William Brenan was last seen alive when he and a friend left the town of Victoria, Texas in July of 1839. The two men were in route to San Patricio where the Honorable Mr. Brenan was building a home. Some three months later his decomposed body was found on the road that ran between the two cities. It is believed that he had been murdered by person or persons unknown. I have not found any record of his burial, but given the condition of his remains, he was probably buried where he fell.
It seems that William had outlived his proverbial nine lives, because after arriving in Texas in 1835, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel O. Pettus's company of New Orleans Grays. He saw action at the siege of Bexar the battle of Coleto, and after being captured by the Mexican Army, he was marched out to be shot at Goliad, but he escaped to fight another day. And what a day it was, for on April 21, 1836, William Brenan fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, as a member of Capt. William H. Patton's company. After the victory at San Jacinto, Brenan moved to San Patricio County, where he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas, and served from September 25, 1837, until May 24, 1838. He later moved to Victoria, Texas and during this time, was captured by Mexican soldiers near San Patricio and imprisoned at Matamoros until he escaped early in February 1839. He was reelected to the House of Representatives, and planned to return to San Patricio to build a home, but was killed before this dream could be fulfilled.
It seems that William had outlived his proverbial nine lives, because after arriving in Texas in 1835, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel O. Pettus's company of New Orleans Grays. He saw action at the siege of Bexar the battle of Coleto, and after being captured by the Mexican Army, he was marched out to be shot at Goliad, but he escaped to fight another day. And what a day it was, for on April 21, 1836, William Brenan fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, as a member of Capt. William H. Patton's company. After the victory at San Jacinto, Brenan moved to San Patricio County, where he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas, and served from September 25, 1837, until May 24, 1838. He later moved to Victoria, Texas and during this time, was captured by Mexican soldiers near San Patricio and imprisoned at Matamoros until he escaped early in February 1839. He was reelected to the House of Representatives, and planned to return to San Patricio to build a home, but was killed before this dream could be fulfilled.
William Brenan was last seen alive when he and a friend left the town of Victoria, Texas in July of 1839. The two men were in route to San Patricio where the Honorable Mr. Brenan was building a home. Some three months later his decomposed body was found on the road that ran between the two cities. It is believed that he had been murdered by person or persons unknown. I have not found any record of his burial, but given the condition of his remains, he was probably buried where he fell.
It seems that William had outlived his proverbial nine lives, because after arriving in Texas in 1835, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel O. Pettus's company of New Orleans Grays. He saw action at the siege of Bexar the battle of Coleto, and after being captured by the Mexican Army, he was marched out to be shot at Goliad, but he escaped to fight another day. And what a day it was, for on April 21, 1836, William Brenan fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, as a member of Capt. William H. Patton's company. After the victory at San Jacinto, Brenan moved to San Patricio County, where he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas, and served from September 25, 1837, until May 24, 1838. He later moved to Victoria, Texas and during this time, was captured by Mexican soldiers near San Patricio and imprisoned at Matamoros until he escaped early in February 1839. He was reelected to the House of Representatives, and planned to return to San Patricio to build a home, but was killed before this dream could be fulfilled.
It seems that William had outlived his proverbial nine lives, because after arriving in Texas in 1835, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel O. Pettus's company of New Orleans Grays. He saw action at the siege of Bexar the battle of Coleto, and after being captured by the Mexican Army, he was marched out to be shot at Goliad, but he escaped to fight another day. And what a day it was, for on April 21, 1836, William Brenan fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, as a member of Capt. William H. Patton's company. After the victory at San Jacinto, Brenan moved to San Patricio County, where he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas, and served from September 25, 1837, until May 24, 1838. He later moved to Victoria, Texas and during this time, was captured by Mexican soldiers near San Patricio and imprisoned at Matamoros until he escaped early in February 1839. He was reelected to the House of Representatives, and planned to return to San Patricio to build a home, but was killed before this dream could be fulfilled.
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