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Julian C. Feild M. D. "The papers came out of a trunk bought at auction many years ago, in the Pacific Northwest. The last known address of the person who probably collected the papers was in Seattle. " Contributed by : Pat Lawrence The McClain & Feild Family Story is in the Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public and Many Early Settled Families. Chicago : F. A. Battey & Company, 1889
Julian C.
Feild, representative from
the Eighth district, Grayson County, was born in Pulaski county, Tenn.,
July
15, 1841; completed his literary education at St. John's College at
Little
Rock, Ark.; graduated from the medical department of the University of
Louisiana, at New Orleans, in 1861; at once entered the Confederate
army as
Assistant Surgeon; was promoted to the rank of Surgeon and made Medical
Purveyor on the staff of Gen. S. B. Maxey for the military district
including
the Indian Territory, and as such was in charge of the medical stores
of the
district until the close of the war; after the surrender practiced
medicine at
Fort Smith, Ark., for eight years and then (in 1872) moved to Denison,
Texas,
where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Field was united in marriage to Miss Susan E. McClain, of Missouri, at Whitesboro, Texas, June 18, 1874, and has two living children: Mary and Julian C. They celebrated their 10th (tin) wedding anniversary on Wednesday, June 18, 1884. The Sunday Gazetteer DENISON REMINISCENCES
He is a
member of the
Episcopal church, Masonic fraternity, and Democratic party. He has been
a
delegate to nearly every Democratic state convention held in Texas
since 1872,
was an alternate delegate to the national Democratic convention of
1892, and
locally has done a great deal of effective work for his party through
the
columns of the press and on the stump. He is a
member of the
following House committees: Education, Public Health and Vital
Statistics,
Penitentiaries, and Towns and City Corporations. A bill of his, restoring the forfeited charter rights of railway companies, has passed to enactment, and two others (one regulating the practice of medicine and surgery, and the other against monopolies and trusts) have been reported favorably by the committees to which they were referred. Source:
Biographical sketches of members of the 25th Legislature, Texas State
Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passig Comment 1897.  Children of Julian C. Feild & Susan E. McClain
Baptism Certificates St. Luke's Church Denison, Texas
Susan E. McClain Feild was the
daughter of John T. McClain & Susan P. McClain, born in
Missouri April 23, 1855. Her mother, Susan P. McClain, is
listed in the 1893-1894 Denison Directory, pg 152, as Susan P. McClain,
widow of John T., living at 419 W. Gandy. The 1899-1900
Denison Directory lists a Mrs. J. T. McClain residing at 108 E. Morton.
 died January 24, 1899 She is buried in West Hill Cemetery alongside her husband, John T. McClain and son William McClain. Julian C. Field, M.D. Denison Dates of Service: 12 January 1897 - 10 January 1899 25th Legislature Representative from the 8th district, Grayson county, was born in Pulaski County, Tenn., July 15, 1841; completed his literary education at St. John's College at Little Rock, Arkansas; graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisiana, at New Orleans, in 1861; at once entered the Confederate Army as Assistant Surgeon; was promoted to the rank of Surgeon and made Medical Purveyor on the staff of Gen. S.B. Maxey for the military district including the Indian Territory, and as such was in charge of the medical stores of the district until the close of the war; after the surrender practiced medicine at Ft. Smith, Arkansas for 8 years and then in 1872 moved to Denison, Texas, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Field [sic] was united in marriage to Miss Susan McClain of Missouri at Whitesboro, Texas, June 18, 1874 and has two living children: Mary and Julian C. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, Masonic fraternity, and Democratic party. He has been a delegate to nearly every Democratic state convention since 1872, was an alternate delegate to the national Democratic convention of 1892, and locally has done a great deal of effective work for his party through the columns of the press and on the stump. He is a member of the following House committees Education, Public Health and Vital Statistics, Penitentiaries, and Towns and Cities Corporations. A bill of his, restoring the forfeited charter rights of railway companies, has passed enactment, and two others (one regulating the practice of medicine and surgery and the other against monopolies and trusts) have been reported favorably by the committees to which they were referred. Source : Loughery, E.H. Texas State Government: a volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment. Austin, Texas: McLeod & Jackson, printers, c1897. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, April 15, 1906 pg. 4  25th Texas State Legislataure   Dr. J.C. Feild Feild House Scottish American Roots Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message.  |
