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Van Zandt, K. M. (Khleber Miller), 1836-1930
Confederate soldier, legislator, merchant, banker, community leader. Born 1836 in Salem, Tennessee. Moved to Texas in 1839. Also, spent part of childhood in Washington D.C. where his father, Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) negotiated the annexation of the Republic of Texas. Served as a Confederate officer during the Civil War. Following the war, moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and became a merchant and advocate of railroad construction. In 1873, organized the Tarrant County Construction Company which supervised the grading for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. In 1874, established the Fort Worth National Bank, of which he served as president for fifty-six years. Served as president of the K. M. Van Zandt Land Company and as a director of the Fort Worth Life Insurance Company. Served for twenty years on the Fort Worth school board. Served in the Texas House of Representatives during the Reconstruction. Supported educational and religious movements, and for over sixty years was a member and elder of the First Christian Church at Fort Worth. Died 1930 in Fort Worth.
From the description of Papers, 1774-1965, (bulks 1835-1965). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 26067584
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Van Zandt, M. W., Mrs.,
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Van Zandt, Kleber M., 1836-
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Isaac Van Zandt was born in Tennessee, 1813, and after removal to Harrison County, Texas, in 1839 was admitted to the Texas Bar. Later he served in the Texas Congress as chargeĢ d'affaires to the United States and as a member of the Texas constitutional convention, 1845. He died of yellow fever, 1847, while a candidate for governor. The son, Kleber, was admitted to the Texas Bar, 1858; a merchant in Fort Worth, 1865-1874; thereafter a banker. From the description of Kleber M. Van Zan...
