Frontier Times Magazine
Vol
3 # 3 December 1925
Col Lt Abercrombie; Jeff Ake; Allstrom; Ham Anderson; Shorty Anderson; Lt John B. Armstrong; Benedict Arnold; Gen Brig Arredondo; Capt Arrington; ; Stephen F. Austin; Dr Eugene C. Baker ; J. D. Baker; Susan Barrackman; Bass; Judge Bean; Roy Justice; Bud Bohannon; Capt N. B. Bopell; Brown Bowen; Jane Bowen; Matt E. Bowen; Ellen Brackett; Emily Brackett; Mary Brackett; O. B. Brackett; Sarah Brackett; John Braden; John P. Braden; E. E. Brooks; Mrs E. E. Brooks; H. S. Brown; Henry Brown; "Limpy" Brown; Rev Brown; T. B. Brownfield; J. H. Browning; Rev Anderson Buffington; Capt Bullard; Mary Campion Burke; Capt Carr; Kit Carson; Elihu Casner; W. D. Chipley; Mrs Amasa Clark; Kate Campbell Clarkson; Manning Clements; Daniel Cleveland; John Collins; Dan F. Connor; Caleb Conover; Rev Custer; Asa Danforth; Maj Nicholas Danforth; Patty Danforth; Champ le D'Asile; Mrs J. K. Daugherty; Andrew Davis; Hartman Dignowity; Lt F. T. Dint; Tom Dixon; Dobie; Jack Duncan; Rev Duncan; Fred Estes; Joe Estes; Julia Estill; Ehrenberg Fahrten; J. B. Judge Falvey; William Fanning; Joab Faulkner; Kelley Field; W. S. Judge Fly; Capt T. H. Fowler; J. M. Frans; Col Freeman; Mrs James (See S. Webb) French; Sallie Webb; Peter Gallagher; Madeline de la Garza; Barnett Hon Gibbs; Gillett; ; Clarence Gilmore; George Gladden; Esther Jackson Glass; Thos J. Hon Goree; Marshal Gosling; Malbone W. Jr Graham; Alexander Gregg; Mary Matlock Griffith; Gen Gutierrez; Capt D. S. Hagler; Mrs D. S. Hagler; Marion Hagler; Thomas Haldeman; Tom Halderman; Eugene Hall; Jim Hall; J. W. Hardin; John G. Hardin; John W. Hardin; ; ; Wes Hardin; Jack Hays; Isabella Buffington Herbert; John Hitson; J. S. Gov Hogg; W. B. Hoover; Houston; ; Justice Howe; Gov Hubbard; S. Huff; Victor Hugo; Sheriff W. H. Hutchinson; Gen Andrew Jackson; T. E. Jackson; John James; Wofford Johnson; Gen Albert Sidney Johnston; Gen Joseph E. Johnston; Enoch Jones; Mrs Enoch Jones; Dep Sheriff J. C Jones. ; W. E. Jones; Col Kemper; Charles F. King; Emily Brackett; Sarah S. Brackett; J. C. Landrum; Abner Lane; Lily Langtry; Gen Robert E. Lee; Callie Lewis; Sam Lindsey; Anton Lochmars; Col Loomis; J. C. Lynch; Nat Mackey; Capt Manchaca; Col Manchaca; Jim Mann; Gen Marcy; John Maston; Mrs George Maverick; Samuel Maverick; J. H. McArthur; Angelina McCarty; Sherman McCready; Ben McCulloch; Rev McCullough; J. A. McCutcheon; J. W. McCutcheon; P. N. McCutcheon; Sallie McCutcheon; W. C. McCutcheon; William McCutcheon; McDonald; Col A. T. McKinney; A. R. McTee; John O. Meusebach; Ellen Sawyer Meyers; Thomas S. Mills; A. T. M'Kinney; J. M. Hon Moore; Z. N. Morrell; W. A. Morris; Don Antonio Navarro; Sam Newcomb; Mrs G. S. Newton; Mrs S. G. Newton; Lue Noble; T. L. Nugent; Bass Outlaw; Bill Owens; E. A. (Pat) Paffrath; ; Cynthia Ann Parker; Quanah Parker; F. F. (See Frank) Patterson; Frank Patterson; L. W. Payne Jr; Adolfo Perez; Col Perry; Pres Franklin Pierce; A. J. Purdue; Fanny Ratchford; S. H. Renick; B. W. Reynolds; G. T. Reynolds; Lt Reynolds; N. O. Reynolds; Dean Richardson; John Ringo; C. C. Rister; Don Francisco Rivas; Capt J. C. Robinson; Pablo Rodriguez; Pablo Lt Rodriguez; Senora Rodriguez; Gov Sul Ross; Maria Santissima; Saunders; Hiram Savage; James Savage; Scarborough; Jefferson Schuck; Capt Theodore Schwan; Roy S. Scott; John Selman; ; John Selman Jr; John Selman Sr; Lucinda Selman; E. L. Shackleford; G. L. Shackleford; S. G. Sherard; Gen W. T. Sherman; Col Sibley; Maj Henry Sibley; Parson Slaughter; Geo W. Smith; Joseph Smith; Lucy Smith; Sarah Smith; Susan Smith; Victor J. Smith; Count St. Denis; W. R. St. John; Gen Steele; R. B. Stevens; John K. Strecker; John K. Streckker; Mariet Sutherlin; Bill Taylor; Bud Taylor; Dr Taylor; ; Bill Terril; Gen Thomas; Gen George Thomas; T. H. ; Thompson; Mrs L. N. Throop; Gen Toledo; Jose Maria Alverez de Toledo; Dealton Valentine; Olive Van Selcraig; Mrs J. Vance; W. N. Vilas; Filisola D. Vincente; Ottfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach; Col C. A. Lt Waite; Carlos A. Col Waite; ; Mary Wallace; Olive Van Jones Washington; Charles Webb; Charley Webb; Sarah Webb; W. A. Whatley; W. D. Whatley; Alward White; Danforth White; Emily White; Judge White; Capt Wilkinson; Gen Wilkinson; John Williams; Emma Williard; Augusta Evans Wilson; Frank Wilson; Sheriff Wilson; Emily Wood; Thaddeus Wood; Capt H. C. Wright; Wrenn;
Contents of this
volume:
Burnet
County
Pioneers
Account of E. E. Brooks, and his
wife pioneers of Burnet county,
TX.
He was born in a log cabin
in
Arkansas
and came with his parents who settled
in Burnet county where the town
of
Burnet
now stands. It was then called
Fort
Crogan
and was on the extreme border of
civilization. Here they decided
to stop, and carve a home out of
the, then, wilderness of
Texas.
Brooks relates many thrilling experiences
with Indians when it took men and
women of courage to remain in their
frontier homes and withstand the
hardships of early days in that
section. Before coming to Burnet,
Brook's parents camped for a time
near where
Georgetown
now stands, until they could decide
upon a permanent location It was
there they had their first experience
with Indians.
One day Mrs. Brooks with her three
children, was left alone while
her husband and some other men were
off splitting out boards to build
more room to the house (people in
those days grew careless from the
very familiarity of danger), and
she walked to the door which was
on the north side of the house overlooking
the valley and saw a party of men
on horseback, rapidly approaching.
She thought at first they were cow
hunters, but felt some uneasiness
and soon took another look, when
to her horror she discovered that
they were Indians. She ran to her
children and cried out in agony
of her soul: "Indians!" By this
time the Indians had dashed up and
dismounted, filling the house and
yard, there being about 40 In number.
She had no hope to escape and could
only await her fate. The eldest
boy and girl crawled behind a large
chest …
One of the Indians who seemed to
be the leader said to: Mrs. Brooks
in English: "We want bread", and
although she thought she read her
doom in their hideously painted
faces and blood-thirsty looks, the
heroic woman never lost her presence
of mind. She implored the Indians
who had addressed her in English
to spare her children. The Indian
who had spoken English came over
and sat down on the other side of
her with her baby in her arms. Then
another one came and sat down on
the other side of her and one in
front. With their spears and tomahawks
and war paint they presented a fearful
sight. The one in front of her reached
for her baby. (The baby is now Mrs.
J. K. Daugherty of
Marble
Falls.'
The mother pressed the baby to her
bosom. They took hold of the child
and tried to tear it from her, but
with a mother's desperate effort
to save her child, she clung to
it, pleading for its life until
she thought they would surely pull
its little body in two. She let
go and folded her arms in despair…
Further mentions:
Elihu Casner, who lived 6
miles from the Brooks farm * Wofford
Johnson and family *
Mr. Casner * Mrs. Johnson.
threw her baby into a clump of bushes
where it was found alive the following
morning, being the only member
of the family that escaped. *
PIONEER RECALLS INDIAN DAYS
E. A (Pat) Paffrath, of
Fort Worth,
a veteran pioneer plainsman offers
a narrative of Indian and buffalo
hunting in the 1870’s
"When I went to the Panhandle in
1876," he said, "I drove a herd
of cattle belonging to Smith & Adams
from
South Texas
to
Fort
Belknap
and after delivering them decided
to go to the buffalo ranges and
hunt.
Buffalo
were being killed in large numbers
and there was good profit in the
hides.
"I recall the incident of the rescue
of the white woman, Cynthia Ann
Parker, from the Indians," continued
the old plainsman. "She was carried
off by the Comanches when about
12 years old, and afterward, as
the wife of Quanah Parker, the latter-day
chief of the Comanches. She was
a grown woman when rescued by Governor
Sul Ross, who was then a Texas Ranger.
Governor Ross and his followers
had a fight with the Indians at
a point between Quanah and Crowell,
and found Cynthia Ann and her young
daughter in the party. The chief,
who was the father of Quanah Parker,
was killed during the battle and
the white woman was taken back to
the settlement.
"The last Indian killed in
Southwest Texas",
continued the old plainsman, reminiscently,
"was a Kiowa who was shot by Captain
Arrington's rangers west of Quanah
- in 1879, and his death brought
about a raid by the Kiowas into
that section in the way of reprisal.
The last white man killed was named
Earl and he was slain east of Quanah
by the band of Kiowas which came
down from the reservation to avenge
the death of one of their number
killed a thort time before in the
same locality by the rangers. Earl
had just arrived in the country
and I met him and talked to him
at the headquarters of the R2 ranch
the night he was killed. He was
traveling with Fred and Joe Estes
and knew little about the habits
of Indians. I warned the little
pasty not to leave the ranch that
night, as I had been informed that
about thirty-five Kiowas was out
on a raiding expedition bent on
vengeance and that traveling might
be dangerous. They did not listen
to me, however, but continued their
journey toward Quanah, and Earl
lost his life.'
First House At Old
Washington
Mrs. L. N. Throop.
Account of Old Washington and the
historic house built in the early
days in 1834.
House is described by Mrs.
Isabella Buffington Herbert of
Anderson,
who was born in the first and original
house built there for the use of
the
Republic
of
Texas
in its earliest days. Mrs. Isabella
Buffington Herbert was born, in
1837, at which time her father the
Rev. Anderson Buffington, one of
the earliest Baptist pioneer ministers
of the
Republic
of
Texas,
was living in the original house
where the archives of the Republic
were kept for a period of time for
fear of their being captured by
the invading foe.
Further mentions:
The Cokesbury Press of
Nashville,
Tenn
* Eugene C. Baker, Professor of
American History,
University
of
Texas
*
First Campmeeting In
Grayson
County
By Z. N. Morrell
Wonderful description of these grand
old meetings which were THE highlight
of the year for many weary and laboring
pioneers.
Particularly focuses on a
large meeting held in Grayson co,
TX in 1847.
Further mentions:
the Rev. Mr. Brown, assisted
by the Presiding Elder, Rev. Mr.
Custer, held a campmeeting at
Warren,
in Grayson county * Jefferson Schuck
* Andrew Davis * Casey creek * Bois
d'Arc * two brothers by the name
of Hiram and James Savage * Sheriman
* J. A. McCutcheon, one of Wiiliamson
County's oldest pioneer settlers
*
Travis
County * Miss Lue Noble * Rice's
Crossing * P. N. McCutcheon * J.
W. McCutcheon * Miss Sallie McCutcheon
*
John O. Meusebach
Brief account of Ottfried Hans Freiherr
von Meusebach (John
O. Meusebach),
the founder of
Fredricksburg,
TX
and leader of a mighty wave of German
settlers in this area.
Further mentions:
Cherry Spring-on the line
of Mason and
Gillespie
Counties
*
A School Teacher’s Diary
This account records very interesting
excerpts from a diary of the early
Indian days at
Fort
Davis,
(or Fort Hubbard Settlement), located
up the Clear Fork river from Eliasville
about 20 miles in Stephens county,
just across the line from Shackleford.
It was kept by Sam Newcomb, who
taught school in
Fort
Davis
during 1865 and a part of 1866.
The diary vividly reflects the conditions
of the country, the isolation of
the people and their means of doing
things in these pioneer days.
Further mentions:
the Olney Enterprise * T.
E. Jackson * Mr. McCarty * A man
by the name of Scott * Indian raid
near
Camp
Cooper
and another near Hubbard settlement
*
Camp
Cooper
* Belknap * Lynch's ranch on the
Hubbard * Mr. Frans * Mariet Sutherlin
* G. T. Reynolds and S. Huff * W.
R.
St.
John
* Mr. Newcomb * Weatherford * John
Hitson * W. B. Hoover * Sam Lindsey,
who "was not a doctor, but knew
something about giving medicine."
* the old Stone ranch' * B. W. Reynolds
* Mr. Mosely *
January 1, 1865-For
the past year Indians have been
troublesome, coming into the section
in such large bodies that a great
many families have left the frontier
and moved into older settled counties,
and those who remain are "forted
up." There are now 125 persons
in the fort and others are preparing
to move in.
Jan. 23.-This day was made memorable
by the marriage of J.. H. Browning
and Miss Angelina McCarty., It was
a grand occasion, being attended
by a number of people from the lower,
fort, and all the visitors coming
prepared to fight the Indians along
the way, if necessary.
March 13.-Commenced school here
today for a term of fourteen: weeks.
I have only nineteen scholars at
present and mast of them are rude,
wild and wholly unacquainted with
school discipline.
May 7.-T. B. Brownfield started
this morning for Befknap to get
a doctor for Miss Lucinda Selman,
who is very sick. Several hours
later Brownfield returned with some
medicine but no doctor.
Nov. 29.-A large buffalo was driven
into the fort this morning, causing
a great deal of commotion and excitement.
The animal was immediately attacked
by forty dogs and killed in a very
few minutes.
-.-
Dec. 24.-The first sermon ever preached
in
Fort
Davis
was preached here today by Parson
Slaughter, and it was, the first
sermon many of our people ever heard.
The
Battle
Of The
Medina
Written, by John Warren Hunter
CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE OF MR. BELTRAN
The battle of
Medina was
fought on
August 18, 1813, between
the republican forces of the Gutiérrez-Magee
expedition under Gen. Dubois and
an army loyal to
Spain
under Gen. Arredondo. This battle
which took place twenty miles south
of San Antonio
was the bloodiest ever fought on
Texas soil.
The noble efforts for the
cause of Texas
independence were entirely frustrated
and a vicious slaughter of the republican
army was the result.
This lengthy, detailed, and
thrilling account is from right
off the battlefield through the
eyes of brave Mr. Beltran who himself
was wounded in the battle and records
for us this heart-rending account
of a terrible tactical mistake and
of dashed hopes.
The account continues through
to the season when
Military
Plaza
in glorious San Antonio de Bexar
was bathed in blood and the butchery
of heroes was a daily occurrence.CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE OF MR. BELTRAN
Further mentions:
great victory at the Alazan
* La Bahia * General Jose Maria
Alvarez de Toledo * Elisondo's overthrow
* General Gutierrez * Morelos *
Kemper * General Wilkinson * Senora
Rodriguez * Pablo Rodriguez * Manchaca
* Captain Bullard * Kemper and
Taylor
* Adolfo Perez * Captain Wilkinson
* Herrera and Salcedo *
An Excerpt:
And thus, with demoniac fury, the
battle raged, and these Americans
fought until there were few left.
to, tell the tale. Exposed to a
withering fire on all sides, they
maintained the unequal struggle.
There were not fifty bayonets in
Toledo's army, but charge followed
charge on the part of these Anglo-Saxon
heroes, who, with only their long
knives and clubbed guns, essayed
to cut their way through, only to
meet the gleaming Spanish bayonets
and repulse. The battleground became
a veritable inferno. The loose,
sandy soil had been reduced to an
impalpable powder; the cloud of
dust and the smoke of burned powder
formed a dense mantle made lurid
by the glare of flaming guns. But
there was no wavering. In all that
American host there was not a coward.
They were the sons of Revolutionary
sires; they were the bravest of
the brave, and with them it was
not hard to die. No quarter, was
asked, none given, and the prisoners
mentioned by Arredondo in his report
were our unfortunate wounded. Finally,
when nearly all had fallen, and
when there was no longer a cartridge
left to the bleeding staggering
survivors, Kemper, covered with
wounds, shouted: "Boys, save yourselves
! " The battle was ended, and the
sleuth-hounds of blood were unleashed
and sent in swift pursuit.
The Life Of John Wesley Hardin
(Continued
from last month)
Hardin
was perhaps the most bloody man
in
Texas
history, having slain at least 30
men before he himself was shot down
in
El
Paso
on
August
19, 1895.
His life was tragic in that
he made numerous efforts to live
life as a peaceful man, but always
ended up shedding more blood.
While imprisoned he even
studied law and returned to
El
Paso
to engage in a legal practice.
His ambitions once again
fell to the power of his incredible
abilities with a six-shooter and
he returned to a life of bloodshed
and lawlessness.
Many believe he was miligned
and was not in fact, a bad man.
You be the judge.
This multi-part story can
be had from us in all of it’s parts
– just ask
Mentions:
N. O. Reynolds * Sheriff Wilson
* man named Roe * Lieutenant Reynolds
* S. H. Renick of
Waco,
T. L. Nugent of. Stephenville and
Adams of Comanche * Frank Wilson
* the killing of Webb * Charley
Webb * Mrs. Anderson * my brother
Joe and my cousins Tom and William
* Mrs Susan Barrackman * Judge White
* In that jail I met some noted
men. Bill Taylor, George Gladden,
John Ringo, Manning Clements, Pipes
and Herndon of the Bass gang, John
Collins, Jeff Ake and Brown Bowen.
* John Maston a blacksmith of Comanche
* Bill Owens and Bill Terril from
Waco
* a lifetime man named John Williams
* Marshal Gosling * Eugene Hall
* Still & Co * Bohannon * Assistant
Superintendent Ben McCulloch * Col.
A. T. McKinney, of the
Huntsville
bar * Hon. Thos. J. Goree * T. H.
Thomas & Co., of
St. Louis
* A. T. M'kinney * Coleman * W.
E. Jones * Karnes county * he married
Miss Callie Lewis of
London,
Tex * Hon. Barnett Gibbs * Judge
W. S. Fly * Thomas Haldeman * Manning
Clements * McRose and Queen * the
Acme saloon * Policeman Selman *
Mrs. McRose, the mistress. of Hardin
* Henry Brown * Capt..Carr * Mr.
E. L. Shackleford * Frank Patterson
* R. B. Stevens, the proprietor
of the Acme saloon, * Sheriff George
Scarborough, of Jones county *
Deputy Marshal Geo. Scarborough
* General Steele * Lieut. Armstrong
of Hall's State troops * the Avenue
Hotel * Detective Jack Duncan *
W. D. Chipley, general manager
of the Pensacola Railroad * A. J.
Purdue of Escambia county * Deputy
Sheriff J. C. Jones.
*
Sheriff W. H. Hutchinson * Jim Mann
* Bill Taylor, his cousin * J. C.
Landrum * the
Carrington Place
on Gilleland's Creek in Travis county
* Bud Dixon * Tom Dixon and John
G. Hardin *
Frontier Justice Served Over A Bar
This remarkable frontiersman was
a native of
Kentucky.
When sixteen years old he went alone
to
Santa Fe,
N. M. Two years later found him
fighting with the American troops
in. the war against
Mexico.
Following that war he went to the
little community at
San Gabriel's,
Mission,
in
Southern California,
where he ran a saloon and dancehall
for a few years. He next went into
the business of hauling merchandise
between
San Antonio,
Texas,
and
Chihuahua,
Mexico,
had many encounters with Indians
and bad men. When the Southern Pacific
built its transcontinental line
through the upper border of
Texas,
Bean ran a movable saloon at a number
of points at the "end of the line,"
finally, opening a permanent establishment
at Vinagaroon (later called Langtry).
He was appointed justice of the
peace at the instance of the higher
officials of the Southern Pacific,
who wanted some one they could depend
upon to rid that part of the border
of bad characters. Although Bean's
term of office was two years, he
held the job for twenty years without
ever being re-elected.
His court “rulings” are legendary
and quite amazing.
This story details a number
of those dubious attempts at “justice”
in Langtry.
Further mentions:
the Southern Pacific Railroad
* Clarence Gilmore * Lily Langtry
* to
Del Rio
* Comstock * Judge J. B. Falvey,
of the District Court at El. Paso
* Texas Folk Lore Society * Miss
Fanny, Ratchford of the
University
of
Texas
* Mary Matlock, Griffith * W. D.
Whatley * John K. Streckker, curator
of
Baylor
University
*
John Braden’s Loaded Musket
W. A. Morris
Account of the deadly force of John
P. Braden’s old flint lock-musket,
in a desperate Indian fight in
June 5, 1858,
in Montague county.
Mentions:
Capt. D. S. Hagler and his
brother, Marion Hagler * the town
of
Forestburg
* Jim Ned lookout * Barrel Springs
* Belknap creek * William Fanning,
Joab Faulkner * Coffee Creek * Belcherville
* the old Stitt farm *
Fort Phantom Hill And Its Military
History
C. C. Rister.
This is an excellent history of
fort "Phantom Hill," also known
as "The Post on the Clear Fork of
the
Brazos"
located in what is now
Jones
County.
It
is an authoritative historical account
that clears up much of the confusion
surrounding the fort’s true origin,
the identity and activities of the
various commanding generals and
it’s subsequent history.
Further mentions:
General George Thomas * General
Sam Houston * General Robert E.
Lee * Old Record Section of the
Adjutant General's office, at
Washington,
*
Fort
Brown
* Generals Thomas, Albert Sidney
Johnston, and Joseph E. Johnston
* Joseph E. Johnston *
Camp
Cooper
*
Eagle Pass
*
Fort
Belknap
* the Fifth United States Infantry
* Colonel Loomis * Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Abercrombie * Lieutenant
Colonel C: A. Waite of the Fifth
Infantry * Lieutenant Colonel Waite
* Ringgold Barracks * the Second
Dragoons * Brevet Major Henry Sibley.
*
The five companies 'of the Fifth
United States Infantry and the officers
of each company were as follows:
Company B. Captain J. C. Robinson,
Company C, Captain T. H. Fowler,
Company E, Second Lieutenant J.
H. McArthur, Company G. Lieutenant
F. T. Dint, and Company K, Captain
N. B. Bopell * Colonel Freeman *
Dr. Taylor * Gen. W. T. Sherman
* General Marcy * Fort Lancaster
* Mayner's Creek * Fort Chadbourne
* Camp Hudson * Camp Wood * Fort
Griffin * Captain Theodore Schwan
* the Overland Mail Station at
Mountain
Pass * Merkel * Colonel Carlos A.
Waite * Colonel Sibley * Anson *
Early Days In
San Antonio
Recalled
This story of the early days was
told by Mrs. Emily Brackett King
five years before her death.
Mrs.
King wrote these memories of her
journey to
Texas
and her life in
San Antonio
in the form of a letter to her great
grandchildren, Emily and Danforth
White of
Los Angeles,
California.
Mrs. King came to
Texas
as a little girl in 1846, one year
after
Texas
became a state, and though all the
most bloody days of
Texas
history were then in the past, life
in
San Antonio
was still that of the frontier.
She was eighty-two years old when
she wrote the sketch which follows.
Further mentions:
Miss Sarah S. King * Nicholas
Danforth * great-grandfather, Asa
Danforth fought at
Lexington
and
Bunker Hill
* Burgoyne's surrender * Onodaga
county,
New York
* Patty Danforth, married Thaddeus
Wood * Emily Wood * Emma Williard's
school of
Troy,
New York
* O. B. Brackett a merchant ;of
Syracuse,
New York
* Decrows Point on
Matagorda Bay
* Mr.. "Limpy" Brown *
Victoria,
Texas
* Mr. Peter Gallagher * Anton Lochman
* the old Navarro Louse, corner
Commerce and
Flores
streets * the Trevino house, where
the Frost Bank now stands.
*
Military plaza * Emily Wood * Sarah
Webb * Mrs. James French * Enoch
Jones * Olive Van Seicraig * Other
Americans in
San Antonio
were the Jacques, Elliots, Bradleys,
Riddles,
Merricks,
and .-Mavericks * The Jacques were
"old-timers" in Texas-land and friends
of. Stephen F. Austin * Mrs. Jacques
had a boarding house at the corner
of Commerce and Yturri streets *
the original colonists from the
Canary Islands
* Garza, Trevino, Manchaca, Soto,
Chavez, Rodreguez, Quintana, -Seguin,
Navarro, Rivas, Riuiz, Lead, Cadena,
Flores,
Cruz, Zirnenes, Ramirez, DeZavala,
Cassiano * Messrs. Maverick, Bradley,
Twohig, Truehart, Ogden * Mexican
dungeon called "The Castle of Perote
* Our first teacher was Mr. Truehart,
a mild' mannered gentleman * Our,
next teacher was Mr. Edwards a lawyer
* the Ursuline Nuns * the Brackett
girls * Madeline de la Garza of
the Garza family * Sallie Webb (Mrs.
French), Olive Van Jones (Mrs. Washington),
Ellen Sawyer (Mrs. Meyers), Augusta
Evans Wilson, the novelist, Kate
Campbell (Mrs. Clarkson), Esther
Jackson (Mrs. Glass), Mary Campion
(Mrs. Burke), Garza girls (Mesdames
Lacoste, Neundorf and Glanton),
Mary Wallace (Mrs. G. S. Newton's
mother), Joseph, Susan and Lucy
Smith (Medames Tobin, Campbell and
Newton). * McCullough's school.
It was established in 1851 by Rev.
Mr. McCullough, a Presbyterian minister,
and was an excellent school * A
beloved teacher was Miss Baldwin
(Mrs. J. Vance, mother of Mrs. George
Maverick.) * Misses Thompkins (Mrs.
Enoch Jones and Mrs S G Newton)
*
the Garza or Veremendi home * the
Garza home was where Wolf & Marx's
now stand * the John James place
on Commerce street * Maria Santissima
* The "Montechinos"
*
the Pastores' troop * Mrs. Allsbury
and her sister (a Navarro), as-well
as Mrs. Dickerson * A Mexican boy
named Esperza * Don Francisco Rivas
* Samuel Maverick * Dean Richardson,
of St. Mark's * Van Ness * Van Ransalaers
and the Harper brothers * Jack Hays
* Daniel Cleveland * My husband,
Charles F. King * President Franklin
Pierce * Commerce street was called
the Paseo, Camino, Real and
Main
street * About 1849, these were
the following families in
San Antonio:
Maverick, Riddle, Vanderlip, Elliott,
Callaghan, Jacques, Lewis, Dwyer,
Devine, James, Bradley, Jones, Twohig,
Odgen, Guilbeau, Bowens, Lytles,
Miles, Vance, Paschals, Merritb,
Cupples, Herff … *
CAPTAIN WRIGHT AT EIGHTY-SIX.
Brief account of ex-Confederate
soldier, Captain H. C. Wright,
Huntsville,
TX.
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