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History of Victoria, (Victoria County) TexasOur database does not include an historic photo for Victoria, (Victoria County) Texas, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Robert Lewis Dabney - A Biography Robert Lewis Dabney, educator, was born in Louisa county, Va., March 5, 1820; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Price) Dabney; grandson of Samuel and Jane (Meriwether) Dabney, and great-grandson of William Dabhey. He was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1842, studied theology at the Union seminary, Hampden-Sidney, Va., and was ordained a Presbyterian clergyman in 1847. He preached at Tinkling Springs, Augusta county, Va., 1847-53; and was professor of church history in Union theological seminary, Va., 1853-83. He served during the civil war in the Confederate army, first as chaplain and later as chief of staff to Gen. T. J. Jackson. He was professor of moral philosophy in the University of Texas, 1883-98. Hampden-Sidney college conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1853, and that of LL.D. in 1877, and in the latter year he received the degree of LL.D. from the Southwestern Presbyterian university, Tenn. He is the author of: Life of the Rev. Dr. F. S. Sampson (1854); Life of Gen. T. J (" Stonewall ") Jackson (1864); Sacred Rhetoric (1866); Defence of Virginia and the South (1868); Sensualistic Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century Considered (1876); Systematic and Polemic Theology (1878); The Christian Sabbath (1881); Collected Discussions (4 vols., 1891-92); and Practical Philosophy (1897). He died at Victoria, Texas, Jan. 3, 1898. |
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Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: VICTORIA, a county in the S. part of Texas, has an area of about 775 square miles. It is intersected by the Guadalupe river, bounded on the S. W. by Coleto creek, and also drained by Garcitas creek. The surface has but little elevation above the sea; the soil is represented to be fertile. A portion of the county is prairie. Cotton, sugar cane, and Indian corn are the staples. In 1850 this county yielded 54,110 bushels of corn; 1050 of sweet potatoes; 270 bales of cotton, and 120 hogsheads of sugar. It contained 1 newspaper office, and 71 pupils attending academies or other schools. Capital, Victoria. Population, 2019; of whom 1448 were free and 571, slaves. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: VICTORIA, a post-village, capital of Victoria co., Texas, on the left bank of Guadalupe river, about 120 miles S. S. E. from Austin. It contains 1 newspaper office, and several stores. Victoria is situated 29 meters above sea level. |