Office building of Jerry Galvan of E Levee St which may have been on corner of 12th St. Left to right are 1) Jerry Galvan 2) Ed Dougherty 3) John Brown, 4) "Smithwick", 5) Brownsville, Texas mayor Thomas Carson, 6) Pepe Webb (maybe be nicknamed or related to Joseph Webb who owned E 13th Galeria 409 and 7) Victor Natus who was probably related to Frank Natus who was the only fatality during the 1906 Brownsville Raid. Thomas Carson was mayor from 1879-1904.
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Jeremiah "Jerry" Galvan was a Brownsville, Texas attorney born in Ireland c1824.
- Jeremiah Galvan "describes himself as someone who knew Mexico and the Mexican people well, having spent five years in Mexico as a clerk, or imprisoned, until he moved to Brownsville. He took it upon himself to relate his own Irish-Anglo-Texan point of view," p. 321. I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant 2003. [from Legislative Reference Library]
- 1863 Bill of Lading written for Jeremiah Galvan's purchase of 88 Bales of cotton. Buying and selling cotton was a good way to earn extra money back then.
Portrait of R.H. Wallis; a pioneer photographer in south Texas to follow Louis de Planque who took many photos of Brownsville, Texas during the 1860s. Very few of his photos are known to exist. He also photographed other buildings downtown including Market Square and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico right across the border.
[Thanks to Traces of Texas Facebook page and William Clayton Young for getting most of the information correct]
The "Close-up of Galvan" appears to be Carson, since Galvan is listed as "1".
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DeleteThank you so much for this post and for your blog. I'm writing a blog post about my grandson's 2nd step great grandfather, Ruben Henry Wallis- the photographer you mention above. I went back and looked at the photo of Ruben Wallis' stepson that I have a copy of and it was taken by Ruben Wallis! Glad to know there is one more extant Ruben Wallis photo! The Brownsville history is the history of my grandson's family. Thank you so much for all you do! Later today I'll be publishing my blog post on a Brownsville family (including Ruben Wallis) in case you're interested. You can find it at https://daysofourlivesgenealogy.wordpress.com/ once I get it posted. I've added several links to your blog throughout my post.
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