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Submitted by: Shannon Daley [email protected]
Subject: Introduction to DFH (par.1)
(I want to make it perfectly clear that I am TRANSCRIBING this information. I
am not the author and do not want to seem to be taking credit for this work. This is the
first paragraph of the Introduction.)
if you have any questions contact Shannon Daley [email protected]
DALBY FAMILY HISTORY written by Norman Leonard
DALBY INTRODUCTION
I am the only surviving child of Warren
Knight DALBY, who was born in Granville County, North Carolina, on
February 18, 1806, and who settled at a place in Bowie County in the Republic of Texas,
later to become known as Dalby Springs, in 1839. I was born at Dalby Springs in Bowie
County, Texas, on February 17, 1876; and so far as I have been able to determine, I am the
oldest living member of the Dalby family which migrated from Granville County, North
Carolina, to Texas in during the first half of the 19th century. I have lived in Bowie
County, Texas all of my life and have taken an active part and interest in the affairs of
the people of the County, having served as a Justice of the Peace, State
Representative, County Attorney, and District Judge. I was licensed to practice law in
1907, and from that time until I became Disctrict Judge of the 102nd Judicial District,
composed of Bowie and Red River Counties, on January 1, 1935, I was engaged in the
general practice of law in Bowie and the surrounding counties. During the twenty year
period from January 1, 1935, to December 31, 1954, that I served as District Judge, I
presided over a court of general civil and criminal jurisdiction. As the result of my many
years of public and professional service, I have had an opportunity to become acquainted
with many of the families of Bowie and Red River Counties. After my retirement from public
and professional life on December 31, 1954, I devoted most of my time to the operation of
my small farming and ranching business until I retired from that undertaking on December
31, 1968. Since 1967, I have devoted a great deal of my time to gathering and reporting
the matters pertaining to my family history which will appear in the following manuscript,
and since January 1, 1969, I have devoted most all of my time and energy thereto. I am now
93 years old, and while time has taken its toll from me, I am still blessed with good
general health and with a sound mind and memory.
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