 Charles G. Andruss Sallie
Charlota Andruss, daughter of Charles G. Andruss, had three brothers -
Albert, Henry, and Luther. Her 1933 obituary is the only
documentation at this time of her family living in the first house in
Denison, "a log cabin deserted by Indians". The 1900 census gives
Sallie's death as June 1869, and she would have been two years old in
1871 or 1872. The first lots in Denison were sold in September
1872 and Denison was incorporated in March 1873.
Another claim is that Dr. Alexander Morrison occupied the first house on the present area of Denison - a one-room log cabin. (The Denison Herald, September 23, 1962) Charles G. Andruss operated a grocery in Denison in 1878 (The Daily News, Thursday, March 30, 1876, pg.3)
The Andruss children received their education in the Denison schools. In August 1877 a list of students in Denison's graded schools was printed listing the names of the students, the grade to which they had been promoted, and the rooms they were to occupy: 2nd grade - M. Andruss, L. Andruss 4th grade - H. Andruss 6th grade - Jessie Andruss The children were notably mentioned as young people in the social news of Denison. In August 1890 Sallie made preparations to attend school in Boston. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, August 31, 1890 pg. 4 Miss Sallie Andruss will leave next Saturday for Boston, Massachusetts, to attend the New England conservatory of music during the ensuing term. Miss Inez Brown will leave next Saturday for Boston, where she will enter the New England Conservatory of music on September 11, for a teacher's course. She will be accompanied by Miss Sallie Andruss, of this city, and a young lady friend from Jefferson, Texas. Mr. Andruss died Monday, March 30, 1891, just three days after Dr. Alexander Morrison, at his home on Woodard Street. (The Sunday Gazetteer, April 12, 1891, pg.3) He is buried at Fairview Cemetery
alongside his wife and two sons. In December of the same year,
Albert S. Andruss, died and was buried alongside his father.
In October 1892 Sallie married G.W. Smith at her home on West Woodard in Denison; they made their home in Tyler where the bridegroom was employed by the I. & T.N. railroad (International & Great Northern Railroad). Just short of a year later, their son, Henry, died and was buried next to his parents. G.W. Smith, husband of Sallie, died at the age of 58 in Denison; his obituary implies that he worked 40 years for the Katy railroad and 38 of those years. years were "consecutive", 1882 - 1920. In September 1909 Luther Andruss and family moved to Florida. (The Sunday Gazetteer, Sunday, Sept 26, 1909, pg4) Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |