Abel Head Pierce Papers Shanghai 1870-1905

Slavens, L. C.

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Borden, Abel Pierce

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New York and Texas Land Company Limited

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Kountze, Augustus

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Pierce, Nancy Deborah Lacey

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Texas Livestock Association

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Gulf Island Railroad Company

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Sullivan, David

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Pierce-Sullivan Pasture and Cattle Company

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National and Great Northern Railroad Company

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Withers, Mamie Pierce

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International and Great Northern Railroad Company

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Hamilton, George

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Pierce, Edward

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Dennis, I. N.

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Littlefield, George W. (George Washington), 1842-1920

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George Washington Littlefield, born June 21, 1842 and died November 10, 1920, owned cotton plantation in Gonzales, Texas. Littlefield served in Civil War under Albert Sydney Johnson, (Terry's Rangers), rising to the rank of Major. Littlefield owned several ranches in Texas and New Mexico. In 1901 with his nephews, J. P. and T. P. White, he bought The Yellow House Ranch from the Capitol Syndicate. Littlefield founded the American National Bank in Austin, served on the University of Texas Board of...

Island City Savings Bank

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Lacey, William Demetris

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Pierce, Hattie Jones

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Nye, Thomas

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Evans, Ira Hobart, 1844-1922

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Ira Hobart Evans (1844-1923) was general manager of the Texas Land Company, secretary of the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, and President of the New York and Texas Land Company. From the description of Ira Hobart Evans papers 1867-1913. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226800434 ...

Pierce, Frances Lacey

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McCrosky, John

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Pierce, Abel Head, 1834-1900

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Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce, a Texas rancher and cattleman, was born on June 29, 1834 in Little Compton, Rhode Island to Jonathan and Hannah Head Pierce. The nickname "Shanghai" referred to Pierce's tall thin stance resembling a Shanghai rooster. In 1854 "Shanghai" Pierce settled in Port Lavaca. Working as a ranch hand splitting rails, Pierce began to acquire cattle, but following his service on the Confederate side of the Civil War he returned to find his holdings gone. He married Fannie Lacey ...

Pierce, Jonathan Edwards, 1839-1915

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Jonathan Edwards Pierce was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, on December 6, 1839, the son of Jonathan D. and Hannah (Head) Pierce. He moved to Texas in 1860 and became a ranch worker in Indianola until joining the Confederate army, where he served from 1861 to 1865. He later joined brother Abel Head (Shanghai) Pierce in founding Rancho Grande in Matagorda County, Texas, and then the town of Blessing. He married Nannie Deborah Lacey, daughter of William Demetris Lacey, on May 2, 1868, and fa...