Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Genealogy Division Subject Catalog, 1976-1984: A-O
Author: Indiana State Library. Genealogy DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to North American History
Author: The Scott Genealogical Quarterly
Author: The Genie
Author: The Pate Pioneers
Author: Periodical Source Index, 1847-1985: Places
Author: Ancestors of Willis Duke Weatherford II
Author: Richard D. SearsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berea (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Murder in Montague
Author: Glen Sample ElyPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806167750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
On a sweltering August night in 1876, Methodist minister William England, his wife, Selena, and two of her children were brutally slaughtered in their North Texas home. Acting on Selena’s deathbed testimony, a neighbor, his brother-in-law, and a friend were arrested and tried for the murders. Murder in Montague tells the story of this gruesome crime and its murky aftermath. In this engrossing blend of true crime reporting, social drama, and legal history, author Glen Sample Ely presents a vivid snapshot of frontier justice and retribution in Texas following the Civil War. The sheer brutality of the Montague murders terrified settlers already traumatized by decades of chaos, violence, and fear—from the deadly raids of Comanche and Kiowa Indians to the terrors of vigilantes, lynchings, and Reconstruction lawlessness. But the crime's aftermath—involving five Texas governors, five trials at Montague and Gainesville, five appeals to the Texas Court of Appeals, and three life sentences at hard labor in the state's abominable and inhumane prison system—offered little in the way of reassurance or resolution. Viewed from any perspective, the 1876 England family murders were both a human tragedy and a miscarriage of justice. Combining the long view of history and the intimate detail of true crime reporting, Murder in Montague deftly captures this moment of reckoning in the story of Texas, as vigilante justice grudgingly gave way to an established system of law and order.
Jacob Friedrich Eitel
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Jacob Friedrich Eitel (1799-1869/70), son of Tobias Eitel and Barbara Bofinger, was born in Lomersheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany. He came to America in 1818. His first wife is unknown. His second wife was Ann Walker. He had twelve children, all of which are discussed in this book. Proven residences of Jacob and his family were Shelby Co., Tennessee and Bowie Co. and Cass Co., Texas. Descendants live in Tennessee, Texas and elsewhere. His German ancestry goes back to early 1600's. Includes the Poer family of North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.