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Culberson County, Texas Genealogy & History
Culberson County Pioneers
| Pioneer | Arrived | Died | More Information | Reference |
| Anderson, Albert A. | Sheriff of Culberson Co., 1931-1946 | sheriffs | ||
| Beach, James H. | Stock Raiser in Van Horn in 1900; born Jan 1849, pioneer settler; donated land for cemetery west of Van Horn; Beach family infant was first person to die in Van Horn | 1900 census, info, info2 | ||
| Bean, R. P. (Perry) | 1883 | From Lampasas County, established B Ranch on the site of now the Figure Two Ranch; moved headquarters in 1885, pioneer settler | info, info2 | |
| Bristow, George | Carpenter in Van Horn in 1900; born Mar 1860, pioneer settler | 1900 census, info | ||
| Carter, J. F. | Postmaster of Tarver (aka Rustler Springs) from 1908-1910 | info | ||
| Canon, Joseph Y. | General Merchant in Van Horn in 1900; born Sept 1874; married Mary M. Hall, daughter of Robert Hall | 1900 census | ||
| Clark, Kathlyn |
Postmaster in Lobo, Texas, beginning 1921 |
info | ||
| Collins, T. J. | 1900 | Worked as an agent on the T.P. Railroad; married Elizabeth Wylie in 1901. She died 10 Nov 1959. | HVHCC, bio p116 | |
| Cox, A. A. "Gus" | pioneer settler | info | ||
| Cox, C. M. Mrs. | Established the first school in Van Horn in 1887, taught seven students in her home six years before the first schoolhouse was built | info | ||
| Cox, John E. | Contractor, built Cox Bldg which served as dance hall, opera house, community center, pool hall and saloon, and later court house before becoming the Clark Hotel in 1918; built first Methodist Church, Van Horn's second schoolhouse and the city's first electric plant and dug Van Horn's first water well, son of A. A. "Gus" Cox | info | ||
| Cummings, C. N. | Sheriff of Culberson Co., 1921-1930 | sheriffs | ||
| Daugherty, Dan | Dec 1955 | Sheriff of Culberson Co, 1916-1920, brother of Matt, married Emma Wade, foreman of the Figure 2 Ranch | HVHCC p118-119, sheriffs | |
| Daugherty, Dick | 1905 | 8 Mar 1948 | Foreman on the Figure 2 Ranch | HVHCC p118 |
| Daugherty, Emma Wade | County treasurer, teacher in Van Horn School, wife of Dan Daugherty | HVHCC p 118-119 | ||
| Daugherty, F. X | Cattle-breeder in Daugherty in 1914. | info | ||
| Daugherty, James M. | 2 Mar 1942 | Son of James M. and Eleanor McGehee Daugherty, born on 27 Feb 1850, married Sara Elizabeth "Bettie" Middleton in 1875, she died in 1924; started the Figure 2 Ranch, the Black Mountain Cattle Company, and the community of Daugherty, postmaster of Daugherty in 1912, served as county commissioner, organizer of Van Horn State Bank and the Sierra Blanca State Bank | bio, HVHCC bio p 118-119, info, marker | |
| Daugherty, Matt | operated grocery store, father of: Josie, Lawrense, Lee, Mary Bell, Saleta, Dan & Dorothy. Josie taught in Van Horn schools. | HVHCC p118 | ||
| Davidson, Susie R. | Postmaster of Daugherty from Oct 1922 until the post office closed in 1927. | info | ||
| De Anda, Sebastian "Ben" | pioneer settler | info | ||
| Dianda, Ben | 1886 | came from Presidio, Texas; father of: Sebastian, Juan, Romula, Reyes, Jesusita; Parker, Jose, Ancula, Manuel, and Grace | HVHCC, bio p116 | |
| Dianda, Juan | --- | 1 Nov 1950 | son of Ben Dianda, mail carrier on route from Van Horn to Salt Flat; was in mercantile business. | HVHCC, p116 |
| Dixon, Ed | 1934 | Operated a barber shop, managed the Gateway Lodge for abt 3 yrs; bookkeeper at the Ken Holmes Oil Co; sang in Methodist Church choir; Mrs. Dixon was Sunday School teacher. She died 30 Sept 1965 | HVHCC, bio p116 | |
| Driggers, James O. | Owned General Store in Plateau, Texas, served as postmaster 1913-1916 | info, info2 | ||
| Espy, Robert | Set world record for roping and tying a goat (eleven seconds) in 1910 | info | ||
| Espy, Rowena | Stock Raiser in Van Horn in 1900, widow, born Mar 1849 | 1900 census | ||
| Etheridge, Herbert F. | Worked as "teley operator" in Van Horn in 1900 when he was 17 yrs old; born May 1883 | 1900 census | ||
| Feely / Feeley, J.H. | 9 Feb 1914 | First sheriff of Van Horn, 1911-1914, killed in gunfight, owned grocery store in Plateau, infant son buried in Feely Cemetery | info, HVHCC, p123 marker, sheriffs | |
| Field, Samuel L. | Postmaster in Kent, Texas, starting 1923. | info | ||
| Fitzsimmons, Charles S. | Postmaster in Plateau, Texas, Aug 1911 - Jul 1913 | info | ||
| Gardiner, John F. | Postmaster in Lobo, Texas 1918-1920 | info | ||
| Glover, Walter | by 1907 | Purchased land in Pine Springs, Built Pine Springs Cafe when US Hwy 62 opened. Wife Bertha was postmaster in Pine Springs in 1942 and operated cafe until her death in 1982. | info | |
| Glenn, Mary E. | Postmaster of Boracho, Texas 1908-1912 | info, info2 | ||
| Goynes, A.S. | Rancher, supposedly suggested the motto, "This Town Is So Healthy We Had to Shoot a Man to Start a Cemetery," shot and first person to die in Van Horn, buried Van Horn Cemetery | info | ||
| Hall, R.L. | 1896 | 1900 | owner of the Van Horn Trading Company, postmaster in Van Horn in 1896, murdered by Red Sealy in 1900 | info |
| Hall, Robert | Stock Raiser in Van Horn in 1900, born Jul 1854 | 1900 census | ||
| Halliday, M. S. Capt. | First county treasurer | HVHCC, p14 | ||
| Hamilton, Charles B. | Postmaster of Daugherty, Texas, from 1914-1920 | info | ||
| Hamm, Ed | pioneer settler | info | ||
| Hart, Leland P. | Only postmaster of Sulphuria, 20 Nov 1920 until the post office was discontinued in 20 Jun 1921 | info | ||
| Hyler, Mr. | Built the first store in Van Horn in 1886 (with W. D. Johnson) | info | ||
| Johnson, Raymond | Postmaster in Kent, Texas, 1914-1923 | info | ||
| Johnson, W. D. | Built the first store in Van Horn in 1886 (with a Mr. Hyler) | info | ||
| Jones, J. Curtis | Storekeeper and first postmaster in Lobo, Texas, 1909 | info | ||
| Kindred, Annie | Postmaster in Plateau, Texas, Apr 1910 - Nov 1910 | info | ||
| King, William A. | 1892 | Railroad Section Forman in Van Horn, born Feb 1845; served meals and took borders at the Section House (the largest bldg in Van Horn) before the town's first hotel opened. | 1900 census, info | |
| Langdon, G. M. | elected first mayor of Van Horn in 1945 | info | ||
| Magee, Charles | Physician in Van Horn in 1900, born Jan 1858 | 1900 census | ||
| Manuss, P. H. | First postmaster of Van Horn, beginning in 1886 | info | ||
| Marine / Morrin, John | Second sheriff of Van Horn, 1915-1916 | info, sheriffs | ||
| Marley, Josiah | Stock Raiser in Van Horn in 1900, born Sept 1857 | 1900 census | ||
| Martinez, Ysacc Mrs. | --- | 3 Aug 1948 | life-long resident of Van Horn, died at age 103 with 68 grandchildren; mother of Mrs. Alcadia Benevides | HVHCC, bio p136 |
| McDonald, Marcus L. Jr. | Postmaster in Plateau, Texas, July 1909 - Apr 1910 | info | ||
| McMillan, Lucy | early 1920s | Mar 1960 | School teacher, also taught school in Marfa; served as County Clerk for 14 yrs., sister of Mrs. C.N. Cummings & Mrs. Rebecca Espy | HVHCC, bio p140 |
| McVay, D. H. | 1927 | Oct 1956 | Owned a filling station and Tourist Courts. Served in WWII; Wife, Euraline Naron taught music | HVHCC, bio p140 |
| Means, Marion O. | 1883 | Aug 1961 | From Lampasas; lived in and near Valentine. Owned El Capitan Hotel and Van Horn Drug Store. | HVHCC, bio p141 |
| Mendez, Jose | Family longtime Van Horn residents; children: Jesus, Elena, Cruz, Petra, Irene, Espedian & Valentine | HVHCC, bio p136 | ||
| Merritt, Will | 1950 | Worked as a mail carrier on the route from Salt Flat to Van Horn; owned and operated filling station | HVHCC, bio p140 | |
| Millican, L. R. Rev. | 18 Apr 1938 | Baptist preacher; established many churches in the area; pastored at Sierra Blanca, Valentine, Van Horn & others; started the Paisano Camp, monument at Skillman Grove in his honor; Millican Memorial Baptist Church at Sierra Blanca named for him. He and Mrs. Millican (who died in 1948) are buried on a hill overlooking the Paisano Camp Ground. | HVHCC, bio p 136-137 | |
| Miller, Ottis | School teacher in Van Horn in 1900; born Jan 1873 | 1900 census | ||
| Mills, Jim | 1892 | 11 Oct 1942 | Worked in mining & surveying; lived in Kent & Van Horn; married Bessie Clark | HVHCC, bio p136 |
| Moore, J. H. | 1921 | 29 Apr 1951 | Worked as Section Foreman on T.P. Railroad, during which time he had a serious accident; purchased Commercial Hotel until it burned in 1933; Wife died 2 Mar 1934. | HVHCC, bio p141 |
| Monroe, Z. | 1920 | 4 Jun 1949 | Worked as agent on T.P. Railroad; bought drug store from Josh Barker in 1933; sold it to Hargis family. Wife died 1962 & is buried in Van Horn Cemetery | HVHCC, bio p141 |
| Morris, Berry A. | 30 Mar 1967 | Worked as bookkeeper and manager of the McWorter Store; Purchased the store in 1943 and then later sold it to his son, A. D. Another son, Jim died while serving in the Marines in 1957. | HVHCC, bio p141 | |
| Owen / Owens, Thomas | discovered the Hazel Mine in 1856; Justice of the Peace in Van Horn | info | ||
| Payne, Zachariah V. | Postmaster in Plateau, Texas when the Post Office was established in 1907 | info | ||
| Rader Brothers | 1876 | In 1876 two brothers named Rader Built the first permanent ranchhouse in the Frijole area in 1876 | info | |
| Ramstein, Henry | Station keeper for the Butterfield Overland Mail stage station, called the Pinery, in Pine Springs 1858-1859. | info | ||
| Richburg, Henry R. | Postmaster in Plateau, Texas Nov 1910 - Aug 1911 | info | ||
| Rickli, John Charles | Postmaster in Kent, Texas in 1893 | info | ||
| Smalley, J.W. | Photographer in Van Horn, 1895-96. | info | ||
| Smith, Nella May | Postmaster in Frijole from 1916-1942 | info, info2 | ||
| Swartout, Mary | Postmaster in Lobo, Texas 1920-1921 | info | ||
| Thompson, Harry E. | Postmaster of Daugherty, Texas, from 1920-1922 | info | ||
| Veats, Jack | Railroad Agent, pioneer settler | info | ||
| Welch, Lee | Mr. & Mrs. Welch managed the El Capitan Hotel after it was purchased by Marion O. Means in the late 1950s. | HVHCC, p141 | ||
| West, James Marion Sr. | 1941 | 1871-1941, Bought the Figure 2 Ranch in 1933 | marker | |
| Wylie, Robert K. | pioneer settler | info | ||
| Wylie, William | Stock Raiser in Van Horn in 1900, born May 1832 | 1900 census |