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2005 SOBD Meeting

May 21, 2023 by tcloud Leave a Comment

The Siege of Bexar Descendants met for their 20th anniversary, on the 170th anniversary of the Siege of Bexar, at Alamo Hall, the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas December 9-11, 2005.

THE SIEGE OF BEXAR DESCENDANTS

“The Storming of San Antonio”
December 5-10, 1835

HOWDY MEMBERS AND GUESTS

Welcome to San Antonio and Bexar
To CELEBRATE
Our
20th ANNIVERSARY

12/9/05 Alamo Hall Setup, Registration, Welcome Party 5:00-8:00pm
12/10/05 Alamo Hall Registration, 9:00·9:30 am
Welcoming members and guests
Call to Order 10:00 am
Invocation by Chaplain
Presentation of Colors & Pledge of Allegiance
Introduction of New & Old Members and Guests
INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER

REPORTS
SECRETARY’S REPORT of the minutes of the last annual meeting, Dec. 4, 2004 Pat Goodrich.
TREASURER’S REPORT by Pat Goodrich
REGISTRAR’S REPORT by Shirley Pfeiffer
HISTORIAN’S REPORT by Paula Garcia
CHAPLAIN’S REPORT by Helen Anne Wilson
PRESIDENT’S REPORT by Trebor Morris

THE SIEGE Of BEXAR FOUNDER’S MESSAGE
Adjourn for lunch at the Menger Hotel 11:30am
Assemble at Alamo Hall for Election of Officers 12:45-1:45 pm.
COME SEE
Again this year the San Antonio Living History Association will reenact the
storming of 8EXAR beginning AT 2:00 pm at the little village of La Villita. The
Texians and Mexican soldiers are with cannon, musket, and costume to entertain
You, Be there to witness the surrender of General Cos’ Mexican Army.

SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS * CHAPLAINS CLOSURE * Meeting Adjourned

Special Awards and Recognitions
Alamo Hall
Sunday, December 11, 2005 10-12 am
Membership Pin Awards Pat Goodrich
New Membership Certificates Trebor Morris
Certificates of Achievement Shirley Pfeiffer
Presidential Awards Pat Goodrich
Founder Award Trebor Morris
A Special Award Pat Goodrich
Outstanding Achievement Award 2005 Trebor Morris
CHAPLAINS CLOSURE
Meeting Adjourned.

See the PDF version of the Siege of Bexar Descendants Schedule (sobdschedule).

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Castoñon, Luis Zertuche

May 21, 2023 by tcloud Leave a Comment

Luis Zertuche Castañon was born on March 18, 1820, to Jesus Castañon, a soldier stationed in Bexar, and Guadalupe Zertuche Castañon. According to 1830 census records, Luis spent his early years at San Jose Mission in San Antonio playing alongside his brother Pedro and sister Maria. Other siblings would come later. By age thirteen he had moved to Laredo, TX, but two years later he was back in Bexar and in the middle of the Texas Revolution! He was recruited by and served under the well known Captain Juan Seguin. Along with the rest of Seguin’s Company, Luis participated in the Siege of Bexar in the fall of 1835.

By February, Luis was behind the Alamo walls awaiting the arrival of General Santa Anna. Now under the command of Lt. Salvador Flores, Luis, along with the rest of Flores’s company received orders to leave the Alamo and provide the rear guard to the retreating families escaping Bexar, an event that would come to be known as the Runaway Scrape. The company would provide protection to those families and secure the ranches south of San Antonio. They were to escort the families and provide protection all the way to the Lavaca River and camp at Williamson Daniels where they remained anxiously awaiting orders to attack Sesma’s troops who had reached the nearby Colorado River. The order from Houston was instead to wait.

He continued to fight for the citizens of Texas serving as a spy under Deaf Smith. In 1841 he became a Texas Ranger serving under Captain Antonio Perez. He would ride with such notable Rangers as Captain Jack Hayes and Captain Henry Karnes.

Luis married Rumalda Garcia in 1852, and the two moved to Rossville, Texas. He once again served, this time in the Civil War in an Atascosa County Cavalry unit led by 1st Lt. Joseph A. Durand.

He died in Rossville on October 26,1899 and is buried at the Rossville Cemetery beside his wife and several of his children.

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2006 SOBD meeting

November 7, 2014 by tcloud 1 Comment

The 2006 Siege of Bexar Descendants meeting was held in the Alamo Hall located behind the Alamo church. Many stayed at the Menger Hotel and had breakfast and lunch there as a group.

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Mannes & Jim Bumstead (front); Tom & Terry Cloud – descendants of Mourad Bumstead, veteran of the Siege of Bexar
Mannes & Jim Bumstead (front); Tom & Terry Cloud – descendants of Mourad Bumstead, veteran of the Siege of Bexar

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2000 SOBD Meeting

November 7, 2014 by tcloud Leave a Comment

Meeting of The Siege of Bexar Descendants held December 9, 2000 at Alamo Hall on the grounds of the Alamo. After the meeting members were invited to La Villita to witness the reenactment of the signing of the Articles of Capitulation of General Cos.
(Pictures by Paul Casanova-Garcia, Historian.)

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