- Pendleton Murrah
Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865) was the 10th governor of
Texas . His term in office coincided with theAmerican Civil War .A native of
South Carolina , Murrah graduated fromBrown University in 1848. He moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall. He ran and was defeated for the U.S. Congress before winning the state gubernatorial race in 1863.During the
American Civil War , Murrah emphatically supported the Rebel cause, although he ended up in a controversy over theconscription of Texas militia troops into the Confederate army. Still, even afterRobert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, he encouraged Texans to continue the revolution. Only when Union occupation forces were en route to Texas did Murrah flee with other Confederate leaders to Mexico. The trip was too much for his already fragile health, and in May 1865, he died in Monterrey, Mexico oftuberculosis . He is grave is located in the Panteon Municipal of Monterrey,Mexico.External links
*Handbook of Texas|id=MM/fmu15|name=Pendleton Murrah
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5827:34 Entry about Pendleton Murrah] from the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5827 "Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas"] published 1880, hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History.]
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