The Andrew Allsup Family
written and submitted by Frederica Wyatt, granddaughter, burtwyat@ctesc.net April 19, 2000The Junction Eagle, Thursday, June 10, 1976, Page 7, Sec. 4 (with permission of publisher)
Andrew Allsup and his wife, Margaret, moved their family to Kimble County in 1902, settling on the South Llano River. Andrew was the son of Henry Pulliam Allsup and Edditha Moore Allsup of Hickory County, Missouri. Margaret's parents were Britton C. Vest and Sinnia Cates Vest of Llano County, Texas. Andrew and Margaret were married in 1894 at Valley Spring, Texas, and homesteaded in Menardand Edwards Counties before settling in Kimble County, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Their post office in Menard County was Capitola, near the historic old blockhouse,and their home in Edwards County was about thirty miles from Rocksprings on Dry Devil's River. Andrew built many of the rock tanks still in use in Edwards County. After moving to Kimble, Andrew was employed at the Four Mile Dam, first helping to build the structure, and later as caretaker. Evidence of the lime kiln he built on Crisp Hollow is still visible. For most of his life, however, he was a rancher. Andrew and Margaret were parents of ten children, including two sets of twins: Marion Edgar and Mary Eddith, who married Isaac Farris; and Rufus and Ruth, who married William Cunningham. The other children included Bessie, who married John Matt Burt, Jr.; Britton, who married Lillian Randolph Bradford; Boone; Tom, who married (1) Viola Thomas (2) Emma Fleming; Robert,who married Louise Dean; and H. C. (Lum), who married Juanita Neff. Family members now living are Eddith, Bessie, Tom, Robert, and Lum. Andrew Allsup (1860-1937) and Margaret (1870-1958), and several of their children and grandchildren are buried in theWooten Cemetery southwest of Junction.