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Francis Lubbock's Background

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Francis Lubbock is best known for being the Governor of Texas during the Civil War. He is remembered in Texas history for practically devoting his life to the Confederacy. We know that both his early life and what happened during the war is what shaped his image to what we remember him as today.
Francis Lubbock was born on October 16, 1815 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was the oldest son of two, and he quit school when his father died, at the age of 14. He claimed jobs in South Carolina and New Orleans after spending a while as a clerk working in a hardware store. He moved to Texas in 1836 because he was a lifelong democrat, and a year later opened a general store. Lubbock married 3 times. First to Adel Baron, then to Sarah E. Black Porter

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