The earliest Angelo settlers started arriving on the Gulf Coast in1821. David Fitzgerald arrived in this Mexican run territory in late 1821. In 1824, old three-hundred settlers David Fitzgerald, Thomas Barnett and Moses Shipman, received land grants in this area. Moses Shipman and his family settled in what would become the ‘Duke’ community in 1825. Louisa Ann Morton married Daniel Perry on December 24, 1833 and they moved to the Duke area in 1834. The following are their stories.
Duke, Texas [marker]
David Fitzgerald and descendents the Fenn family [marker]
David Fitzgerald ____________________ John Fitzgerald
Sarah Catherine Fitzgerald Fenn Cox
John Rutherford Fenn ______ Francis Marion Otis Fenn heritage.
Rebecca Matilda Williams Fenn _________ Jan DeVault is a Williams
Daniel Perry [marker]
The reason a surveyor was needed!
Duke/Fenn Cemetery 2020 Survey
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In January, February and March of 1822 there were 4 people that arrived in Austin's colony via the Gulf of Mexico and the Brazos River, to settle in Fort Bend County, that are buried in the Duke/Fenn Cemetery: David Fitzgerald Nancy Morton Lousia Ann Morton Perry John V. Morton |
Duke Residents that Served the Republic of Texas
Moses Shipman and his Descendents
Sugar Land Railroad, Destination Duke, Texas
This is the most accurate account of
UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE
of Galveston on the early July 1899 flood.
Descendents of David Fitzgerald
