Leah Catlett was born in Maryland to Alexander Catlett and Susannah Beall. She was the wife of Thomas Alsbury, Jr. (1773-1826). She and her husband had a total of 10 children: Susannah B., Charles G., Harvey, Horace A., Hanson, Leah Ann, William W., Thomas J., Young Perry, and Marion B. In the early 1820s, Leah came to Texas (then part of Mexico) with her husband and family from Christian County, Kentucky as part of the original Austin Colony. The family was very much involved in early Texas history. Leah's husband and three of her oldest sons were officially part of the Texas "Old 300." She was widowed in 1826. In her later years, she moved from Brazoria County to Bexar County to live with her youngest son, Young Perry Alsbury. Leah died in 1853 at the age of about 79 and was buried in the small Alsbury Family Cemetery along Salado Creek near San Antonio. Her son Young Perry Alsbury and his wife Mary Rodriguez Alsbury were also buried there in 1877 and 1880 respectively. In 1936, the centennial of the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas won independence from Mexico, Young Perry Alsbury's grave was marked with a state historical marker. Young Perry Alsbury had been a hero in this battle, one of 6 volunteers who destroyed Vince's Bridge, thus cutting off the Mexican Army from re-enforcements, and leading to the capture of General Santa Anna the following day.
Leah Catlett was born in Maryland to Alexander Catlett and Susannah Beall. She was the wife of Thomas Alsbury, Jr. (1773-1826). She and her husband had a total of 10 children: Susannah B., Charles G., Harvey, Horace A., Hanson, Leah Ann, William W., Thomas J., Young Perry, and Marion B. In the early 1820s, Leah came to Texas (then part of Mexico) with her husband and family from Christian County, Kentucky as part of the original Austin Colony. The family was very much involved in early Texas history. Leah's husband and three of her oldest sons were officially part of the Texas "Old 300." She was widowed in 1826. In her later years, she moved from Brazoria County to Bexar County to live with her youngest son, Young Perry Alsbury. Leah died in 1853 at the age of about 79 and was buried in the small Alsbury Family Cemetery along Salado Creek near San Antonio. Her son Young Perry Alsbury and his wife Mary Rodriguez Alsbury were also buried there in 1877 and 1880 respectively. In 1936, the centennial of the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas won independence from Mexico, Young Perry Alsbury's grave was marked with a state historical marker. Young Perry Alsbury had been a hero in this battle, one of 6 volunteers who destroyed Vince's Bridge, thus cutting off the Mexican Army from re-enforcements, and leading to the capture of General Santa Anna the following day.
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