Darden (Fannie A.D. Baker)Narrative 1870

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Darden (Fannie A.D. Baker)Narrative 1870

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TThe Fannie A.D. Baker DardenNarrative, 1870, contains a transcript and two copies of an historical narrative,entitled “Incident of Fannin’s Massacre,” published in the Columbus in 1870. The piece describes the escape ofDillard Cooper and three companions from the Goliad Massacre in 1836 according toDarden’s interview with Cooper in Columbus. Citizen

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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....

Darden, Fannie A. D., 1829-1890

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Darden, Fannie A. D. Baker

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Texas writer and painter Fannie Amelia Dickson Baker Darden (1829-1890) produced a number of novelettes, stories, and paintings and taught art at Colorado College in Columbus (1857). Her paintings tended to have religious themes, but she wrote about historical events and her own personal experiences. Darden’s prose works include “Romances of the Texas Revolution” (1884) and “Reminiscences of Early Childhood in Texas” (1884). James Walker Fannin, Jr., a commander of Texia...

Cooper, Dillard, approximately 1816-approximately 1878

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