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Patrick Usher was a native of North Carolina; the date of his birth is not known. He was well educated and was a law student. He came to Jackson County in 1834 to practice law. His political career started in Jackson County. He was its first revolutionary judge, and was re-elected for several years. He was elected to the Texas Congress in 1840, 1841 and in 1842. An adventurer, he volunteered in the Somervell Expedition to Mexico which resulted in the sanguinary Battle of Mier. Here he and his comrades became prisoners. He was in the barbarous bean drawing at the Hacienda of Salado, in the state of San Luis Potosi, but was fortunate in drawing a white bean, and thus escaped the slaughter, but he died the next year, as a Mier prisoner, in the Castle of Perote. He never married nor did he have any relatives in Texas. He lived a noble life and his deeds are cherished by all who knew him. Mr. Usher was a man of fine mind and spotless character.
The Cavalcade of Jackson County, Third Edition, page 434
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