George Holland "Holl" Medford was the son of Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes. He married Lucinda R. Ferguson about 1861 in Texas. George and Lucinda were the parents of eleven children.
"George Holland Medford brought the first sheep into Hamilton county near Old Hico in 1874 in TX. He was not welcomed by cattlemen. The irate cattlemen and wolves and coyotes made it necessary for Medford to employ a herdsman for his flock of 1000 sheep. Grass was so tall that neither sheep nor wild animals could be seen. After barbed wire became available about 1885, Medford was the first to fence a pasture in Hamilton County. In 1879 plans were made to build a railroad from Waco to Red Gap (now Cisco in Eastland County) to connect with a projected extension of the Texas and Pacific Railway. Initial plans for the railroad were changed from Duffau to a site about three miles north of Old Hico on Honey Creek. The Texas Central Railroad Company, which had been incorporated on 30 May 1879, purchased the land for the Hico township from George Holland Medford".
George Holland "Holl" Medford was the son of Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes. He married Lucinda R. Ferguson about 1861 in Texas. George and Lucinda were the parents of eleven children.
"George Holland Medford brought the first sheep into Hamilton county near Old Hico in 1874 in TX. He was not welcomed by cattlemen. The irate cattlemen and wolves and coyotes made it necessary for Medford to employ a herdsman for his flock of 1000 sheep. Grass was so tall that neither sheep nor wild animals could be seen. After barbed wire became available about 1885, Medford was the first to fence a pasture in Hamilton County. In 1879 plans were made to build a railroad from Waco to Red Gap (now Cisco in Eastland County) to connect with a projected extension of the Texas and Pacific Railway. Initial plans for the railroad were changed from Duffau to a site about three miles north of Old Hico on Honey Creek. The Texas Central Railroad Company, which had been incorporated on 30 May 1879, purchased the land for the Hico township from George Holland Medford".
Family Members
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Harvey Clay Medford
1831–1902
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Stephen Hill Medford
1832–1863
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Elizabeth Isabella Medford Boykin
1833–1904
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Emily Medford Boykin
1836–1868
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Martha Jane Medford Oats
1837 – unknown
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John Albert Medford
1843–1886
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William Thomas Medford
1850–1924
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Mary Ellen Medford Owen
1853–1929
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Samantha D. "Mathie" Medford Lane
1855–1918
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Zachariah Hardin "Zach" Medford Jr
1857–1934
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Josephine "Josie" Medford Lane
1859–1911
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Stokely Ward Medford
1861–1931
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Wade Wellington Medford
1863–1948
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Isom Whitson Medford
1865–1945
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Ruben Medford
1866 – unknown
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Holland L. Medford
1867–1884
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Amanda Jeret "Annie" Medford Dowdy
1869–1916
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Samuel Crawford "Sam" Medford
1872–1944
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