TITLE: Honoring the Monigold family of Marshall for their longtime contributions to Texas.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Monigold family of Marshall for their longtime contributions to Texas.

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WHEREAS, The Monigold family of Marshall has deep roots in Harrison County, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their contributions to the history and heritage of the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, John C. Monigold, Sr., his wife, Jennie, and his brother Jonas settled in Marshall about 1900; the two men were masons and helped build many courthouses and municipal buildings in East Texas; Jennie Monigold was active in her church and was well-known for traveling by horse and buggy to attend "Mother's Clubs," an early form of the PTA; she embodied the family spirit of independence by starting her own business in her late 60s; Mrs. Monigold lived to be 101 years old, and her enterprise remains a going concern; and WHEREAS, Leonard Monigold, a son of John and Jennie Monigold, married Genevieve Langley, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Morgan LaNoue Langley; the Langley family arrived in Texas from Tennessee in the 1850s; in 1854, they purchased land in the vicinity of the present-day community of Scottsville; Thomas Langley served with Hood's Brigade in the Civil War and later worked as a surveyor in Harrison County; and WHEREAS, Leonard and Genevieve Langley Monigold enjoyed a marriage of 65 years; Leonard Monigold, a resident of Marshall for more than eight decades, was a mason, like his father, and a labor union advocate; he taught the family's traditional craft to his son, William, who still resides in Marshall; high-spirited Genevieve was a poet, newspaper columnist, and suffragist, and when women got the vote, she waited on the judge's steps until midnight in order to become one of the first registered female voters in Harrison County; many of her writings are housed in the library of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs in Austin; and WHEREAS, Leonard and Genevieve Monigold had five children, four of whom remained lifelong residents of Marshall; their oldest son, Leonard Jackson "Jack" Monigold, became a tile contractor and married Betty Hintz, who is actively involved in the Republican Party; and WHEREAS, The civic inclinations of this profoundly Texan family continue today; several members of the family have spent their careers in the statehouse, and the family's youngest member, Langley Franks, can often be seen in the halls of the Capitol, which has been a second home to her since infancy; and WHEREAS, Through the years, the contributions made by John and Jennie Monigold and their descendants have become interwoven in the compelling story of the Lone Star State, and it is indeed fitting that their achievements be acknowledged at this time; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor the Monigold family of Marshall for enriching the history of our state and extend sincere best wishes for future success and happiness to all the members of this distinguished clan; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the family as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Paddie Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 759 was adopted by the House on March 11, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House