Maypearl, Texas

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History of Maypearl

The City Built in a Decade RoadyGoat

If you turn off the main road and drive east, you'll enter a different world. You'll find yourself in a vast, sprawling grid of streets that seems to go on for miles. This is Colony Ridge and its sister developments, one of the largest and fastest-growing subdivisions in the nation. Starting around 2011, developers began buying up massive tracts of timberland—roughly fifty square miles, about thirty-three thousand acres—and carving it into tens of thousands of small lots. They marketed these lots with low down payments, primarily to Hispanic families from Houston who were priced out of the city's housing market. The growth has been staggering, creating a de facto new city larger than many established Texas towns. It's also been controversial, raising questions about infrastructure, flooding, and the strain on local schools and services, making Plum Grove an epicenter of a national debate about growth and immigration.

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The Cornfield That Became Venus RoadyGoat

1888

This small farming town on the Blackland Prairie has nothing to do with the planet. In the late eighteen eighties, a Johnson County businessman named Jabe Smyth bought about eighty acres of an abandoned cornfield east of Cleburne and laid out town lots. He named the new community Venus in honor of the daughter of a local physician, not the goddess or the sky. A post office opened in eighteen eighty-eight, and by eighteen ninety only about ten people lived here, right where two railroads crossed. The town grew fast after that. By the mid-eighteen nineties Venus reported thirteen businesses, more than thirty houses, several churches, and a grade school. The residents voted to incorporate in nineteen oh three. What started as a plowed field had become one of the busier trading towns in eastern Johnson County.

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Where Two Iron Roads Crossed RoadyGoat

1890

Venus sits where it does because two rail lines crossed here: the International and Great Northern, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. A junction like this was valuable engineering. Freight could switch from one line to the other, so cotton and goods reached far more markets than a single track allowed. The Santa Fe opened its depot in Venus on August second, eighteen ninety-five, with J. E. Kennedy as its first agent, and a depot like this handled freight along with express and telegraph traffic. The telegraph mattered as much as the trains. It let agents coordinate car movements and prices with distant cities in minutes, decades before the telephone was common. Smyth platted the town around the Santa Fe switch, and the remnants of an earlier stop called Wyatt Switch moved over to Venus. The rails still run through Venus today.

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Maypearl Cemetery

1907

The community of Maypearl was established on the International and Great Northern Railroad line in 1903. The 1907 death of landowner William P. Wilemon and subsequent burial on his farm led Maypearl citizens to discuss the establishment of a cemetery for the community. Wilemon's widow, Minnie, sold four acres of land, including the burial site of her husband, to trustees J. P. Claunch, A. W. Dowd and Isaac Griffith for that purpose. The Maypearl Cemetery stands as a testament to the people who lived and worked in the community, including doctors, business owners, teachers and farmers. Members of various fraternal organizations rest here as well. Tombstones mark the graves of military veterans, including those who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, the Korean conflict and Vietnam. In the latter part of the 20th century, the descendants of William and Minnie Wilemon and Betha Jackson donated additional land for the graveyard. As a reflection of the community's heritage, the Maypearl Cemetery is a significant reminder of the history of this part of Ellis County. (2001)

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Jackson Cemetery

1852

While moving to Oregon in 1852, North Carolina native and medical doctor Henry L. Jackson and his wife, Nancy Ann (Holland), were in route to visit her family in Burnet County, Texas. They made a stop at Fort Gates, in Coryell County, Texas, an area prone to Indian raids, and Jackson joined efforts to recover stolen property. During an expedition in 1853, Jackson learned of Nancy Ann’s death. Later that year, he moved to Ellis County, where he wed sixteen-year-old Mary Presley. Jackson had nine children from each marriage. 	In June 1856, Jackson received title to this property and established his homestead. The family began a cemetery here when Mary E., daughter of Henry and Mary, died January 23, 1864; hers is the first marked grave. Neither of Jackson’s wives is buried here, where he is interred. He died December 19, 1880 at age 70, and his is the last marked grave. Large stones indicate several unmarked burials. 	The Jackson Cemetery and surrounding property have remained in the family for five generations. It now serves as a link to the area’s early settlers. 	Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003

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Ozro Cemetery

1858

In 1858 J.P. Gilmore and Richard D. Graves gave land for Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and for this burial ground. The earliest marked graves date from 1870. J.H.L. Jackson donated additional land in 1895. At that time, the cemetery served Nation Town, a thriving community with several stores and a school. The village was renamed Ozro in 1898, when that post office opened. After the International & Great Northern Railroad reached this area in 1902, many residents moved to Maypearl, and Ozro declined. Today the cemetery is the only remnant of its past.

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Brindley, Paul

1896

Paul Brindley, pathologist and professor, was born near Maypearl, Texas, on December 27, 1896, the last of the seven children of George Goldthwaite and Mattie (Hanes) Brindley. He acquired his premedical education at the University of Texas, Austin. He received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1925 and did postgraduate work at the Mallory Laboratory of Boston City Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. Brindley became instructor of pathology at UTMB in 1925 and was promoted to associate professor in 1927. In 1929 he was appointed professor and chairman of the Department of Pathology, positions he held until his death. For twenty-five years he also served as a consultant in pathology for St. Mary's Hospital and the United States Public Health Hospital in Galveston and at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Brindley was responsible for establishing the Galveston chapter of the American Cancer Society and in 1948 was the society's first president. During his career Brindley published over twenty papers in his specialty, many focusing on his interests in aneurysms, malignant diseases, and Madura foot, a tropical disease. After World War II the surgeon general of the Army invited Brindley to visit several Central American countries, including Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras, as a teacher and consultant on Madura foot. Brindley was preceded at UTMB by his brother, George Valter Brindley , who graduated in 1911. Over the years that Paul Brindley taught at UTMB, eleven of his nephews graduated from the medical branch, ten of them as M.D.'s and one with an M.S. in anatomy. Their presence on the campus led to his being known fondly as "Uncle Paul" among his students. Brindley married Anne Ammons on July 2, 1929. They had no children. Brindley, an accomplished photographer, recorded many of their travels through Mexico, Canada, and the United States. He died in Galveston, while reading in bed, on December 28, 1954. Brindley became a fellow of the American College of Physicians in 1934 and of the American College of Pathologists in 1947. He was twice president of the Texas Society of Pathologists, which posthumously awarded him its first Caldwell Memorial Award in January 1955. After his death, the sophomore class of 1954–55 erected a plaque in his honor in the Keiller Building at UTMB. In 1982 his wife established the Paul Brindley Distinguished Professorship and Scholarship Fund in UTMB's Department of Pathology. Income from this fund enables the department to bring outstanding pathologists, of whom many are UTMB graduates, to the campus for a week of lectures and seminars with faculty and students.

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Venus, TX

1888

Venus, formerly known as Gossip, is on State Highway 67 some twenty miles east of Cleburne in eastern Johnson County. Though a number of families settled in the area in the late 1850s, a community did not develop there until the late 1880s. At that time J. C. Smyth purchased eighty acres in an abandoned cornfield and laid off town lots. He named the new community Venus in honor of the daughter of a local physician. In 1888 a post office branch opened, and by 1890 Venus had ten residents and was at the junction of the International-Great Northern and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroads. By the mid-1890s Venus was one of the most prosperous towns in Johnson County, reporting thirteen businesses, thirty-one houses, a number of churches, a grade school, and Burnetta College. During the next decade three banks opened, a weekly newspaper named the Venus Express began, and the town voted to incorporate (1903). By the late 1920s its population had surpassed 800. But the Great Depression and the growth of the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex led to its decline. By the early 1940s it consisted mostly of empty buildings, with one drugstore. When the drugstore threatened to close, Venus residents, fearing for their town, donated five dollars each to keep it open. By the late 1940s, however, the town had recovered somewhat, and reported 300 residents and nearly twenty businesses. In 1990 the population of Venus was 977, and the town had expanded into Ellis County. The population was 910 in 2000.

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Nelson, John Byron, Jr.

1945

John Byron Nelson, Jr., professional golfer, was born on his parents' cotton farm in Long Branch, Texas, near Waxahachie, on February 4, 1912. He was the son of John Byron Nelson, Sr., and Madge (Allen) Nelson. Nelson is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest American golfers of all time. He grew up in Fort Worth since he was the age of eleven and, at the age of twelve, became a caddy at Glen Garden Country Club. He dropped out of school when he was in the tenth grade in 1928, briefly worked with the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway , and took up golfing full time in 1929. As a teenage caddy, Nelson worked alongside Ben Hogan , who also became a legendary golfer, lifelong friend, and professional rival. In 1927 Nelson beat Hogan by one shot after a nine-hole playoff in an annual caddy tournament. While he transitioned to a full-time tournament fixture, Nelson worked as a golf professional between 1932 and 1940 at courses in Arkansas, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He joined the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) in 1932. In 1934, while working as a golf pro in Texarkana, Arkansas, Nelson met Louise Shofner, who would be his wife for fifty years. The two were married on June 24, 1934, in Louise's parents' living room. Called "Lord Byron" for his gentlemanly qualities, Nelson won the Vardon Trophy in 1939. He played on two Ryder Cup teams, in 1937 and 1947, and was non-playing captain in 1965. Nelson was a two-time winner of the Professional Golfing Association championship in 1940 and 1945, the U.S. Open in 1939, and the Masters Golf Tournament in 1937 and 1942. Nelson was exempted from military service during World War II due to a blood clotting disorder. He spent much of the war giving exhibitions to raise funds for charities. During his professional career, golf clubs evolved from wooden to steel shafts, and Nelson was the first golfer to adjust his swing accordingly, modifying his stance and incorporating the use of his legs to add distance. This fortuitous timing helped Nelson become known as the father of the modern golf swing. In 1945 Byron Nelson accomplished an eleven-tournament winning streak that had not been broken as of 2021. That year, playing in thirty-five tournaments, Nelson finished with eighteen victories, including eleven straight; finished second another seven times; and established a record for the lowest scoring average (68.33 for eighteen holes), which remained untouched for fifty-five years until broken by Tiger Woods in 2000. His 1945 season is widely considered the greatest single year by a player on the PGA Tour and, as such, one of the greatest in the history of the sport. He was twice named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, in 1944 and 1945. With his win at the 1946 Columbus Invitational, Nelson became the first player to reach fifty career PGA Tour wins. This feat has since been matched by Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper, and Tiger Woods. His fifty-two career wins ranked sixth overall as of 2021. After 1946 he reduced his schedule but continued to make appearances at the Masters Tournament as a competitor, played occasional PGA events, and played several overseas tournaments. Nelson retired officially at the age of thirty-four-much earlier than his peers Hogan and Sneed, both of whom were born in the same year as Nelson-to become a rancher, buying a ranch at Roanoke, Texas. He also gave paid golf exhibitions, later became a television golf commentator during the 1960s and 1970s, and regularly made appearances at PGA events. Nelson appeared as himself in the 1953 Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin movie, The Caddy , along with fellow players Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Julius Boros. Nelson was a coach and mentor to Ken Venturi, Tom Watson, and Marty Fleckman. He was influential in the careers of such golfers as Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. In Jack Nicklaus's 1978 book On and Off the Fairway , Nicklaus wrote that Nelson was the "straightest" golfer h

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