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Iredell Dickinson Thomas, Sr.

Male Abt 1805 - Abt 1866  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Iredell Dickinson Thomas  [1
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1805 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1866  [2
    Notes 
    • Iredell Thomas was an early settler in the area, arriving in east Texas with his parents and siblings around 1828. He built the first store in the newly established town of San Augustine in 1833, and it became one of the largest mercantile businesses in town. A leading citizen of the area, Thomas amassed considerable wealth and land holdings as a businessman and planter. During the Texas Revolution he participated in the siege of Bexar and served as secretary of the San Augustine Committee of Vigilance and Safety.

      http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/drtsa/00047/drt-00047.html

      At the time of the 1860 census, brother-in-law Matthew Cartwright had real estate at $500,000 and personal property near $75,000, with only 13 slaves. Henson and Parmelee point out by way of contrast that brother-in-law and "planter" William Garrett estate, included 132 slaves, and that "Farmer-Merchant" Iredell D. Thomas had $166,000 in accumulated wealth, and 52 slaves. (Henson and Parmelee, "The Cartwrights of San Augustine," p. 191).

      In the book "Becoming Bourgeois: Merchant Culture in the South, 1820-1865" (Frank Byrne, The University Press of Kentucky, 2006, available on Google Books), the author writes that both of Iredell's sons "went on to serve in the Confederate army for the remainder of the war. Later both gained a measure of political notoriety in postwar Texas, James as a senatorial candidate in 1877 and Iredell (Jr.) as a leading organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in San Augustine."



    Person ID I14097  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family 1 Elizabeth "Betty" Holman,   b. Abt 1815, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1886 (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1845  [1
    Family ID F12599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

    Family 2 Penelope Edwards,   b. Abt 1810   d. Abt 1844 (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1830 
    Children 
     1. Victoria "Tory" Thomas,   b. 30 Jan 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1924, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F12600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 163 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 273 (Reliability: 3).