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orpins* innr.r^-rAUK THREE-'-f-i■' «-» • • I. ii m M *• *YANKEE HORN'■JOtisCompanyOne nf Denton's outstanding Con-federate officers was Yankee burn ami educated.He wn Col. Oils G, We lei i, hern in Momiioirtli, Maine. Dec. 21, IT.JU, and a graduate of Yak* University.Rcfusv Welch eiuue iu Texas, lit* Liuglil school and practiced law in Illinois ami Virginia. He iirst svttkd at Alton in 1852 and moved to Denton when llie euualy seal wnis moved. He ^as legal adviser to the county during the os* taldjfthmviil u[ Demon as the county seat and helped plot and name the city's streets.WAS CAPTAINHe held the rank ol captain when he or jinked Company K.. Fir si Chickasaw and Clio claw 'Mounted Rifles of General Coop-cr'fi Indian Regiment. His officers were Mall Daughnly, first Jjcti-tenant; J. A. Carroll, second lieutenant: Cal Coker, third lieutenant: Sam Patton, orderly ser-geanl; Kelte Hois ter. first sergeant: and Dr. L\ Kerbv. stir-have just heard that Gen.. Ren McCullough has got into a fight at Springfield, lie will whip them if they liu m\ run. We a I! want to be there, but can’t/PLENTY TO EAT “I have neglected writing .in hypes U communicate something tk'fiuitti respecting where and when we uill move, but M is simjiiy lonjccture. We simply don’t know anything.“UV have a very pleasmt camp gicund - plenty to eat — horses, mending and tit at is about all weknow, .“Try and keep our business straight. Give my kvc to vmy fi'knrls. . .Yuurs truly.. “Oils C. Welch ”The letter was given years a*Q to the Record-Chronic!e by Boone Dairherty Sr.Welch married Mrs. Nannie C iiinis Loss cry in 1874. He died in Denton. iaao.TJiai lit considered himself a true Southerner and served as one is si lown in a letter he wrote Aug. 6. iStii. from “Buck Creek C«unu. near Seulivillc” to. Thomas\ Fi ance, Spain Mexico HeldLYv,READY TO FIGHT “We arc here atid hardly know when we will leave.’' he svrute. “Wc liavc been here about two weeks; we have not got any arms yet. IVp Irave got rid of the measles wiih 1 tic* loss of oislv one man. through il has caused a’great deal of suffering m our company am! many are yet in a very had slate of health from its effects and may yet die.“The most of us are well and in fine spirits and anxious for a brush with the damned Union men of .Missouri or anywhere else WeDenton RegionC1 lie Retttun County ' area was pari of Spain’s territorial domain j until it became a part of the Re-} public of .Mexico in J62I. And be-i fore Spain there was France, j l/mlcr the Mexican government the area was .in the Nacogdoches Department of the Province of Texas. The other two departments of Tie province were Bexar andBrazos: .- . ,dust be Tore Die Texas War ofIndependence I he area was in the Red River Municipality, one of 33 ia the.Texas Province. .These municipalities were converted, into counties by the First Congress-of(hr- Rpniihiifo f v ac ‘
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 03, 1957
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