Napoleon Bonaparte Perry
The "Sandyland Farmer"
from "Southeast Corner of Tarrant County Before the Civil War"
by Sallie Hodges McKnight
Napoleon Bonaparte Perry was a gracious, white haired and white bearded old gentleman of the old school. Although conditions were hard and the resources of life meager, he always preserved
the dignities of life and never went to his own dinner table without the formality of a dress coat, though "jeans" was the only available material.
He came from North Carolina, was a constant reader of the best literature to be had, and far into the seventies still rode to the hounds with the zest and enthusiasm of younger days, following a fox after younger men had dropped out of the chase.
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