A. L. Spradlin Log Cabin
Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Adolphus Lane Spradlin (1863-1946) came to Texas from Indiana in 1875 with his parents. He settled at Hiram in Kaufman County and married Lee Ann Henson (1864-1939), of Cherokee ancestry. In 1898 he bought land in the Van Zandt County community of Small (5 mi. N of Edgewood) and built this dogtrot cabin of hand-hewn logs. In 1909 Spradlin sold the house and land to W. C. Sims (1870-1960) and moved his family to Edgewood. He operated a cotton gin and served as justice of the peace for 22 years. The Joe H. Vines and the John C. Simmons families also lived in this cabin. (1978)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Adolphus Lane Spradlin came to Texas from Indiana as a boy in 1875 and, in 1898, built this dogtrot cabin of hand-hewn logs on land in the Van Zandt County community of Small. He and his wife Lee Ann, of Cherokee ancestry, farmed there until 1909, when he sold out and moved to Edgewood to run a cotton gin and serve 22 years as justice of the peace. The Sims, Vines, and Simmons families later called the cabin home.
Why it matters
A hand-hewn dogtrot cabin is a tangible record of the self-reliant homesteading that settled the East Texas frontier one family farm at a time.
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Related people
- · Adolphus Lane Spradlin
- · Lee Ann Henson
- · W. C. Sims
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