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From: "Sarah Reveley" <>
Subject: [GERMAN-TEXAN] July 21, 1884 Clayton Erhard
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:58:47 -0500


Texas Day by Day.
Sante Fe Expedition survivor dies
.
On this day in 1884, Cayton Erhard died in Bastrop. This veteran and
prisoner of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a native of Munich,
Germany. He immigrated to Texas in 1839 and joined the Santa Fe Expedition
in 1841. He was taken prisoner by Mexican troops and spent two years
in Mexican prisons. Afterward, he was active in organizing the government
of Hays County, where he served as the first county clerk and first
postmaster. After Reconstruction he moved to Bastrop. There he was
elected judge and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1875.
He later wrote reminiscences of the Santa Fe Expedition for the San
Marcos Free Press. Erhard is buried in the Bastrop city cemetery.

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