On this Date in Texas : Lucy Pickenss face appears on Confederate $100 bills December 02 1862 On this day in 1862, the Confederate government issued $100 notes bearing a portrait of the renowned Southern beauty Lucy Pickens. Lucy Holcombe was born in 1832 in Tennessee. Between 1848 and 1850 the Holcombes moved to Wyalucing plantation in Marshall, Texas. Lucy became highly acclaimed throughout the South for her classic features, titian hair, pansy eyes, and graceful figure. In the summer of 1856 she met Francis Wilkinson Pickens, twice a widower and twenty-seven years her senior. Her acceptance of his marriage proposal, it is said, hinged on his acceptance of a diplomatic post abroad. President James Buchanan appointed him ambassador to Russia, and Pickens and Lucy were wed in 1858 at Wyalucing. Lucy was a favorite at the Russian court, but Pickens resigned his diplomatic post in the fall of 1860 in anticipation of the outbreak of the Civil War. Upon his return home he was elected governor of South Carolina. By selling the jewels that had been given her in Russia, Lucy helped outfit the Confederate Army unit that bore her name, the Lucy Holcombe Legion. Her portrait was also used on the one-dollar Confederate notes issued on June 2, 1862. She died in 1899. 1907 - The town of Peck, thirty miles north of Houston, was renamed Tomball after Thomas Ball. He had a major role in bringing the railroad into the community. 2010 - Texas Governor Rick Perry named Chuck Norris and his brother Aaroan and honorary members of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency. 2012 - Tony Romo passed Troy Aikman for most career touchdown passes for the Dallas Cowboys. In Weather News on this date: 1896 - An early season snow and ice storm struck the southeastern U.S. It produced 11 inches of snow at Charlotte NC, and six inches at Atlanta GA. (David Ludlum) 1925 - A late season hurricane caused extensive damage across the Florida peninsula, then moved off the Georgia coast crossing Cape Hatteras as a tropical storm. The storm produced whole gales along the Middle Atlantic and Southern New England coast. Winds gusted to 60 mph at Block Island RI, and reached 64 mph at Atlantic City NJ. (David Ludlum) Source TSHA,on-this-day *********************************************** Brought to by Republic Texas Dental in Pleasanton across from Walmart Hwy 97 830-569-8135 We have an amazing Pediatric Dentist.Call today to make your appointment! Your insurance pays for 2 Dental cleanings and exams a year in most cases. Our special pricing without insurance is $199.00.... This includes whitening trays. 830-569-8135 We are looking for sponsors for other Daily features that are in production If your business would be interested in supporting are efforts. please message us on Facebook or Email webmaster@atascosaweathercenter for details
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