Family Group Sheet
NameGarrett Hurst
Birth25 Aug 1845, Claiborne Co., Tennessee
Death17 Dec 1936, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
FatherSamuel Hurst (1820-1895)
MotherVirginia Breeding (1823-1909)
Marriageabt 1865
SpouseNicatie Miranda Quesenberry, 1C5R
Birth15 Jan 1843, Pulaski Co., Virginia
Death21 Feb 1907, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
BurialDye Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
FatherJames P. Quesenberry (1816->1900)
MotherEuphemia “Famie” M. Breeding (~1822->1900)
Other spousesJohn William Ross Clark
Notes for Garrett Hurst
His obituary reported:
“G. HURST, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES THURSDAY
FOUR GENERATIONS MOURN PASSING OF THE PIONEER COOKE COUNTY CITIZEN
G. Hurst, 91, for sixty-six years a resident of Cooke county and one of the few remaining veterans of the Confederate Army during the civil war, passed away at his home, 320 North Grand Avenue Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Four generations of descendants mourn his passing along with a great host of friends and acquaintances throughout the country.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Carroll Funeral Home, Rev. W. E. Moore, Baptist minister, officiating, with burial in Dye cemetery, south of Woodbine.
Active pallbearers were Bill Thurman, Forest Hicky, Edgar Naughton, W. C. Garner, Floyd and Archie Hurst. Honorary pallbearers were O. R. Welch, H. S. Hicky, John Ware, M. C. Miller, J. F. Lynch, W. C. Brown, A. P. Miller and I. E. Norman, B. O. Yeakley, Clarance Wyatt.
Mr. Hurst is survived by one son, J. J. Hurst, Gainesville; three daughters, Mmes. G. W. Baker and H. Ware, Woodbine, and Francis Lynch, Gainesville; 25 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
Fought in Civil War
Mr. Hurst enlisted in the Confederate army at the age of 16, being assigned to the First Tennessee Cavalry. G. V. Rice, his first lieutenant, was the grandfather of Dr. Leroy Rice of Gainesville, who is a second cousin of Mr. Hurst.
Following the conflict between the states, Mr. Hurst was married to Mrs. J. W. R. Clark, who was the widow of a Confederate soldier, killed in the battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond.
With his family, Mr. Hurst moved to Texas in 1870, locating on a farm nine miles east of Gainesville, where he homesteaded a tract of land, of which 130 acres remain in his estate. He was instrumental in the building and maintenance of a school which was named for him in the early days of eastern Cooke County.
Of a generous and cheerful nature, Mr. Hurst numbered his friends by all who knew him. He was a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and a Christian gentleman, honored and respected by all his acquaintances.”
“G. HURST, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES THURSDAY
FOUR GENERATIONS MOURN PASSING OF THE PIONEER COOKE COUNTY CITIZEN
G. Hurst, 91, for sixty-six years a resident of Cooke county and one of the few remaining veterans of the Confederate Army during the civil war, passed away at his home, 320 North Grand Avenue Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Four generations of descendants mourn his passing along with a great host of friends and acquaintances throughout the country.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Carroll Funeral Home, Rev. W. E. Moore, Baptist minister, officiating, with burial in Dye cemetery, south of Woodbine.
Active pallbearers were Bill Thurman, Forest Hicky, Edgar Naughton, W. C. Garner, Floyd and Archie Hurst. Honorary pallbearers were O. R. Welch, H. S. Hicky, John Ware, M. C. Miller, J. F. Lynch, W. C. Brown, A. P. Miller and I. E. Norman, B. O. Yeakley, Clarance Wyatt.
Mr. Hurst is survived by one son, J. J. Hurst, Gainesville; three daughters, Mmes. G. W. Baker and H. Ware, Woodbine, and Francis Lynch, Gainesville; 25 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
Fought in Civil War
Mr. Hurst enlisted in the Confederate army at the age of 16, being assigned to the First Tennessee Cavalry. G. V. Rice, his first lieutenant, was the grandfather of Dr. Leroy Rice of Gainesville, who is a second cousin of Mr. Hurst.
Following the conflict between the states, Mr. Hurst was married to Mrs. J. W. R. Clark, who was the widow of a Confederate soldier, killed in the battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond.
With his family, Mr. Hurst moved to Texas in 1870, locating on a farm nine miles east of Gainesville, where he homesteaded a tract of land, of which 130 acres remain in his estate. He was instrumental in the building and maintenance of a school which was named for him in the early days of eastern Cooke County.
Of a generous and cheerful nature, Mr. Hurst numbered his friends by all who knew him. He was a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and a Christian gentleman, honored and respected by all his acquaintances.”
Notes for Garrett & Nicatie Miranda (Family)
An article in a Cooke County Texas biographical history reported:
“Mr. and Mrs. G. Hurst and four children came from Pulaski, Virginia in 1870. Traveling on the train to Memphis, Tennessee, they took a steamboat and sailed down the Mississippi river, changing boats at New Orleans and coming to Jefferson, Texas, where they hired a wagon to bring them to Collin county. It had rained and they traveled at a snail’s pace as the wagon wheels had to have the mud removed after a few turns so that they might turn again. One night they looked back and could see where they had started that morning. After arriving in Collin county, they grew tired of rain, chills and fever and moved on to Cooke county in search of health. They bought the interest a man had iin a 140-acre tract of land and lived out the claim, at which time it became their homestead.”
“Mr. and Mrs. G. Hurst and four children came from Pulaski, Virginia in 1870. Traveling on the train to Memphis, Tennessee, they took a steamboat and sailed down the Mississippi river, changing boats at New Orleans and coming to Jefferson, Texas, where they hired a wagon to bring them to Collin county. It had rained and they traveled at a snail’s pace as the wagon wheels had to have the mud removed after a few turns so that they might turn again. One night they looked back and could see where they had started that morning. After arriving in Collin county, they grew tired of rain, chills and fever and moved on to Cooke county in search of health. They bought the interest a man had iin a 140-acre tract of land and lived out the claim, at which time it became their homestead.”
