The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960 Page: 157
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1236 in Fannin Bounty File No. 506 documents Alston's service,
his death on March 27, 1836 ("having fallen with Fannin"), and
the grant of 1,92o acres to his heirs. Certificate No. 152 in Fannin
First Class File No. 1555 authorized a grant of one-third league to
Alston and identified him as a member of Captain Isaac Ticknor's
Company. Finally, in Fannin Donation File No. 1466, there is
Duplicate Certificate No. 29/246 for 640 acres issued on April 26,
1871. This certificate shows that satisfactory evidence had been
produced of the loss of Certificate No. 485 issued by James S.
Gillette, Adjutant General, to William Lemuel Alston on Feb-
ruary 1, 1853-
One is forced to remark that this is the type of evidence which
L. W. Kemp thought highly conclusive with reference to the
question of participation in a historic battle or event. All inter-
ested may communicate with Mrs. McSpadden at the above
address.
Through the courtesy of Louis Lenz, for many years an active
member and supporter of the Association, the Eugene C. Barker
Texas History Center has received eleven folders of material
relating to A. Caswell Ellis. Aptly described as "Humanistic
Scientist-Scientific Humanist," Ellis was a dynamic force in Texas
education for more than half a century before his death in 1948.
He is cited in The Hall of Remembrance: the Heroes and
Heroines of Texas Education, for having established the first
laboratory of experimental psychology in the state, championing
the movement to consolidate Texas' rural schools, serving as a
leader in the organization of the state's mental health facilities,
and pioneering in the field of adult education. Mr. Lenz is to be
highly commended for contributing this important data, which
will be preserved in the Archives Collection of the Eugene C.
Barker Texas History Center.
The admission of Alaska and Hawaii as the forty-ninth and
fiftieth states in the United States has stirred numerous ripples on
the national scene during past months. For obvious reasons, most
Texans have tended to treat the issue with characteristic circum-
spection, even those concerning the superficial factor of relative
size. On a serious note, however, even Texans may consider the157
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