Alexandre Barbier (Alexis, Alexius)

Occupation

scientific gardener

Origin

France

Sources

Santerre, Foster, DMN 1906, Sandell, Cordillot

Notes

one man under two forenames: Santerre/Foster/Sandell Alexandre, the Sept 1868 slate's assistant marshal and the June 1868 memorial's signer Alexis/Alexius; Cordillot's appendix lists both spellings; Sandell: marshal (short term), retired to Mineral Wells; brother of John F. Barbier

Positions

• Assistant Marshal, City of Dallas — 1868-09 (appointed) [sandell IV; kagay n76] on Sandell's and Kagay's slate; not on Brown's 1892 list, which names no assistant marshal. Later retired to Mineral Wells

From the register of positions.

Biography

Alexandre Barbier


Name
  Canonical: Alexandre Barbier
  Also: Alexis Barbier (the September 1868 slate, Cordillot's appendix);
    "Alexius Barbier" (the June 1868 memorial); "Alexander Barbier"
    (Foster); "Barbee" (Sandell)

Birth: France; date unknown
Death: unknown; retired to Mineral Wells (Sandell)
Burial: unknown

Origin: France; a scientific gardener (Sandell)

Family
  Brother: John F. Barbier

Occupation at colony: gardener
Occupation in Dallas: gardener; marshal's office; later a vineyard at
  Mineral Wells

Post-colony
  - Civil War: pro-Union, with his brother and Long (the project's
    recurring "Long and the Barbiers")
  - June 4, 1868: signed the Trinity-navigation memorial
  - September 1868: Assistant Marshal on the military slate (Sandell IV;
    Kagay n. 76); Sandell's directory instead makes him "Marshal of Dallas
    (short term)" and John F. the assistant -- the 1892 list confirms the
    slate, with John F. as marshal
  - Retired to Mineral Wells and built a vineyard (Sandell)

Sources
  Santerre, White Cliffs of Dallas (1955), "a few others"
  Sandell, assimilation thesis (1986), directory; ch. IV
  Lewis, Memorial and Biographical History (1892), pp. 238, 278
  Cordillot, Au Texas (2003), appendix (Alexandre and Alexis)
  src/colonists/offices.py

Notes
  One man under two forenames -- Alexandre on the French lists, Alexis on
  the slate and the memorial -- the same slippage as Bessard's. The
  vineyard at Mineral Wells is the last trace.

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