Mills, William Wallace Papers 1856-1922

Davis, Edmund Jackson, 1827-1883

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Davis was born in St. Augustine, Florida, a son of William Godwin Davis and the former Mary Ann Channer. His father was a lawyer and land developer in St. Augustine, the oldest permanent settlement in the United States. In 1848, after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Davis moved with his parents to Galveston, Texas. The next year, Davis moved to Corpus Christi, where he was admitted to the bar. He was an inspector and deputy collector of customs from 1849 to 1853, when he was a...

Republican Party (Tex.)

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Mills, Anson, 1834-

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Wilson, Huntington, b. 1875

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Lynde, Isaac

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Maloney family

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Giddings, George H., 1823-

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U.S. Army officer and postal official. From the description of Biography of George H. Giddings, 1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453630 ...

Mills, Mary Hamilton

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Mills, W. W. (William Wallace), 1836-1913

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William Wallace Mills (1836-1913) was a soldier, businessman, customs collector, consul, and El Paso pioneer. Mills and his brother Anson, who named El Paso, were two of the very few anti-secession voters in El Paso in 1860. Mills went to New Mexico to fight with the Union, and was taken prisoner by Confederate forces during the Civil War. In his post-occupation position of United States collector of customs at El Paso, Mills worked towards an 1862 congressional act that...

Dowell, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shacklett), 1818-1880

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Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886

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Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) served in the U.S. Army during the "Utah War" of 1857-1858, and later was the commander of the Confederate expedition sent to seize New Mexico and Arizona during the Civil War - he was defeated at Glorieta Pass. From the description of Henry Hopkins Sibley, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368054025 ...

Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1875

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Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1815-1875), governor of Texas, was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on January 28, 1815. He moved to Texas in 1846 and practiced law in La Grange before moving to and settling in Austin. He married Mary Bowen, also of Alabama. Governor Peter H. Bell of Texas appointed Hamilton acting attorney general in 1849. From 1851 to 1853, Hamilton represented Travis County in the state House of Representatives. In 1859, Hamilton was voted into the United States House of Re...

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873

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Canby was born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky, to Israel T. and Elizabeth (Piatt) Canby. He attended Wabash College, but transferred to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1839. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry and served as the regimental adjutant. Although often referred to as Edward Canby, a biographer has suggested that he was known as "Richard" during childhood and to some friends for most of his life. He was called "Sprigg" by fel...

United States. Consulate (Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico)

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Mills, William Wallace

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William Wallace Mills (1836–1913) was a soldier, businessman, customs collector, consul, and El Paso pioneer. Mills and his brother Anson, who named El Paso, were two of the very few anti-secession voters in El Paso in 1860. Mills went to New Mexico to fight with the Union, and was taken prisoner by Confederate forces during the Civil War. In his post-occupation position of United States collector of customs at El Paso, Mills worked towards an 1862 congressional act that allowed for...

Crosby, J. F.

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Weed, John J.

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Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914

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Powell Foulk Clayton was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann (Clarke) Clayton. The Clayton family was descended from early Quaker settlers of Pennsylvania. Clayton's ancestor William Clayton emigrated from Chichester, England, was a personal friend and associate of William Penn as well as one of nine justices who sat at the Upland Court in 1681. Clayton attended the Forwood School in Wilmington, Delaware and the Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Bri...