CHAPTER XX

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THE JEWS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF TEXAS. THE MEXICAN WAR.

The first settler in 1821――Adolphus Sterne, who fought against Mexico and later served in the Texan Congress――David S. Kaufman――Surgeon-General Levy in the army of Sam Houston――A Jew as the first meat “packer” in America――Major Leon Dyer and his brother Isadore――Mayor Seeligsohn of Galveston (1853)――One Jew laid out Waco; Castro County is named after another――Belated communal and religious activities――The War with Mexico, in which only a small number of Jews served――David Camden de Leon and his brother Edwin, U. S. Consul-General in Egypt.

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