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His  mother  and  father  are  both  living  at  an  advanced  age,
in  Paducah,  Kentucky.  Colonel  Exall  came  to  Texas  to
live  in  1876;  first  located  at  Dallas,  but  finally  settled  per-
manently at  Grapevine,  Tarrant  county,  and  at  once  took
an  active  part  in  private  business  and  public  affairs.  He
has,  by  energy  and  prudence,  acquired  a  competency,  and
is  still  in  full  business  activity ;  especially  is  he  valuable  as
a  citizen  on  account  of  his  ready  participation  and  aid  in
every  enterprise  that  promises  to  redound  to  the  good  of  the
State  and  the  elevation  of  his  kind.  He  is  a  very  ardent
and  enthusiastic  man  in  everything  he  undertakes,  and  im-
parts his  buoyancy  and  hopefulness  to  all  with  whom  he
comes  in  contact.  He  thinks  this  is  a  most  excellent  world,
and  enjoys  it  rationally,  and  as  a  Christian  gentleman
ought  to  do.  He  is  destined,  if  he  lives,  to  be  identified
with  the  development  and  history  of  Texas,  and  to  leave
the  memory  of  a  noble  and  disinterested  life  behind  him.
CHRISTOPHER    COLUMBUS  SLAUGHTER,


MORE  men   of  originality   and    comprehensiveness   of
thought   and  mind,   develop  under  the   free  institu-
tions   of  this  country  than   under   the  highest  intellectual

V  *— '

facilities  afforded  by  the  gymnasiums   and   universities   of


TEXAS    STATE    GOVERNMENT.  21 T


Distinguished   Texans.
