DuVal, Thomas Howard Papers 1857-1879

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

DuVal, Thomas Howard

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Thomas Howard DuVal (1813-1880) was the first United States judge for the Western District of Texas. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1837, and worked there as circuit clerk of Leon County and clerk ex officio of the court of appeals. He also served as secretary of the Territory of Florida, 1841-1945. Following in the footsteps of his two brothers, Burr H. and John C., DuVal moved to Austin in 1845. He served as a reporter for the state Supreme Court, 1846-1851, and became secr...

Swenson, S. M. (Svante Magnus), 1816-1896

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S. M. Swenson was the founder of the Swenson (SMS) Ranches in northwest Texas. He and his sons formed the S. M. Swenson & Sons banking corporation in New York. Stamford, in Jones County, was founded by their Stamford and Northwestern Townsite Co. From the description of Papers, 1871-1909. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25475287 Swante (Svante, Sven, Swen) Magnus Swenson (Svenson) (1816-1896) was the first Swedish immigrant to Texas and the foun...

DuVal, Laura P.

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DuVal, Thomas Howard, 1813-1880

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Thomas Howard DuVal (1813-1880) was the first United States judge for the Western District of Texas. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1837, and worked there as circuit clerk of Leon County and clerk ex officio of the court of appeals. He also served as secretary of the Territory of Florida, 1841-1945. Following in the footsteps of his two brothers, Burr H. and John C., DuVal moved to Austin in 1845. He served as a reporter for the state Supreme Court, 1846-1851, and...

Fannin, James Walker, 1804?-1836

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Texas revolutionary James Walker Fannin, Jr. (1804-1836), was an illegitimate son born to Dr. Isham Fannin (b. 1778) in Morgan County, Georgia. Raised by his maternal grandfather, James W. Walker, on a plantation near Marion, Fannin entered West Point military academy in 1819. His time at West Point proved short-lived, however, and in 1821 he resigned after dueling with a fellow cadet. Fannin returned to Georgia and married Minerva Fort (b. ca. 1811), with whom he had two daughters....

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Duval, John C. (John Crittenden), 1816-1897

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Soldier, surveyor, and writer John Crittenden "Texas John" Duval (1816-1891) was born to William Pope and Nancy (Hynes) Duval in Bardstown, Kentucky. The family moved to Tallahassee, Florida Territory, in 1821, and ten years later, Duval returned to Bardstown to study at St. Joseph College. In 1835, he joined his brother Burr H. Duval’s company to fight in the Texas Revolution. The next year, Burr died in the Goliad Massacre, but John Duval escaped and soon after entered the Univers...