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From: josie bass <>
Subject: [SouthernTrails] Buffington
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 13:27:24 -0400


I have one - Manissa James (Jack) Buffington m. in Independence co. AR Aug
1872 to
Joseph Bethel Allen Reddell d. 1912 in Cedar Gap, TX. Could she fit in
with your Buffingtons?

This is my son-in-laws line of Reddell and Riddle out of Giles & Lawrence
Co. TN. Dona Inez Reddell m. Robert Lee SACHSE, of Sachse, Collin Co. &
Wichita Falls, TX. (G-don't think he was union)

Family story is that William SACHSE was raised in a hotel in Herford
Prussia and after his parents death William decided to come to America. He
came to America with his brother from Prussia. They were separated in NY
and never found each other again. William arrived in New York with the
equivalent of 75 cents in his pocket in 1840 at the age of 20. He went
first to Pennsylvania then Missouri and finally to Collin County Texas
where he founded the community of Sachse, Texas in 1842. The Indians were
very hostile and drove him back to Lamar County where he made a crop and
returned after harvest to Collin Co. The town was nothing more than the
resemblance of a dirt road when he arrived receiving a land grant for 640
acres in 1845. He increased his holdings and held about 5000 acres in the
area, some of which is now a part of Dallas, TX. He had to sell a
substantial portion of his land to pay taxes in the 1880's - unfortunately
the part he sold is now the fairgrounds in Dallas. His first home was a
dug out which afforded protection from the Indians. Later he built a rock
home on top of the original dugout where all of his children were born. He
operated a grist mill and a gin in the town and donated the right of way
for the Santa Fe Railroad which put Sachse Texas on the map in 1866. He
was a good generous man frequently giving flour or grist to his neighbors
when they had no money to pay. He suffered many hardships in the
settlement of Texas but his courage and fortitude sustained him. His grist
mill was powered by ox and horse burned down but he rebuilt the following
year a steam powered mill. The bears kept hawling off his pigs. The town
had a single church attended by all denominations with the community spirit
of to each his own way. Everyone loved Mr. Sachse who remained active in
public affairs until his death in 1899.

William Sachse was an ardent Free Mason, an Odd Fellow, Knight of Honor,
and a Knight of the Golden Rule. He was looked upon as one of the best
farmers of Collin County and was one of its best citizens. His legacy of
kindness and generosity to others was passed on to his children.

His son Jake became a leader in the community and was a kind lovable
natured fellow devoted to children. Jake, having no children of his own,
devoted much of his money and time to to the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home in
Corsicana, Texas. "If there were men in the world like him today, there
would be more honesty and sobriety, more fairness, more of the milk of
human kindness and brotherly love and more of the Christian graces that
inspire noble impulses," (his eulogy given by a friend Mr. A.R. Davis).


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