Galveston County, Texas - The whole text, 1895 (part 24 of 26)

After the war Mr. Schadt returned to Galveston, where he entered the employ of C. H. Moore & Company in the sash, door and blind business, with whom he continued until they were succeeded by the firm of W. F. Stewart & Company, and he was with this firm until 1888, at which time he purchased the business from his employers. His life and business career are therefore well known to the people of Galveston and are in every way creditable to him. He has never filled any public positions, but has discharged acceptably all the duties of good citizenship and faithfully served his country in its time of greatest need during the late war.

In 1885 Mr. Schadt married Miss Emma Keller, a daughter of John Keller, an early settler of Galveston, now deceased. The issue of this union has been five children: Charles, born December 3, 1885; Lillian,

>^AMES W. THOMPSON. - The subm ject of this sketch is a native Texan /- W and comes of the pioneer stock of this State. He was born in Harris county, June 29, 1855, and is a son of James and Mary (Thomas) Thompson. His father was a native of England, born in the county of Cumberland, August 26, 1822, whence he emigrated in 1840 and settled in Harris county, Texas, where he met and married Mary Thomas, who was born in that county July II, 1834, being a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Bailey) Thomas. Jacob Thomas came to Texas before the revolution of 1835-6, in which he took part with the colonists. The maternal great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch - Britton Bailey - came to Texas as a member of Stephen F. Austin's original colony, and settled first at old San Felipe, whence he afterward moved to Bailey's Prairie (named for him) in Brazoria county, where he lived many years, enduring all the trials of frontier life, including the loss of a son who was captured, scalped and burned at the stake by the Indians. Jacob Thomas was for years a resident of Harris and Galveston counties, dying in the latter county about 1862. His widow survived some years, dying near the present town of Webster, in Harris county, in 1879. The parents of the subject of this sketch are still living, residing at the old homestead, twenty-two miles south of Houston, in Harris county, where they settled in 1853. Besides James W., of this article, they have raised four other

James W. Thompson was reared on his father's farm in Harris count)-, receiving what education fell to his lot in the country schools of that locality and at old San Jacinto high school. .He began for himself at the age of twenty-one, taking up farming and stock-raising pursuits, which he followed with success up to 1890, when he turned his attention to the mercantile business. At present he is the principal merchant at Webster, Harris county, and has been the Postmaster in that locality (the name and office having been several times changed) since 1887.

In 1878 Mr. Thompson married Miss Virginia A. Booth, who was born in Chicot county, Arkansas, and was brought by her parents, James P. and Elizabeth Booth, to Texas during her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have a family of six children, Mary V., Rosa E., Maggie I., Leona, Ruth and Winnie.

ILLIAM SELKIRK. - Generations ago the family of which our subject is a distinguished member emigrated from Scotland to America and settled in the State of New York, where now stands the little village of Selkirk, the first station on the railroad south of Albany. This was at a period antedating the Revolution, in which William Selkirk, the great-grandfather of our subject, fought with much valor. One of his sons, William Selkirk (the grandfather of our subject), a worthy representative of the family, came to

Texas in 1823 with Austin's colony of 300 families, and first settled in the city of San Felipe, where he was enj;aged in civil engineering for se\eral years. He did considerable survej'ing for Austin and secured a league of land, which was called Selkirk's island, in Matagorda county, at the mouth of the Colorado river. Mr. Selkirk was one of the men who laid out the city of Matagorda, and \\'as one ol Austin's most jirominent men in locating and pro\iding for new settlers throiigliMUt the State. He died about 1834.

His son. James H. Selkirk, did not come to Texas \\\i\\ his father, but made his first appearance herein 1835 with a regiment of men raised and equipped in the State of New York as Nohmteers to assist the Texans against the Mexicans. He was First I^ieutenant (.)f a company in this regiment, and after the independence of the territory was acknowledged he went to Selkirk's islantl, which his father had located, and was so much impressed with the country that he concluded to remain. He located at Matagorda; was a civil engineer by jirofession, also a landscape painter of considerable note. He was elected County Clerk of Matagorda county early after the admission of the State into the Union, and held that position until his death, of yellow fever, October 13, 1863. v>'hen forty-eight years of age. Although born and reared in the North, his sx'inpathies were with the South during the civil war. He was married in Matagorda city, \\\ 1844, to Miss Lucy Hall, a native of Birmingham, England, and the daughter of Samuel and Lucy Hall, also natives of England. When Mrs. Selkirk was one year old her parents came to America and located on Staten island. New York, where Mr. Hall was one of the first men to open a shop for the manufacture of guns and pistols. I^ater he came to Texas and settled at \'ictoria, where he opened a gun shop, but was forced from there to Matagorda by the Mexicans about 1842 or '43. Later he moved to San Antonio, where his death occurred. James H. Selkirk and his sister Rachel (who married Samuel Gross, of Albany, New York), were the only members of the family who reached mature years. Mrs. Selkirk and her sister Sarah were the only ones of that family who grew up. The latter married a Mr. Gilbert, who edited and published the Colorado Tribune, of Matagorda, Texas, in an early day.

William Selkirk, the original of this notice, was born in Matagorda county, Texas, December i, 1S45, and is one of the oldest native Texans now residing in the city of Galveston. Of the six children born to his parents he was the eldest. The others were named as follows: James H. ; Catherine C. (now Mrs. E. J. Inglehart, of Matagorda); John M., of Houston county, Texas; Samuel G., of Galveston; and Adelaide [now ^frs. Fred K. Fisher of Galveston). Young William Selkirk received his scholastic training in the schools of Matagorda city and county, and when sixteen years of age was made Deputy County Clerk to his father. The latter owned at that time the wharf and warehouses and their accessories at Matagorda, and our subject assisted in the management of these until the death of his father.

In 1863, when eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, of Colonel Reuben Broun's battalion, which later became a regiment of mounted infantry. He served in the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was with a detachment which volunteered to assist the Confederate navy along the Texas coast, and came very near losing his life in

Matagorda bay in 1863, when twenty-one out of thirt}--seven men were drowned, being forced to swim asiiore on account of the wrecking of the vessel. Wliile at Tyler, Texas, as guard of the United States prisoners, he was detailed to act as Sergeant Major at camp headquarters. Immediately after the disbanding in Washington county, Mr. Selkirk went home and found things in a ruinous condition. He forthwith went to work to put things to rights, and, resuming his father's business, carried it on until 1866. He then went to New Orleans and graduated at Dolbear's Commercial College. Returning to Matagorda county he remained there until 1867, when, by request of Rector John Owen, of the Episcopal Church, he came to Galveston, where he subsequently obtained a position with the firm of Duble & ^^'ootters, as bookkeeper and cashier, holding this position until 1874, - a period of seven years. Within the latter part of his time with this firm the Gulf Loan & Homestead Company was organized, and Mr. Selkirk was elected secretary and treasurer, a position he held for some time. During 1874 he entered the house of Strickland & Clark as office manager, bookkeeper and cashier, and in 1877 accepted a position as first deputy in the County Assessor's office, remaining in the same for two years under John A. McCormick. After the latter left the office he and Mr. Selkirk opened a gentlemen's furnishing store on Tremont street, Galveston, but only remained in partnership a short time. Mr. Selkirk then purchased the stock, but closed out the business in 1 880, and entered the wholesale house of L. & H. Blum as office man, being second bookkeeper. In May, 1886, he was elected City Auditor, and continued to fill that position until June. 1891. However, in

1889, he was elected secretary of the Galveston & Western Railway Company, - a position he still holds, as well as that of secretary of the Savings Loan Company, of Galveston. On the 1st of August, 1893, he was given the position of liquidating clerk under Colonel George P. Finlay, Collector of Customs, and he is the present incumbent of that position.

Mr. Selkirk was married June 21, 1871, to Miss Louisa R. Mann, a native of Jackson county, Texas, and daughter of William and Esther S. (Baskin) Mann. Mr. Mann moved to Texas during the latter part of the '30s and in 1840 brought his family. During the Mexican war he became sutler for General Taylor's army and was with the same throughout the campaigns in Mexico and until the close of the war in 1848. Later he embarked in a large wholesale and retail general mercantile business and was well known throughout west Texas. He was also much interested in the raising and buying of cattle, horses and sheep. He died a short time before the opening of the civil war. His wife survived him many years and died in Galveston. They reared a family of six children, viz. : Virginia, who is a widow and resides in Virginia; Walter L. , who was Colonel of a regiment of Western Texas troops during the civil war and is now deceased; William, who was also in the Confederate army, and is now deceased; Louisa R. ; John N., who resides in Harris county; Josephine, wife of Hon. Walter Gresham; and Henry K., an attorney, who died in 1888. The last named was in Paris, France, during the Franco-Prussian war, and served in the French army until the close.

Louisa A., Rachel G., Wyatt O., and Ruth Greshani. The family wdrshij-) in the Episcopal church. Mr. Selkirk is a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., and the American Legion of Honor, filling all chairs in this latter order to Past Commander. The career of our subject has been a bus\' and an honorable one. In every posititni to which he has been called he has acfjuitted himself with credit, and his interest in ex'erything pertaining to the history of the State of his nati\it}" and life-l(.)ng residence is \'er_\' great.

EENRY BUTTELMANN is a native of Hano\-er, Germany, where he was born (ju the 27th da}' (jf March, 1838. He was reared in his nati\'e jilace to the age of twent\--one, when, in 1859, he came to America, and for si.\ 3ears, until March, 1865, resided in the cit}' of New York. He then went to Matamoras, Mexico, which place he made his home until June, 1867, when he came to Gah-eston, where he now lives. In Oct<.)ber, 1867, Mr. Buttelmann formed a partnership with Rudolph Kruger and engaged in the restaurant business, opening a coffee house at the old Market. In 1S72 they erected the building on Market street now occupied by Mr. Kruger, where they were in business together until March, 1S76, at which time the partnership was dissohx'd and Mr. Buttelmann took a branch business, which had in the meantime been established in the city market house. Here he continued in the restaurant business for several years until 1881, when, having purchased some time previous a lot on Market street, on which he had built, he moved there and opened business

January 26, 1875, Mr. Buttelmann married Miss Henrietta Vordenbaumen, who was born in Westphalen, Germany, in 1855, and was brought by her parents, William H. and Mary Vordenbaumen, to Te.xas at the age of two years, and was reared and spent all of her life in the city of Galveston. Mrs. Buttelmann's parents are both living in Gal- N-eston. Her father is now in his eightyfifth year, having been born December 25, 181 5. Mrs. X'ordenbaumen was born May 23, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. Vordenbaumen have resided for many years in Galveston, and have here brought up a family of seven children: Catherine, now Mrs. Frank Ruhter; Louisa, now Mrs. Henry Strickhausen; Maggie, who is now Mrs. Charles Kauffman; Minnie, married to Henry Bautsch; Mary, now Mrs. Charles Balke; and Henry Vordenbaumen. Mr. and Mrs. Buttelmann have had five children: Emma, born March 10, 1876; Henry, born August 19, 1877; Paulina, born August 6, 1879; August, born March 1, 1882; and Charles, born January 30, I 88 5.

^y^^ R. J. N. WILSON. - Jesse Nor- I I man Wilson is a nativ'e of Penns}l- /«^^^^ \ania, and comes of old Colonial ancestry of English and French Huguenot origin. His father was George H. Wilson and his mother bore the maiden name of Rosa La Ross. Both parents were born in Pennsylvania, his father's ancestral connection running back to the early settled families of New Jersey and his motiier's to those of Pennsyhania. Both grandfathers of Dr. Wilson were Revolutionary soldiers, his maternal grandfather, John La Ross, serving throughout the entire period of the war as a member of the historic Penns\lvania Light Guards.

The Doctor was reared in Philadelphia, and received the benefit of the excellent schools of that city, completing his literary education in Lafayette College. He studied medicine and took lectures at Bellevue Medical College, New York, and completed his preparation for the dental profession in the Chicago College of Dentistry in 1879. Locating in Philadelphia, he pursued the practice there until 1885, when he came to Texas, and for about four years traveled over the State engaged in professional work. In 1889 he settled in Galveston, where he has since resided, and has built up a large practice, firmly establishing himself in the confidence and esteem of those among whom he has lived. The Doctor has brought to the discharge of his professional duties a thorough scholastic training, a large amount of natural aptitude for the work in which he is engaged and a sincere desire to accomplish the greatest possible measure of good for himself and those who wait on his services. He has devoted himself wholly to his profession ; has sought every opportunity to keep himself abreast with the best thought of the day in his line of work, and has surrounded himself with all needful appliances and equipments essential to the expeditious, skillful and satisfactory conduct of his business. He is a member uf the Texas State Dental Association, to the proceedings of which he has made some contributions.

the offspring of this union was four children: Herbert, Harry, Grace and Phillip. Dr. Wilson lost his wife in 1882, and in 1890, at Texarkana, Texas, he married Miss Eloise Bares, a native of New Orleans, then residing at Galveston, Texas, and a daughter of Emil and Josephine Bares, both natives of Louisiana, and of French extraction. By this last union Dr. Wilson has three children: Jessie, Hazel and Vernon. The religious connection of the family is with the Catholic Church.

<>^ OBERT MELLOR. - The subject I *^r of this sketch, now one of the old- \ .P est residents of the city of Galveston, was born in Manchester, England, April 3, 1840. His father was Robert Mellor and his mother bore the maiden name of Susanna Bostick, and both were natives of Manchester, England. The senior Mr. Mellor came to Texas in 1837, at which date he took up his residence on Galveston island, with whose early history he became identified and there spent the remainder of his life. He was a candy-maker and confectioner by trade, but cfid not follow his trade after locating in Galveston, as there was at that time but little demand in the new town for the class of goods he was accustomed to handle. He was variously engaged, accumulated some means, and, purchasing property at the corner of Nineteenth street and avenue L, there resided until his death, which occurred about 1844. His wife survived him a number of years; was subsequently married to John Lindsay, with whom she moved to New Orleans, where her death occurred in November, 1866. Her remains rest beside those of her first husband in the Episcopal cemetery at Galveston, having been brought here by her son, the subject of this sketch. To Robert and Susanna Mellor the following children were born: Maria, who was married to George C. Raines, and is now deceased; Robert, of this article; and Susanna, who was married to Henry King, whom she survives, being now a resident of Montgomery county, Texas. To John and Susanna Lindsay one child was born, a son, George, now a resident of Texas.

Robert Mellor, with whom this article is chiefly concerned, was reared in the cit}' of Galveston, his father having returned to England for his fainih', whom he brought over in i S40. Young Mellor received his education in the select schools of Professors Nash, Wolbridge and Smart, of this city, and at a proper age was put to learn the butcher's trade under Captain L. M. Hitchcock, one of the pioneer butchers of the island. He worked for Captain Hitchcock for a number of years, - up to 186S, at which time he purchased the business, which he has conducted almost uninterruptedly and with a fair measure of success since.

In 1 86 1 he entered the Confederate army, enlisting in Captain Charles Atkins' company, with which he served for six months, when it was disbanded, after which he re-entered the ser\-icc as a member of Company C, De Bray's regiment, subsequently going on to General Magruder's staff, where he served until the close of hostilities, taking part in both the defense and recapture of Galveston.

For a time after the war Mr. Mellor was extensively engaged in the live-stock business, at which he made considerable money, but, by unfortunate business ventures, lost heavily, mostly in the lightering business, and finally fell back on his trade, which has since chiefly occupied his attention.

In i860 Mr. Mellor married Mary O. Dabney, who was born near Austin, Texas, and whose parents were early settlers in that section of the State. To Mr. and Mrs. Mellor fifteen children have been born, only four of whom sur\ive: Mamie, the wife of Joseph J. Miller, of l>elton, Texas; Robert Mellor, of Waco, Texas; George Mellor, of San Francisco, California; and Susie, wife of Sam Brown, of Houston, Texas.

Mr. Melhjr is now, iu point of actual residence, one of the oldest settlers on Galveston island, having lived there continuously for a period of fifty-five years. When he came to the island it was but little more than a salt-marsh covered with bayous, and was the haunt of various wild animals. He has witnessed its growth from such a condition to what it is to-day, and as far as he could has always lent a helping hand to everything looking to the advancement of its interests.

HOMAS W^ JACKSON. - The subject of this brief notice was liorn in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1852; was educated in Martinsburg College, in that State, and began his career as a railroad man in 1868 in the capacity of clerk \\ith the Pennsyh'ania Railroad Company. He left the service of this company in 1872, at which date he was made Deputy Prothonotary of Blair county. Pennsylvania; held this position until 1875, when, having read law, he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession at Hollidaysburg. He was elected District Attorney of Blair county in 1877, and held this office for three years. In 1880 he came to Texas, and for a year was in the employ of the Texas & Pacific Railway at Marshall.

In 1 88 1 he located in Galveston, where he became way-bill clerk on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railvva\', was afterward made abstract clerk, and from this position was promoted, in 1884, to that of general land agent and tax commissioner, which he still retains. He was elected Alderman of Galveston from tlie Seventh ward in 1889; was re-elected in 1893, and resigned in September, I S94. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 26, Galveston, of which he was for two years Exalted Ruler. He married Miss E. R. Reynolds, in Pennsylvania, in 1875.

Mr. Jackson is, in point of service, one of the oldest employes of the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe at Galveston; he has for many years had charge of important interests belonging to that road, and by his faithfulness and efficiency has become one of its most trusted men.

aH.\RLES G. CLIFFORD. - Few men would think of claiming any special recognition for themselves on account of family connection or place of birth, these things being numbered, in the opinion of most men, among the accidents of life, for which no personal consideration can fairly be expected. Yet, since each must have had some sort of ancestry and have begun his existence at some place, it is gratifying to know and right to state on all proper occasions when it can be done so truthfully, that one comes of good antecedents and first opened his eyes to the lights and shadows of this world in respectable quarters. So much can be said with perfect truth concerning the subject of this brief sketcii.

Charles G. Clifford traces his ancestry on his father's side in an unbroken line back to Walter de Clifford, who accompanied William of Normandy to England in 1066. Walter de Clifford was the founder of the house of Clifford in England, which furnished many distinguished soldiers and lawmakers to that country, branches from which have extended into other lands. The first representatives of the family in America were two brothers, who came to this country during the Revolution and fought in the British army against the Colonists. Subsequently Dr. Thomas Clifford, a son of one of them, settled in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and built the third house in that place. He had two children, a son and daughter. The son married Sallie Newhall, of New Haven, Connecticut, a daughter of Joshua Newhall, and by this union had two sons and a daughter. The elder of the sons, James Allen Clifford, was the father of Charles G. Clifford, of this article. James Allen Clifford was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he was also reared. He was twice married, first marrying Emily Burrough, daughter of Edward Burrough, by whom he had as issue one daughter, Emily S. E. A. Clifford, who became the wife of Lent Munson Hitchcock. (See sketch of Capt. L. M. Hitchcock elsewhere in this volume). After the death of this wife James Allen Clifford married Jane Goodrich, of Weathersfield, Connecticut, and Charles Goodrich Clifford was one of the issue of this union, there being two other sons, one older, William H. Clifford, now deceased, and one younger, Pierre Bretoun Clifford, a resident of Galveston.

After his first marriage James Allen Clifford moved to Savannah, Georgia, and was successivelj' a resident of that place, of Memphis, Tennessee, and of New Orleans,

Jane Goodrich Clifford, mother of Charles G. Clifford, was born in \\'eathersfield, Connecticut, and belonged to one of the firstsettled families of that place, being of French Huguenot origin. She is a resident of Hitchcock, Texas, and is eighty-nine years old. Her father, Jesse Goodrich, was Postmaster of Weathersfield, in 1847.

The subject of this sketch was born in Savannah, Georgia, March i, 1843; was educated at Franklin College, Louisiana, and at Seashore Seminary, Handsboro, Mississippi, being a student in the latter institution at the opening of the late civil war. He quit school tu enter the Confetlerate army, enlisting in the Orleans Southerns, Company F, Fifth Louisiana Regiment. He served under General Magnuler around Yorktown, Grove's Wharf and Williamsburg, \'irginia, etc.

The campaign on the peninsula was a severe one, and, broken down in health, Mr. CIiff<.)rd left his company for the hospital at Richmond, and the rest of the men went into winter quarters. Short!}' afterward, on account of illness, Mr. Clifford \\as discharged and returned home to East Pascagoula, Mississippi. After recovering from a severe term of sickness, which had continued for a period of four months, he went to New Orleans to rejoin his old command; but on account of exposure, - being compelled to make the tripi in an open boat, - he was again taken ill, and was in that city when it was taken by General Butler. Before he had full}' recovered from this illness he made his wa}' to East Pascagoula, where he joined White's cavalry. First Battalion of I-'artisan Rangers of Alabama, and served about eight months, when he was honorably discharged at Mobile. Two mcmths later he connected himself with the Twenty-second Mississippi, Twiggs' Rifles. On his way to join that compan}' he met Dr. Griffin, who had attended him in the last illness and was the captain of Twiggs' Rifles, and the doctor insisted that he, Mr. Clifford, was not able to stand active ser\ice, and took him before the Board of Examining Surgeons at Mobile, and, upon examination, they gave him a discharge, this making the third time he was discharged on account of sickness.

A few weeks afterward, while on his way in a small boat from East Pascagoula to Mobile, in a fog, he ran upon a Yankee gunboat, was captured and taken to Shiji island, and from there to New Orleans and placed in prison; but shorth' afterward, when the Federals learned that he was a discharged soldier, he was released on parole of honor. Ph\'sicians reconimended to him a trip to Cuba; l)ut, determined to cure or kill himself in his own countr\', he obtained a permit and \\'ent liy boat to St. Louis, Missouri, and on to Chicago and Detroit, crossing over into Canada, and was on his way back to New Orleans again when the war ended.

.After the war closed Mr. Clifford came to Texas and settled at Galveston, where he secured employment in the post office for about four months. Then, in 1867, he entered the emplo}' of the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railway Compan}', of which he was later made secretar}' and treasurer, and he held this position and that of secretary and treasurer of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company for a number of years. Next he was assistant postmaster of Galveston about six years. He has also filled the office of County Assessor of Galveston county, and that of Auditor of the city of Galveston twice. In July, 1893, he resigned his position as City Auditor and was appointed Cashier of Customs under Colonel George P. Finlay, Collector at the port of Galveston, which position he is now filling.

Mr. Clifford has been twice married. On December 13, 1868, he married, at Bryan, Texas, Miss Imogene Blackshear, a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and a daughter of James M. and Eliza Blackshear. The issue of this union was four children: Forshey Nichols; Chudleigh Andrews; Lent Munson Hitchcock, and Lucile Alice Gregorw Mrs. Clifford died August 2, 1889. On April 25, 1892, Mr. Clifford married Miss Mary Louise Beers, of Galveston, daughter of Jonathan S. and Mary Elizabeth Beers. This lady died October 15, 1893, leaving no issue.

Mr. Clifford belongs to a number of social -orders, being a Royal Arch and a thirtieth degree A. & A. S. R. Mason, is Secretary of the latter lodge and chapter; has been Dictator twice of his lodge of Knights of Honor; is a member of the Legion of Honor; in 1880 was District Deputy Grand Master and District Deputy Grand Patriarch of L O. O. F. for this district; was one of the organizers of Camp Magruder, No. 105, U. C. v., of Galveston, Texas.

>y*UDGE S. S. HANSCOM. - Sidney m Scott Hanscom, son of Frank D. (% J and Martha E. Hanscom, was born in Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1855. He was reared in his native place to the age of fourteen, when, in 1869, his parents moved to Galveston, where he has since resided. His education has chiefly obtained in the private school of Professor E. E. Crawford, of this city. For some time after leaving school he was a clerk in the stationer}' house of Strickland & Clark, of Galveston ; was then employed in the United States Marshal's office under L. D. Evans; subsequently read law in the office of R. G. Street; was admitted to the bar in October, 1878, and on January i, 1879, opened an office in Galveston for the practice of his profession, which he has since followed with satisfactory results.

In 1888 he was a candidate against William T. Austin for the office of County Judge, and was defeated; was a candidate in 1892 against \N'illiam B. Lockhart, and was elected; was a candidate for re-election in 1894, the final result of which is not yet (February, 1 895) known. As a lawyer Judge Hanscom ranks well for one of his age and experience; as an official he has devoted his efforts with zeal and fidelity to the public service. He has his friends, who are liberal in their praises of his ability and the rectitude of his motives, and, as is the case with all men in public life, he is not without his enemies.

In April, 1884, Judge Hanscom married Miss Madie Johnson, a daughter of the late Judge R. D. Johnson, one of the early settlers of Galveston, a biography of whom appears elsewhere in this volume, and the issue of this union has been one son, Scott Sidney Hanscom.

aHRISTIAN HAKENJOS, deceased. - The subject of this brief sketch was a native of Germany, born April 25, 1837, in the Province of Wurtemberg. When he was about twelve years of age he lost his father, and thusgrew up under somewhat adverse circumstances. He, however, inherited the enterprise and business push that characterized his after life, and upon the completion of his apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade he promptly started out to do for himself. Prior to coming to America, in i.'^49, he had partly learned his trade, but completed it in the city of New Orleans, and it is said that in 1858, being then twenty-one years of age, he operated in this line a manufacturing establishment, which nece-sitated the employment of fifty-four men. At the age of twenty-two years he married Miss Mary Hummel, mIio, like himself, was a native of Germany. She was born in 15aden Baden, June 17, 1842, but in early womanhood came to this country, located in New Orleans, and was seventeen years did at the time of her marriage. In 1867 they came to Galveston, and here Mr. Hakenjos immediately opened an establishment of his own at 310 Tremoiit street, where, from that time until the date of his death, December 6, 1894, he continued to do a prosperous business. He attained a high position in business circles as an upright and progressive tradesman, and was in every way deserving of his prosperity. He was a member of the German Lutheran Church, and socially belonged to the .American Legion of Honor. To Mr. and Mrs. Hakenjos the following children were born: William, born Ajiril 29, i860, is a resident of Galveston; Caroline, wife of Charles Birscher, of Denver, Colorado, was born January 13, 1862; Charles was born December 26, 1867, and lives in Galveston; iSLiry was born December 16, 1870; Thoiuas was born July 20, iS7i;and Josephine was born November 25, 1875. Two children died: George and an elder daughter, Josephine. William Hakenjos, the eldest son, was born in New- Orleans, April 29, i860, and in 1867 was brought to Gah'cston by his parents. He was given the advantages of the public schools of the city while growing up, and learned the boot and shoe maker's trade, which occupation he for some time followed. In 1885 he was married in Galveston to Miss Hattie Patterson, who is a Georgian by birth and a daughter of John C. Patterson, now of (ialveston, who is a successful traveling salesman. To their marriage four children have been gi\en: Pauline, Rena, William, and Nellie.

Sr-» EON W. FIELDS was born in I C what is now Chambers county, I A then a portion of Liberty county, Texas, Fel)ruary 19, 1842. His father was Hon. William Fields, who moved from Tennessee to Te.xas in 1837 and settled near the old town of Anahuac, then Libertv county, where he was engaged for years in the stock business, fanning and school-teaching. He represented Liberty county in the Congress of the Republic, and also in the State Legislature after the admission of Texas to the Union. He moved to Galveston in 1855, about which date he received the appointment of State Engineer, an ot^ce which he held until his death September 9, 1858. He was a man of culture, being the compiler of " Fields' Scrap Book," a meritorious literary work; and was at one time engaged in journalistic pursuits as an associate of General Felix T. Zollicoffer, of Confederate fame, in the publication of a newspaper at Columbia, Tennessee.

was born and reared in Tennessee, where she met and in 1834 was married to William Fields. She survived her husband many years, dying October i, 1892, in the eightieth year of her age.

The subject of this sketch was reared partly in Liberty county and partly in the city of Galveston. His school advantages were limited, though he had the benefit of the sound judgment and intelligent direction of his father in such studies as he could find time to pursue up to the date of his father's death.

At the age of nineteen, on October 13, 1 86 1, he entered the Confederate army, joining Company F (Captain Medard Menard's company), Twenty-si.xth Texas Cavalry (Colonel X. B. De Bray's regiment). He served with this command throughout the entire period of the war, taking part in the defense of the gulf coast and later in defense of the Te.xas, Arkansas and the Louisiana border, and participating with it in twenty-two skirmishes and engagements. During the Federal occupation of Galveston in 1862 the Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry was stationed at different points around Galveston bay for the purpose of watching the movements of the Union forces. Mr. Fields was Sergeant of his company, and, with a corporal and ten men, was stationed at Fort Chambers at the old town of Anahuac. He and his comrades heard the firing of the guns during the fight on January i, 1863, when the city was recaptured, and they had been promised by their superior officers that they should be present and allowed to take part in that engagement; but the promise was not kept.

position he held for four years, under Victor W. Grahn, the Federal appointee. In 1870 he took up his residence on a farm in Chambers county, and for several years was engaged in agricultural pursuits. During this time he was Tax Assessor of Chambers county for four years and County Judge for two } ears. Returning to Galveston in 1882, he was appointed Cashier of Customs under the late C. C. Sweene}', Collector at that time, and held this position and that of Inspector of Customs until September i, 1889, when he resigned. He then became Deputy County Clerk of Galveston county, and was in this and other offices up to 1894, when he was reappointed Inspector of Customs, which position he is now filling. In politics he is a Democrat. He belongs to Island City Lodge, No. 75, Knights of Pythias, in which he has held the office of Financial Secretary for two terms.

Mr. Fields has never married, but for many years he had the care of his widowed mother and younger brother, whose claims on his time and to a share of his earnings he recognized, affectionately discharging the duties of a son and elder brother. His sister, Mrs. Thomas H. Edgar, now resides in Galveston, and his brother. Honorable William A. Fields, at Hillsboro, Texas. William H. Fields, the eldest son of the family, died in early youth in 1858; and Joshua Lannes Fields, the fourth son, in 1863, at the age of fifteen.

QUARANTINE B. SCHMIDT, son of Frederick W. and Charlotte Schmidt, was born in the city of Galveston, Texas, August 8, 1854, and was here reared. He learned the butcher business under his father, engaged in it on his own account after attaining his niajoiity, and has followed it with a fair degree of success since, having a shop at the corner of Twenty-eighth street and avenue P, Galveston.

In 1877 Mr. Schmidt married Mrs. Frances Stukes, widow of J. \\'. Stokes, and daughter of H. H. Kalhol/, who settled in Galveston in 1853. Mrs. Schmidt was born in this city April 15, 1856, and was married to J. W. Stokes in 1875, by whom she had one daughter, - Natalie, - born March 26, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt have had ten children, eight of whom are living, namely: Lula, born February 5, 1878; Charlotte, March 21, 1880; Henry, May 28, 1882; Louis, October 9, 1884; August, November 6, 1888; Walter, January 28, 1890; Ada, February 18, 1892; and Quarantine B., November 2, 1893.

BRED McC. NICHOLS was born in Galveston county, February 10, 1852, and i:^ a son of General E. B. Nichols, an early settler and for many years a prominent citi/en of this county, a biographical notice of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume Tlie subject of this sketch was reared in the city of Galveston and educated at E.xeter, New Hampshire, and at Cambridge, Massachusetts. His business career, with which the citizens of this city and coinit\' are more or less familiar, was begun as proprietor of the Opera House drug store, of Galveston, in 1 87 1, after which he was engaged for a short time in contracting, then in the commission business, holding in the meantime, until the office was abolished, the position of hide inspector for the port of Galveston. In 1880 he became a candidate for the office of County Assessor, to which he was elected and which he has held by successive reelections from that time since, being now (1894) on his eighth term. Nothing need be said of Mr. Nichols' ability or popularity, the foregoing simple statement of facts being sufficient on these points.

Mr. Nichols is largely interested in real estate in Galveston county and is a man of progressive ideas, possessing an adequate conception of the vast possibilities of the coast country of Texas, and is earnest in his advocacy of the means by which they are to be developed. In 1890 he bought of the heirs of his father's estate their interest in the old homestead, located at Dickinson, on the banks of one of the most beautiful streams in Galveston county, and about the same date, in company with several other Galveston gentlemen, purchased other land in the same locality and organized the Dickinson Land & Improvement Company, the object of uhich was to place on the market some of the unoccupied lands in the vicinity of tile town of Dickinson, and to make known to the outside world the resources and eligibilit)' of that section of Galveston cmmtN for fruit farms and homes. That it is all that is claimed for it in this respect can be easil\ demonstrated by any who will take the trouble to visit the old Nichols homestead and see what it is and what has been done there since its lauds were brought under cultivation. There have been growing on this place, for nearly forty years, sweet and Irish potatoes, ribbon cane of the variety of which the celebrated New Orleans molasses is made, pears, peaches, plums, grapes and all kinds of berries, and that in the greatest profusion and of the finest quality. To add to the attractiveness of the place and to " fill a long-felt want" Mr,

Nichols, after purchasing the homestead in 1890, converted a portion of it into a pubHc park, the grounds so donated comprising about forty acres and including the old home and yards. Most of the grounds are covered with a beautiful woodland, supplied with rustic seats and pavilions and bordered by Dickinson bayou, where all kinds of fish abound and on which small pleasure boats can be run.

Being situated on the International & Great Northern Railroad, and convenient both to Houston and Galveston, the Dickinson Picnic Grounds will certainly become the most popular place of resort for rural sports and outing affairs in either Harris or Galveston county; and the public spirit displayed by Mr. Nichols in establishing this place of entertainment for pleasure-seekers is characteristic of his disposition.

OnNovember 1 1, 1871, Mr. Nichols married Miss Fannie L. Butler, of Galveston, a daughter of Jonas and Caroline E. Butler, who settled in Galveston in 1837. Mrs. Nichols' father was for a number of years a lawyer of prominence at the Galveston bar and a large real-estate owner, dying in this city in 1857. His widow was subsequently married to H. W. Blagg, and resides in Galveston. Mrs. Nichols was born in Galveston, being the only child of her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Nichols four children have been born, - Carribel S. , Tudor B., Maude D. and Cecil G.

^'^ENERAL EBENEZER B. flC^ NICHOLS, decea.sed. - So thor- ^L^W oughly indentified with the history of Southern Texas, and particularly that of Galveston, was this well-known pioneer that a series of sketches purporting to include the early settlers and representative business men of this locality could not be written without frequent use of his name and reference to the invaluable service which he in various capacities rendered his country, his city and the people of this section.

He was born in Cooperstown, Otsego county. New York, in 181 5, a son of William Hamilton Nichols, who was a prosperous jeweler of that place. E. B. Nichols spent his boyhood and youth in his native town, received a good common school education, and while growing up acquired habits of industry, which w'ere of material benefit to him in later years. Being restless- and ambitious, he determined to carve out a career for himself on a broader scale than the opportunities afforded at his old home, and, having heard "travelers' tales" of the marvelous opportunities of the Southwest, this section became the Mecca of his hopes, and he made his way hither in 183S, bringing with him some capital, and in partnership with William M. Rice embarked in business in Houston, continuing there until 1850. In that year he came to Galveston and established the firm of E. B. Nichols & Company, which for many years was synonymous with with all that pertained to the business growth and prosperity of the city. One pronounced illustration of his keen business foresight and enterprise was the purchase of the brick wharf of John S. Sj'dnor, its builder, which he enlarged and operated in connection with his extensive shipping and commission business for a number of years.

At the opening of the late civil war he was one of the first to take up arms in defense of the institutions of the South, raising a regiment for the Confederate service which he equipped at his own expense and led to San Antonio, where he received from General Tvvigj^s the surrender of the United States Government post.wiih its arms and munitions of war, on July 4, 1861. He also distinguished himself at Galveston, and on all occasions never spared his energies or his means to bring about a victory to the Confederates. l^ir about thirty years his home in Galwston was on Broad\va\', between Twenty-fourth and Tsvent_\'-lilth streets, located where now stands the family resilience of George .Sealy. It was here that he reared his family of seven sons, and where, upon im-itation, General Magruder made his headquarters during the siege of Galveston.

After the war General Nichols resumed his business operations, in the reconstruction of which he was as aggressive as ever. Among the various enterprises he inaugurated was the ftmnding of the Bank of Galveston, which he si?r\ed m the capacity of president. This institution prospered under his management, and \\'as hnall)- merged into the National Bank of Texas. He was (jne of the cliief promoters of the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Kailwaw and was for a time ils president. He also took an active ])art in organizing the Galveston Wharf Compan\- and the Te.xas Ice & Co d Storage Company, and, in fact, was interested in nearly every enterprise that was started in the city.

His aliility was recognized and he was chosen a member of the State Legislature by his man\' friends, and made a capable and efficient legislator.

He married in Houston, in 1838, Miss Margaret, daughter of William Stone, a prosperous Virginian, and to them the following children were born: William H., Frank Stuart, Eb. McKinney, Peter Gray,

Fred McC, Thomas P., and George B. General Nichols died in Galveston, November 30, 1872, at the age of iifty-seven years, and his wife died June 4, 1888.

eB. McKINNFY NICHOLS, son of the late General E. B. Nichols, of Cialveston (see sketch of the latter elsewhere in this v(.)lume), was born in Houston, Harris county, Texas, September ig, 1848; was edurate<l in the select schools of Galveston, at Rugby College, Rugby, England, at a private school at \'evay, Switzerland, and at Como College, Boston, Massachusetts, graduating at the last named institution in 1867. He immediately returned to Galveston after finishing his education and became bookkeeper in the office of the Galveston Gas Company, which position he held about two years, when he gave it up to embark in the wholesale grocery business as a member of the firm of Von Harten & Nichols. In 1870 he entered the employ of the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railway, with which and its successor - the International & Great Northern - he has since continued, having filled all positions of a clerical nature in the Galveston offices of both of these roads from that of collector to that of chief clerk of the freight department, which last he now occupies.

November 3, 1869, Mr. Nichols married Miss Gertrude Tankersley, of Houston, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Gertrude Tankersley, early settlers of the Bayou City. Mr. Tankersley. a lawyer and politician of some note, died at Houston, December 31, 1859, followed some years later by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have seven children: Ebenezer, Helen H., Pierce Mc aAPTAIN FRED A. BROCK, deceased, was a nati\e of the island of Jamaica, havinj^" been born in Kingston, one of the chief seaport towns of that island. His ancestry runs back to England, which was the birth-place of his father, William Brock, and of both his grandfathers. Admiral Brock and Lieutenant Thomas Taylor, of the English navy. Admiral Brock was a man of note, having devoted his entire life to the service of his country and won an honorable name in its history. Lieutenant Taylor, after quitting the navy, took up his abode in the island of Jamaica, where he married a princess of the Mosquito coast of Nicaragua, and devoted the remainder of his life to land pursuits. William Brock followed the sea till he was twenty-eight years old, engaged in the English and West India trade, when he settled in Jamaica, married Mary Ann Taylor, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Taylor, and became a large and successful coffee planter. Fred A. Brock, of this article, went to sea at the age of eleven and sailed for several years in the employ of the Atlas Steamship Company between New York City and Southern Coast towns, until 1870, when he came to Galveston. From 1870 to 1873 he was engaged in coastwise trade along the gulf, but in the last named year took up his permanent residence in Galveston, where he embarked in the mercantile business, which he pursued at first with success, later with considerable loss, till 1879, when he gave it up altogether and went to work on the Government jetties at the outlet of Galveston harbor. He was so employed for about four years, at the end of which time he began Government contracting, to which he thereafter devoted his time and attention with the most satisfactory results, making out of it considerable money and establishing by means of it an excellent reputation as a contractor and man of business.

On September 20, 1874, Captain Brock ^Tarried Miss Lois Bristol, of Galveston, a native of this city, born September 20, 1849, and a daughter of William and Mary A. Bristol, early settlers of Galveston. The issue of this union was five children: Fred A., Jr., born August 15, 1875; Minnette, born June 23, 1879; Grace, born July 23, 1883; Azel, born April 4, 1885; and Harold, born April 3, 1893.

Early in January, 1895, Captain Brock, who was then engaged on a Government contract at Velasco, Texas, had occasion to make a business trip to Tampico, Mexico, on which he took with him his wife and two children, Grace and Harold. The object of his trip was to get a dredge-boat, the property of Captain Brock, to be used on the work then in progress at Velasco. The boat, the Mount Waldo, though it had not been used for some time, was considered seaworthy, and Captain Brock, with Mrs. Brock and two children and a crew of twelve men, left Tampico aboard the vessel January 8. A severe storm soon after came up and for twenty-four to thirty hours the Waldo was buffeted before the heavy seas, which usually run with the high winds in that locality at that season of the year, until it was finally abandoned in a sinking condition, all on board taking to the yawl. They were at sea until the following day at two o'clock, when they tried to land at Lobos island, or em one of the reefs near that island, below the entrance to Tampico harbor. Two miles off shore the yawl capsized, and Captain and Mrs. Brock and two children and five of the boat's crew, linj^ineer McGee, Assistant Engineer Liiinett, ship's cook Schillen, and seamen Hartman and Perry, were diowned. Captain Solomon and seamen Olsen. Eckland, Powers, Buchanan, Bland and Ji>hn McGee succeeded in

Brock and children was received with sadness by their man}' friends in Galveston, and ever}' assurance of sympathy and condolence was extended to their bereaved relatives.

x,/^ 01^>Etn' G. MITRKAY was born in 1/^ the cit\' (if Baltimore, Maryland, 1 .F September 28, 1,833. His father was Thomas Murray and his mother bore the maiden name of Idannah Edwards, the father being a natix'e of New York, born of Scotch parentage, and the mother a native of Canada, coming of Welsh ancestry. The antecedents of Thomas Murray settled in New York, in 17S0, coming to this countr\' by way of Canada. The\' were, as a rule, men of seafaring pursuits. Thomas Murray was engaged most of liis life in the W'est India and South American trade, and died in the West Indies in 1840. His widow, who subsequently niarried again, died in Cleveland, Ohio, in I 8.1.9. The three sons, Robert G., Da\'id and George, all became sailors. Robert G. Murray spent his boyhood in New York city, from which place he went to sea at the age of fourteen, becoming a sailor before the mast on the packet ship DeWitt Clinton. For three years he sailed out of the port of New York to many of the ports of Europe, South America and even to China. In 1S51 he found himself at Mobile, , Alabama, from China, on the ship Ticonderoga, and the succeeding two }'ears were spent in coast-wise navigation. In 1853 he went to New Orleans and engaged for two } ears in steamboating in the towing trade between New Orleans and the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi river.

In 1855 he came to Galveston, and from that date to the opening of the Civil war he was with Morgan's steamship line on the coast of Louisiana and Texas, the last steamer General Rusk.

In September, 1861, he entered the Confederate army, enlisting in Company D, Twenty-sixth Texas Ca\'alr}', with which he ser\'ed until after the recapture of Galveston, when he was put on detail in the marine'department until the close of the war. He ser\'ed either as engineer or as assistant engineer on each of those celebrated vessels, - the Harriet Lane, Diana, Colonel Stell, John F. Carr and Sachem; participated in the capture of the Federal steamers Granite and Wave, at Calcasieu, Louisiana, and afterward accompanied the steamer Sachem, formerly captured at Sabine Pass, to "Vera Cruz, where it was sold as a Confederate prize. Returning after this, by way of Havana, with the blockade runner, Luna, he made three successful trips with her between Havana and Galveston, this vessel being the only one out of fourteen which, leaving Galveston on the 29th day of March, 1865, her last trip, succeeded in safely running the gauntlet to Havana.

At the close of the war Mr. Murray was in Cuba, where he remained during the following two years. He became the chief engineer on the Granite City, the prize vessel that had arrived at Havana and been purchased b}' Cuban parties and used in the insurrection of that date, in which Mr. Murray took part. He made two e,\peditions for the Cuban Congress to the United States for arms and munitions of war. In 1869, at Baltimore, Maryland, he was emplojed as engineer on the steamship Liberty, plying between Baltimore and New Orleans, touching at Havana and Ivey West, Florida. On reaching New Orleans he found the steamer Lillian being fitted out for Cuban insurrectionists. He became assistant engineer on this vessel, which sailed under the direction of General Gorcuria for the scene of action in Cuba, stopping at Cedar Keys, where 750 men and a large amount of arms and supplies were taken on board. The vessel reached Cuban waters, but on account of General Gorcuria refusing to land with his men at Port Cabanas, and, being short of coal, attempted to reach Nassau, to get a supply; when about twenty-five miles from that point it was captured by the British sloop of war, Lapwing, and by her towed to Nassau and confiscated as a privateeringvessel by the British authorities. It was left in a sinking condition, when all on board had to give up.

Returning to the United States in 1S70 Mr. Murray landed at New York, whence he went to New Orleans and then to Galveston, after an absence of five years. Here he took up steamboating, becoming an engineer on vessels engaged in local trade, which he followed until 1886, when he was appointed United States Inspector of Steam Vessels at the port of Galveston, which position he now holds.

native of Louisiana, where her parents settled about 1841. James C. Stevens was born in 1808, and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Smith, in 181 1. They went from Baltimore, Maryland, to Louisiana, thence toTe.xas. They are descendants from Revolutionary stock. He died in Houston, in 1862, and she in Galveston, in 1868. Mrs. Murray was born in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have had seven children, three of whom are living: Florida Louise, wife of Emmett E. Backloup, of Navasota, Te.xas; Robert G., Jr. ; and Richard James, - all born in Galveston.

The family worship at the Episcopal Church. Mr. Murray is a member of Knights of Pythias, Humboldt Lodge, No. 9; American Legion of Honor, Gulf Council, No. 493; Knights of Honor, Galveston Lodge, No. 774, - of which last two he is a charter member. He has been a lifelong Democrat.

EENRY BERGER, one of the many honorable German citizens of Galveston, was born in Hessen, German}-, on the 26th of November. 1 84 1. In the land that gave him birth he learned the trade of harness-making, which he followed near the city of Bremen until his inclinations led him to seek a home on American shores.

He arrived in the city of New Orleans in 1869, the ocean voyage being made on the ship Hanover, a new vessel and one of the first of the Bremen line; and he was the first to register thereon. Mr. Berger remained but a brief time in New Orleans, when he came to Galveston. Here he was engaged in the furniture business from 1871 to 1885, at the end of which time ill health compelled him to retire from actix'e business pursuits, and he has since ii\ed in retirement. He is known throughout (jalveston as an honorable and uprif^lit citizen, and has man}' friends in this cit\-.

l^^w^ILLIAM H. BRISTOL, deceased. mm I - The subject of this sketch was UjLJ a native of Hudson, New York. When a younj^' man he came to Texas as a sailor, and followed boating along tlie coast for a number of years. He was industrious and frugal and in time became the owner of three vessels, - the "Two Brothers," the "Wave" and one whose name can not be recalled, - which were run in the coast-wise trade in the vicinity of Galveston. In i S44 he married Miss Mary A. Taylor, of Galveston, the issue of which union was a son, W'illiam, who died in December, 1893; and a daughter, Lois, who was married to Captain Fred A. Brock and was recently lost in a storm off the coast of Tampico, Me.xico. (See sketch of Captain Fred A. P)rock elsewhere in this volume.) William H. Bristol died January 15, 1S52. .\fter his death Mrs. Bristol was married to Thomas Ballew, who was born at Franklin, Louisiana, July 17, iSoS, where he was reared and in which State he passed his entire life, a large part of it in the employ of the West Feliciana Railway Company, whose line he helped to build and of which he was for years general superintendent. Mr. Ballew died at Bayou Sara on the 2 I St day of March, 1870. To Thomas and Mary A. Ballew one son and one daughter were born: The son, Thomas Ballew, named for his father, was born on the 25th day of March, 1S62. On ^[arch 29, 1883. he married Miss Barbara Parker, a native of GaI\-eston and daughter of I..ouis Parker. She died November 9, 1892, leaving one son, Walter, born February 2 1, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Ballew's daughter. Cora, was born on the 16th day of July, i860, at Galveston; was married November 29, 18S8, to Robert L. Pillow, and has one son, Robert L. , Jr., born September 27, 1889.

Mrs. Mary A. Ballew was born in Louisville, Kentucky, whence her parents mo\'ed, when she \\'as about three years of age, to New Orleans, where they soon after died of yellow fever. Being an only child she was adopted by Mrs. Jonathan Brock, by whom she was brought to Texas, coming to Galveston in 1 839.

aOLONELMEDARD MENARD. - This former well-known and respected citizen of Gah'eston, nowdeceased, was born at the old French town of Kaskaskia, Illinois, March 8, 1814. He was of French extraction, his ancestors lia\-ing emigrated from France nearly two centuries ago and settled in Canada, whence in the days of Hennepin and Juliet, they penetrated the Illinois country and took up their abode at Kaskaskia. Medard Menard was reared at Kaskaskia, Illinois, and at St, Genevieve, Missouri, growing up on the frontier, in the habits and customs of which he was schooled. He served in the Black Hawk war of 1834, and three years later, in 1837, came to Texas, being induced to try his fortunes in the new Republic by his cousin. Colonel Michel B, Menard, founder of Galveston. On coming to the country he located at Galveston, with the history of which citv he became connected and where he ever after made his home, during a period of fifty years. On November I, 1838, at Galveston, he married Miss Susan Le Clare, who was born at St Genevieve, Missouri, June 9, 1S13, and who accompanied her brother, I. S. Le Clere, to this city in 1837. This marriage, as appears from the records, was the fourth solemnized on the island.

Previous to the civil war Mr. Menard was engaged in clerical pursuits, being bookkeeper for different mercantile and shipping concerns, and holding also for some years the position of Deputy Collector of the port of Galveston. On the opening of hostilities between the North and South, in 1861, he raised a company which was mustered into the Confederate service as part of the Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry (De Bray's regiment), and which was engaged in the coast defense and in resisting the Federal invasion of Louisiana until after the series of engagements following Banks' Red river campaign. Mr. Menard was with the command throughout its entire service, became Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment and took part in all its movements, having his horse shot from under him and receiving a severe flesh wound at Pleasant Hill.

After the wax he was appointed cotton weigher at Galveston, and held this position until incapacitated for the discharge of its duties by reason of failing sight. He wts once Alderman of Galveston. During his latter years he lived in retirement until his death, July 12, 18S7. Colonel Menard had many friends in this city, his free, openhearted and open-handed ways winning him the good will and friendship of all with whom he was brought in contact.

ISIDORE S. Le CLERE was born at St. Genevieve, Missouri, April 20, 1815. He was the son of Francois Le Clere, a native of Kaskaskia, Illinois, and of French descent on both sides, his ancestors having emigrated from France to Canada about 1666.

Isidore S. Le Clere remained at St. Genevieve, Missouri, until he reached his fifteenth year, when he went to St. Louis, where he learned the trade of a saddler. He remained thereuntil 1837, when the representations of his friend and relative. Colonel Michel B. Menard, who had emigrated to Texas a few years previous, led him to remove to the infant Republic. He was settled near Liberty, on the Trinity river, for a time, but, as soon as Galveston was laid out, became a resident of this place and made it his home thereafter as long as he lived.

In 1839 he enlisted in Captain William H. Karnes' company of rangers, and served during the fall and winter of that year in an expedition against the Comanche Indians west of San Antonio, "doing good service," according to Colonel Ephraim McLean, who was his comrade during the campaign. He again enlisted in 1842, during the frontier troubles with Mexico, and became a Lieutenant of an independent command operating in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, which important outpost he helped to hold to the Republic of Texas.

After this military service on the frontier he took up his permanent abode in Galveston, where he shortly afterward entered the employ of Doswell, Hill & Company, ship- ping agents, having charge of their extensive wharf interests nntil their failure in business. Subsequently, upon the organization of the Galveston Wharf Company, he became its first secretary and general manager, and remained such for a period of more than twenty-five years, until failing health compelled his retirement from all business pursuits. In his annual report to the stockholders of the company, January 9, 1873, John H. Hutchings, then president, in concluding said: " Our good fortune in our secretary, treasurer and general superintendent, Mr. I. S. Le Clere, has long been appreciated and can not now be estimated too highly. His report \\\\\ show the receipts and expenditures of the company U)x the current year, and I feel confident will be a satisfactory exhibit to the stockholders." And such were always the terms in which Mr. Le Clere's services were referred to by his co-laborers and associates. He was in active business pursuits in Galveston for upward of thirty years, and by industry and sagacity accumulated a competency.

He was one of the (jrganizers of the Galveston Gas Company in 1S58, and atone time held the office of vice-president, and at other times served as one of the directors. He also aided in organizing Hook and Ladder Company No. i, of the Gah'eston Fire Department, and generally manifested a proper interest in everything relating to the common welfare. During the war he was past the age of military service in the field, but performed duty on the island.

October 7, 1845, at St. Genevieve, Missouri, Mr. Le Clere married Miss Mary Valle, a native of St. Genevieve, and a daughter of Charles and Malinie (St. Gemme) Valle, residents of that place, where Mrs. Le Clere's family settled during the latter part of the last century, coming originally from France, b}- way of Canada. The children of this union were two, - a son, Charles Valle Le Clere, who died in Galveston in 1894, at the age of forty; and a daughter, Marie, now the widow of General Frank L. Britton, who resides in Galveston.

Mr. Le Clere was a member of the Catholic Church, a man of charitable impulses and kind and affectionate nature. He was well known by all of the old settlers of the city, by whom he was held in kind esteem, and to many of their descendants now living. He died September 17, 18S5. His widow survives him and is tine of the well-known old residents of Galveston.

During the late war he was a member of Company I, First Texas Heavy Artillery, with which he served in the defense of the Texas coast coimtry, mostly in the vicinity of Galveston.

In 1873 he was Deputy Collector of State and county taxes; was Treasurer of the city of Galveston from March, 1877. to March, 1878; was City Assessor in iS79and Alderman from 1885 to 1887.

On the 30th day of October, 1872, he married Mrs. Caroline M. Williams, widow of John A. Williams and daughter of General Sidney Sherman, and the issue of this union has been six children.

^"V" ANDFORD B. SOUTHWICK, son -^^^kT of Stephen and Adeline Brewster hs^ J Southwick, was born in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York. October 12, 1833. He was reared in his native place until he reafched his fourteenth year, when, in 1S47, he came to Galveston to make his home with his father, who had come to the island eight years previous. Young Southwick was chiefly educated in this city, attending the select schools of the same for four or five years. At the age of twenty-one he became a partner and held an interest in the business established by his father until the final dissolution of the firm by his father's death in 1S70. During the late civil war he served for a year as a member of Company A (Lone Star Rifles), of which he was First Lieutenant, Colonel E. B Nichols' regiment; and after the disbanding of this regiment he was detailed as drill-master for the Confederate troops rendez\ousing at Tyler, in this State, where he remained in the service for another year. In 1863 he was sent to Houston to take a place under James Sorley, agent for the Confederate States depository for the Territory of Te.xas. Arkansas and Louisiana, and Collector of the port of Galveston, with whom he remained until the close of hostilities.

After the war Mr. Southwick returned to Galveston, and in partnership with his father was engaged in mercantile pursuits till the latter's death. In 1875 he entered the banking house of Ball, Hutchings & Company, where he has been for the past twent}' years.

On December 18, 1855, Mr. Southwick married Miss Elizabeth Boothe, of Stratford, Connecticut, a daughter of Isaac P. Boothe, who was a native of Connecticut and a descendant of old New England ancestry. To

BREDERICK W. SCHMIDT, deceased. - The subject of this brief memoir was a native of Germany, born in the cit\- of Wurtemberg in the year 181 3. He was reared and educated in his native country, whence he emigrated, in 1835, to Texas. For some time after coming to this country he was engaged in military service, helping to protect the frontier against the ludians and Me.xicans. In 1839 he came to Galveston and engaged in the butcher business, opening a shop at the corner of Twentieth and Market streets, and being one of the first butchers in the new town. In i 840 he purchased five acres of groimd h'ing west of Twentieth street and between what are now avenues O and P, on which, at a later date, he took up his residence and developed the afterward popular pleasure resort known as "Schmidt's Garden." .-Vt the time of the purchase of this property, and for several years following, it lay considerably beyond the settled portion of the city, being a stretch of open prairie, around a part of which ran the lagoon known as Hitchcock's bayou. There Mr. Schmidt lived for many years, engaged in butchering, dairying and market-gardening. In time the gradual rise in real estate made his property valuable, - in fact, one of the best real-estate investments ever made in the city. He was connected with the history of Galveston from the date of his settling here until his death, and always manifested the liveliest interest in everything partaining to its wel- fare. He was twice a member of the Cit}' Council. Previous to liis removal to Galveston he had been rider of the express between Houston and San Antonio, in which, as well as in the military, he did the Republic faithful service.

On the 25th day of November, 1843, at Galveston, Mr. Schmidt married Charlotte Beissner, a sister of Charles I^. and George W. Beissner and a native of Welsede, Hessen, Germany, whence she emigrated, in company with her brother, George W. , and her sister-ill-law, Mrs. Charles L. Beissner, to Galveston in February, 1843. The issue of this union was nine children, seven of whom, - six sons and one daughter, - became grown, these being: Christopher, Frederick W. ; Louis; Quarantine B. ; Buchanan; William; and Bertha, now the wife of John Edward Beissner.

Afr. Schmidt died on the i6th day of August, 1885, and his wife on the iSth daj' of October, 1869. The religious connection of the famih' was with the German Lutheran Church, upon the services of which both were regular attendants.

-^^^k* ceased. - The subject of this sketch l\^^ was born in Ulster county, New York, in the \ear 1800. He came of Quaker parentage and was reared according to the faith and practices of that pious people, receiving his mental training in the excellent schools then maintained by them in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York. He learned the tannery business in his youth, and after attaining his majority engaged in it for some years at Poughkeepsie, in partnership with several of his brothers. During the financial troubles of 1837 Mr.

Southwick was a heavy loser, and, failing to regain his footing in a satisfactory manner after the storm had swept by, he closed out his interests in the East, and in the fall of 1839 came to Texas to start anew. He came aboard the sailing vessel " Stephen F. Austin," and brought with him a small amount of merchandise and the skeleton and material for the erection of a two-story frame building. The buildijig, the first of its kind in Galveston, was put upon the southeast corner of Center and Market streets and was for many years known as the "Trinity House," being used as a boarding house above and for stores below. Mr. Southwick engaged at once in the mercantile business and from that date until his death, thirty years later, was one of the active business men of the city. In an earlier day, when the country was being continually threatened with invasions b}- the Mexicans and the settlers on the frontier were annoyed by the Indians, he \-olunteered on two or three occasions to help repel the enemy and did good service as a ranger. He was past the age for military service during the late civil war, and, in fact, opposed secession in 1 86 1, as he had annexation in 1846; but he remained at the South throughout the entire stru>;gle, believing that the South would ultimately succeed. He serx'ed as a member of the City Council of Galveston and actively interested himself in everything relating to the welfare of the community. He built one of the first substantial business buildings in the city, the three-story brick erected by him and his sons at the corner of Twenty-fourth street and Strand, where the firm of Southwick & Sons was engaged in business for a number of years.

Brewster, of Poughkeepsie, New York, by whom he had two sons, Sandford Brewster Southwick (see sketch in this vohime) and Joseph Wright Southwick, who enhsted in the (Galveston) Lone Star Rifles, Hood's brigade. Confederate States service, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg during the late war. Mrs. Southwick died in 1836. and in i S47 Mr. Southwick married Miss Julia Shelton, by whom he had one daughter, Marie L. Southwick, who died in September, 1893, unmarried. Mr. Southwick was lost on the Varuna in September, 1870. His widow and elder son survives him. Mr. Southwick held a membership in Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston, from 1839 till his death.

-'I'-* (3UfS SCHMIDT, son of Frederick I j W. and Charlotte Schmidt, was I \ born in the city of Galveston, April 8, 1847. He was reared in this city and educated in the private schools of Professors Nash and Videl. He learned the butcher business under his father, and was engaged in it as an apprentice till the second year of the war. He enlisted in the Confederate army in i 862, joining Company B, Cook's regiment, with which he served for a short time in the coast defense, being subsequently transferred to the Quartermaster's department. After the recapture of Galveston, in January, 1S63, he shipped aboard the steamer "Frances," engaged in blockade running, and made several trips to Havana, Cuba. After the war he embarked in the butcher business in partnership with his brothers, Christopher and Frederick W., and followed this for about ten years, - until January i, 1875, - when he took up city contracting, grading and filling. He followed this till January i, 1882, when, for a short time, he conducted " Schmidt's Garden," the old pleasure resort established by his father near the sea-beach, corner of Twentieth street and avenue O. Then in 1883 he assisted in organizing the Gulf City Street Railway & Real Estate Company, of which he became superintendent, and was actively connected with that enterprise till November, 1887. Since that date he has been engaged in the live-stock business, at which, as well as at the other vocations mentioned, he has met with a reasonable degree of success. Mr. Schmidt has been somewhat active in local politics, and has filled acceptably a place in the City Council during the past four years. A native of the city, thoroughly familiar with its history and its needs, and full of zeal to promote public welfare, he has devoted himself unreservedly to his official duties and has won a large measure of personal popularity.

In May, 1875, Mr. Schmidt married Miss Mary Hemmer, a daughter of Michael and Catherine Hemmer, and a native of Galveston. The issue of this union was one son, William, who was born Ma}' 24, 1881, and who died December i, 1891.

Mrs. Schmidt's parents were natives of Germany, the father having been born in Hamburg and the mother in Wurtemberg. Both came to Galveston in early times. The mother arrived in January, 1847, with her father, George Rudi, and her two sisters, Lena and Christiana. Lena Rudi was married to Charles La Sauer, who kept one of the first boarding houses for seamen in this city; Christiana was married to Charles Eberling, one of the first cigar manufacturers of Galveston, who came here in 1845; and Catherine was married to Michael Hem- mer, father of Mrs. Schmidt. Mr. Hemmer made his home in Galveston until his death, June 5, 1865, Mrs. Hemmer was subsequently married to John Lizner.

Mrs. Schmidt was the second in age of three daughters born to her parents, the other two being Rosa and Louise. After the death of Mr Hemmer his widow was married to John Lizner, by whom she had two daughters, Minnie and Emma. Rosa Hemmer was twice married, first to John Gavecoth, by whom she had one daughter, Annie, and after his death to Gentz Rieman. She died in 1 885. Louise Hemmer was married to John Schernier, and after his death to Lawrence Curtis. Minnie Lizner was married to Felix Trost and Emma Lizner to George Jacobs. The mother, Catherine Lizner, is still living ia Galveston.

aHRISTOPHER SCHMIDT, deceaseti, eldest son of Frederick W. and Charlotte Schmidt, was born in the city of Galveston on the 16th day of March, 1845. He was reared in this city and in Wnrtembetg, Germany, where he spent some years attending school. He began his business career as a butcher, succeeding his father in this business at Galveston, and continuing at it until 1885, when he was stricken with paralysis, - in consequence of which he disposed of his business interests and lived in retirement, his health gradually failing from 3 ear to year unlil his death. May 6, 1893. In 1862 Mr. Schmidt offered himself for service in the Confederate army, but was not accepted on account of his youth. He, however, entered the service at a later date, enlisting in Company B, Cook's regiment, with which he participated in the battle of Galveston, January i,

In 1869, at Galveston, Mr. Schmidt married Annie Harms, who was born in Hanover, Germany, and accompanied her parents, Conrad and Catherine Harms, to Texas, settling at Galveston in 1859. Mr. Harms was a shoemaker by trade, and died in this city the 3car after his settling here. His widow died in 1876. Mrs. Schmidt was the second in age of six children born to her parents, there being an elder brother, I'ranz, who died in Galveston of yellow fever in

1864, and three sisters and a brother younger than herself; Bertha, who was married to Charles F. Hasselmeyer and is now deceased; Herman, deceased; Meta, widow of Louis Pressier ; and Lena, widow of Franz Brooklioff.

To Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt eight children were born: Charlotte, the wife of Harry Norton; Frederick W., Katie, Gustave, George, deceased, Hattie, Edward, and Freda.

@EORGE W. BUTLER, one of Galveston county's representative farmers and stock-raisers, was born Calcasieu parish, Louisiana, January II, 1845, being a son of Willis and Hepsey Butler, who were born, the father in Kentucky, the mother in Mississippi. Wilhs Butler was reared an orphan and went to Louisiana when a young man, where he married and lived until 1855, when he came to Texas. On coming to this State he settled on Clear creek, in Galveston county, when that section of the county was but sparsely populated. He was one of the foremost citizens of the community from the time of his settling there until his death becoming a well-to-do farmer and stock-raiser.

He died at the age of sixty-nine, and his wife died in 1879. They raised to maturity a family of nine ciiildren, of whom George W. was the fifth in age. The others were: Richard, who now resides in Madison county, Texas; Amanda, wlio was married to L. Porter and died in Houston, in 1867, of yellow fever; Adeline, who was married to J. J. Lewis of Galveston, and is now deceased; Green W. , now deceased; Maggie, who is the wife of Dr. J. M. Slaten, of Houston; Rebecca and Vienna, twins, the former the wife of W. Andrews, of Louisiana, the latter the wife of W. C. Minis, of Brazoria county, Texas; and Martha, the deceased wife of John Thomas.

George W. Butler was reared from the age of ten, in Galveston count}', growing up on the farm and stock range, where his early life was devoted to pursuits suitable to his age. He entered the Confederate army in 1862, enlisting in Captain R. L. Fulton's company, DeBray's regiment, with which he took part in the defense of the coast country of Texas, until just before Banks' expedition up Red river, when with his command he went to Louisiana to help resist the invasion of that section by the Federals. In the skirmish at Spanish Town the day before the battle of Mansfield, l:e was shot in the right shoulder with a minie ball, and thus missed that series of engagements in which the troops of Texas so signally distinguished themselves. Being conveyed to the tiospital he was subsequently removed to Kechi, Louisiana, whence in a short time he returned to Texas, still carrying in his shoulder the ball from the effects of which he had all the time been a great sufferer. After the lapse of eight months he had the ball extracted, after which the wound rapidly healed and he regained his former health

After the cessation of hostilities Mr. Butler went to work for an uncle, Allen Cimard, on the farm and ranch in Galveston county, and worked for him for three years, at the end of which time he had earned enough to buy an interest in the business, and, with the large profits which accrued to stock-raisers and stock-dealers from 1870 to 1880, he made from this source considerable money. Mr. Butler now owns a ranch of 2,300 acres, lying along Clear crcL-k, in Galveston county, on which he has running a large band of half-breed Norman horses and Bramah cattle. He is an enthusiast on the subject of fine stock, and has done a great deal to raise the grade and improve the strains of both cattle and horses in this section of the State. He imported the first Jersey bull, and the first Norman stallion ever brought into Galveston county, and is the only man who has ever imported any Bramah cattle into this portion of Texas.

Mr. Butler served as one of the Commissioners of Galveston county from 1S84 to 1892, during which time he had the honor to propose a number of measures of much consequence to the county, and to take part in important proceedings proposed by others, his term of service covering the period during which the present wagon bridge was built spanning the bay between the island and the main land, besides the numerous smaller bridges which were built across the various streams throughout the county. He is a Democrat in politics and has done his party good service in different contests during the past.

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the following year, leaving one son, William, who now resides in Schulenburg, Texas. In 1867, Mr. Butler married Miss Alice Beatty, of Brazoria county, Texas, who died three years later, leaving two children: Robert, now deceased, and Alice. For his third wife Mr. Butler married Miss Mary Baker, of Houston, Texas, and the issue of this union has been eight children, seven of whom are living, - Henry, Mabel, Andrew, I^ibby, Rebecca, Milby and Mary.

In addition to the office of County Commissioner, already mentioned, Mr. Butler has filled the position of Postmaster at Clear Creek, and has shown a becoming interest in every thing relating to the welfare of the community in which he lives, and in the county at large.

eDMUND DREW, deceased, was a resident of the city of Galveston for a number of years, ha\-ing settled on the island about 1840. He was an employee of the city corporation, serving nearly ten years as sexton of the city cemeteries. He married Miss Catherine (hiirk in this city February 7. 1S47. by whom he had eight children, four of whom, three sons and one daughter, are living. His eldest and youngest sons, William and James J. Drew, reside in Gaheston, as does also his daughter, Mrs. Mary Poueigh, wife of T. A. Poueigh, of the city police force. Mr. Drew died in Galveston October 6, 1859. His widow was subsequently married to Robert Phillipson and resides in this cit}-.

William Drew, son of l-idmund and Catherine Drew, was born in the city of Galveston Januar}' 8, 1855. He learned the trade of butcher under Robert Mellor in this city, and engaged in business for himself as a butcher in January, 1874, since which time he has followed it with very satisfactory results. On June 6, 1887, he married Miss Laura Antinovick, daughter of Lazarus Antinovick and a nati\e of Harris county, Texas.

James J. Drew, son of Edmund and Catherine Drew, was also born in the city of Galveston May 29, i860, where he was reared. At the age of sixteen he became a clerk in the dry-goods business in this city and was at this about a year, when he entered the employ of the J. S. Brown Hardware Company, where he has been for the past twelve years, now occupying the responsible position of head-salesman in that establishment. On November 29, 1886, he married Miss Carrie Lang, a daughter of J. P. Lang and a native of the city of Galveston, where her parents settled more than forty years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Drew four sons and one daughter ha\'e been born: James J., Viola L., .Arthur J., Cedric E. and Marie S.

a I). HOLMES. - The parents of Charles D. Holmes were Charles and .\nnie Holmes, who were born, reared and married in New England, whence they moved about the close of the first quarter of the present century to Ohio and settled in Sandiisk}- county. There on a farm Charles I), was born, March 7, 1829, and there he was also reared to the age of eighteen, when he was sent to New York city to be apprenticed to the trade of bell-hanger and gas-fitter. This sort of work not being to his taste, he returned to Ohio, and, selecting a calling for himself, entered the employ of the old Mad River

Railroad, one of the pioneer lines of the "Buckeye State." Quitting the service of this road as conductor, to which position he had risen by promotion, he came to Texas in the fall of 1859, stopping at Houston. He shortly afterward obtained work in the shops of the old Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado River Railroad, at Harrisburg. Displaying some knowledge for construction, he secured a contract from this road to put up cars and build warehouses along its line, which work he carried on first with this road and later with the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad until the opening of the war.

He entered the Confederate army, enlisting in the Twenty-si.xth Texas Cavalry (De Bray's regiment), with which he began service on the Texas coast, followed b\' more active service in Louisiana, where he took part in all the engagements incident to Banks' Red river campaign, in one of which he received a slight flesh wound, but remained with his regiment until its final dissolution at the close of hostilities.

After the war Mr. Holmes settled in Galveston, where he had, in 1 860, partially taken up his residence, and here engaged in the mercantile business as clerk for Adolph Flake. As soon as he was able he embarked in business for himself, opening a small retail grocery store. \\'ith his past twentyfive years' business career the people of Galveston are familiar. He is reckoned as one of the largest retail merchants in the city and has met with unqualified success. Asked the question to what he attributed his success, he gave the brief answer, "by attending to my business." He has made it a point never to have but one business, and to give that his undivided attention, - to meet his obligations promptly and to insist on others doing the same with him. Mr. Holmes has occupied very few public positions since he has resided in Galveston, having been once a member of the Board of Health; but he contributes to such public enterprises as commend themselves to his judgment, gives to charity as he feels the cause deserves, votes for those whom he considers to be the most honest and most capable for public office, and leaves the results to take care of themselves.

aHARLES TILLEBACK. - Success is more often a matter of experience and sound judgment than it is of genius, however bright; for when we trace the career of those whom the world acknowledges as successful, and of those who stand highest in public esteem, we find in almost every case that they are those who have risen gradually.

The subject of this sketch, Charles Tilleback, is a native of Denmark, born at Copenhagen, February, 1841, and in his native land grew to manhood and received his education. Learning the butcher's trade he followed that successfully until 1866, when he decided to try his fortune in the United States. He came direct to Galveston and worked at his trade for Allen, Pool & Company, who were for many \'ears extensively engaged in the dressed meat business in that city. In his selection of a life companion he chose Miss Delia Burns, a native of Galway, Ireland, born in 1834, who came to Texas in 1862. Their union was celebrated in 1868, and was blessed by the birth of one son, Charles, who was born August 16, 1869. After working for Allen, Pool & Company for a number of years, Mr. Tilleback started in the butchering business for liimself, owning a stall in the cWy market house, where he continueil l(.ir two years. Later he purchased a trart of land I\ing south and west of (ialveston, twenty-h\e acres, five acres of which is high land, and to this he has added until he now owns ninet\--six acres, sixty-one acres of which arc oyster beds. This \\c culti\ates and produces the finest l)i\alves in the market. On his place are fine picnic groimds, with all necessary appointments for a good time, _ - shade, seals, tables, swings, dancing ]ia- \ilion and two line gridirons especially constructed for baking oysters. Mr. Tilleback's oysters are celebrated, and a triji to the Island Cit\' by the tourist is inctjmjilcte without a feast at Tilleb.ick's. Mr. and Mrs. Tillebai-k are the innst hospitable and social of people. al\\ays lull ot good humor and ready to tell side-splitting anecdotes appropriate to '.)ne of these feasts.

^'^l^ORGE BOIiHL. - This gentle- C7\ man is a veteran of the Mexican ^^^^ war, a native of (ieruiany, and has been a resident of Texas since 1S44, when he made his w;iy thither on an emigrant ship called the "Apollo" from Bremen. He was born at Mecklenburg, on the 6th of Decendier, iSiO. Shortly after his arrival in Gah'eston he proceeded to Indianola, Texas, in the vicinity of \\hich place he was engaged in farming until the opening of the war with Mexico, when he joined the Fourth Texas Infantry for a service of six months. Me was under command of General Ta\lor and took part in the various battles of his camjiaigii during the four months that he \\'as in the service, after which he received an honorable discharge. He now has in his possession a medal issued by the United States Government to Mexican war \eterans, as a token of esteem and gratitude for his faithful services and his loj-altj' to the Government in its time of need. He also draws a jicnsion for the ser\ ice \\ hicdi he rendered at that time. Since that war he has followed agricultural pursuits on Gah'eston island, in which occupation he has attained good success. In 1850 he married, and has two sons now li\-ing: George, Jr., and August.

EENRV SCHNEIDER (deceased). - In order to perpetuate for his descendant the record of one of the old and respected citizens of Gaheston count\, Texas, now ])assetl to his final reward, a brief account of the life of Henry Schneider is placi'd on the pages of this volume.

He was born March 4, 1855, and was brought to this country from his native land of Westphalia, Germany, when he was about four )ears of age. His father, for whom he \\as named, took up his residence in Gaheston up(.)n his arrix'al, and at first found employ menl in \arious cotton presses, but later located on the island, where he became the owner of, and successfully conducted, a \egetable farm. He there reared his famil}'. and there his son Henry, the subject of this sketch, grew to manhood. In 187^ he married Miss Caroline, daughter of John Figge, a cabinet-maker of Galveston, who emigrated from Westphalia, Germany, in 1872, with his wife and six daughters and one son. Mr. Schneider's marriage resulted in the birth of the following named children: Mary, born September 12, 1874, now the wife of Fred Kleimann, a dairyman on Galveston island; Henry, born

January 20, 1876; Caroline, April 6, 1878; Christina, October 17, 1880; John, April 27, 1882; and Fritz, October 22, 1885. Besides rearinj; this family, Mrs. Schneider has kindly adopted a little niece, Paula, who was born February 17, 1885, the child of a deceased sister, Mrs. William Miller. Mr. Schneider's life was active and useful. His death occurred May 27, 1892, the result of being thrown from a fractious horse.