Rebecca J. Fisher Papers 1842-1941 1847-1923

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Rebecca J. Fisher Papers 1842-1941 1847-1923

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Correspondence, general materials, creative works and financial records of Rebecca J. (Gilleland) Fisher. Fisher was heavily involved in local and state issues, serving as the president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was known as the "Mother of Texas".

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Austin History Center , Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701.

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Gilleland, William McCalla

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Gilleland, Mary Barbour

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Ney, Elisabet

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Fisher, Rebecca Jane Gilleland, 1831-1926

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Called the Mother of Texas, Rebecca Jane Gilleland Fisher (1831-1926), was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1831, the daughter of Johnson Gilleland and Mary Barbour. Fisher moved with her family to Texas around 1837. Her father fought in the Texas Revolution under Captain Thomalson. Living near Don Carlos Rancho in Refugio County, the Gilleland family was attacked by members of the Comanche tribe in 1840. The Comanche murdered her parents and captured Fisher and her brother, Willi...

Gilleland, Johnstone

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Blandford, Rebecca J. (Fisher)

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Fisher, Orceneth

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Fisher, Rebecca J.

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Born August 31, 1831 in Philadelphia, Rebecca came to Texas along with her pioneer parents, Johnstone and Mary Barbour Gilleland, and a younger brother, William McCalla in 1836. The family eventually settled in Refugio County. In 1840 Rebecca was orphaned when Comanche Indians killed her parents. Rebecca and her brother William were taken prisoner and later left for dead. The children were rescued by Albert Sidney Johnston and a detachment of Texas soldiers and taken to Victoria, wh...

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

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