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Nimrod Lunsford, Sr. married Elizabeth Wyatt (his 1st wife) and they had
…Michael Lunsford, Sr. who married Unknown and they had
……Nimrod Lunsford who married Adaline Unknown and they had
………Mary Jane Lunsford who married Curtis Gill and they had
…………Sarah Elizabeth Gill who married Jefferson Davis Killian and they had
……………Josie Bell Killian who married Emmett Berry Murphy and they had
………………Audie Leon Murphy who married Pamela Opal Lee
My ancestor was Nimrod Lunsford, Sr. married to Rebecca Foster (his 3rd wife) and they had
….Nimrod Lunsford, Jr. who married Mary Mavis Stafford and they had
……Nancy Rebecca Lunsford who married William Hanes Reese and they had
………Bailey Bright Reese who married Lillian Vianna Conner and they had
…………William Wilford Reese who married Geneva Margaret Lamb and they had
……………Eleanor Elaine Reese who married William Avery Huneycutt and they had
………………ME!
That means that I am the 5th cousin of Audie Murphy, World War II’s most decorated sold
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Prepared by Amie Oliver, Librarian/Curator of Print Materials
The Texas Collection is home to many stories, many featuring depictions of frontier heroes taming the Wild West. One of the most captivating types of pioneer stories in the collection is captivity narratives, written accounts of those captured by Native Americans. Captivity narratives date to 1682 when Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, written by Massachusetts Puritan Mary Rowlandson who was captured and eventually ransomed, was published. These stories of capture became popular across the U.S. The Texas Collection contains many captivity narratives involving Texas or Texans. It should be noted that while many of these stories are true, some are only based on a grain of truth and are greatly embellished, and some are completely false. Let’s take a look at a few of the captivity narratives in The Texas Collection:
The Stolen Boy: A Story, Founded on Facts: Written by English author Barbara Hofland and published in approximately 1830, this popular captivity narrative recounts the Comanche capture of Manuel del Perez near San Antonio. The volume describes his life among the natives for three years before his eventual escape and reunion with his family.
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76 years recently, this WWII paratrooper threw himself blame a grenade to redeem his buddies
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