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... note. Texas was a republic when the scrip was issued and Mirabeau B. Lamar was president.... Allen, of the Minter, (Lamar county), community, is the father of 20 children, the youngest born a few... Democrat: "Mrs. O. Parker of a local cafe, in Gunter, (Lamar county), made a sandwich and sold it to Joe..., of Deport, (Lamar county). At that time, 1840, Texas extended farther west and north than it now does