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Transcribed by Gloria Riley Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Rusk County TX Coordinator From Charleston, South Carolina, in a covered wagon packed with supplies for the long journey, Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Alexander Drennan and his brother, Thomas Evans Drennan, headed for Texas. This was after the Civil War, which had left its path of destruction along the way. Samuel had volunteered for service in the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen. When he was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, he returned home and married Julia Emmaline Turbyfill. The newlyweds brought SamТs younger brother, Tom, along and settled first at Harmony Hill near Tatum, where their first child, Beaulah, was born in November 1873. Several years later, Sam, a brick mason by trade, moved to Kilgore and bought acreage, but Tom ventured out to the Cross Roads Community, where he bought a farm. Tragedy struck SamТs household in the fall of 1885 when he and his wife, Julia, lost infant twin boys and three-year-old daughter, Essie, within a five-week period. Then on November 25, 1889, a second set of twins, Julian and Julia, were born, but their mother died of childbirth complications six days later. This left Sam, Tom and Beaulah, who was only sixteen years old, with a brand new set of twin babies. The doctor who delivered them wanted to buy them, but Sam was insulted at the idea. He hired a nursemaid, Mrs. Long, to care for his newly born son and daughter. Beaulah discontinued her schooling at Alexander Institute to help. When the twins became three years old, their father took his family to the farm at Cross Roads, where УMealieФ Hutchins became their black mammy. They were well cared for with the assistance of their uncle, sister, and father. The surviving twins attended school at Cross Roads. Julian Drennan continued his education at Overton High School, Tyler Business College, and Sam Houston State College, where he made his way as a cook in the boarding house. The field of education held a special appeal for him, so he later attended East Texas State University and Stephen F. Austin State College, where he received his B.S. Degree with honors. On a nearby farm, there was a lady who was also packing her trunk to go to college, but Julian persuaded her to marry him instead. On November 26, 1911, Mattie Elizabeth Walker became his bride, and they moved to Oak Hill, where Julian taught his first school in 1912. In 1916 he taught at Cross Roads, and from 1918 to 1920 he taught at Grandview. After that he became a merchant at the Monroe Community Store, which he owned for several years before becoming bookkeeper at the Bob Walker Cotton Gin at Monroe. Throughout the years he was also a farmer and rancher. During the boom days in 1932, Julian resumed his teaching career as principal at Shell Camp, now Elder Elementary School in Kilgore. In 1935 he moved back to the farm and became superintendent of the Cross Roads Independent School District, where he also taught until his retirement in 1958. Prior to resuming his teaching career, Julian was a trustee on the Cross Roads School Board and a member of the Rusk County School Board. He was instrumental in establishing the office of county school supervisor in the Texas school system, and Rusk County was among the first counties in Texas to have a county school supervisor. He was the author of several other bills that became state laws. Julian, better known as УMr. Shorty,Ф was an active member of the Cross Roads Methodist Church, serving various capacities. He taught the adult class there for approximately fifty-five years. He was also a member of Danville Lodge 101 of Kilgore. JulianТs wife, known in her community as УMiss Mattie,Ф was also active in church, where she taught the junior class. Her neighborly deeds were outstanding, and she was especially noted for her artistic sewing talent. The Julian Drennans were the parents of four children: Thomas Drennan, Woodrow Everett Drennan, Julian Estill Drennan, and Julia E. УBethФ Drennan Spear. 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