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     Albert H. Sylvester was born on 23 February 1860 in Travis County, Texas. He and Cynthia V. Hickson married on 27 October 1881 in Travis County, Texas. Albert H. died on 26 September 1939 in Kerr County, Texas, at age 79. He was buried in Baldwin Cemetery in Kerr County.

     Alexander (Alex) Sylvester was born on 14 March 1865 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. He and Rachail Lydia Johnson married on 8 April 1883 in Travis County, Texas. Alexander (Alex) Sylvester and Ollie Chapman married after 1892. Alexander (Alex) died on 4 August 1941 in Porterville, Tulare County, California, at age 76.

     John Columbus Jones Sr. and Amanda Cobb married on 10 September 1848 in Upson County, Arkansas.¹ John Columbus Jones Sr. and Nancy Jane Sylvester married on 22 August 1866 in Travis County, Texas.

     Stephen S. Peel and L. Elizabeth "Bettie" Sylvester married on 25 December 1873 in Travis County, Texas.

     Richard Blackwell and Rebecca Emaline Sylvester married on 24 June 1877 in Mountain City, Texas.¹ Richard Blackwell and Josephine Grigsby married.

     Jane E. Hudson and Thomas H. Sylvester married on 28 December 1868 in Travis County, Texas. Homeplace on Colorado River. Jane E. died on 7 April 1883 in Travis County, Texas.² Her estate was probated in July 1889 in Travis County, Texas, with her husband being named as administrator. She left an estate held in common with Thomas valued at $3800 which included a 220 acre and a 30 acre tract. She also had 80 acres of property separate from Thomas.² On 3 November 1893J.P. Schneider was appointed receiver of the estate and guardian of the minor children as Thomas Sylvester had died a the previous year.²

     After her marriage on 28 December 1868, she was normally known as Sylvester.

     Levi Eskew was born in 1835 in Alabama.² He and Minerva J. Cox married on 4 July 1861 in Bastrop County, Texas.³ Levi died between 1865 and 1867.⁴

     Levi Eskew wasfound in 1859 tax rolls in Bastrop County, Texas.⁵ He served in the military on 1 May 1863 as a Confederate during the Civil War as a Private in the 33rd Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Duff's Partisan Rangers), Company E.⁶ On May 26, 1863 1st Lieutenant Thomas E Snow of the 6th Company of the 33 Regiment of Texas Calvary wrote a letter from San Antonio, Texas giving a pass to Levi Eskew and Frank P Alexander. They had lost their horses by a stampede at Eagle Pass, Texas and were detailed to go to Bastrop County to procure remounts before procedeing to their barracks.⁷ He wasfound in 1865 tax rolls in Bastrop County, Texas.⁵

     Friederich Wilhelm Johann Sternberg was born on 31 December 1873 in Washington County, Texas.¹ Friederich Wilhelm Johann died on 20 August 1874.¹

      ***Initial data on children, grandchildren & some great grandchildren was taken from a chart done by Christian Sternberg's granddaughter, Sadie Miller, in the late 1970's. If information from the chart has been verified by other sources, those sources have been sited.

     Ernest Sternberg was born on 20 November 1874 in Round Top, Fayette County, Texas, according to his death certificate² but probably in Evergreen, as that is where they were in the 1880 census. He and Ida Elam/Allen married in 1901 in Travis County, Texas.³ Ernest died on 10 March 1956 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at age 81.² and was buried in Boggy Creek Masonic Cemetery.²

     Clara Wilhelmina Sternberg was born on 29 September 1876 in Washington County, Texas.^1,2 She and Ed Haag married in 1911.¹ Clara Wilhelmina died on 26 March 1948 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at age 71.^1,2 and was buried in Three Rivers.²

     After her marriage she was normally known as Clara Haag.

     Joseph C. Simpson was born in 1818 in Alabama.¹ He and Susan Hogan married circa 1838.² Joseph C. died between 1880 and 1889 Fayette, Gonzales or Travis Counties? In Texas.

     Susan died c 1880/1900 in Texas. She was born in 1824 in Alabama.¹ She and Joseph C. Simpson married circa 1838.²

     After her marriage she was normally known as Simpson.

     Frank Clark was born on 20 April 1830 in Ireland.^4,1,5 He married Asbury A.A. Middleton, daughter of William H. Middleton and Lydia Dodd, on 12 September 1880 in Travis County, Texas.^6,7,4,8 Alternately, Frank Clark and Asbury A.A. Middleton were married on 15 October 1879 according to pages from Asbury's Bible.^4,9 Frank died on 9 April 1904 about 10 pm, of a stroke in his residence, Teck, Travis County, Texas,at age 71 years, 11 months, 20 days^10,1 and was buried at New Hope Cemetery in Cedar Park, Williamson County.¹

     Frank Clark was naturalized before 1869; Need to find out when and where he was naturalized.¹⁴ Note by Candice C. Allmand: My father, Reuben Floyd Clark, often told my sister Cathy Ann "Cookie" Clark, that his grandfather, Frank Clark was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Leander, Williamson County, Texas and showed her the grave marked with an upright triangular shaped native stone that had "Dad" carved into it. He said that the grave had been moved from the Simpson Cemetery on Sandy Creek about 1936-37 when the Marshall Ford Dam was completed across the Colorado River (creating Lake Travis) and flooded the family cemetery. Several unknown Simpson children's graves and the grave of Eugenia "Jinie" Simpson Marshall were moved to New Hope at the same time. Cookie and I became concerned that after we were gone, there would be no family members left who knew that the grave marked simply "Dad" was Frank Clark. In 2004, 100 years after his death, we ordered the granite stone for his grave. When it was set, we decided to move the "Dad" stone to mark the foot of the grave. To our great surprise and delight, when the old stone was dug up, beneath the surface was "Clark" carved into the stone. The rock had said "Dad Clark" all along, but the "Clark" had been covered with dirt probably for at least 50 years. We reset the old stone a bit higher so it could be read in full and placed the new one September 17, 2004.
Note left on Frank Clarks memorial (#18042941) in Find a Grave website by Candice (Clark) Allmand on 16 Apr 2017.¹

     William H. Middleton was born in 1803 in South Carolina.⁴ He and Lydia Dodd married before 1830 in Georgia.^5,6 William H. Middleton and Harriett (---?---) Middleton married between 1850 and 1860 in Texas.⁷ William H. died in 1863 in Hill County, Texas.⁸

     When reading about early Texas settlers like Jacob, Levi & Martin T Pruitt, John B Trenary and maybe William H. Middleton, it will help to learn about the colonization and land distribution in Spanish Texas, Mexican Texas and the Republic of Texas. Click here to read about the (settlement of Texas) Samuel Savage (step-father) was appointed guardian of William H Middleton and paid bond of $4000. He was charged to "handsomely and carefully bring up" and provide him with "necessary meat, drinks, washing, lodging and apparel of wearing according to his decree". Samuel Savage was to be his guardian and tutor to William Middleton and defend him fro "hurt of body, loss of goods and land so far as in proven birth".¹² On October 28, 1823, in Lauderdale County, Alabama, William Middleton received $3,585 from Samuel Savage, the full of his estate from his father, Hugh T Middledon. This represented all the real and personal estate of Hugh T Middledon, Jr. at the time of his death and the procedes of two tracts of land in Edgefield District South Carolina. One tract contained 117 acres and the other 527 acres. Also a lot of land in Georgia above the city of Augusta in Springfield. William was of full legal age and signed that this settles all matters relative to his interest inn his father's estate.¹³ William H. Middleton was listed in Cherokee County, Texas on the 1846 Republic of Texas Poll Lists which were used as the official census when the Republic became a state that year.¹⁴