WILSON, Capt. DAVID M.
Capt. David M. Wilson is one of the well-known citizens and businessmen of Austin, the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel. He was born on the 16th of January, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, near the historic city of Murfreesboro, to the marriage union of John and Rhoda (Manor) Wilson, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. They settled in Tennessee during an early period in the history of that state, and in 1851 the family came to Texas and to Travis County. Mr. Wilson becoming a planter and slave owner there, and he died in the year 1853.
The son, David M. Wilson, was reared on the plantation there, receiving his education in a private school and in Baylor University at Independence, Texas, and at the outbreak of the war between the north and the south he enlisted in the Sixth Texas Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel Garland. He continued with the regiment for two years, participating in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863, where his command was captured and he was held as a prisoner in the old MacDowell College building in St. Louis until, in the spring of 1864, he was paroled, and returned to Texas. He was then promoted to the rank of captain and raising a company of young men from Travis and adjoining counties, he served with them on the Rio Grande, under the command of General Slaughter, during the remainder of the war. His command was sent to the frontier and reopened trade with Mexico and Texas. He was in command of Wilson's Battalion of Cavalry and fought the battle of Palmetto Ranch, the last engagement fought during the Civil war. This battle occurred on the 13th day of May, 1865, a month after General Lee had surrendered to General Grant, but the news had not reached the frontier. Since the war Mr. Wilson has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the hotel business at Austin, and is now the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel, one of the leading hostelries in central Texas.
Mr. Wilson married, in 1857, Mary Harris, from Bastrop County, a daughter of Clebourne and Rhoda Harris, and the two children of this union both died when young. He has fraternal relations with the Elks and the Masons, affiliating with both the Chapter and the Commandery of the latter order, and in politics he is a stanch Southern Democrat. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 )
Capt. David M. Wilson is one of the well-known citizens and businessmen of Austin, the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel. He was born on the 16th of January, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, near the historic city of Murfreesboro, to the marriage union of John and Rhoda (Manor) Wilson, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. They settled in Tennessee during an early period in the history of that state, and in 1851 the family came to Texas and to Travis County. Mr. Wilson becoming a planter and slave owner there, and he died in the year 1853.
The son, David M. Wilson, was reared on the plantation there, receiving his education in a private school and in Baylor University at Independence, Texas, and at the outbreak of the war between the north and the south he enlisted in the Sixth Texas Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel Garland. He continued with the regiment for two years, participating in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863, where his command was captured and he was held as a prisoner in the old MacDowell College building in St. Louis until, in the spring of 1864, he was paroled, and returned to Texas. He was then promoted to the rank of captain and raising a company of young men from Travis and adjoining counties, he served with them on the Rio Grande, under the command of General Slaughter, during the remainder of the war. His command was sent to the frontier and reopened trade with Mexico and Texas. He was in command of Wilson's Battalion of Cavalry and fought the battle of Palmetto Ranch, the last engagement fought during the Civil war. This battle occurred on the 13th day of May, 1865, a month after General Lee had surrendered to General Grant, but the news had not reached the frontier. Since the war Mr. Wilson has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the hotel business at Austin, and is now the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel, one of the leading hostelries in central Texas.
Mr. Wilson married, in 1857, Mary Harris, from Bastrop County, a daughter of Clebourne and Rhoda Harris, and the two children of this union both died when young. He has fraternal relations with the Elks and the Masons, affiliating with both the Chapter and the Commandery of the latter order, and in politics he is a stanch Southern Democrat. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 )
WILSON, Capt. DAVID M.
Capt. David M. Wilson is one of the well-known citizens and businessmen of Austin, the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel. He was born on the 16th of January, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, near the historic city of Murfreesboro, to the marriage union of John and Rhoda (Manor) Wilson, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. They settled in Tennessee during an early period in the history of that state, and in 1851 the family came to Texas and to Travis County. Mr. Wilson becoming a planter and slave owner there, and he died in the year 1853.
The son, David M. Wilson, was reared on the plantation there, receiving his education in a private school and in Baylor University at Independence, Texas, and at the outbreak of the war between the north and the south he enlisted in the Sixth Texas Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel Garland. He continued with the regiment for two years, participating in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863, where his command was captured and he was held as a prisoner in the old MacDowell College building in St. Louis until, in the spring of 1864, he was paroled, and returned to Texas. He was then promoted to the rank of captain and raising a company of young men from Travis and adjoining counties, he served with them on the Rio Grande, under the command of General Slaughter, during the remainder of the war. His command was sent to the frontier and reopened trade with Mexico and Texas. He was in command of Wilson's Battalion of Cavalry and fought the battle of Palmetto Ranch, the last engagement fought during the Civil war. This battle occurred on the 13th day of May, 1865, a month after General Lee had surrendered to General Grant, but the news had not reached the frontier. Since the war Mr. Wilson has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the hotel business at Austin, and is now the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel, one of the leading hostelries in central Texas.
Mr. Wilson married, in 1857, Mary Harris, from Bastrop County, a daughter of Clebourne and Rhoda Harris, and the two children of this union both died when young. He has fraternal relations with the Elks and the Masons, affiliating with both the Chapter and the Commandery of the latter order, and in politics he is a stanch Southern Democrat. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 )
Capt. David M. Wilson is one of the well-known citizens and businessmen of Austin, the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel. He was born on the 16th of January, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, near the historic city of Murfreesboro, to the marriage union of John and Rhoda (Manor) Wilson, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. They settled in Tennessee during an early period in the history of that state, and in 1851 the family came to Texas and to Travis County. Mr. Wilson becoming a planter and slave owner there, and he died in the year 1853.
The son, David M. Wilson, was reared on the plantation there, receiving his education in a private school and in Baylor University at Independence, Texas, and at the outbreak of the war between the north and the south he enlisted in the Sixth Texas Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel Garland. He continued with the regiment for two years, participating in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863, where his command was captured and he was held as a prisoner in the old MacDowell College building in St. Louis until, in the spring of 1864, he was paroled, and returned to Texas. He was then promoted to the rank of captain and raising a company of young men from Travis and adjoining counties, he served with them on the Rio Grande, under the command of General Slaughter, during the remainder of the war. His command was sent to the frontier and reopened trade with Mexico and Texas. He was in command of Wilson's Battalion of Cavalry and fought the battle of Palmetto Ranch, the last engagement fought during the Civil war. This battle occurred on the 13th day of May, 1865, a month after General Lee had surrendered to General Grant, but the news had not reached the frontier. Since the war Mr. Wilson has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the hotel business at Austin, and is now the proprietor of the Avenue Hotel, one of the leading hostelries in central Texas.
Mr. Wilson married, in 1857, Mary Harris, from Bastrop County, a daughter of Clebourne and Rhoda Harris, and the two children of this union both died when young. He has fraternal relations with the Elks and the Masons, affiliating with both the Chapter and the Commandery of the latter order, and in politics he is a stanch Southern Democrat. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 )
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
