Raguet Family

Biographical notes:

Henry Raguet (1796-1877), a Pennsylvania native, came to Texas in 1833, operating a mercantile business in Nacogdoches and engaging in land transactions. Following his retirement, two of his eight children, Henry W. Raguet (1824-1862) and Charles M. Raguet (1832-1903), continued in the family business. Charles M. Raguet was married to Isabel (Belle) Edwards (d. 1926), the daughter of Haden H. Edwards. Another son, James Condy Raguet (1822-1868), was also associated with some of his father's business dealings.

The Raguet family also had close business and personal ties with the Thorn family. A daughter of Henry Raguet, Augusta Amelia, married Leonard Mortimer Thorn (d. 1909), and Raguet had business dealings with Frost Thorn (1793-1854). Frost Thorn was married to Susan W. Edwards (1800-1891), who, after her first husband's death, married his nephew, James F. Thorn (d. 1876).

References

Blake, Robert Bruce. "Henry Raguet." Handbook of Texas Online . http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra12 .

Blake, Robert Bruce, Collection. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. Vols. 55 and 60.

Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. Nacogdoches--Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory, 1773-1849 . rev. ed. Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson Books, 1991.

Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. "Prelude to San Jacinto: Nacogdoches 1836." East Texas Historical Journal 11 (Fall 1973): 36-40.

Roberts, Emily Griffith. Ancestral Study of Four Families . vol. 1. Terrell, Texas: Emily Griffith Roberts, 1939.

From the guide to the Raguet Family Papers Col 1695., 1835-1918, (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas)