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TO THE READER.
IOGIIAPtIY is not given its rightful place hi literature. It lias a miore intimate
\f(I -^^.^^ relation to THistory than is assigned by common judgment; for, after all, the life
of any iation is written in the lives of those who have shown themselves in some
respects superior to their fellows. History is to a great degree but the sum of
individlual actionll, and the work of the historian consists in connecting many fraigments of personal
experience and effort, in such a way as to for,m a narrative harimonious aindi instructive.
It is in this view that the follo.,wing biographies of those who have taken prominent lparts in
the progress of Texas are compiled. The aim has been to preserve in convenient shape that which
might otherwise be 'lost. The historian, in the magnitude of Ihis task, is in danger of overlooking
mnany thinigs in indlividual lives ani( actions whichl, in their aggregate, go to mIake iup the true chrolnicle.
In these narratives are recorded events wlhose remembrance could have been in no other way
preserveld. This work may therefore be of value to himn who shall hereafter assume the more lretentious
1abors of sober History.
Of no Commonwealth, in ancient or modern times, is it so true as of Texas, tllat its Ihistory
can only be thoroughly understood thlrough intimate acquaintance with the lives of tlhose who
made the State. A romantic interest. clothes the entire theme. In the pioneer days its men were
brave, and its daughters were their fit companions and helpmeets. Through all the struggle incident
to its progress froi a MATexican State to its position in the Federal U.nion, its sons exhibited mllany
of .the noblest traits of character. In the late war, its soldiers Won the love of their brethren, while
their valor compelled the respect of their foes. In this latter regard the work is of interest, for the
reader will remark that space has been allotted to many whose names do not appear in the official'
reports of either the Confederate or Federal departments. This has been done as simple justice to
both the dead and the living. Here we have sought to embalm the memories of thie dead, and to
give the living their just meed of praise.
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Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, book, 1880; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5827/m1/3/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.