Omohundro (P.G.)Papers, 1834-1955

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Omohundro (P.G.)Papers, 1834-1955

Correspondence, surveyrecords, blueprint and hand-drawn maps, and related documents produced by P. G.Omohundro, ca. 1900-1930, record his professional and business activities inearly oil exploration in Texas.

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...

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Philip Grymes Omohundro was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 10, 1862. He graduated in 1883 from the Virginia Military Institute, where he was a charter member of the Alpha Chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Omohundro moved to Texas a year after graduation. On December 7, 1898, he married Jessie May Sherburn. They had five children together: Philip, Margaret, Edward, Eugenia, and Joseph. Both Eugenia and Margaret died of wasting fevers at a young age. Soon after Omohundro's marriage, ...

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