The Raguet family, 1959, November.

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The Raguet family, 1959, November.

1959

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1793368

History of the Raguet family from the time of their arrival in the United States from France in the 1780s until the years of their Civil War service in Texas. Includes a variety of genealogical notes as well as more detailed descriptions of the family's life in Nacogdoches, Texas, including Sam Houston's courtship of Anna Raguet and her marriage to his Secretary of State Robert Anderson Irion, and an account of Henry Raguet's service with the Confederate Army and time with the Sibley Brigade. Also included is a 1960 update with further genealogical information of the Raguets, particularly their French heritage.

1 typewritten manuscript, 27 pages.

eng, Latn

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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