J. T. PollardReminiscence 1909

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J. T. PollardReminiscence 1909

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Reminiscences inoriginal and typescript, and a family history, relate to J. T. Pollard'sexperiences as a pioneer settler and an Indian fighter in old northwest Texaswith Sul Ross, Charles Goodnight, Jim Tackett, Ike Sanger, his brother, J. B.Pollard, and his father, R. W. Pollard.

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Tackett, Jim.

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Hart, Nancy Jane.

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Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929

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Pollard, James Thomas, 1834-1909

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Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898

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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...