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Window Screen Holder.
Patent for a new and improved window-screen holder. This design "consists in the combination, with a window-frame and a window-screen held in the same, of wires secured on the casing of the frame and having bends near their upper ends, and of hook-eyes held on the sides of the screen-frame and surrounding the wires. The invention also consists in a plate pivoted to the under side of the bottom rail of the screen-frame for covering a recess formed in the under edge and inner side of the said rail or piece" (lines 13-23).
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Barlow, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawers and Pantaloons.
Patent for new and improved pants. This design consists in "[a] pair of pantaloons, each leg of which is composed of a single piece, having the two edges and extended from the crotch to the foot of the leg, said extended portions being lapped one upon the other and united by the double lines of stitching, one in front and the other in rear of the usual line of the inside seam, whereby the leg is given a double thickness on the inside, and a smooth unbroken surface, adapting them to be worn in the saddle with comfort" (lines 16-26).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Samuel Diggs
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pantaloons and Overalls.
Patent for new and improved overalls and pants. This design "consists in a garment cut in four pieces of peculiar form united in a peculiar manner, whereby the seat and crotch and the inner sides of the legs are made of double thickness and the leg and crotch both rendered seamless, in order that they may be worn without the discomfort attending the use of garments in which heavy seams or welts exist in the middle" (lines 10-18).
Date:
June 2, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Samuel Diggs
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour and Meal Bin.
Patent for a new and improved flour and meal bin. This design "is to provide a flour and meal bin for family purposes, especially where it is found desirable to economize space and have the bin conveniently at hand ready to have the desired quantity of flour or meal taken from it in a sifted condition" (lines 9-15).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Clarke, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 901: Wright, Martha A. (-)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Wright, Martha A. (-) and Jesse Wright (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-03-16/1886-02-23
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 903: Smith, Diza (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Smith, Diza (died December 5, 1885) and W.R. Smith (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-12-05/1886-05-11
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 916: Winniford, N.R. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Winniford, N.R. (died November 19, 1885) and Wm. Winniford (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-07/1886-02-08
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 925: Hyland, H.F. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hyland, H.F. (died December 17, 1885) and J.B. Brittain (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-11-20/1886-05-18
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 928: Murphy, Joel A. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Murphy, Joel A. (died July 23, 1885) and M. Murphy (Executor or Guardian). Joel A. Murphy gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on 14-Jul-1885 and the twins died less than two weeks later. Joel must have died of childbirth complications.
Date:
1885-07-23/1886-09-01
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 950: Jones, W.K. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Jones, W.K. (died October 4, 1886) and Mary D. Jones (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-15/1888-05-05
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 951: Orr, Mrs. A.M. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Orr, Mrs. A.M. (died April 4, 1886) and W.W. Orr (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-11-28/1888-06-16
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 958: Baum, F. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Baum, F. (Deceased) and W.T. Strange (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-09-14/1885-11-28
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 965: Bryan, Irene C. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bryan, Irene C. (died July 14, 1884) and F.B. Bryan (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-09-04/1886-12-03
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 995: Dillon, Sophia W. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Dillon, Sophia W. (died May 22, 1885) and Jas. H. & Jno. C. Smith (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-05-22/1885-08-03
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 997: Davenport, Bettie S. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Davenport, Bettie S. (died August 1885) and F.H. Davenport (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-08/1886-04-09
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1006: Evans, W.R. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Evans, W.R. (died September 29, 1885) and O.E. Evans (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-24/1885-12-19
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1011: Filer, Emma F. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Filer, Emma F. (died October 13, 1885) and P.L. Filer (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-13/1885-11-16
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1023: Goble, Sarah A. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Goble, Sarah A. (died November 4, 1885) and W.C. Goble (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-11-04/1886-05-08
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1074: Mansfield, R.A. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Mansfield, R.A. (died October 22, 1885) and Aurelia Mansfield (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-22/1885-11-12
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1111: Green, Wade H. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Green, Wade H. (died March 15, 1885) and W.R. Green (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-03-15/1887-09-28
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1115: Hanlin, Jacob (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hanlin, Jacob (died October 18, 1885) and Simon Thomas (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-18/1886-06-01
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1122: Hall, H.E. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hall, H.E. (died February 20, 1885) and Jno. R. Figh (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-01-25/1887-01-01
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1130: Lagow, Richard (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Lagow, Richard (died August 25, 1885) and Nancy L. & Wm. R. Lagow (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-06-18/1885-08-25
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1133: Mathis, E.J. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Mathis, E.J. (died May 1, 1885) and Eliza J. Mathis (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-05-01/1888-02-20
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History