Old Uncle Chris always worked around the livery stable. He was old when
he came here. He was an old stage driver. He was excellent in taking care
of horses. He used to work for Roy Santy at the Black Iron Livery Stable.
He had a younger brother. His children, besides Lucien and the boy who
went to the Philippines, had a younger redheaded boy who died. He was no
kin to Double O. Miller. The preacher was a little fellow. His name was
Tooley. ( Must have been an Irishman.)
(As a small boy I can remember Uncle Chris as an old man sitting on a
chair on the side walk. As we boys passed him he said in a low tone:
"God bless you, son." Always, he had whiskers. I heard that once
a boy came by and said, "Uncle Chris, would you like a drink of
whisky?" And that he said, "Yes, Yes, Yes, son, may the Lord
bless you!") Uncle Chris also had a girl or two, for instance,
Mattie, who was a feminist and harsh speaker for the cause way back there
in school.)
(Written in pencil at the top of the page
"Who!? Not Miller.) Later he was charged with stealing some
cattle over about Hico and a little fellow named John somebody, a
constable, came over here and arrested him. He wanted to go to his mother’s
house, out east, to get some clothes or something. While out there his
mother jumped on the constable, disarmed him and Jim ran out the back door
and left the country for good.
Evant and Ohio Carters were no relation. And there was Old Uncle Jimmie
Carter on the Cow House, who he said had lots of girls, and old man
Henry, brothers. Old Man Bud
Tatum, who came from the same part of Tennessee as Henry, said he
killed his wife’s father there while she held the horse. This Henry was
considered a pretty good man, had numerous boys including Henry (who died
recently and was notorious," Molly, and others. Dave Carter is from
this branch.
(Think he was referring to the Dave Carter , late of Evant who went to
the Spanish American War, or the army, a boy coached by my father, and
later a prominent Mason, whom I knew pretty well.