Hypolite (or Henry) Thomas Clare

Henry Thomas Clare

• Texas Ranger, Citizen of the Republic of Texas, Bee County Pioneer
• BIRTH 8 OCT 1828 • St Charles County, Missouri, USA
• DEATH 19 NOV 1900 • Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA
• Parents John David Clare and Dorothea Elizabeth Clare (born Mudd)
• Wife Mary Ellen Clare (born Layton)

Children

1. John Ignatius Clare
2. Pius Sylvester Clare
3. Walter Augustin Clare
4. Hilary Francis Clare
5. Mary Ellen "Mollie" Ward (born Clare)
6. Mary Emma Lee (born Clare)
7. James William Clare
8. Anvelina Clare
9. Thomas Henry Clare

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Muster In Card. Henry Clare, Pvt., Sutton's Co. Texas Mounted Volunteers, 2nd Service, Mexican War. Enlisted Oct 1848 in Petersburg for 12 months, age 21. Valuation of horse $75, horse equipment $10. So he brought his own horse and saddle. < FamilySearch >

Note: He enlisted in Petersburg, TX 27 Oct 1848 with brother Hillary Clare and cousin Thomas Clare, son of his uncle George Clare.

From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L6RX-L4V

Beeville.net Bee County History < link >

Note: though these articles don't say exactly when the brothers arrived in Bee County, Henry T Clare's 1867 Voter Registration clearly states it was 1857, so that is the date I attached to this source.

Parts of the Bee County History mentioning Clareville and Henry T and Elzie Clare

Part 8: Old Settlers of Bee County and Beeville

The first family to settle in Bee County was the Corrigan family. They located on the Mansas at the old Corrigan ranch in 1829. With Mr. Corrigan was his brother-in-law, Martin Tool, a bachelor, who died only a few years ago, as did his sister, Mrs. Corrigan. They lived to a good old age and saw wonderful changes in their adopted home. A few years later Pat Fadden and family settled near the Corrigans, where they continued to reside until their death. Others in the same section were Mr. Leahy, D.C. Grover, D.S. Page, G.D. Gay, William Miller and a Mr. Latting, who kept a store and post office at Lattington. On the Paesta creek lived J.V. Stewart, John Sweeney, Dick Hall, Rev. Berry Merchant, David Kerry, Mr. Clemens and some others. On the Papalote lived David Craven, Pat Quinn, Tim and Luke Hart, L. Carlisle, Major Steen, D. Callihan, C. Kirchner and the Burdett family. In what is now the Clareville country lived H.T. Clare, Eliza Clare, Henry Ryan, and lower down on the Aransas lived John and Jim Wilson, J.B. Madray, R.H. and T.H. Allsup, Noah Webster, Ben Fuller, W.R. Hayes and a Rev. McCurdy. …

Part 9:

We ask your pardon for calling attention to a few errors that crept into the chapter of last week. We wrote Eliza, not Elzie Clare. Mr. Elzie Clare was a brother of H.T. Clare.

References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6RX-L4V
2. GEDCOM Source http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=sflouth... (dead link)