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  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JUNE 24, 2019 June 24 The Brownsville Daily Herald reported in its June 24, 1895 edition that John Corkill and “the Mexican” killed by lightning several days before had taken refuge in a barn. Apparently, the name of the “the Mexican” was of no consequence to the newspaper. But Corkill’s brothers certainly earned a mention; they were Edward and William Corkill. Funeral services for John Corkill, who left a wife and “several” children (who also did not earn the newspaper’s requirements for being named) were held in Realitos.  Brownsville Daily Heral , June 24, 1895 June 25 The Weekly Telegram of Houston referenced a story in the Coprus Christi Advertiser that “an affray” in San Diego between Richard Miller and William Ashton had “resulted in the death” of Ashton. One is left to assume from this that Miller murdered Ashton but the newspaper could not see its way put it that way. In the same story, the Weekly Advertiser reported that Joun Du...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JUNE 17, 2019 June 17 Judge Senobio Cuellar died on June 17, 1889, in San Diego at the home of  J.W. Moses, his brother-in-law. He was 57 and was born on October  30, 1833, in Guerrero, Mexico. Cuellar came to Texas at a young age where he engaged in sheep and cattle raising for 15 years.  He was elected Justice of the Peace for Pct. 2 three times and was in office at the time of his death. He left a widow and five children. Laredo Daily Times , June 19, 1889 June 18 Givens Archer Parr received a prize for excellence in mining engineering at Yale. New York Times , June 18, 1913 June 19 Competition for the first bale from Duval County was pretty fierce in 1908 with two people claiming the title. W. A. Tinney reported that C.M. Robinson shipped the first bale of cotton from Benavides to Houston on June 19. Robinson was the son-in-law of Pat F. Dunn and operated a ranch in Duval County. In the meantime, Archie Parr supposedly asked a ...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JUNE 10, 2019 June 10 On June 10, 1914, the Corpus Christi Caller & Daily Herald reported that a hearing on a petition filed by Duval County Property Owners had been set for Monday, June 15. R.H. Corbet, E. C. Lassiter, and other property owners were plaintiffs. They wanted to audit the county’s financial books. They sought a writ of mandamus against J. V. Palacios, the Duval County Commissioners Court, and others. A hearing was set in San Diego. Landowners alleged that they had been unable to secure data to audit county books. In an other petition, W. W. Meek sought an injunction against A. W. Tobin from collecting a tax, believed illegal, for courthouse and jail purposes. Corpus Christi Caller & Daily Herald, June 10, 1014 June 11 Duval County Democrats selected E.N. Gray, Charles k. Gravis and Ed Chamberlain to attend the national Democratic convention in Fort Worth on June 11, 1884. Corpus Christi Caller, June 1, 1884 June 12 The Lar...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JUNE 3, 2019 June 3 On June 3, 1883, Elizabeth Gravis sold the “Rabb interest” to Trinidad Flores for $142. John Rabb had purchased part of the Ventura Flores Land grant of San Diego originally sold by Eduviges Flores and her husband Gerardo de Leon to John P. Kelsey in 1857. Duval County Deed Records June 4 On June 4, 1857, Eduviges Flores and her husband Gerardo de Leon sold to John P. Kelsey and John L. Haynes of Starr County one league out of the undivided tract of five leagues on the San Diego Creek, being the grant originally made by the Spanish crown to Ventura Flores, father of Eduviges Flores. The sale price was $1,000 and included all her right and title to a sixth of one-fifth of the adjoining grant made to Julian Flores, her grandfather. Duval County Deed Records June 5 On June 5, 1915, San Diego voters, on a vote of 64-1, approved school bonds of $18,000 to erect a new school building. School trustees hoped to have the school built b...