A grandnephew of U.S. president James Monroe, A.T.M. Monroe was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1842. He married Rachel Albright (1828-1866) in 1846 and moved his family to Crockett in 1849. He operated a general store on the courthouse square with W.F. Wall and made annual trips to New York for merchandise. Also involved in real estate dealings, Monroe gave land for the Episcopal Church. (From Texas Historical Markers Site at: http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225011209 )
Sketches of the Convention
Hon. A.T. Monroe
He was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, on the 15 day of March, 1818; resided four years in New York, and came to Texas in 1838 and has been a citizen of this State since that time. His father, Mr. Augustine E. Monroe, recently died at New Richmond, Ohio. He has one brother Rev. A.F. Monroe, of Montreal, Canada, living; two of his brothers died during was viz: Colonel James Monroe, who died at Harper's Ferry, in 1863, and John a Monroe Esq., a prominent lawyer of San Francisco, California, who died in that city in 1863.
Colonel Monroe has always been a consistent Union man; opposed the late war, though for a short time he was in the service.
Before the was, Colonel M. was one of the leading merchants in Crockett, and never held any political office until elected as a representative to the Constitutional Convention.
He is chairman of the Committee on Division of the State, and also of that on Engrossed Provisions, and is a member of the Executive Committee.
WEEKLY FREE MAN'S PRESS (Austin, Texas)
Saturday Morning, August 1, 1868, page 3/4.
Sketches of the Convention
Hon. A.T. Monroe
He was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, on the 15 day of March, 1818; resided four years in New York, and came to Texas in 1838 and has been a citizen of this State since that time. His father, Mr. Augustine E. Monroe, recently died at New Richmond, Ohio. He has one brother Rev. A.F. Monroe, of Montreal, Canada, living; two of his brothers died during was viz: Colonel James Monroe, who died at Harper's Ferry, in 1863, and John a Monroe Esq., a prominent lawyer of San Francisco, California, who died in that city in 1863.
Colonel Monroe has always been a consistent Union man; opposed the late war, though for a short time he was in the service.
Before the was, Colonel M. was one of the leading merchants in Crockett, and never held any political office until elected as a representative to the Constitutional Convention.
He is chairman of the Committee on Division of the State, and also of that on Engrossed Provisions, and is a member of the Executive Committee.
WEEKLY FREE MAN'S PRESS (Austin, Texas)
Saturday Morning, August 1, 1868, page 3/4.
A grandnephew of U.S. president James Monroe, A.T.M. Monroe was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1842. He married Rachel Albright (1828-1866) in 1846 and moved his family to Crockett in 1849. He operated a general store on the courthouse square with W.F. Wall and made annual trips to New York for merchandise. Also involved in real estate dealings, Monroe gave land for the Episcopal Church. (From Texas Historical Markers Site at: http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225011209 )
Sketches of the Convention
Hon. A.T. Monroe
He was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, on the 15 day of March, 1818; resided four years in New York, and came to Texas in 1838 and has been a citizen of this State since that time. His father, Mr. Augustine E. Monroe, recently died at New Richmond, Ohio. He has one brother Rev. A.F. Monroe, of Montreal, Canada, living; two of his brothers died during was viz: Colonel James Monroe, who died at Harper's Ferry, in 1863, and John a Monroe Esq., a prominent lawyer of San Francisco, California, who died in that city in 1863.
Colonel Monroe has always been a consistent Union man; opposed the late war, though for a short time he was in the service.
Before the was, Colonel M. was one of the leading merchants in Crockett, and never held any political office until elected as a representative to the Constitutional Convention.
He is chairman of the Committee on Division of the State, and also of that on Engrossed Provisions, and is a member of the Executive Committee.
WEEKLY FREE MAN'S PRESS (Austin, Texas)
Saturday Morning, August 1, 1868, page 3/4.
Sketches of the Convention
Hon. A.T. Monroe
He was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, on the 15 day of March, 1818; resided four years in New York, and came to Texas in 1838 and has been a citizen of this State since that time. His father, Mr. Augustine E. Monroe, recently died at New Richmond, Ohio. He has one brother Rev. A.F. Monroe, of Montreal, Canada, living; two of his brothers died during was viz: Colonel James Monroe, who died at Harper's Ferry, in 1863, and John a Monroe Esq., a prominent lawyer of San Francisco, California, who died in that city in 1863.
Colonel Monroe has always been a consistent Union man; opposed the late war, though for a short time he was in the service.
Before the was, Colonel M. was one of the leading merchants in Crockett, and never held any political office until elected as a representative to the Constitutional Convention.
He is chairman of the Committee on Division of the State, and also of that on Engrossed Provisions, and is a member of the Executive Committee.
WEEKLY FREE MAN'S PRESS (Austin, Texas)
Saturday Morning, August 1, 1868, page 3/4.
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