Cival War Veteran
Joseph W. Squires is a decendant of Uriah Squires, who was in the Battle of Point Pleasant of the American Revolution. He was in Bedford County, Virginia in 1785. His son George was listed in the 1790 Census in Shenandoah County, Virginia. In 1810 his family were in Adair County, Kentucky. He was a land owner. In 1832, his family was in Tennessee.In 1857 William and Mary Ann Squires and their six children moved to Fannin County, Texas. The 1860 Census list them with children, George Washington, Thomas Fountan, Joseph W., Sarah Victoria, Virginia E., Lucille Anna, Martha D., Leah Leota, and Margaret A.
Joseph w. married Margaret White. They left Mansfield, texas in 1900, moving to Dickens County. Their children were Minnie, Pink, Hugh, Rob, Mary, Warren, Alma and Frank. They settled in the New Hope Community four miles north from Dickens. Both my grandparents are buried in the Dickens Cemetery. He is a veteran of the Cival War.
Hugh worked for the Spur Ranch and married Maye Young. They have six children, Don C., Hunter L., Wynell, Merle, Almeta and Margie.
My grandparents knew the hard times and good times spent in Dickens Counytty in the early days. They loved to go to Dickens to the "picnics."
Written by Mrs. Jack McLean, granddaughterSource: History of Dickens County; Ranches and Rolling Plains, Fred Arrington, ©1971
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