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Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario.Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, [1] [2] he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.
Moses Austin (October 4, 1761 – June 10, 1821) was an American businessman and pioneer who played a large part in the development of the lead industry in the early United States, especially in southwest Virginia and Missouri. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin, one of the earliest American settlers of Texas, which was at the time part of ...
Before this plan could be implemented, Moses Austin died in Missouri in 1821. That same year Mexico gained independence from Spain. [2]: 17–18 Stephen F. Austin agreed to carry out his father's plan for a colony. At the end of the summer of 1821, he and a small group of Anglo-American settlers crossed into Texas.
His father was a Baptist preacher and father to 11 children. Elias taught school in New York and then traveled to Texas in 1824. Stephen F. Austin named him in July 1825 to appraise cargo damaged aboard the schooner Lady of the Lake. In August 1826, Wightman joined others to petition Austin to charter a town at Matagorda.
In May 1831, upon his arrival in Mexican Texas, a part of northern Mexico at the time, Travis purchased land from Stephen F. Austin, who appointed him counsel from the United States. [20] He set up a law practice in Anahuac and helped start a militia to oppose Mexican rule. [21] He subsequently became a pivotal figure in the Anahuac ...
In total, Keller went 171-95 in his nine seasons at Stephen F. Austin. He won the Southland Coach of the Year award during the 2019-20 campaign, too. They went 28-3 that season and were on pace to ...
Stephen F. Austin: Austin's Colony between Brazos and Colorado rivers San Felipe De Austin took over his father Moses Austin's empresario contract David G. Burnet: East Texas, northwest of Nacogdoches sold his land grant to the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Martín De León: De León's Colony: Victoria
An assistant women’s bowling coach at Stephen F. Austin is out after the university discovered he cheated on his wife, who is the team’s head coach, with a student-athlete. SFA assistant Steve ...