Henry Eustace McCulloch
Born: December 6, 1816
Birthplace: Rutherford County, Tennessee
Father: Major Alexander McCulloch 1776 – 1846
Mother: Frances Fisher LeNoir 1780 – 1866
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Wife: Jane Isabella Ashby 1822 – 1896
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Children:
Captain Benjamin Eustace McCulloch 1846 – 1916
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
John Alexander McCulloch 1850 – 1891
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Samuel Lenoir McCulloch 1853 – 1917
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Euphemia Jane “Jennie” McCulloch Dibrell 1855 – 1939
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Sallie E. McCulloch 1857 – 1896
(Buried: Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Texas)
Education:
Attended School Taught by Samuel Houston in Tennessee
Occupation before War:
Surveyor in Texas
1839: Served in the Battle of Creek Fight in Texas
Killed Reuben Ross in Duel over politics in Texas
1840: Participated in the Battle of Plum Creek, Wounded during battle
1842: Participated in the Battle of Salado Creek, Texas
1842 – 1843: Participated in the Somervell Expedition
1843 – 1844: Sheriff of Gonzales, Texas
1843 – 1844: Mercantile Businessman in Gonzales, Texas
1846 – 1847: Served in the Texas Rangers as 1st Lt.
Texas State Representative and Texas State Senator
1857 – 1861: United States Marshal for Eastern District of Texas
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention
1861: Colonel of 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment
1861: Maintained line of patrol in the Red River
Trained using Cavalry and infantry maneuvers as well as sabre fighting
1861: Captured Union Troops near San Lucas Springs, Texas
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1861: Temporary Commander of the Department of Texas
1861 – 1862: Commander of Western Military District in Texas
1862: Co Commander of Texas State Troops in Arkansas
1862: Commander and reorganizer of Texas Division
1863: Participated in the Battle of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana
1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana
1864: Participated in the Camden Expedition in Arkansas
1864 – 1865: Commander of Western Sub District of Texas
Occupation after War:
1874 – 1876: Served in Governor Richard Coke’s Administration
1876 – 1879: Texas State Superintendent of Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Chairman of Executive Committee of the Farmer’s State Alliance
1879 – 1895: Speaker at 4th of July Celebrations in Central Texas
1894: Unsuccessful Candidate for Texas State Treasurer
Died: March 12, 1895
Place of Death: Rockport, Texas
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas
Grave Location: Inside and to right of 2nd Entrance from West
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