Alamo Hero Lemuel Crawford Ties Spur Family Research
Wanda Orton reflects on Lemuel Crawford, an Alamo defender who died at 22, and the challenge of proving kinship to him. The column traces Crawford’s Texas life from 1832 to his 1836 death, his artillery service, and relatives affected by frontier raids, while noting possible but unproven links to Thomas Crawford and other family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Nacogdoches
Angelina
Lemuel
Giddings
San Antonio
Texas
Goliad
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Evan
Merriman
Harriet
Lem
South Carolina
Tennessee
Stephen F. Austin
Anthony Butler
Ler Crawford
Jane Gotcher
Gotier
Margaret Elizabeth
James Gotcher
Gotcher
Bastrop
San Felipe
Texas Army
Bexar
Cal. J.C. Neill
William R. Carey
Pvt. Crawford
Walter Lard
Alamo
Lem Crawford
Carey
Bill Groneman
Rabbs Creek
Lee County
Jane Crawford
Jane
Charles Spaulding
Spaulding
Thomas
the Alamo
Wanda Orton
Wan
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Baytown Symphony performs at Lee High with student conductors
Baytown Symphony Orchestra staged a Wednesday concert at Lee High School drawing about 1600 attendees. Astronaut Dan Brandenstein read readings for a Lockheed Martin commissioned work while Goose Creek students Laressa Davis Timothy Bamhill and Kyle Pledger conducted after a drawing. Chris Gould, a Lee High graduate and music major at Lee College, sang the national anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Liddell
Baytown Symphony Orchestra
Lee High School
Dan Brandenstein
Baytown
Lockheed Martin
Dave Corder
Goose Creek
Laressa Davis
Ashbel Smith
Timothy Bamhill
Alamo
Kyle Pledger
Austin
Chris Gould
Lee High
Gould
Lee College
Crosby cadet earns gold wreath at US Military Academy
Cadet Eric Teel son of Greg and Debbie Teel of Crosby receives the gold wreath at the US Military Academy for the fall semester. He posted high Academic Performance and Military Program scores with no failures while carrying a full course load. Teel, Crosby High School graduate of 1999, studies mechanical engineering and expects to graduate in 2003 and be commissioned as a second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Teel
Greg
Debbie Teel
Crosby
US Military Academy
Teel
Crosby High School
West Point
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Garth Road
Laurie McCann
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Routh Completes Air Force Basic Training at Lackland AFB
Robert C. Routh has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. The six weeks covered Air Force mission, organization and customs, drills, physical and special human relations training. He earns credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Tammy Routh of Baytown and a 1998 Barbers Hill High School graduate from Mont Belvieu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Robert C. Routh
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Community College of the Air Force
Tammy Routh
Baytown
Barbers Hill High School
Mont Belvieu
Baytown area community calendar events and classes
Baytown and Crosby clubs offer art exhibits sewing classes blood drives and public meetings through April with a mix of craft lessons, football project graduation preparations, DAR and political forums. Notable items include Baytown Community Center art show benefiting a high school scholarship and a Lee College blood drive March 4 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Art League
Baytown Community Center
Art League Scholarship Fund
Baytown
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Crosby
DAV
Market St
Melvin Smith
Lee College Student Congress
Moser Hall
Ricebeit
FFA
East Chambers High School
White's Park Hall
Anahuac Area
Goose Creek
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elizabeth Gill
Pegey Shearer
Louise Whitten
Mother Goose
Sterling Municipal Library
Dart
Call
Ann
Also Mentioned on This Page
BSA
Children’s Hospital
Black Educational Access Committee
Harlem
Ross $. Sterling High School
Trenton Williams
Brandi Terrell
Drew Smith
Patricia Edwards
Kristin Hill
Britney Robinson
Paul Johnson
Jessica Phillips
Fric Lewis
Jason Davenport
BEAC
Lesia Robinson
U.S. Army
Ross S. Sterling
Cindy Brill
Call Delores Ellis
Partners
Bernice Carpenter
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