Khleber Miller Van Zandt | |
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Born | November 7, 1836 |
Died | March 19, 1930
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Children | 12 |
Parent | Isaac Van Zandt |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
Service/ |
Confederate States Army United States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Khleber Miller Van Zandt (November 7, 1836 – March 19, 1930) was a Texas business executive, military officer, and politician.
Van Zandt was born on November 7, 1836. [1] His father was Isaac Van Zandt. [1]
Van Zandt attended Franklin College in Tennessee. [1]
The 1860 census shows that Van Zandt enslaved nine individuals. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Van Zandt served in the Confederate States Army. He was captured following the Battle of Fort Donelson and held as a prisoner of war. Van Zandt forced his enslaved man Jack to serve him throughout the war, even while imprisoned. [1] [2] After the war, he was the commander of the trans-Mississippi division of the United Confederate Veterans. [1]
Van Zandt settled in Fort Worth in 1865, and operated a dry-goods business and later became president of both a construction company and a bank, [3] the Fort Worth National Bank. [1]
Van Zandt was a Democrat, and was elected to the Thirteenth Texas Legislature, 1873–74. [3]
Van Zandt has the prime mover of the founding of Confederate Park in Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas. [4]
Van Zandt died on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas. [1]