Khleber Miller Van Zandt (November 7, 1836 – March 19, 1930) was a Texas business executive, military officer, and politician.
Khleber Miller Van Zandt | |
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| Born | November 7, 1836 |
| Died | March 19, 1930 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Children | 12 |
| Parent | Isaac Van Zandt |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
| Service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Early life
editVan Zandt was born on November 7, 1836.[1] His father was Isaac Van Zandt.[1]
Van Zandt attended Franklin College in Tennessee.[1]
Career
editThe 1860 census shows that Van Zandt enslaved nine individuals. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Van Zandt served in the Confederate States Army. He was captured following the Battle of Fort Donelson and held as a prisoner of war. Van Zandt forced his enslaved man Jack to serve him throughout the war, even while imprisoned.[1][2] After the war, he was the commander of the trans-Mississippi division of the United Confederate Veterans.[1]
Van Zandt settled in Fort Worth in 1865, and operated a dry-goods business and later became president of both a construction company and a bank,[3] the Fort Worth National Bank.[1]
Van Zandt was a Democrat, and was elected to the Thirteenth Texas Legislature, 1873–74.[3]
Van Zandt has the prime mover of the founding of Confederate Park in Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas.[4]
Death
editVan Zandt died on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Major Van Zandt, Pioneer Texan, Is Dead At Ft. Worth". Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. Corsicana, Texas. March 21, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Elliot, Brian (2019). "Serving the Grey". East Texas Historical Journal. 57 (2): 11, 17–18 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ a b Kinkade, Patricia P. "Van Zandt, Khleber Miller". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ Kennedy, Bud (August 17, 2017). "A Confederate flag display comes down. But it was a tiny one, and the mayor wonders — why now?". Star-Telegram.
- Dallas Morning News, March 20, 1930, cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.
- Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans (5 vols., ed. E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler [Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1914; reprinted 1916]), cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.
- Khleber M. Van Zandt, Force Without Fanfare; The Autobiography of K. M. Van Zandt, ed. Sandra L. Myres (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1968?) LCCN 69-19424, cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.