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Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario.Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, [1] [2] he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.
He was the father of Stephen F. Austin, one of the earliest American settlers of Texas, which was at the time part of Mexico. [ 1 ] After receiving a land grant from the Spanish Crown in 1820, Moses Austin planned to be the first to establish an American settlement in Spanish Texas , but he died before his dream was realized. [ 2 ]
Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted and executed for the murder of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991.
Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle, by William T. Hagan; Texas Ranchmen, by Dorothy Abbott McCoy; The New Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association; Family History, by Mark Tracy Sheek; JA Ranch Records, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas
The father of Texas church shooter Devin Kelley broke his silence after his son killed 25 people and an unborn child last Sunday.
Mirabeau Lamar monument at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, reads: "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.". Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an American attorney, politician, poet, and leading political figure during the Texas Republic era.
August 30, 2016. — an updated presentation of all Inmates on death row in Texas. "Criminal Case Record links". tylerpaw.co.fort-bend.tx.us. — for the two Fort Bend County cases for Whitaker. "Whitaker, Thomas". Death Row Information. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). — record regarding Whitaker's earlier stay on death row
A Texas father suffered a fatal medical episode while trying to tend to his teenage son, who died after being accidentally shot by his younger brother. ... The Texas City Police Department says ...