Stalnaker family papers

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Parmer, Martin, 1778-1850

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Cloud, John W. (John Wurts), 1797-1850.

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Stalnaker, Guy Cloud.

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Eldredge, Joseph C., 1818-1881

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Brigham, Ann Johnson Mather,

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Cloud, Adam

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Walker, Joseph B.

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Corresponding Secretary of the Domestic Mission Board [later North American Mission Board], of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1853-1856. From the description of [Letter] 1854 July 17, Newberg, S.C. to [John Albert Broadus] / Joseph Walker. 1854. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48214485 Corresponding Secretary of the Domestic Mission Board, [later North American Mission Board] of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1853-1856. From the description of [Letter] 18...

Stalnaker, Paul.

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Paul and Guy Cloud Stalnaker are the great grandsons of Adam Cloud, the first Episcopal clergyman in Mississippi, who arrived in Texas in 1831. His son, John W. Cloud, was the first Episcopal priest in Texas, although he did not publicly practice his ministry after immigration. The Stalnaker's maternal grandmother was Ann Johnson Mather, the second wife of Asa Brigham, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Captain Joseph Walker was a great uncle of the donors. From the des...

Kaufman, David S. (David Spangler), 1813-1851

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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) was a lawyer, soldier and politician, who served as the first Jewish United States Congressman from Texas. He was born in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, studied law in Natchez, Mississippi, and moved to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1837. After moving to Texas, Kaufman practiced law, fought in military campaigns against Native Americans, served as a member of the Republic of Texas's House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and the Texas Senate. After annexation ...