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Michael Castaneda Pena (1924-1950)
Mike Pena, Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 6, 1924. He joined the U.S. Army as an infantryman in 1941 when he was 16 years old and served in both...
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Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz (1788-1836)
Lorenzo de Zavala, first vice president of the Republic of Texas, the fifth of nine children of Anastasio de Zavala y Velázquez and María Bárbara Sáenz y Castro, was born in the village of Tecoh...
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Larry L. King (1929-2012)
Lawrence Leo King was born on January 1, 1929 in Putnam, Texas, son of Clyde Clayton King, a farmer and blacksmith, and Cora Lee King (née Clark), who introduced him to the writings of Mark Twain....
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Anson Jones (1798-1858)
Anson Jones, doctor, congressman, and the last president of the Republic of Texas, son of Solomon and Sarah (Strong) Jones, was born at Seekonkville, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on January 20,...
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859)
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, son of John and Rebecca (Lamar) Lamar, president of the Republic of Texas, was born near Louisville, Georgia, on August 16, 1798. He grew up at Fairfield, his father's...
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen (1921-2006)
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., businessman, United States representative and senator, and secretary of the treasury, was born on February 11, 1921, in Mission, Texas. He was the son of Lloyd Millard...
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Sidney Sherman (1805-1873)
Sidney Sherman, soldier and entrepreneur, one of ten children of Micah and Susanna (Frost) Sherman, was born at Marlboro, Massachusetts, on July 23, 1805. Sherman was orphaned at twelve and at...
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David Bennes Barkley (1899?-1918)
David Bennes Barkley, Medal of Honor recipient, was born, probably in 1899, to Josef and Antonia (Cantú) Barkley in Laredo, Texas. When the United States entered World War I, Barkley enlisted as a...
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August Carl Buchel (1813-1864)
Carl Buchel, soldier, was born at Guntersblum, Hesse, on October 8, 1813. He dropped the umlaut from his original surname, Büchel, when he moved to Texas. He entered the military academy at...
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William Bacon Wright (1830-1895)
William Bacon Wright, Confederate legislator, was born in Columbus, Georgia, on July 4, 1830, the son of John Wright and a relative of George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence....
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Harry John "Jitterbug" LaSane (1924-1984)
Harry LaSane was born in Houston on September 30, 1924. At fifteen, he lied about his age and enlisted in the Army for five years, serving nearly his entire enlistment during World War II. It was...
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John Smith Davenport Byrom (1798-1837)
John S. D. Byrom, early settler, son of Henry and Catherine Smith (Davenport) Byrom, was born in Hancock, Georgia, on September 24, 1798. In 1806 he moved with his uncle and guardian, John Byrom,...
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George Washington Petty (1812-1901)
Born April 7, 1812 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Petty emigrated to Texas in the fall of 1835 and settled at Cole's Settlement (now Independence). As the Texas Independence movement took hold in...
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Edwin Hawley "Eddie" Dyer (1900-1964)
Eddie Dyer, baseball player and manager, son of Joseph Dyer, was born in Morgan City, Louisiana, on October 11, 1900. After attending public schools there, he enrolled in Rice Institute, Houston,...
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James Morgan (1787-1866)
James Morgan, pioneer Texas settler, merchant, land speculator, and commander at Galveston during the Texas Revolution, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 13, 1787, the son of James...
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George Washington Lonis (?-1882)
Often mistakenly referred to as G. W. Lewis, Lonis was born in Tennessee and emigrated to Texas sometime in 1830. During the early years of the revolution, he enlisted as a private in Captain Henry...
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William Fielder Sparks (1814–1900)
William "Billy" Fielder Sparks, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper) Sparks, was born January 22, 1814 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He accompanied his parents to Texas and was a member of...
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Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937)
Albert Sidney Burleson, attorney, congressman, and United States postmaster general, was born in San Marcos, Texas, on June 7, 1863, the son of Lucy Emma (Kyle) and Edward Burleson, Jr. He attended...
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Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857)
Thomas Jefferson Rusk, soldier and statesman, the oldest of seven children of John and Mary (Sterritt) Rusk, was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina, on December 5, 1803. His father was an...
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George Eastland Christian (1927-2002)
George Eastland Christian, Jr. , a fifth-generation Texan, was born January 1, 1927, in Austin. He graduated from Austin High School in 1944 and enlisted at 17 in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served...
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