Freestone County, Texas
Biographies



Biography of Thomas Culverwell
    (July 21, 1851-Feb. 3, 1922, buried Santa Anna Cemetery in Coleman Co., TX.)

History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, 
Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (Chicago, IL: Lewis, 1893), 
pp. 553-554. 

"Thomas Culverwell, farmer and stock raiser of Milam county, is a native of 
England, having been born in Somersetshire on July 21, 1851. In 1855 his parents
immigrated to America and settled near Norfolk, Virginia, where the subject of 
this sketch was reared. His father died when the subject of this notice was in 
his tenth year and most of the family possessions having been swept away by the
ravages of the late war, his education was limited. 

In 1872 he came to Texas and for three years was engaged in driving cattle from
this State to Wyoming. He located in Milam county in 1875, where he engaged in 
the sheep industry. For ten years he followed this successfully, when having 
purchased some land he turned his attention about 1885 to farming. He owns at 
this time a splendid tract of land, consisting of 1,281 acres, most of which is
devoted to stock raising. He is an enthusiastic and intelligent breeder of fine 
stock and is doing a great deal to raise the grade and improve the strains of 
stock in his locality. 

Mr. Culverwell is devoted strictly to business pursuits, never having taken any 
part in public matters. 

He married in Milam county on the 20th of July, 1876, Miss Martha T. Knight, 
who was born near Fairfield, Freestone county, Texas, December 11, 1856. She
was reared an orphan and unfortunately has come into possessions of but little 
information relative to her parentage. Mr. and Mrs. Culverwell are members of
the Methodist Church in which he is a steward and both are zealous workers. 

Mr. Culverwell's course in life has been such as to commend him in a marked 
manner to the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Upright in his
dealings, generous and public-spirited, he has exerted a good influence in the
community where he lives and furthered all purposes calculated to upbuild the
moral and religious elements of society. In this labor he has been encouraged 
by an excellent wife, a lady of many splendid qualities of head and heart, and
one who has succeeded in drawing around herself the best social elements of 
the community."