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Pa and Ma (Washington
Jackson and Jessie Electra) Carroll came
to Coleman County in about 1902, and Pappy
and Mammy (Daniel Lafayette and Sally Ann)
Moser came in 1905.
Pa was in freight
business in Quannah, hauling groceries and
other provisions as far west as New
Mexico. He took up carpentry and
migrated south to Coleman County, building
most, if not all, of the original houses
on the Padgitt Ranch at Leaday, as well as
most of the houses in Valera. Pa and
Ma and family rented an efficiency
apartment from Mrs. Coulson while Pa was
building the family house in Valera.
Pappy was section
foreman for Santa Fe Railroad and he
"bumped" the foreman in Valera. His
family lived in the section house in
Valera several years until Pappy retired
to a farm he bought just over Home Creek,
across from the section house.
Children of W. J. and Jessie (Tubb)
Carroll were: Wortham; Onie; Johnnie and
Lucille, the latter two having died at an
early age. Children of Daniel and
Sally (Morrow) Moser were: Mary Ann; John;
Minnie; Fayette; Virgil (see J. E. Bryson
and Samuel Milton Monroe); Ervin; Juanita
and Cletus. Cletus was a member of a
tank crew and killed in the battle of
Salerno, Italy, in World War II.
Wortham Carroll
married Mary Ann Moser in February 1912
and they first lived at Bead Mountain,
just west of Valera, later moving to
String Town, about half way between Valera
and Voss. After farming at String
Town, W. A. and Mary moved to Valera where
the family lived and where the children
grew up and went to school.
Children of this union
were: Johnnie Aubrey (see William F.
Kegans); Vyron and Myron (twin girls); Jo
Arlene; Dorothy Mae; Alton Jackson;
Juanita Lucille (see J. A. Norris); and
Patsy Ann. Dorothy worked in the
Valera State Bank and transferred to
Coleman when the bank was moved to Coleman
and became Coleman County Bank (now
Coleman Bank). For a number of
years, both Wortham and Onie Carroll were
commission agents for Magnolia Petroleum
Company; Wortham with an agency at Valera
and Onie at Coleman.
Pa and Ma;
Wortham and Mary Carroll; Onie Carroll and
Myron Shuttlesworth are buried in Valera,
as were Pappy and Mammy; John (Buddy);
Fayette; Virgil, Irvin and Cletus
Moser. Immediate members of the
family still residing in Coleman County,
are Jo DuBois (see Jim D. Watson) and
Dorothy Hamilton (see John Thomas
Hamilton).
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