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- Criswell Familly Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History
Thomas Menefee Criswell, b. Nov. 5, 1856 in Fayette Co., Texas.
He never married, but had "followed the trail" (the old cattle trails)
by the time he was 21; he was later responsible for running the
Driskill ranches in Kansas, the Dakota territory, Indian territory and
Montana. Numerous letters written between 1880-85 which still exist,
give a fascinating look at the old cattle empires and how they
operated. In 1885, his brother, Lee, wrote brother David Robert to
"come get Tom as he is in a bad fix". He died in his brother's home in
Buckholts, Milam Co., Texas on April 12, 1886.
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1856 - 1886 (29 years)
