WILLIAM BUFORD DEWEES

8 Sep 1799 - 14 Apr 1878

• BIRTH: 8 Sep 1799, Russell Co., Ky.
• DEATH: 14 Apr 1878, Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas [1280]
• EVENT: LAND GRANT: 28 Apr 1832 [1281]
• EVENT: .5 League's (2214.2 Acres)
  LAND GRANT: 28 Apr 1831, Coloradao
• EVENT: ARR IN TEXAS: early 1821, Nacogdoches, Texas [1282]

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1829, colorado Co., Texas

1.  Emily Dewees

• MARRIAGE: 7 Mar 1847, colorado Co., Texas

1.  Lydia G. Dewees
2.  William Buford Dewees

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 _William Dewees(e) ___|
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|--WILLIAM BUFORD DEWEES 
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|_Mary "Polly" Buford _|
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[1279] 5/14/98 INFORMATION FROM: DEWEES - DEWEESE NEWSLETTER APR - JUNE 1998
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inscription from tombstone, submitted by Margretta Schrader, a
descendant, reads:

"W. B. Dewees
Born Set. 8, 1799
Emigrated to Texas 1822
One of first three hundred
Austin Colony
Died April, 1878
Husband dear, take thy rest
The summer flower will bloom
While you, the purest and the best
Doeth wither in the tumb"

[1280] buried: Old City Cemetery
from: DEWEES - DEWEESE NEWSLETER APR-JUNE 1998

[1281] .5 Lg.2214.2 ac Texas Gen Land Office

[1282] arrived in Nacogdoches, Texas in early 1821 where he learned Moses
Austin had received permission from the Mexican Gov. to establish a
colony in their province, then called Coahuila and Texas. He returned
to Arkansas, then returned to Texas 1 Jan 1822.

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