Iredell Dickinson Thomas, Sr.

Abt 1805 - Abt 1866  (61 years)

• 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 d. 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 d. 10 Mar 1924, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F12600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 163 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 273 (Reliability: 3).