Identifier: indianwarspionee00brow (find matches)
Title: Indian wars and pioneers of Texas
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895
Subjects: Indians of North America Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America
Publisher: Austin : L.E. Daniel)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. The following children were born ofthe marriage, all born in Walker County, viz.:Mary, widow of Henry Finch, a prominent lawyerof Fort Worth ; Lavinia, wife of Robert S. Lovett,a leading railroad attorney at Houston ; Ella Haden,wife of John H. Lewis, of Nortii Texas ; FrancisA. ; William Chilton, who is now at Harvard Uni-versity studying law; Leonard A., also studying at
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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS. 659 Harvard University; Corinne R., who is attendingWellesly College. Col. Abercrombie died at Philadelphia, Decem-ber 23d, 1891, and is buried at Huntsville. Col. Abercrombie died at the University Hospital,Philadelphia, on the 23d of December, 1891, andhis remains were brought to Huntsville, where theynow rest. JOHN IRELAND, SEGUIN. The most distinguishing characteristic of Gover-nor John Ireland was his uncompromising devotionto duty, private or public. That was the guidingstar of his life, and he steered his course in all therelations of life by that Polar Star. It gave him amost exalted appreciation of justice, and no mancan complain that he was ever unjust in any of histransactions. This may not have been a difficulttask for him, as his principles were fixed and of ahigh standard, and his temperament was serene.He had, therefore, a perfect control over himself,and when a man attains that power over self and heis conscientious, as he was, he wil

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