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Note: 1900 Census- Greenup, Greenup Twp, Cumberland Co., IL
Jacob Runkle, born Jan. 1857 Ohio,age 43, (state of parents birth- blank) married 17yrs., occupation Miller, renting a house. Wife Sarah E. born Sept 1855 Ohio, age 44, mother of 5 children, 4 still living, parents born in Pennsylvania. Can read, write, and speak English. Homer, son, born June 1884 Illinois, age 15, in school. Floyd, son, born April 1891, Illinois, age 9, in school. Paul, son, born July 1894, Illinois, age 5. Clay, son, born July 1896, Illinois, age 3.
1910 Census- Falfurrias Town, Starr Co., TX
The family lived on Allan St. near Terrell St. and Caldwell St. just west of the railroad. Jacob Runkel 52, 2nd marriage- 4yrs., born in Ohio, father and mother born United States, Farmer, living on a farm. Charlotte, wife, 22yrs., 1st marriage-4yrs., 1child born, 1still living, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois. Harold, son, 3, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois. Floyd, son, 19, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois. Paul, son , 16, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois. Clay, son, 14, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois.
It is possible Jacob had bought land from the Falfurrias Immigration Co. owned by Edward C. Lasater. Around the turn of the century, Lassiter owned a very large ranch in the area, he encouraged the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to connect his ranch to Alice, TX He then offered subdivided ranchland near the railroad at low prices and advertised extensively in the East and Midwest. Falfurrias was in Starr Co. (county seat Rio Grande City) until 1911 when the area became Brooks Co. with Falfurrias as the county seat. A postoffice was added in 1898, and the Falfurrias Facts newspaper in 1906. Jacob Runkle and family lived on a farm in the original section of land offered by Lasater, so his advertisements were probably what encouraged them to move to Texas.
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