Brother of Josephine Tobin Rote, and a member of the Texas Rangers for a short time in 1855. In 1856 he served as city marshal of San Antonio. In 1859 he was captain of a company of San Antonio volunteers and served under Samuel Peter Heintzelman of the United States Army during Juan N. Cortina's raids along the border near Brownsville. When Texas seceded from the Union, Tobin was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army; he served throughout the war. Subsequently, he returned to San Antonio. During the 1870s he leased the Vance Building, once a Confederate headquarters, and converted it into a hotel, the Vance House. He was an early advocate of Texas-type Mexican foods and in 1881 negotiated with the United States government to sell canned chili con carne to the army and navy. In the mid-1880s he organized an extensive factory for the canning of chili con carne and other Mexican specialties.
Excerpt from Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas and
Contributor: Bradley Nevill (50088854) •
Excerpt from Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas and
Contributor: Bradley Nevill (50088854) •
Brother of Josephine Tobin Rote, and a member of the Texas Rangers for a short time in 1855. In 1856 he served as city marshal of San Antonio. In 1859 he was captain of a company of San Antonio volunteers and served under Samuel Peter Heintzelman of the United States Army during Juan N. Cortina's raids along the border near Brownsville. When Texas seceded from the Union, Tobin was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army; he served throughout the war. Subsequently, he returned to San Antonio. During the 1870s he leased the Vance Building, once a Confederate headquarters, and converted it into a hotel, the Vance House. He was an early advocate of Texas-type Mexican foods and in 1881 negotiated with the United States government to sell canned chili con carne to the army and navy. In the mid-1880s he organized an extensive factory for the canning of chili con carne and other Mexican specialties.
Excerpt from Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas and
Contributor: Bradley Nevill (50088854) •
Excerpt from Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas and
Contributor: Bradley Nevill (50088854) •
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