Euclid Kimbro

The History of Texas, together with a biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson counties : containing a concise history of the state, with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens of the above named counties, and personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families included a biography of Euclid U. Kimbro,

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Confederate Flag In The San Jacinto Museum

Colonel Walter Mann's Civil War flag was displayed at the San Jacinto Museum in La Porte, Texas. I found it pictured here and realized that Jim photographed the flag during our visit to the San Jacinto Museum (the link also has a picture of Col. Mann's uniform).

Jim's Photograph - February, 2009

Colonel Mann was Euclid Kimbro's commanding officer (see my Euclid Kimbro post here).

Euclid Kimbro - A Texan In 1836

Euclid Union (E.U.) Kimbro was born in Bedford Co., Tennessee, on 20 Nov 1833, to Daniel & Polly (Gilbert) Kimbro. In 1836 the Kimbro family came to San Augustine Co., Texas, and in 1837 settled in Bastrop County, Texas.

In 1861 Euclid Kimbro moved to present day Taylor, Texas. He married Lucinda Avery, whose father participated in the Battle at San Jancinto and her step-grandfather was thought to be the oldest person to die at the Alamo. See details at the "Relatively Fiction" blog entries "Going To Texas, Part 4," and "Part 3," including more information about the Daniel Kimbro family.

Euclid Kimbro was in Col. W. L. Mann's Regiment of Cavalry in the Civil War. Kimbro served on Galveston island was there when Colonel Mann surrendered on 5 June 1865 (the last Confederate officer to capitulate).

Much of the information about the Daniel Kimbro family was found in a biography of Euclid Kimbro, Daniel's son, found here. Research found on Daniel Kimbro's son, Crawford, can be found here. [My niece and nephew are descendants of Daniel Kimbro through his daughter, Niteva (Kimbro) Price].

A picture of E.U. Kimbro is housed at the archives in the Taylor, TX, Public Library, and was included in a packet of items sent to me by the librarian, as were the funeral notice and the obituary.

Courtesy of the Taylor, Texas, Public Library

Genealogy Project of The Day

Genealogy Project of the Day:

Trying to fill out the KIMBRO family tree -- Daniel Kimbro was a direct ancestor of my niece & nephew through his daughter, Niteva Kimbro Price. See information from the Texas Historical Marker at the Kimbro Family cemetery here.

One of Daniel Kimbro’s sons was Crawford Kimbro. Found in the 1910 Census as the brother-in-law of Margaret Ainsworth in Spiro Township, Leflore County, Oklahoma, was a Crawford Kimbro. He was the right age to be Daniel Kimbro’s son and was born in Texas, which also leads me to believe he could be the Crawford Kimbro I was searching for [although it is not a certainty].

Next I needed to find out how Crawford Kimbro became Margaret Ainsworth’s brother-in-law – and found Crawford Kimbro, husband of Sarah Ainsworth, at the Bunting Family WorldConnect Project.


There were some Kimbros and Ainsworths buried in the Skullyville, OK, cemetery.

Click on the included link to see a brief history of Skullyville, Leflore Co., Oklahoma.

According to this article, “’Indian Territory’ was not enumerated for non-Indians.” If the Kimbro children in the Skullyville Cemetery were the children of Crawford & Sarah J. (Ainsworth) Kimbro, it would indicate by their dates of death that the family was living in Indian Territory (Skullyville) when the 1880 census was taken. If the Kimbros were not enumerated, that would help explain why Crawford Kimbro was not found in 1880 census, but was still alive when the 1910 census was taken.

This was another interesting genealogical trail to follow….