The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . klin County was named for Hon. Benjamin C. Franklin,who was born in Georgia, April 25, 1805, and was educated atFranklin College, Athens, Georgia. He was admitted to thebar in 1827 and began thepractice of law at Macon,Georgia. He removed toTexas in April, 1835, andimmediately joined a com-pany in pursuit of he enlisted as a priv-ate in Captain CaldersCompany and was in thecampaign from Gonzales toSan Jacinto, in which lat-ter engagement he partici-pated. After the war hewas appointed DistrictJudge of the Republic,serve
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . klin County was named for Hon. Benjamin C. Franklin,who was born in Georgia, April 25, 1805, and was educated atFranklin College, Athens, Georgia. He was admitted to thebar in 1827 and began thepractice of law at Macon,Georgia. He removed toTexas in April, 1835, andimmediately joined a com-pany in pursuit of he enlisted as a priv-ate in Captain CaldersCompany and was in thecampaign from Gonzales toSan Jacinto, in which lat-ter engagement he partici-pated. After the war hewas appointed DistrictJudge of the Republic,served three years, and in1840 retired from the bench and located in Galveston and entered the active practiceof his profession. He represented Galveston in the Legisla-ture for four years. At the beginning of the Civil War, be-ing physically unfitted and too old for military service, heretired to his farm in Montgomery County, where he remain-ed until 1870, when he returned to Galveston. He died De-cember 25, 1873, just after being elected to the State 198 The History and Geography of Texas GRAY. Peter W. Gray was born at Fredericksburg, Virginia, April10, 1819, and removed with his fathers family in 1837 to Hous-ton, Texas, where he was reared and educated. In 1846 he was a member of the First Legisla-ture of the State and later serv-ed many years as District Judgeof the South Texas District. Hewas elected a member of theConfederate Congress and serv-ed throughout the Civil the close of the war he re-turned to Houston and began thepractice of law, and in a fewyears built up one of the largestpractices in the South. In 1874he was appointed to the supreme bench, but he resigned onaccount of feeble health. He died in Houston, October 3, was a scholar and highly cultured gentleman and a patronof letters; it was largely due to his financial and other aidthat Mr. Yoakum was enabled to complete his excellent historyof Texas. HANSFORD.
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