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James Edgar WALL (Dr.)

Dr. James Edgar Wall
in 1884
Photo source: LaGrone, Leila B., ed., "A History of Panola County, Texas 1819-1978" (Panola County Historical Commission: Carthage, TX, 1979), page 287

BIRTH: 25 AUG 1857, Beckville, Panola Co., TX
DEATH: 22 OCT 1910

TITLE: Dr.

Family 1: Mary Tom HULL

MARRIAGE: 1 JUN 1884, Panola Co., TX

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INDEX

Notes

[NI0083] Updated November 3, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for E. D. 60, Precinct 1, Panola Co., TX. Family History Library Film 1255322, NA Film Number T9-1322, Page 186C.

James E. Wall is the 22-year-old son of Alexander S. and Mary C. Wall. His birthplace is Texas and he is a physician as is his father.

(2) 1900 United States Census for Texas, Panola Co., Carthage Town (not incorporated), Beat no. 1 (Part of): Supervisor's District 7; Enumeration District 65; Sheets 4A-4B; June 6, 1900.

James Wall is head of household, married to Mary [Hull] Wall. Children in the household are Herman A., Mabel and Mary W. Wall.

- Birth month: August 1857; age 42.
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 16.
- Birthplace: Arkansas, with his father from Alabama and his mother from Tennessee.
- Occupation: Physician.
- Home: Owns his house.

(3) 1910 United States Census for Texas, Panola Co., Carthage (part of), Precinct 1: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 121; Sheet 3A; April 15, 1910.

J. E. Wall is head of household, married to Mary Tom [Hull] Wall. Children in the household are Herman, Mabel, Willard and Philip.

- Age: 52; married for 27 years.
- Birthplace: Texas, with his father from Alabama and his mother from Tennessee.
- Occupation: Physician, General, working on his own accord.
- Home: Owns a house free of mortgage.

(4) LaGrone, Leila B., editor, "A History of Panola County, Texas 1819-1978" (Panola County Historical Commission: Carthage, TX, 1979), page 223 (entry 133) and page 287 (entry 281)

- Profession: Doctor.
- Includes photograph of Dr. Wall taken in 1884 on page 287.
- Elder son of Dr. A. S. Wall and Mary Caroline (Herrin) Wall (featured on page 286, entry 279).
- Attended school in Beckville, Henderson Junior College, Medical School in Louisville, KY (1880-1883).
- Practiced medicine in Carthage with his father.
- Owned Wall Drug on West Sabine St., Carthage.
- Co-Owned the first telephone exchange in Carthage, in his drug store.

(5) Obituaries Recorded in Panola County, Texas 1873-1920. Researched and compiled by Carthage High School teacher Ann Morris and United States History students (East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX, 1991), page 112.

Synopsis from Panola Watchman (a weekly newspaper), October 26, 1910.

- Born August 25, 1857; survived by Mary Hull Wall his wife and 4 children; "died from blood poisoning from a scratch near his spine; was born at old Beckville and moved to Carthage in the 1870's; began professional career in Carthage in 1880."

(6) McGaughy family document written after August 1969, probably by Helon McGaughy Madison.