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Many of the persons profiled in these biographies lived at various times in several different counties. The listings here are where they were recorded as living at the time of the publication of the book in 1894. Many lived in other counties in previous times and some probably moved after the publication of the book. It is not unusual for some to have lived in three or four or even more counties over the course of their lifetime.
Despite the title of the book, Memorial and Biographical Record of Southwest Texas, the biographies are primarily concentrated in counties in south central Texas.
385 biographies (69 percent of the total) are the following ten counties:
Austin County, Bexar County, Caldwell County, Fayette County, Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Hays County, Lavaca County, Victoria County, Wilson County
An 125 additional biographies (22 percent of the total) are in the following nine counties:
Brazoria County, Colorado County, DeWitt County, Fort Bend County, Goliad County, Matagorda County, Nueces County, Webb County, Wharton County
The remaining 47 biographies (8 percent of the total) are in eighteen additional counties
Aransas County, Texas (1 family biography)
McFarland *
Austin County, Texas (47 family biographies):
Allen * Bell * Biggs * Brown * Buckner * Bush * Cannon * Chesley * Cochran * Cook * Dabney * Davidson * Dupuy * English * Gardner * Glenn * Guyler * Habermacher * Harry * Hill * Hockborth * Howard * Johnson * Johnston * Josey * Kenney * Kidd * Lewis * Magruder * Meyer * Odom * Pennington * Pier * Pitts * Ross * Shelburne * Sprain * Stone * Tesch * Thompson * Thornton * Vick * Ward * Wiley *
Bee County, Texas (5 family biographies):
Flournoy * Hart * McCurdy * Walton * Wilson *
Bexar County, Texas (22 family biographies):
Bliem * Bowie * Boyd * Crockett * French * Hicks * Jones * Kampmann * King * Kingsley * Lewis * McLeary * Menger * Moss * Navarro * Ogden * Richardson * Stayton * Terrell * Wahrenberger * Washington * Young *
Blanco County, Texas (1 family biography):
Johnson *
Brazoria County, Texas (12 family biographies):
Adriance * Austin * Masterson * Nash * Neeley * Phillips * Porter * Smith * Sweeny * Thompson *
Caldwell County, Texas (30 family biographies):
Burleson * Carpenter * Cliett * Field * Foster * Francis * Greenwood * Hendricks * Jones * Kyser * Lane * Malloch * Manning * Martindale * McKinney * Myers * Nix * Palmer * Pettey * Ragan * Reed * Smith * Stringfellow * Van Gasken * Verser * Walker * Wilson * Withers *
Calhoun County, Texas (8 family biographies):
Bickford * Edgar * George * McFarland * Mitchell * Moore * O'Neil * Traylor *
Colorado County, Texas (17 family biographies):
Boedeker * Bruce * Delany * Hall * Harrison * Hillje * Holloway * Kollmann * Mahon * Mansfield * McLeary * Munn * Oncken * Riley * Shropshire * Towell *
Comal County, Texas (3 family biographies):
Jahn * Kessler * Seele *
Dallas County, Texas (1 family biography):
Brown *
DeWitt County, Texas (16 family biographies):
Allen * Anderson * Blanks * Coppedge * Glass * Graham * Howerton * McCrabb * McManus * Mooney * Phillips * Reuss * Smith * Taylor * Vanderhider * Warn *
Fayette County, Texas (40 family biographies):
Allen * Bumgarten * Bunting * Burke * Clark * Duncan * Ehlinger * Faires * Franke * Friedberger * Giles * Green * Haidusek * Hall * Harrison * Harwell * Heilig * Hildebrand * Holman * Hunter * Kerr * Killough * Klatt * Lane * Ledbetter * Lidiak * Little * Moore * Rabb * Robison * Speckels * Thomas * Turner * Wheeler * Willrich * Wolters *
Fort Bend County, Texas (10 family biographies):
Adams * Briscoe * Coalson * DeWalt * Lamar * Mayes * McJunkin * Peareson * Ransom * Stewart (Stuart) *
Frio County, Texas (6 family biographies):
Armstrong * Durbin * Maney * Meriwether * Redditt * Thomas *
Goliad County, Texas (11 family biographies):
Burke * Claiborne * Davis * McCampbell * Menefee * Nott * Nusom * Patton * Peck * Redding * Thompson *
Gonzales County, Texas (92 family biographies):
Askey * Baker * Barnett * Beasley * Beverly * Billings * Botts * Braches * Brenner * Brown * Budd * Burnett * Carter * Cavett * Clark * Colley * Collins * Cook * Cox * Cunningham * Darst * Davie * De Poyster * Denman * Dickinson * Dilworth * Eason * Evans * Finney * Fisher * Fitzgerald * Fly * Gates * Glover * Hall * Hamon * Hanson * Hill * Hoke * Hopkins * Houston * Johnson * Jones * Keith * Kennard * King * Kleine * Knox * Kokernot * Laird * Littlefield * Lord * Lowry * Mangum * McCaleb * Miller * Milner * Monkhouse * Nicholson * Nixon * O'Banion * O'Connor * O'Neall * Patteson * Peck * Phillips * Pouncey * Putnam * Qualls * Ramsay * Schnabel * Sellers * Smith * Steen * Talley * Thompson * Towns * Walker * Ward * Watson * Wells * Williams * Wood * Wright *
Guadalupe County, Texas (25 family biographies):
Appling * Baker * Bellinger * Blair * Burges * Conley * Donegan * Dunn * Fennell * Gary * Greenwood * Gregg * Hocker * Lackey * Lowman * Manford * Moore * Nixon * Peirce * Rust * Smith * Staples * Vaughan * Wilson * Wood *
Hays County, Texas (44 family biographies):
Bales * Beall * Bost * Burleson * Combs * Connally * Cook * Crosthwait * Donalson * Groos * Hilliard * Humphreys * Hutchison * Jameson * Johns * Jones * Joyce * Julian * Kone * Kyle * Lindsey * Lock * Malone * Martin * McGehee * McMeans * Nance * Neighbors * Northcraft * Peel * Pier * Reagan * Steele * Stephenson * Storey * Thompson * Wallace * Woods * Word *
Jackson County, Texas (4 family biographies):
Chivers * Partain * Putnam * Wells *
Karnes County, Texas (1 family biography):
Daughtry *
La Salle County, Texas (2 family biographies):
Davis * Edwards *
Lavaca County, Texas (30 family biographies):
Avant * Bennett * Brown * Clark * Eidson * Green * Guthrie * Hallett * Herder * Hillmann * Houchins * Lancaster * Ledbetter * Montgomery * Moore * Morgan * Mullen * Mylius * Nave * Nichols * Nolan * Russell * Schwab * Townsend * Turner * Vallentine * Wangemann * Williams *
Matagorda County, Texas (16 family biographies):
Austin * Brown * Elliott * Franz * Hawkins * Holt * Horton * Keller * Matthews * McCrosky * Moore * O'Connell * Rugeley * Williams *
Nacogdoches County, Texas (1 family biography):
Rusk *
Nueces County, Texas (14 family biographies):
Acebo * Brooks * De Ryee * Hoffman * Hopkins * Lovenskiold * Mitchell * Mussett * Rivera * Scott * Spohn * Westervelt * Whelan *
Refugio County, Texas (3 family biographies):
Autry * Gullett * Wood *
Robertson County, Texas (1 family biography):
Robertson *
San Augustine County, Texas (1 family biography):
Blount *
Travis County, Texas (2 family biographies):
De Caussey * Gregg *
Val Verde County, Texas (1 family biography):
Woods *
Victoria County, Texas (30 family biographies):
Abney * Braman * Carson * Coleman * Cunningham * Davidson * Fox * Gonzales * Jones * Jordan * Koontz * Leuschner * Levi * Levy * Lowe * Onderdonk * Pridham * Regan * Schneider * Shiner * Stafford * Stayton * Sterne * Thornton * Thurmond * Weisiger * Wertheimer * Whips * Wyer *
Walker County, Texas (1 family biography):
Houston *
Washington County, Texas (1 family biography):
Stone *
Webb County, Texas (14 family biographies):
Arthur * Benavides * Brewster * Dodd * Earnest * Haynes * Macdonell * Martin * Matherne * McNeil * Page * Tarver * Turpin * Vidaurri *
Wharton County, Texas (15 family biographies):
Croom * Davis * Dennis * Duncan * Fahrenthold * Kemp * Northington * Phillips * Singleton * Victor * Weems * Whitten *
Williamson County, Texas (1 family biography):
Shelburne *
Wilson County, Texas (25 family biographies):
Agee * Beakley * Brewton * Briscoe * Burrows * Camp * Creech * Dickey * Dunovant * Evans * Frazar * Harbert * Houston * Hughes * Kroeger * Matthews * Mayes * Murray * Norris * Picket * Polley * Rosser * Sutherland * Tom *
Unidentified County, Texas (4 family biographies):
Bean * De Gavala * Fannin * McCulloch *
Partial Listing of History Topics Included:
In addition the biographical section of the book, also included is a 42 page history of the State of Texas from its earliest exploration and settlement up to 1894 when the book was published.
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