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Isaac Dunbar Affleck
October 24, 1844 - April 18, 1919
Born at Washington, MS on October 24, 1844.
Son of noted Southern agricultural reformer Thomas Affleck, who published
"Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar."
Came to TX with family in 1858.
Resided at Gay Hill, Washington County, TX in 1860 with parents and one sibling,
occupied as a student.
Attended Bastrop Military Institute, 1859 to 1861.
Initially a member of Labadie's Rifles.
Mustered into Company B at Houston, TX on March 11, 1862.
Reached regiment after April 8, 1862.
Discharged in May 1863 by giving a substitute.
Acted as civilian clerk to General J. B. Magruder from December 1863 to February
1864.
Joined General Wharton's cavalry in May 1864.
Married Mary Foster Hunt of KY on December 26, 1876.
Studied politics, science, and Texas history and contributed frequently to
the press.
Made intensive study of ants. Part of his findings on the Texas agricultural
ant and the cutting ant are contained in H. M. McCook's The Natural History
of the Agricultural Ant of Texas (1880).
Edited August Santleben's A Texas Pioneer in 1910.
Died at Austin, TX on April 18, 1919.
Buried at Brenham, TX.
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| 1850 Census - MS, Adams County, Town, Page 38, Dwelling 24, Family 21, (3/32) | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Thos Affleck | 38 | M | [illegible] | 10,000 | Scotland | ||||
| Ann M. Affleck | 33 | F | MS | ||||||
| Calvin S. Smith | 11 | M | MS | ||||||
| T. A. Affleck | 7 | M | MS | ||||||
| I. Dunbar Affleck | 5 | M | MS | ||||||
| Mrs. Isaac Dunbar | 58 | F | MD | ||||||
| ----- Radslery | 35 | M | Gardner | Scotland | |||||
| 1850 Census Slave Schedule - State, County, Page, Line, (image) | ||||||||
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| 1860 Census - TX, Washington County, Gay Hill, Page 150, Dwelling 122, Family 122, (21/182) | ||||||||||
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| Thomas Affleck | 48 | M | Farmer | 90,000 | 130,666 | Scotland | ||||
| Anna Affleck | 44 | F | MS | |||||||
| Dunbar Affleck | 15 | M | MS | |||||||
| John Affleck | 8 | M | MS | |||||||
| James Copeland | 28 | M | Farm Laborer | |||||||
| 1860 Census Slave Schedule - TX, Washington County, Page 558, Line 19, (image 5/20) | |||||||||
| Slave Owner | # of Slaves | Age | Sex | Color | Fugitive | Manummitted | Handicapped | Slave Houses | |
| Thomas Affleck | 1 | 70 | M | M | Y | ||||
| 1 | 65 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 22 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 42 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 38 | F | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 12 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | M | B | ||||||
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| 1 | 45 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 42 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 21 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 26 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 31 | M | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 50 | F | B | ||||||
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| 1 | 45 | M | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 18 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 12 | F | B | ||||||
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| 1 | 40 | M | B | ||||||
| 1 | 23 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 28 | M | B | ||||||
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| 1 | 1 | M | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 70 | F | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 50 | M | M | Y | |||||
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| 1 | 24 | M | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 14 | M | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 33 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 16 | F | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 9 | F | B | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | F | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 19 | F | M | Y | |||||
| 1 | 10 | M | B | ||||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Washington County, Subdivision Beat 1, PO Brenham, Page 279B, Dwelling, Family, (image 138/163) | |||||||||||
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| A. M. Afflick | 52 | F | W | Keeping house | $20,000 | $1,850 | MS | ||||
| J. D. Afflick | 26 | M | W | Farming | MS | ||||||
| J. H. Afflick | 19 | M | W | Farming | MS | ||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Washington County, All Townships - District 150, Page 244D, Dwelling 219, Family 221, (image 24/31) | ||||||||||||
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| 1900 Census - TX, Washington County, Brenham Ward 1, Page 2B, Street Address, Dwelling 52, Family 52, (image 6/53) | |||||||||||||||
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| Dunbar Affleck | head | W | M | Oct 1842 | 57 | M 25 yrs | MS | Scotland | MS | Retired Farmer | |||||
| Mary H. Affleck | wife | W | F | Jan. 1847 | 53 | M 25 yrs | 3 | KY | NC | KY | Portess [?] | ||||
| Dunbar Affleck | son | W | M | Dec 1880 | 19 | S | TX | MS | KY | Grocery Clerk | |||||
| Marie Affleck | daughter | W | F | Mar 1883 | 17 | S | TX | MS | KY | At School | |||||
| James H. Affleck | son | W | M | Dec 1885 | 14 | S | TX | MS | KY | At School | |||||
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I. D. Affleck Letter, dated April
6, 1862 |
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| Affleck, Isaac D., "With Terry's Texas Rangers: The Letters of Dunbar Affleck," ed. by Robert W. Williams and Ralph A. Wooster, Civil War History, Vol. 9, Sept. 1963, pp. 299-319. Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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