the time she reached professional status in higher education, she had learned how to go from floundering to focused. Since she left the corporate sector, she has held a variety of positions of increasing profesionalism and responsibility in private and public universities (both Christian and secular), and community colleges. These positions allowed her to assist a variety of college student populations in setting and achieving their dreams and goals. They include experience in public relations, publicity, special events planning, administrative support, re-entry student mentor, academic advising, career counseling, university student recruitment, and teaching college-level courses designed to assist students in developing college success skills. Vision: During her tenure in the College Student Affairs profession helping students succeed in their goals, Kathleen discovered that there are many factors, which affect the students' success at acheiving their academic and career goals. However, most of the time those factors can be boiled down to a common denominator -- the person does not understand what he or she needs to do in order to succeed at achieving his or her dreams. Kathleen also discovered that many people who want and should be pursuing their dreams cannot because they just do not know where to begin. As she faced another career transition, she saw that her passion of helping people to find and achieve their dream education, career, service opportunity, and/or life purpose can best be accomplished as an independent, personal consultant to the client. That way she can focus on the client's agenda rather than the institution's goals. Basically, she receives tremendous satisfaction in helping "round pegs" to find "round holes" and "square pegs" to find "square holes." Dream Chasers & Goal Setters
The name suffix of III is not part of my real name. It has been added to help differentiate the 5 James F. High's.
Autobiography of James F. High III
I will not include anything in this autobiography that is already included in this database, E.G. my wife’s and children’s information.
After graduating from South Gate California High school in 1950 I joined the U.S. Navy and spent 4 years as a sailor. I was stationed on the submarine USS Spinax. Also, while in the Navy I attended a 9 months school in electronics.
Just before I got out of the Navy, my sister suggested that because of my electronics experience I should try to get a job with IBM. I asked her, “Who is IBM?” The world has changed since then.
I spent 14 years working for IBM and while working for them I got a job on the graveyard shift and went to college during the day. After graduating from Los Angeles State College with Bachelors degree in Business Administration, I applied for and was promoted from repairman to “System’s Engineer”. This job was to help IBM’s customers with the IBM equipment. I finally left IBM and went to work for one of their customers as a “Data Processing Manager”. The name “Data Processing” has changed since then and today it is normally referred to as “Information Systems”. I spent the rest of my career at several companies designing and programming systems. Eventually the personal computer came along and I got one at home and I have been using them ever since.
About 1986, when my wife Roni and I lived in the state of Washington near Microsoft’s corporate office, Roni worked for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation. Roni was involved in testing a new computer concept called “Email”. Boeing and IBM had developed this system and when Roni told me about it, I told her that it was a waste of time. It would never work because there was no need for such a thing. I think I was wrong.
I was first a republican and then after about 30 years as a republican and voting for democratic candidates, I switched to being a democrat.
I have been an athiest for as long as I can remember.
BIOGRAPHY: By her husband, James F. High III.
Roni became interested in Genealogy at the same time I did. She took many pictures and wrote extensive notes about them. It was her idea that genealogy would be much more interesting if our descendants could see pictures of their ancestors. These pictures are on 35 MM slides and therefore must be scanned to be included in this genealogical database. This will take some time and I am in the process of scanning them now (12/3/2003). I will attach some of them as part of her album.
Roni was born in Iowa and when she was about 12 years old, her family moved to El Monte California where she finished High School. She went to work for a company in Whittier California and was working for them in the office when I met her. I was working for IBM installing a 1440 computer in their office.
She became a computer programmer and worked on Mainframe computers as a COBOL programmer for the rest of her life. She was an excellent analyst/programmer.
We moved from Huntington Beach California to North Bend Washington in 1980 where we lived until 1988. She worked for the Boeing Company most of the time we lived in Washington. I have many documents praising her abilities from her employers.
One day while I was working in Los Angeles, she called me from Washington and said that she had just got back from her annual medical examination and was told that she had lung cancer. When I asked her what the Dr said about the prognosis, she said that he said "Hope for the best but plan for the worst". She quit working at Boeing shortly after that and we moved from Washington back to California. We lived her last day's in Chino Hills California.
Roni and I used to ride motorcycles in the California desert. We had some of our most memorable times in the desert. She wanted to be cremated after she died and have her ashes spread in the desert.
On June 21, 1989, shortly before her death, Roni said to me:
“After I’m gone, go out to the desert and while you lay on your back in a sleeping bag, looking at the stars, if you feel a soft breeze on your lips, that’s me.”I took her ashes to the California desert near her parents house about 5 miles south east of Ocotillo California. Her family and I walked out into the desert and scattered her ashes over the sand dunes.
A few weeks before she died, Roni said “After I’m gone, go find yourself a good woman”. This shows what a selfless and loving person Roni was. She was dying and thinking of me.
The name suffix of III is not part of my real name. It has been added to help differentiate the 5 James F. High's.
Autobiography of James F. High III
I will not include anything in this autobiography that is already included in this database, E.G. my wife’s and children’s information.
After graduating from South Gate California High school in 1950 I joined the U.S. Navy and spent 4 years as a sailor. I was stationed on the submarine USS Spinax. Also, while in the Navy I attended a 9 months school in electronics.
Just before I got out of the Navy, my sister suggested that because of my electronics experience I should try to get a job with IBM. I asked her, “Who is IBM?” The world has changed since then.
I spent 14 years working for IBM and while working for them I got a job on the graveyard shift and went to college during the day. After graduating from Los Angeles State College with Bachelors degree in Business Administration, I applied for and was promoted from repairman to “System’s Engineer”. This job was to help IBM’s customers with the IBM equipment. I finally left IBM and went to work for one of their customers as a “Data Processing Manager”. The name “Data Processing” has changed since then and today it is normally referred to as “Information Systems”. I spent the rest of my career at several companies designing and programming systems. Eventually the personal computer came along and I got one at home and I have been using them ever since.
About 1986, when my wife Roni and I lived in the state of Washington near Microsoft’s corporate office, Roni worked for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation. Roni was involved in testing a new computer concept called “Email”. Boeing and IBM had developed this system and when Roni told me about it, I told her that it was a waste of time. It would never work because there was no need for such a thing. I think I was wrong.
I was first a republican and then after about 30 years as a republican and voting for democratic candidates, I switched to being a democrat.
I have been an athiest for as long as I can remember.
Bowling Dunn High was the captain of a Southern Army unit in Mississippi during the Civil War.The unit was the Pontotoc Mississippi Dragoons. The Dragoons also had the following High's and they were all privates: William J. High, H.E. High, S.M. High, Jim High, Silas High, Sam High, Dave High, Jim High(from Mud Creek). The source of this information was a book about Pontotoc County Mississippi, that I saw in the Los Angeles County library about 1970. I can't remember the name of the book.
His first and middle names, (Bowling Dunn) are the names of his maternal grandfather.
Bowling Dunn wrote a letter from Pontotoc Missippi to his son Samuel in Waco Texas. That letter can be seen in Samuel's notes.
The 1860 slave schedule in Pontotoc County MS, B D High had 5 slaves and he was a farmer.
He and his family lived North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers in Smith County Tennessee in 1850. This information is from the U.S. Census of 1850.
James Foster High III
High Cemetery The High Cemetery is located in the Tanglewood Community beside the house at 25 Morris Drive. This very old cemetery appears to have a single row side by side of approx. 21 graves marked by fieldstones. Grave markers have been placed in recent years by Fred G. and F. Carmack Key for their ancestors buried here. 36-16-33N 85-59-38W
High, William Ca. 1774 -1817 Born in N C High, Rebecca Dunn Ca. 1782-1864 Born in N C High, Samuel Ca. 1805 - Feb 2, 1850 Born in N C Mexican War Vet-Buried at Montgomery Point, Ark. High, Sarah Scruggs Nunley Jan 13, 1807 - Sept 1873/4 W/O Samuel High
High Cemetery The High Cemetery is located in the Tanglewood Community beside the house at 25 Morris Drive. This very old cemetery appears to have a single row side by side of approx. 21 graves marked by fieldstones. Grave markers have been placed in recent years by Fred G. and F. Carmack Key for their ancestors buried here. 36-16-33N 85-59-38W
High, William Ca. 1774 -1817 Born in N C High, Rebecca Dunn Ca. 1782-1864 Born in N C High, Samuel Ca. 1805 - Feb 2, 1850 Born in N C Mexican War Vet-Buried at Montgomery Point, Ark. High, Sarah Scruggs Nunley Jan 13, 1807 - Sept 1873/4 W/O Samuel High
Samuel was in the Mexican/American war(1846 - 1848) per the following: Union boys mustered at Nashville, TN 1 Jun 1846, Co. H., 1st Reg. TN Vol. Inf. Capt. William Walton, Lt. Samuel High, Lt. C. W. Dixon, Col. William B. Campbell, 1st Major Richard Alexander. Traveled by boat to New Orleans, then by ship to Brownsville TX, marched by mouth of San Juan. Became "Bloody First Division".
Samuel High became sick with dysentery, resigned his commission April 9, 1847 at Vera Cruz and returned home. He never recovered and in 1850 started to hot springs AR by small boat seeking treatment. He was acccompanied by a son, his doctor, a slave and a pilot. He died at Montgomery Point at the mouth of the White River and was buried by strangers on a sand bar down river at Washburn Point. (Notes of Finnis Carmack Key, no source given)
Samuel died in Jan 1850 of cholera (per TN Mortality Schedule, transcribed and indexed by Byron and Barbara Sistler, Nashville,TN - 1984)
Samuel served as a Lt in the North Carolina volunteers in the revolutionary war.