Rev. W. B. Stirman, Bio. Henderson Co., TX

Athens Weekly Review
Aug. 2, 1901
Rev. W. B. Stirman

W. B. Stirman was born in Merser county, Ky., June 1, 1825.
In 1832 President Jackson appointed his father an agent in removing the
Cherokee Indians from Georgia to the Indian Territory, their present
home.
This appointment made it necessary for the elder Stirman to remove his
family nearer the line of the Indian Nation, and accordingly, in 1833 he
removed them to the Mississippi river. The subject of this sketch then
eight years old remembers seeing the "stars fall" that year. The place
where his father settled was rough, there were no schools nor educational
facilities, and so the boy was deprived of almost all educational
advantages. What little knowledge he did gain in his youthful days was
obtained by pine-knot blazes and tallow candles. In 1843 he came to
Texas settling in Lamar county. In 1847 he came to Henderson county
where he has resided ever since. In 1848 he married Miss S. E. Newbern
with whom he has lived 53 years. They have had five children born unto
them, four of whom are living and reside in Henderson county. The oldest
is the wife of W. T. Green, of the firm of Stirman & Green druggist. The
next oldest, V. I. (Tine) is the senior member of the above named firm
and of whom more is said elsewhere in this issue. The third is the wife
of J. S. Green, a good farmer in the Mance country and also a brother of
W. T. just mentioned. The other is Millard who has been engaged in
farming heretofore, but removed to Athens last week to engage in other
business.
Mr. Stirman has held several important positions of trust in the county
beginning with that of constable and ending with that of state senator.
Until the last few years he was an active minister of the gospel of the
Christian Church and has done great good in this line of his work. It
would be safe to say he has married as many couples as any man in
Henderson county. During his ministry he has baptized several thousands
of people. He is now to feeble to preach or to engage in any active
pursuits. But he is alive to all the interest of Henderson county and his
country at large. At the organization of the "Old Settlers'
Association," he was instinctively chosen president of same.
He has lived to see his county change form a wild wilderness infested by
wild animals and abounding in all kinds of game into a thickly settled
country with all the advantages of modern civilization.
May he and his companion be spared to see many more reunions, and to see
a still greater era of prosperity and modern advancement of this county.

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