. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. bravery, giving him the Cross ofthe Legion of Honor, an heirloom now in his family. Twosons and a daughter survive him and live in San Antonio. Hisdaughter is the wife of San Antonios present mayor, BryanCallaghan. Ben Hill was a brave Texan of olden days, who met witha tragic death at Victoria. Besides having been a frontiersman,Indian fighter and ranger, he was a Confederate soldier. Whenhe returned from the war he was wearing a Confederate uni-form. Some United States soldiers at Victoria tried to makehim take it off and also attempted to cut the
. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. bravery, giving him the Cross ofthe Legion of Honor, an heirloom now in his family. Twosons and a daughter survive him and live in San Antonio. Hisdaughter is the wife of San Antonios present mayor, BryanCallaghan. Ben Hill was a brave Texan of olden days, who met witha tragic death at Victoria. Besides having been a frontiersman,Indian fighter and ranger, he was a Confederate soldier. Whenhe returned from the war he was wearing a Confederate uni-form. Some United States soldiers at Victoria tried to makehim take it off and also attempted to cut the brass buttonsfrom his coat. In the scuffle that arose over this he killed oneof the soldiers. He was then assailed by several more of themand killed three others before taking refuge in a small build- Combats and Coxquests of Immortal Heroes 197 ing where they killed him, after he had exhausetd all his am-munition. After he fell they litterally chopped his body intofragments with axes. P. L. Buquor, a Louisianan, was an early settler, who. JONH D. GROESBECK, PIONEER WHO .M.\.\Y .MILLIONS OF OF MILIT.\RY SUP-PLIES FOR FRONTEER FORTS. was one of the mayors of San Antonio. His widow died atFloresville several years ago. Gore Newcomb Sr., a lawyer and a very briUiant man,was a prominent pioneer. He was the father of James P. New-comb and Gore Newcomb Jr. James P. Newcoml) was a brainy 198 ? Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heroes newspaper writer. He wrote satire and was vitriolic. Hewas the founder of the Alamo Express, since the Daily Express,and one of those of the Evening Light, since hyphenated withthe^Gazette. He died several years ago. His brother, Goreslife ended with a tragic fate. He was killed by a trap gunhe had set to kill wolves with. James L. Trueheart was a Texan with an eventful was the county clerk at the time of the raid by the Mexicangeneral who captured the court officers and other prominentcitizens and was with them taken
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