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Robert E. B. Baylor
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (May 10, 1793 – January 6, 1874) was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. He was one of the most productive justices on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas. Early life The fifth son and sixth child of twelve children born to Walker and Jane (''née'' Bledsoe) Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was born on May 10, 1793, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. The Baylor family was of English descent, with origins in Devon. His uncle, George Baylor, was the first aide-de-camp to General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and his father and uncle both served in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, life guard to Washington in the Continental Army. His uncle was captured in the Baylor Massacre on September 28, 1778, near Old Tappan, New Jersey, Tappan, New Jersey, and was later returned in an exchange. His father served in the 3rd Continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Arthur McArdle
Henry Arthur McArdle (June 9, 1836 – February 16, 1908) was an American painter of French and Irish ancestry. He was born in Belfast, Ireland on June 9, 1836, and immigrated as a teenager to the U.S. state of Maryland, where he studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art. During the American Civil War he was a cartographer in the service of Robert E. Lee. After the war he took a job at Baylor University and Baylor Female College and moved to Independence, Texas, where he was also known as Harry McArdle, with his new wife Jennie Smith. After moving to Texas he interviewed members of Hood's Texas Brigade who fought with Robert E. Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness, as research for his painting titled ''Lee at the Wilderness''. In 1890, Texas governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross commissioned him for a painting of Jefferson Davis to hang in the capitol building. McArdle moved to San Antonio and continued to paint many scenes of Texas history. He is best known for his 1895 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |