Abram abd Eliza Van Tuyl papers 1819-1845 (Bulk: 1839-1845)

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Abram abd Eliza Van Tuyl papers 1819-1845 (Bulk: 1839-1845)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/sjmh/00068/00068-P.html

Correspondence and printed materials document life in New York and in Texas 1819-1845 for Abram and Eliza Van Tuyl and their family.

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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,

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Lewis Birdsall, the son of Benjamin Birdsall, married Patience Lee in 1790 in Columbia County, New York. Their eldest of five children, Jane, was born in 1791 followed by Maurice Lee, Egbert B., Eliza, and Lewis A. In 1800 the family moved to Seneca County, New York, and settled on a farm between Waterloo and Seneca Falls. Jane married John Richardson Harris in 1813. After meeting Moses Austin while living in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the Harrises decided to emigrate to Texas. While Jane returne...

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Harris, Lewis Birdsall, 1816-1893

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Lewis Birdsall Harris was born in Waterloo, New York on July 1, 1816, the third child of John R. Harris and Jane Birdsall. When his mother left New York for Texas in 1833, he remained at the home of his grandparents until the spring of 1836. Although he arrived in Texas on April 21, he quickly joined the Texian Army. Harris later held government positions as a clerk for both Andrew Briscoe and DeWitt Clinton Harris and served in the military including participating in the Somervell Expedition. O...

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