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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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spitality that from time im-mi^morial has been the boast and glory of the South.Mrs. Padgitt is one of the brightest ornaments ofour Texas womanhood. As I write I have beforeme a letter from Herbert Howe Bancroft to a cor-respondent in this State in which he in gratefulterms expresses his appreciation of the veryvaluable assistance that she rendered him in thecollection and preparation of material for his TexasHistory. I, too, am indebted to her for many ofthe facts used in the compilation of the memoir ofthe life of her father, the lamented Capt. ShapleyP. Ross. While she takes great interest in liter-ary and artisticmatters and social functions, sheis at the same time thoroughly domestic and de-voted to her husband, children, and householdduties. Mr. and Mrs. Padgitt have five livingchildren, viz.: Buena Vista, now wife of Mr. Fos-ter Fort, of Waco; Catherine, Clinton, Lotta, andRoss. One child, Sallie, died at the age of thirteen,and anolher,Thomas, died at the age of twelve years.
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._^M^)-^1< ^^. INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS. 319 JAMES GARRITY, CORSICANA. Capt. James Garritj-, president of the FirstNational Bank of Corsicana, and one of the mostliigl)ly honored citizens of that thriving httle cityand section of the State, is a native of Ireland,born in Dublin, April 3d, 1842. His earlier years were passed in Covington, Ky.,and New Orleans, and in the schools of the lattercity he received such educational advantages ascould be had up to the age of thirteen from whichtime circumstances compelled his leaving school inorder to earn a living. At the first call for volun-teers he entered the Confederate army, enlistingMay 4th, 1861, in a local company of cadets, whichsoon after became part of the Fifth LouisianaEegiment which operated with the Army of NorthernVirginia. He entered the company as a private,and through meritorious and gallant service roseto the captaincy, and served with it in that capacityin the various engagements fought by the Army ofNorthern

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