Flowers, Thomas K.

Thomas K. Flowers was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, December 25, 1840. He was one of the pioneers of Dallas County, Texas, arriving in the Liberty Grove - Pleasant Valley area during the 1870's.

His father, Joseph Flowers, also a native of Tennessee, was born in Rutherford County. Joseph drowned on July 4, 1848, at the age of thirty-seven years of age. The mother of Thomas K. was Cynthia Lannom Flowers. She was born on May 23, 1811, and died in November of 1869.

It was in 1859, while in Tennessee, that Thomas
K. married Susan B. Mullins. Susan, the daughter of Thomas Mullins, was born on May 24, 1843. She came to Texas with Thomas and died near the Red River on May 29, 1873.

Their children were Udorah "Dora" who married Robert N. Merritt; Joseph T. married Sarah Elizabeth Nelson; Laura who married W. D. Ragsdale, and infant Willie Flowers.

Mr. Flowers rented land on the Red River for seven years after arriving in Texas. He then bought 200 acres of land between Liberty Grove and Pleasant Valley.

He celebrated his second marriage with Martha J. (Hamilton) Harbin, who was born April 10, 1844. Martha came to Texas in 1830, at the age of ten. The Indians were numerous and troublesome then, and it was with great difficulty that the early settlers protected their families and property. Martha's father, Thomas, served all thru the Mexican War.

Children of Thomas K. and Martha were: Nina A. who married Bill Pelton; Beulah who married Robert Lannom; Willie who married George Carlisle; infant Mattie; Mora Lee who married John Tinsley, and James "Jim" Flowers.