The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, April 30, 1899 pg. 2 DEATH OF JAMES SADDLER The past year will be ever memorable for the death of pioneer citizens. There has been a sad thinning of the ranks, and it will not be long before "taps" will be called for the last of them. James Saddler died Saturday morning last at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mike Corcoran, at the corner of Houston avenue and Gandy street. The cause of death was the result of injuried received in a runaway, a team from the Territory colliding with the buggy in which Mr. Saddler was seated with his granddaughter, Maggie Corcoran. At that time and the day following the injuries of Mr. Saddler were not considered serious, and it was hoped that he might rally. However, he began to grow worse and on Saturday morning death closed an eventful life. Until within the past few years Mr. Saddler was a well known figure on our streets. He was a typical Irishman, brimful of good nature and largely gifted with the mother wit of the Green Isle of the Seas. James Saddler was one of the early settlers of Denison, coming here in the seventies. He was a carpenter by trade, a skilled workman and was never idle during the stirring times of our transition state. His great hobby was the divining rod; in its powers to locate precious ores he had unlimited faith. Time and time again did he leave Denison and go into the surrounding country to locate imaginery riches that he buried in the earth. Saddler and his divining rod was a standing joke in Denison in the seventies. The infirmities of old age have kept him much at home within the past few years. At the time of his death he was a little over 72 years of age. He was a member of the Catholic church and was buried from there last Saturday forenoon. The funeral was very large, for the old gentleman had a large circle of friends. James Saddler was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1821. He moved to this country when twenty years of age and located in Indiana. At the age of twenty-eight he was married to Miss Honora Dwyer and shortly thereafter moved to Missouri, where he lived for some years. In 1873 he came to Texas and located in Denison. It was the constant pleasure of his two daughters, Mrs. Maggie Hanna and Mrs. M. Corcoran, to make his last years on earth as pleasant as possible. He had only to express a wish and it was gratified. He possessed a most kindly heart, and those who believe in future rewards will have no doubt of his perfect happiness. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, July 8, 1894 pg. 3 DEATH OF MRS. HANNORA SADLER Mrs. Hannora, wife of James Sadler, died Monday, July 2, of dropsy at the family residence, No. 220 North Houston avenue. The lady was in her 60th year of age and had been a citizen of Denison since the early days of the city. The remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery Tuesday evening; funeral services being conducted by Pastor T.K. Crowley, at St. Patrick's Church. LOCAL CONDENSATIONS Tuesday, June 3 - The remains of Mrs. Jas. Sadler were interred this evening in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Sadler was one of Denison's oldest citizens. Calvary Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
