John Wesley Nunn, a pioneer citizen of West Texas died at his home in Colorado City last Saturday. John Nunn was the son of the Rev. Thomas Nunn, a noted Methodist preacher of Washington County. Mr. Nunn at one time was one of the wealthiest ranchers in West Texas, but he met with reverses and lost nearly all his vast holdings of lands and cattle in the panic of 1893. John Nunn was raised in historic Washington County. He served four years in the Confederate Army and came out of the war without a dollar, but by hard work and industry, he acquired a fortune, only to lose most of it in later years like many others. He was a natural-born cowman, having had years of experience with his father's cattle when a boy. He moved to West Texas in 1875. John Nunn, like his father and brothers, was a straightforward, honest, and upright man. He followed in the footsteps of his father and joined the Methodist Church. He was a Mason initiated in the McClellan Lodge, named in honor of his grandfather, an early pioneer in Texas when it was a Republic. The Masonic Lodge in Colorado City had charge of the graveside rites.
Baird Star
March 10, 1922
Editor was a boyhood friend of John Nunn
Baird Star
March 10, 1922
Editor was a boyhood friend of John Nunn
John Wesley Nunn, a pioneer citizen of West Texas died at his home in Colorado City last Saturday. John Nunn was the son of the Rev. Thomas Nunn, a noted Methodist preacher of Washington County. Mr. Nunn at one time was one of the wealthiest ranchers in West Texas, but he met with reverses and lost nearly all his vast holdings of lands and cattle in the panic of 1893. John Nunn was raised in historic Washington County. He served four years in the Confederate Army and came out of the war without a dollar, but by hard work and industry, he acquired a fortune, only to lose most of it in later years like many others. He was a natural-born cowman, having had years of experience with his father's cattle when a boy. He moved to West Texas in 1875. John Nunn, like his father and brothers, was a straightforward, honest, and upright man. He followed in the footsteps of his father and joined the Methodist Church. He was a Mason initiated in the McClellan Lodge, named in honor of his grandfather, an early pioneer in Texas when it was a Republic. The Masonic Lodge in Colorado City had charge of the graveside rites.
Baird Star
March 10, 1922
Editor was a boyhood friend of John Nunn
Baird Star
March 10, 1922
Editor was a boyhood friend of John Nunn
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