Raguet family (Henry Raguet, 1796-1877)

Henry Raguet (1796-1877), merchant, banker, lawyer, and land speculator, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, served in the War of 1812, and later was a businessman in Cincinnati, Ohio, until he visited Texas in 1833 with Sam Houston and John M. Durst.

Raguet moved with his family in 1833 to Nacogdoches, Texas, where he was appointed, December 10, 1835, as treasurer of the Nacogdoches Committee of Vigilance and Safety and later served as postmaster from 1837 to 1852. He moved finally to Marshall, Texas, in 1873.

From the guide to the Raguet (Henry) Family Papers AR 65-1; 65-63., 1786-1935., (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)