Fifth Generation

77. Richard Henry TOOLEY³⁴ was born on 25 Nov 1828 in , , North Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas. He died in Mar 1891 in Haskell, Baylor, Texas. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4538. Had the title of Doctor.

Richard's first wife's family was from Gates Co., NC. Richard and his wife moved from the NC/VA border to Barnesville, Pike Co., GA around 1860. They owned a dry goods store. Two of their sons were clerks.
On an internet search, found Richard H. Tooley in Pike Co., GA in 1850 on the census. He was age 42 and a dry goods merchant. With wife Mary E. age 40, son William age 20 clerk in store, son John age 19 clerk in store, son James age 16 printer, daughter Emily age 14, daughter Virginia age 11, son Richard age 7, daughter Virgie age 3 and son Luther age 1.

They arrived in Paris, TX between 1872 and 1874. Richard built a general merchandise store, hotel and livery stable in Dallas, TX on North Elm Street (now in the heart of Dallas). He also owned the land where the Dallas Fairgrounds, the Coton Bowl Stadium and the Oak Cliff section are now located. Note: This information was passed along to me and no documentation or proof has been made.

There are two stories surrounding Richard's death. It is said he was on his way to west Texas to buy land and was robbed and murdered and the culprits were never caught. He had quite a large sum of money in the lining of his jacket. Another story is told that after his 2nd wife died, he sold his land in Dallas for about $9500.00 and made it to Seymour or Granberry, TX. He purchased land for 5 cents per acre
from men who never transferred the land into Richard's name and they poisoned him. He let one of his sons know he had a lot of money in a trunk before he died. The culprits were caught and imprisoned.

In the Dallas area, he was known as Watermelon Tooley as he sold watermelons on the side of the road.

There was an R. H. Tooley in the Georgia Civil War, Co. A, Btn - Heavy Artillery.

He is found in the 1884-85 City of Dallas directory as a farmer

Richard Henry TOOLEY and Mary Elizabeth POWELL were married on 8 May 1849 in , Gates, North Carolina. Mary Elizabeth POWELL³⁴ was born on 25 Nov 1837. She died on 20 Feb 1880 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Richard Henry TOOLEY and Mary Elizabeth POWELL had the following children:

249	i.	William "Wilborn" H. TOOLEY34 was born in 1850 in , , Virginia. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4542. He was known to the family as the "eccentric one". He described himself as as a "huckster". He sold Bible tracts and "bluing, which he made" for a living. He would read only the Bible and was considered an authority. He was associated with the "Free Methodists". He would not take pay for his preaching. There is a William Tooley in 1880 in Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX. He is also on the 1900 Dallas Co., TX census as a boarder with J. H. Ellamis.
250	ii.	John T. TOOLEY34 was born about 1853 in , , North Carolina. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4543. He was known as the "scholar of the family". He was fluent in Latin and Greek and taught school in Dallas Co., TX. His sister, Virginia, taught with him some. He also gave private lessons in Latin. He appears on the 1880 Dallas Co., TX census. He appears on the 1920 Grayson Co., TX census living with his brother-n-law, Abraham Huffman and was age 66. In an internet search of the Dallas City directory of 1878-79, he is found as John T. Tooley, teacher, 1st Ward Public School, residing on Floyd St. near Cantegral. Also the directory of 1884-85, he is found as school teacher. However, in the 1886-87 Dallas city directory, no Tooley's were shown.
+251	iii.	Emma "Emily\Emaline" Christian TOOLEY.
252	iv.	George B. TOOLEY34 was born about 1862. He died on 17 Oct 1869 in Barnesville, Pike, Georgia. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4541. Died at age 7
+253	v.	Richard J. TOOLEY.
+254	vi.	Robert Virgil , Sr. TOOLEY.
+255	vii.	Luther Bunyon TOOLEY Sr..
+256	viii.	Virginia "Jennie" TOOLEY.
257	ix.	James TOOLEY34 was born about 1854 in , , North Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4539. Appears on the 1880 census in Dallas Co., TX. It is noted in an article in a book that he is unrecorded after 1880.