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Dr., Maj. Ellis Merrill Stackpole, M.D., CSA[1, 2]

Male circa 1828 - circa 1900  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Ellis Merrill Stackpole 
    Prefix Dr., Maj. 
    Suffix M.D., CSA 
    Nickname Stack 
    Born circa 1828  Bangor, Penobscot county, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died circa 1900  Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He settled in Dallas between 1848 and 1861 and was listed as prominent among the "enterprising merchants" in Dallas prior to the Civil War.
    Person ID I43146  mykindred
    Last Modified Sep 9, 2009 

    Family Eliza Lockhart Crozier,   b. Sep 13, 1831, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 08, 1900, Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Feb 06, 1851  Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Eliza and several of her children and grandchildren were drowned incident to the flood at Galveston, TX in September, 1900.  Their bodies were recovered and identified September 14th.  One daughter, Angela, escaped drowning by clinging to a floating house throughout the night of the flood.  Those who were not drowned were: Susie, Nettie and Eddie.
      Ref: information provided by Carol Whittington, e-mail: dcwhittin-at-msn.com; 04/2001
      In an article published in the "Texas State Gazette" dated April 2, 1853, a steamboat disaster was described involving two passenger steamships named "Neptune" and "Farmer."  These two ships were engaged in a speed race in Galveston Bay when the boilers on the "Farmer" exploded killing and injuring many people.  An R. Crozier was listed as a passenger on the boat and was slightly injured. E.M. Stackpole was also a passenger in this same boat.  He was remonstrating with the ship's captain to slow down when the boilers blew.  Stackpole was blown into the air and came to consciousness in the water.
      "Galveston Weekly News", in an issue published in 1855 about E.M. Stackpole:
      "We invite the attention of our readers to the card of E.M. Stackpole who now offers his services as Commission Merchant and will do general forwarding and receiving business.  He is favorably known to citizens of Galveston.  During the past two years he has prosecuted a heavy mercantile business extending through several of the upper counties of the Trinity, where he has received the most complimentary notices......"
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      "Dallas Daily Times Herald", p. 17, col. 1-2, July 12, 1903.
      Serious Conflagration Occurred in Dallas in July, 1860
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      Account of the Calamity Taken From an Extra Edition of the Dallas Herald.
      Last Wednesday, July 8, was the forty-third anniversary of the first big fire that ever visited Dallas. The blaze came near destroying the entire city, and was the first serious disaster that befell the early settlers. The following account of the conflagration is taken from a copy of the Dallas Herald extra, printed July 11, 1860, at McKinney, the office of the Herald having been destroyed in the fire:
      On Sunday last, 8th inst., the town of Dallas was nearly all reduced to ashes, and almost wiped out of existence.  Such a calamity has never before befallen this community--so overwhelming a disaster afflicted an enterprising and industrious people; nor, so complete a destruction of valuable property ever occurred in a small town.  The fire originated in some boxes in front of W. W. Peak & Bro.'s drug store, and in less than five minutes, the entire building was enveloped in flames.  The wind was high, blowing from the southwest, and the thermometer at the time (half-past one o'clock) was standing at 105 F., in the shade.  The fire was then communicated to the old drug store, and the building and warehouse of A. Shirek, and the Herald office on the north side of Peak's store, and on the other, to the large brick store of Smith & Murphy, the three-story brick building of Mrs. Cockrell, known as the Dallas hotel.  Thus, at one and the same time, the whole west side of the square was a blazing mass of ruins. The Crutchfield House, Wester's barber shop, the frame of the new building of A. Simon, the old tavern stand, the office of B. W. Stone, young Carr's saddlery shop, the large store house of Herman Hirhs, Darnell's livery stable, A. Simons' store house and warehouse (Caruth's old stand), D. B. Thomas' drug store, W. Brustles' old shop and residence, E. M. Stackpole's store and warehouse, Lynch & Son's saddle shop, Messrs. Caruth & Simon's storehouse and J. C. McCoy's law office, followed. .....
    Children 
     1. Susan W. Stackpole,   b. circa 1850, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     2. Mary Blanchard Stackpole,   b. circa 6 Feb 1852,   d. Mar 09, 1863, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 11 years)
     3. Ellis M. Stackpole, Jr.,   b. May 1855, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 08, 1900, Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
     4. Edward "Eddie" Stackpole,   b. Feb 18, 1860, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1898, Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     5. Nettie Stackpole,   b. Aug 1862, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 06, 1923  (Age ~ 60 years)
     6. Helen Stackpole,   b. circa 1866, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     7. Alfred T. Stackpole,   b. circa 1869, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     8. William Henry Stackpole,   b. Aug 1870, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     9. Angela Stackpole,   b. circa 1875, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1900  (Age ~ 25 years)
    Family ID F15429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S157] Whittington, Carol, email of April 25, 2002.

    2. [S1520] Davis, Sherry, email to Tom Cloud of JAN 2, 2006.

    3. [S590] Marriage Book.
      Vol. B, p. 7-8, Marriage Records of Galveston Co., TX