The Speckels lad was unfortunate and contracted measles on the trip. He represented his county in the State Legislature during the years 1895-97.Brownsville, on Texas soil, and Matamoras just across the Rio Grande, on the Mexican side, formed the hub of the contraband cotton trade during the war days. As those surveys are completed, they will replace the results shown here. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again.Make sure that the file is a photo. The Mexicans stripped the teamsters of everything - - cotton, wagons and ox-teams. Franz was born on May 10 1866, in Austria. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. “The dust”, he continues, “was awful—like a dense cloud. Deer and turkey meat with rye coffee and bread made a satisfying meal.

James Moore is currently a senior at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and will soon graduate with his Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems & Operations Managements. Surface water sink holes give a feeble supply of water highly impregnated with offensive gases and saline properties. Sladczyk and her daughters Mesdames John Berry, Max Melcher and Lee Koenig entertained their friends Tuesday afternoon at the spacious Sladczyk home with the popular game of “bridge.”  The home was decorated in larkspurs and lace handerchief flowers, the colors of red and white being dominent.A trip to San Antonio and Mason where Mr. Willmann’s parents reside was taken by the newlyweds. During the waiting period, perhaps the most satisfactory of all to the men, hunting parties were organized, which netted rich bags of wild turkey and plenty of deer. The ------unsatisfactory schedule, Speckels, explained, was due to the fact that the necessary food for the men and oxen through the long desert stretches along the last part of the journey was not promptly furnished by the Confederate government. Try again later.Failed to delete memorial. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.Share this memorial using social media sites or email.Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.You may not upload any more photos to this memorial,This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos,This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial,This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos,This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorial.Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles.Also an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles.Year should not be greater than current year.You have chosen this person to be their own family member.Enter a valid email address and a feedback message.Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox. Please reset your password.This account has been disabled. The contract provided that certain contingencies such as a broken wheel, lost oxen and failure to secure food for the animals would be considered legitimate reasons for a tardy return. He had sent thirty-eight bales of cotton to Mexico with the following teamsters in charge:The fraud in the cotton business which aroused such indignation among the soldiers and patriotic citizens of Texas was not entirely absent in the Fayette county teamsters’ trade.

He lives about twelve miles from La Grange on a rich black land farm, an inheritance from his pioneer father. Dotson became feint when he saw the blood staining his shirt and he had to be revived.Taylor was placed in jail and Dotson taken to the County Hospital for treatment. Here the Confederate officials ordered machinery to be placed on the wagons and delivered in San Antonio on the return trip. Procuring enough food for men and oxen was often quite an undertaking.The difficulties of the Confederate, state and county governments were by no means ended when the cotton had been hauled to the border. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.Copyright & 2008-2020 VP Limited, LLC - All Rights Reserved.NOTICE: These results are based on the prior version of the survey.

Those not owning slaves were forced to suffer confiscation of one-half of their cotton crop. Marry H Dach was born circa 1874, at birth place. Texas German is a dialect spoken in the areas of Texas settled by the Adelsverein, such as New Braunfels and Fredericksburg. The teamsters received for services rendered, twelve cents per pound of cotton transported—but in Confederate money.Fayette county teamsters hauled to Mexico not only cotton raised in Fayette county, but also cotton that was raised in East Texas and in Louisiana. The Willis’ were forced to sell at a sacrifice to prevent confiscation by the Confederates, but neither side could confiscate cotton owned by Gus. The cotton was sold in Rio Grande City for thirty-one cents per pound.