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Did You Know... Most of the early settlers in the Plano area
came from Kentucky or Tennessee. Most of these early settlers
came in groups which included relatives and friends. Many of these
families had ties through marriage. The Harringtons, Huffmans, Carpenters,
Mathews, Haggards, Shepards, Lunsfords, Bushes, Formans, and Dyes migrated
from Kentucky. Except for the Formans and Dyes the families
settled in large area northwest of Plano. The area south of Plano
was settled by the Vances, Rouths, Beverlys and Aldridges who came from
Tennessee. The majority of the settlers listed below came to Texas
before the Civil War or at least before 1872 and the construction of the
railroad.
Early Settler Families: James Kennon Aldridge Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe Francis Marion Armstrong John Smith Huffman Joseph Wilson Baines Joseph T. Huffman George Washington Barnett Thomas Finley Hughston Sanford Beck Job Huguley William Beverly Pembroke and Alexander Lyles Jeremiah Boggess John Berryman Martin John D. Brown Benjamin Franklin Mathews William Nelson Bush Comfort Allen McMillen Robert Washington Carpenter William Murphy Lanson Clark John W. Parker Joseph Clepper (Klepper) Jacob Routh John Taylor Coit Joseph Russell Henry Cook William Sachse Herman Cothes John Madison Salmons Henry Dye Lewis William Shephard George Washington Ford Fountain J. Vance William Forman I William Asa Vines Clinton Shepard Haggard William M. Weaver Alfred Harrington William Henry Lafayette Wells Silas Harrington Eli Witt |
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