The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-09
GEN. W. ?. HARDEMAN DEAD
Bright's Disease Vauquished the
Hero OF Many Battles.
FOUGHT in ALL OF TEXAS WARS
state from Mexican and Indian,
The old Rangers Notified.

q Austin, Texas, April Ss--General W. 4.
Hardcman, superintendent Of the Confed-
crate Home, died this morning at o'clock
at tho age OF So. OF acute Brights dis
ease. His funeral viii take place from
ST, payid's church at 10 o'clock tomorrow
and will be in charge Of the knights Tenn
piars. The nag on the capitol is floating
at half mast today out Of respect for ms.
He was born in Williamson county,
Tom. November 4, 1916. His family mas
been distinguished in the early history "
the Southern States, His grandiatncS
Thomas nardeman. was n member OF the
first constitutional convention Of Tenncs-
soo His father Thomas j. HardIman,
served several terms. with marked uis
titptiUn as n member OF The congress VI
the Republic or Texas. lie was the au'hor
of the resolution Of the Texas congress-
which gave the name OF Austin 70 the
capital of the state. The mother OF Geh-
erai Tardeman was the daughtsr OF hee
kipl Polk, OF Irish descent, who was
siguer OF the Meckienberg Declaration oi
Independence, IN North Carolina. Inc
Hardemans were OF Welsh origin. ihR
blood OF Wales and Ireland thus mtngilhs
IN the veins OF William p. Hardeman, IL
is not strange that an ardent love Tor IN
dependence and hatred OF oppression III
every form should have marked his career
~ arr, re1rhea Tsxos with his family
80. a., IL. ,,,,.' >yhen me calnntsts
,,,,ro ,,.onn,iny for uneoual war with Mex
~ ,i,',,esan MILAN Frank Iohnsoa and
others had determined TO capture the gar
risou at San Antonio. Their followers were
the frontier hunters, and almost their only
weapons We're the hunters rifle. Aruhery
, w", ,ho,, IN, 10 voars old. accompanied
Nc nncie pni,cy uardelnan. and a few
~ 49, h,mp,i,s Landing. below the
,,,a,,,h ~ ,ho toy,ra river and procured
80, &c na,,,,1 cannon which had been
,..,,,,, ~ schooner from Matngurda
80 .oss''s
,,, ,,,.,nc =, 1sae when Travis,
hon,,,aa In with his mon appealed from
-, - III ,o,,,s t,araa,nan then
wy % IA resnondca with aIacrlty
not ~ s.a.s ~ "a s,srtsa for San An
ny .'.t,. .,,s',,,,,,.onn 'p,on His father
s , VA VA ~, IL name should be en-
'.u, ~, S,,s,.r ri, ,s n volunteer and
te,eo 80 60 'n ,,ritten Houston who had heard
go, ~ snr,ont of Travis of the massacr,
iioni s'ie ,Ia,,o foil bact from Gonzales
a. I, AZ Iii, IA ,it,ln band Of twenty
enc men was not so fortunate for knowini
onu mn ""s go - rrs,,ts nor the retreat
nsi,neI VIZ ~ - .oda In ,,nnn the Mex.
VI i'ou IN, "a nar-o,yIv escanea cap.
49,, 80,
ne ,e,- ,o rarrod tho frontier with Den
| ST., ,ar ranr months ON the nd o
,ra,'.,,,r,, 500 he was with Colonel Johl
r, w 49, Il, ,bn Ggbf with the Comanch,
! ~ niooi nyat,aco's creek seven mile
ai,e,'n ca, sa,,a In AnriI ts3e. he was II
~ rordo,,n nyh, under B.rleson, tou
III. aas, or ssruin He served rs
illies east ~, -, o1ahra,od mounted com
80. ntaa Nv Ron Nc(,ulIough dur
i nan3 ~ maS,can war ~ lsa6
'NI ~ ,ti,ins rorr,ol uordeman was
5a,,,,o.at ~ ,be strict construction school
ia ha,iay,np Thai secession alone.>coul
an, ~, ,n.ti,u,,ons or the South fron
Ea1aral ncpresston he voted for secession
reaela' ,,tann h,oody neld he. sought I
en- I, ,vitb arms He Joined the com
,,',,,d d@s,ined for Arizona and New NJ &
,t.,, an counany OF Young III N
~ ,o,,,, aortor M ;he Guadalupe vsliey
Ia honarro senior captain In the regimen
cnn,n,andad Inv Colonel Riley, In whc
,a,,,ar,oa Wt,liam n seurry was Hen
- nnt.,,oI and Harry Raquet wa
- 4 mo hattie oF Val Verde he wa
.ntos Gov 6ietinp,iisnrd galantry o
- 49, az "a hosn,ne fho major OF the rsgi
- ''''
"a. +ho hattie NJ Galveston Genera
,,a,.n,,',or ,.eo,os,od Hardepnpn then leu
,nna,,t ca,onai of the Fourth regiment, I
renta,, and accent command OF Pete
Iiarda,,an,s rariment for the purnose q
ary,mizine ngw force to return to Ari
80 hcorvora when Colonel Riley fe
~ go" Ihor,a In General u Kirby Smith o.
dsrod U,rdcnan bacl, 10 command hiB ow
re,,t,rent Win which he rem;inod unit
,hs .,oso NJ Tho war.
w. nooca was restored Genera
uardon,,n went "a Moxico where he wa
a,,,,,ionnd 10 survey lands In Durango mn
Ma,aga,,,a lie returned home in 1876
IA nnga@ea In cattIe speculqtjon 10 rt
S 49, III fort,,nos h,,t this reR,llted ~
sarn hte IJo Entered the army in Is,
,ycaIthv n Tho close OF The war he fouu
hi ,w, p GOT wa. ,n.u.ura,od as 70,
or,'a,. g., 1914 orr,ed ros,stance was threa