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Positions held

89 positions held by 33 colonists and a few of their companions: the company's and the colony's offices, Civil War service on both sides, the county and city offices of Reconstruction and after, and the First International. One row per person and position, from src/colonists/offices.py; where the sources disagree the note says how, and nothing is resolved silently.

Thin after 1876 by construction: Sandell's council-minute reading stops there, and no colonist surname has yet been run against the city officials lists of 1875–1890 (the Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, 1892; the city directories) or the Confederate compiled service records. That check is on the roadmap. The war rows are read against the witnesses on the war page.

Before the colony

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
Victor Prosper Considerantdeputy for MontargisFrench National Assembly1848 – 1849electedcordillot
Victor Prosper Considerantdeputy for Paris

fled to Belgium after the failed insurrection of 13 June

French Legislative Assembly1849 – 1849-06-13electedcordillot
Karl Burklimember of the Grand Council

founder of the Zurich Konsumverein the same year

Canton of Zurichc. 1851 – 1855electedcordillot
Jaques Maximilien Reverchondirector of cultivation, Sig colonyFrench Algeria1830sappointedcordillot

The company and the colony, 1854–1861

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
Allyre Bureaumanaging partner (gérant)

Cordillot dates the founding 14 Sept 1854; the act says 26 Sept. Died in office.

SCEAT, Brussels1854-09-26 – 1859-10-31namedsceat-statutes; cordillot
Ferdinand Guillonmanaging partnerSCEAT, Brussels1854-09-26namedsceat-statutes
Jean-Baptiste Godin-Lemairemanaging partner; principal shareholderSCEAT, Brussels1854-09-26namedsceat-statutes; cordillot
Victor Prosper Considerantexecutive agent in Texas

left the colony 8 July 1856; the agency formally continued from San Antonio

SCEAT1854-09-26 – 1856-07-08namedsceat-statutes; cordillot
Francois Cantagreldirector

withdrew a first resignation 7 May 1856; resigned for good 6 July

Société de Réunion1855-08-07 – 1856-07-06namedsavardan; cordillot
Dr. Savardanboard member; secretary and treasurer

also physician and magistrate of the colony

Société de Réunion1855-08-07 – 1856-07-06electedsavardan; cordillot
Vincent Cousinboard member; engineer and architectSociété de Réunion1855-08-07 – 1856-07-08namedsavardan; cordillot
Karl Burklimember of the conseil de direction

left after Considerant refused him a tannery

Société de Réunion1855-08 – c. 1856-02namedcordillot
John B. Louckxboard member; head of buildingSociété de Réunion1855-08-14electedcordillot
F.L. Willemetteéconomat and canteen

dismissed by Cantagrel, reinstated by Duthoya; per Savardan 'the real director' during the 1857 interim

Société de Réunion1855 – 1858namedcordillot; savardan
Francois Santerrein charge of agricultural workSociété de Réunion1856-05 – 1857informalcordillot
Tristan Duthoyaacting directorSociété de Réunion1856-07-06 – 1857-01namedsavardan; cordillot
Auguste Guillemetexpense control (with Savardan and Doderet)

by a management letter signed Bureau

Société de Réunion1856-08-27 – 1857namedcordillot
Charles Capyconsultative commission

the commission Cousin abolished after Bureau left

Société de Réunion1857-02-03 – 1857-03namedcordillot; savardan
Athanase Cretienconsultative commissionSociété de Réunion1857-02-03 – 1857-03namedcordillot
Jean Loupotconsultative commission

withdrew at the first meeting, wanting his shares repaid in cash

Société de Réunion1857-02-03namedcordillot
Dr. Savardanconsultative commissionSociété de Réunion1857-02-03 – 1857-03namedcordillot
Vincent Cousinacting head of the colony

holding Bureau's delegated powers; ran the Feb-Apr 1857 land sales

Société de Réunion1857-03 – 1858-01namedsavardan; cordillot
Allyre Bureauadministration and the store (with Cousin)Réunion, under receivership1858-01 – 1859-10namedcordillot
Michel Thevenetreceiver

Cordillot omits him and has Bessard appointed only after Bureau's death (1859)

SCEAT liquidation1858 – c. 1861appointedsanterre XI; sandell II
Alexis Bessardreceiver; administrator

asked in 1861 to sell the remainder and repatriate the money; carried the Confederate-money proceeds to Belgium

SCEAT liquidation1858 – 1861appointedsanterre XI; sandell II; cordillot
Julian Reverchondelegate of the supervisory board to Bessardthe new society of 18611861namedcordillot
Francois CantagrelEuropean agentthe new society of 18611861namedcordillot

The war, 1861–1865

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
Henri Bollcommissary department, Col. Buford, then Post Waco

the timeline's life-events layer also lists a Boll in Co. K, 19th Texas Cavalry, with the Knapflis -- which Boll is unstated. The NPS index has no Henri/Henry Boll in any Texas unit and no Boll on the 19th Cavalry's 1,409-name roster: consistent with commissary employment, not enlistment

Confederate army1862-01 – 1865enlistedsanterre XII; cordillot
Achille FrichotCo. B, 19th Texas Cavalry (Burford); corporal

NPS: 'Frichot, Ashiel', Co. B, corporal in and out (M227 roll 12)

Confederate army1862enlistedsanterre XII; nps
Emile RemondCo. B, 19th Texas Cavalry, then Pratt's Battery; colour-bearer

wounded; captured at Saline, escaped twice; ambushed at Tensas Bayou, La. NPS: 'Reimond, Emile', Co. B, ensign in and out (M227 roll 30); not on the index roster of the 10th Field Battery, Texas Light Artillery (Pratt's), 206 names -- the transfer would be in the jacket

Confederate army1863-03-21 – 1865enlistedcordillot; santerre XII; nps
Jacob KnopfliCo. K, 19th Texas Cavalry

with a Wm Knapfli; from the timeline's life-events layer, to verify. NPS: no Jacob or William under any spelling; the one Knopfli in Texas is Henry, below

Confederate armyundatedenlistedsandell IV
Wm KnapfliCo. K, 19th Texas Cavalry

Sandell (after Cochran) has William and Jacob Knapfly; Kagay, William and Joseph; NPS has neither

Confederate armyundatedenlistedsandell IV; kagay
John B. LouckxCo. F, Waller's Battalion; two years

NPS: 'Louckx, J.B.', Co. F, Waller's Regiment, Texas Cavalry, private (M227 roll 22)

Confederate armyundatedenlistedsanterre XII; cordillot; nps
Paul Henriarms factory -- the Lancaster pistol works

no Henri in the NPS Texas index -- civilian employment, as Sandell and Cordillot read it

Confederate war industry1863 – 1865hiredcordillot; santerre XII; sandell
Maxime Guillotsupervisor of army wagon and vehicle manufacture

Guillot's wagon factory survived the 1860 fire (sandell III); no Guillot in the NPS Texas index

Confederate war industryundatedhiredsanterre XII
Jean Priotwagon supply trains; quartermaster

the one Priot in the NPS Texas index is 'Priot, P.', Texas Conscripts (M227 roll 29) -- initial conflicts with Jean; a conscription card would fit an army employee

Confederate army (employee)1861 – 1865hiredsanterre XII; cordillot
Pierre Philip FrichotCo. H, 3rd Texas Infantry State Troops (six months, 1863-64)

M227 roll 12. In no narrative source: the father in the state troops while the son was in the cavalry

Texas State Troops1863 – 1864enlistednps
Christopher D. FrichotCo. H, 3rd Texas Infantry State Troops (six months, 1863-64)

M227 roll 12, 'Frichot, C.D.'; same company as his brother

Texas State Troops1863 – 1864enlistednps
Louis ReinhardtGood's Company, Texas Light Artillery State Troops (Dallas Light Artillery)

the index also has a Louis Reinhardt in Shea's 4th Battalion Artillery and Hobby's 8th Infantry, coast units -- one man or two, unresolved

Texas State Troopsundatedenlistednps
Charles VoirinCo. B, 18th Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); private, out as sergeant

M227 roll 37, alt. 'Vorin'. Darnell's is the regiment whose men seized the colonists' guns in 1862 (sandell IV)

Confederate armyundatedenlistednps
Alfred VoirinCo. B, 18th Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); ensign in, private out

M227 roll 37, alt. 'Alford Vorin'; not in the registry -- presumably Charles Voirin's family

Confederate armyundatedenlistednps
Julius RoyerCo. C, 18th Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); private

M227 roll 31, 'Royer, Julis'. Corroborates his 1898 obituary -- a drummer with Walker's division at Mansfield; Darnell's 18th served dismounted in Walker's Texas Division

Confederate armyundatedenlistednps
Henry KnopfliTexas Conscripts

M227 roll 20; the only Knopfli in the Texas index -- neither the Jacob nor the William of Cochran's list. Relation to Jacob Knopfli unknown

Confederate conscriptionundatedconscriptednps
Claus Henry FrickCo. K, 6th Texas Infantry; private

M227 roll 12. A candidate for the registry's Heinrich Frick (Sandell's Mountain Creek rancher), not an attestation

Confederate armyundatedenlistednps
Jean SanterreCo. B, 1st Texas Cavalry (U.S.); private

M393 roll 2. The only Santerre in the whole NPS index, and a Union one. Not a son of François: the 1860 household and the family tree have Appolinaire (b. 1843), Germain (1848), Emanuel (1850), Raphael (1853), no Jean. The 1st Texas (U.S.) was raised at New Orleans, Nov 1862 - Feb 1864, largely from refugees and foreigners. Chronicling America 1860-1900 (LA, TX) has no Jean Santerre. The M402 jacket (FamilySearch/Fold3, sign-in) would give age, birthplace and enlistment place

Union armyundatedenlistednps
Paul GirardCo. M, 1st, then Co. D, 2nd Texas Cavalry (U.S.); private

M393 roll 1. The registry has Pierre, J. and F. Girard, no Paul; Chronicling America (LA, TX, 1860-1900) has no Paul Girard. The M402 jacket would settle it

Union armyundatedenlistednps
Jean Loupotin Mexico, freighting cotton, four years

his 1892 sketch; Cordillot has him at Kaufman County in 1857 and back in Dallas 1869

civilian1861 – 1865informallewis1892
Athanase Cretienexempted from active service as a French citizen

the general exemption for un-naturalized foreigners, late 1861 (kagay)

Confederate conscription1862exemptedcordillot; kagay
Benjamin LangUnionist; petitioner for federal troops at Dallas

with Gouffé; the petition cites the violence promised to 'Unionists and freed Blacks'

Union side1865 – 1868informalcordillot
A.J. GouffeUnionist; petitioner for federal troops at DallasUnion side1865 – 1868informalcordillot

Reconstruction and the city, 1867–1877

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
A.J. GouffeCounty TreasurerDallas County1867-11appointedsandell IV; kagay
Benjamin LangDistrict Clerk, superseding E. B. Spillman

the 1892 county list names the office; Thévenet followed him

Dallas County1868-06-02 – 1868-fallappointedsandell IV; brown1892
Benjamin LangMayor

Gen. Reynolds's slate under military government; resigned April 1, 1870 to visit Europe, and Henry S. Ervay was appointed (brown1892; Sandell: Ervay pro tem, 4 Apr); back with 27 Swiss on 3 Dec 1870 (Fretz, DMN 1924)

City of Dallas1868-09 – 1870appointedsandell IV; kagay n76; cordillot
John F. BarbierCity Marshal

The 1892 list confirms 'Marshal, John F. Barbier'; Sandell's directory reverses the brothers. Barbier Street (1871) is named for J.F.

City of Dallas1868-09appointedsandell IV; kagay n76
Alexandre BarbierAssistant Marshal

on Sandell's and Kagay's slate; not on Brown's 1892 list, which names no assistant marshal. Later retired to Mineral Wells

City of Dallas1868-09appointedsandell IV; kagay n76
A.J. GouffeCity TreasurerCity of Dallas1868-09appointedsandell IV; kagay n76
Henri BollAlderman

'Mr. Bole refused to serve' (brown1892); Sandell: resigned at the first meeting, not a city resident; Cordillot: 'refused the deputy mayor's post'

City of Dallas1868-09appointedsandell IV; cordillot
Michel ThevenetDistrict Clerk

'appointed District Clerk in the fall of 1868'; John M. Laws held district and county clerk from March 1870

Dallas County1868-fall – 1870-03appointedsandell IV; brown1892
Jean LoupotAlderman, replacing Jones

'Jones resigned, and John Loupot was substituted' (brown1892)

City of Dallas1868-11-26appointedsandell IV; brown1892
F.L. WillemetteCouncilman

Brown (1892) lists him among the aldermen 'at different times (some resigning)' under Ervay, 1870-72; Sandell ch. II has him on the council continuously 1870-75, ch. IV a gap until 1875. UNRESOLVED.

City of Dallas1870-11-19 – c. 1871appointedsandell IV
Henri BollCity Treasurer

also treasurer pro tem of the railroad tax, Aug 1871

City of Dallas1871-05-01 – 1872-11appointedsandell IV
Julius Royercouncil secretaryCity of Dallas1871-07appointedsandell IV
Benjamin LangMayor

348-246 over Hunt, the first election under Reconstruction. RESOLVED: the 1892 list runs his term 'November 1872 to April 1874' and elects W. L. Cabell in 1874; Cordillot's re-elections of 1873 and 1874 do not appear.

City of Dallas1872-11-08 – 1874-04-08electedsandell IV; kagay n77; cordillot
Charles CapyAlderman, First Ward (short term)

resigned with the whole council in the charter dispute with Austin — Brown dates the resignation April 24, 1873, Sandell March 20-22; his own 1892 sketch: 'has served as Alderman for the First Ward'

City of Dallas1872-11-08 – 1873-03-22electedsandell IV; cordillot
Michel ThevenetAlderman, Third Ward (long term)

resigned in the charter dispute (Brown: April 24, 1873)

City of Dallas1872-11-08 – 1873-03-22electedsandell IV; brown1892
Henri BollCity Treasurer

a 4-4 council tie broken by Mayor Long; Brown: 'the council elected Henry Boll treasurer'. Boll's own 1892 sketch has him 'elected City and County Treasurer' in 1869, serving three or four years — his dates, not the minutes'

City of Dallas1872-11-08electedsandell IV; cordillot
F.L. WillemetteAlderman, Ward 1

RESOLVED: the 1892 list of aldermen elected April 1875 has F. L. Willemet and no Capy; the 1875-76 seat is Willemet's. No colonist appears on the lists of 1876-1884.

City of Dallas1875-04-10 – 1876electedsandell IV; cordillot
Henri BollCounty Clerk

undated in Sandell and not in the 1892 county-clerk succession (Jones 1867, Laws 1870, Harwood 1873); probably a reading of Boll's own 'City and County Treasurer'

Dallas Countyundatedsandell directory
Benjamin LangSheriff

shot dead in 1877 'in a settling of scores between cowboys'

Dallas Countyc. 1876 – 1877cordillot
Benjamin LangU.S. CommissionerUnited States1877appointedsandell V

Afterwards

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
John B. LouckxSchool Director, two terms

'served two terms as School Director' (his 1892 sketch); on the first board, 1884 (Sandell)

City of Dallas1884electedsandell III/IV; cordillot; lewis1892
John B. LouckxAlderman, First Ward, three terms

on every April list from 1885 to 1889 and not on 1890's; two-year terms from 1876, so three elections (1885, 1887, 1889); 'resigned on account of moving out of the ward'

City of Dallas1885-04 – 1890-04electedsandell IV; cordillot; brown1892; lewis1892
Emil Fretzfounding park commissioner

came with Long's 1871 Swiss party, not a colonist

City of Dallas park board1904appointedsandell V
Francois Cantagrelmunicipal councillor, 13e arrondissementCity of Parisc. 1875electedcordillot
Francois Cantagreldeputy

Dallas named a street for him, misspelled (Dallas Herald 6 May 1876)

French Chamber of Deputies1876electedkagay n60
Dr. Savardanmayor of La Chapelle-GaugainSarthe, Francec. 1858 – 1867electedcordillot
Alexis Bessardmayor of Tournus

re-elected 1888; succeeded by his son 1896-1908

Saône-et-Loire, France1896electedcordillot (dispersal)
Karl Burklidelegate of the Zurich and Wetzikon sections

on the commission that drafted the International's rules; a congress secretary at Lausanne 1867

AIT congress, Geneva1866electedcordillot

The First International

WhoPositionBodyWhenHowSource
Charles Capyfounding member; secretary-correspondent

every identified member of Section 46 was a colonist

AIT Section 46, Dallas1872 – 1876electedcordillot
F.L. Willemettefounding member; one of the leaders

countersigned Rémond's membership booklet with Capy

AIT Section 46, Dallas1872 – 1876membercordillot
Christopher D. Frichotfounding memberAIT Section 46, Dallas1872 – 1875membercordillot
Pierre Philip Frichotfounding memberAIT Section 46, Dallas1872membercordillot
Jean PriotmemberAIT Section 46, Dallas1872membercordillot
Emile Remondmember (booklet in the family papers)AIT Section 46, Dallas1872membercordillot
Francois SanterrememberAIT Section 46, Dallas1872 – 1875membercordillot
Athanase Cretienmember (probable)

'vraisemblablement'; the 1875-76 correspondence is certain

AIT Section 46, Dallas1872 – 1876membercordillot
Louis Louisfounding member; treasurerClub républicain, then AIT Section 15, New Orleans1871-05-07 – 1871-11electedcordillot
Karl BurklifounderAIT section, Zurich1864membercordillot
Victor Prosper ConsiderantmemberAIT, France1869membercordillot