Isaac Stalcup was the sixth Stalcup sibling to eventually reside in Grayson County, TX. The second oldest of Moses Stalcup's 14 children, Isaac was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky on February 3, 1820.  Isaac had been but a year old when his parents relocated to McMinn County, TN where he grew to manhood.  Miss Glaphrey Heard became "Mrs. Stalcup" in 1846 and the couple raised 12 children (5 sons, 7 daughters) in eastern Tennessee: Sarilda L; Mary Helen; Missouri Elizabeth; John Riley; Lucinda Musadora; James L.; Theodosia Emeline; Moses E.; Miriam D.; William L.; George H.; and Addie L.

Isaac himself didn't move to Grayson County, Texas until 1896. However, his branch of the family was represented there in 1877/1878 with the arrival of Isaac's daughter and son-in-law - Sarilda (Stalcup)  and Charles Medearis - with their two young children.  Although not a "fact" it is highly likely that the Medearis family had traveled from Tennessee to Texas with her paternal relatives - Levi, Chris, Fannie and Grandma Nancy - in 1877/1878.  Charles and Sarilda chose to settle in Kentucky Town, Grayson County, TX.

In late 1880/early 1881 Isaac, Glaphrey and most of their other children headed to Texas. They stopped just short of settling Grayson County though.  At the time, brother William Stalcup was located farther west, near Whitesboro, and John, Levi, Chris and Fannie near Pottsboro.  Isaac chose instead to settle his family near Lindsey School House (now Randolph) - which is in the southwest area of Fannin County, Texas. Daughter Musadora married Madison Johnson in Fannin County in 1881.  "Matt" and "Dora" moved to Pottsboro in Grayson County where they lived until the birth of their oldest child Roy in 1883 and then they returned to live in Fannin County.  Charles and Sarilda also moved to Fannin County about that time.

The (large) Stalcup family had contributed to the Grayson County economy for a full 15 years before Isaac and Glaphrey ever resided there.  During the 1880's and early 1890's the growing community of Whitewright was the nearest place of commerce for them and enjoyed the Stalcup patronage for many years.  Isaac and Glaphrey were no longer in their "first blush of youth" in the mid 1890's and had reached a time when they could no longer live independently in their own home.  When son Moses chose to move his young family to Whitewright the practical solution was to include his parents in his household.  From Whitewright they soon made their way several miles south to Pilot Grove. Isaac Stalcup died circa 1901-1903 and was buried in the Lindsey-Randolph Cemetery in Fannin County.  Glaphrey resided off and on with different daughters until her death in Randolph, TX in 1921. She is also buried in the Lindsey-Randolph Cemetery.

    Sarilda L. - September 14, 1874 TN; married Charles A. Medearis - September 25, 1872 Bradley County, TN; 4 daughters, 1 son; moved to Grayson County, TX late 1870's; moved to Fannin County, TX circa 1883.    

    Lucinda Musadora - February 13, 1854 TN; married Madison L. Johnson - November 12, 1881 Fannin County; 5 daughters, 3 sons; resided at Pottsboro, Grayson County, TX; resided Fannin County, TX about 1884 to 1909; widowed Dora and several children moved to Denison, Grayson County, TX in 1909 until her death in 1943.  Madison 1848 - 1909; Musadora 1854 - 1943; son Roy L. 1883-1949; daughter Dora M. 1891 - 1911 and daughter Laura M. 1898 - 1926 are all buried in Hebron Cemetery in Bells, Grayson County, TX.      

    Moses E. - September 13, 1860 TN; married Iler Pearl Tidwell - January 28, 1891 Lincoln County, TN; moved to Whitewright, Grayson County, TX 1896; 3 daughters, 3 sons; died Pilot Grove, Grayson County, TX January 8, 1908; wife Iler died April 10, 1923; both buried Old Pilot Grove Cemetery.

    Addie L. - July 29, 1874 TN; married Charles O. Williams - January 12, 1896 Fannin County, TX; 2 daughters, 2 sons; moved to Sherman, Grayson County, TX l921; both died in 1952 and are buried in Shannon Dripping Springs Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, TX.

Not all of Isaac and Glaphrey's 12 children chose to live their lives in Texas.  The other children who may have been in and out of Grayson County during the first half of the 20th century: Missouri Elizabeth (Stalcup) and Christopher C. Murray; John Riley and Mattie (Brown) Stalcup; Theodosia Emeline (Stalcup) and James Robert Reynolds; and Miriam D. (Stalcup) and Andrew Jackson Reynolds.

C. A. Parsons

January 16, 2021