The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ry he was appointed Judgeof the Fourteenth District. He died November 1, 1856, whileon his way to court at Goliad. As Told in County Names 207 WHEELER. Royal T, Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and earlyin life moved with his fathers family to Ohio, where he re-ceived a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville,Ark., where he formed a part-nership with W. S. soon afterward moved toTexas and began to practicelaw in partnership with Ken-neth L. Anderson. In 1842he was elected District Attor-ney and in 1844 to the Di
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ry he was appointed Judgeof the Fourteenth District. He died November 1, 1856, whileon his way to court at Goliad. As Told in County Names 207 WHEELER. Royal T, Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and earlyin life moved with his fathers family to Ohio, where he re-ceived a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville,Ark., where he formed a part-nership with W. S. soon afterward moved toTexas and began to practicelaw in partnership with Ken-neth L. Anderson. In 1842he was elected District Attor-ney and in 1844 to the Dis-trict bench. Upon the organ-ization of the State judiciary,in 1846, he was appointed oneof the Associate Judges of theSupreme Court, and was suc-cessively re-elected until hisdeath. In 1858, upon the elec-tion of Judge Hemphill to theUnited States Senate, he wasmade Chief Justice and held that position up to the time ofhis death, in Washington County, Texas. He died by his ownhand, in a fit of mental abberation, April 9, 1864, in WashingtonCounty, 208 The History and Geography of Texas CHAPTER XL COLONIZATION UNDER THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. It was the policy of President Lamar to encourage the exten-sion of settlements on the frontier and beyond the settlementsmade under the laws of Coahuila and Texas, and with this inview, colonization laws were enacted in 1841 and subsequently,whereby Castro, Mercer, Peters, the German Emigration So-ciety and others introduced settlers. The only one of theseempresarios, or contractors, whose name has found a place onthe county map of Texas is Henry Castro. Henry Castro was born in France in 1786. After the fallof Napoleon Bonaparte he came to the United States, and in1827 became a naturalized citizen. Later he returned toFrance and in 1842 was Consul for the Republic of Texas atParis. A contract was made by him with the Republic of Texasin 1841 to colonize the following territory: Commencing atthe Laredo crossing on the left bank of th
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