Excerpt from Catalogue of Baylor University at Waco, Texas, 1896-'97: Fifty-Second Session Baylor University was founded in the stormy days of the Republic of Texas, after the Fall of the Alamo and before the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States. While the chaos of a bloody revolution reigned over nine-tenths of her territory, while there was not a railroad nor a telegraph line, our Baptist father's, few, poor and widely scattered, laid the founda tion of this great institution. In 1842, six years after the battle of San Jacinto, the Union Association, in session on Clear Creek, Fayette county, resolved to found a great Baptist University. Among the leading spirits in that enterprise were Rev. Wm. M. Tryon, a native 'of New York; Rev. Jas. Huckins, a native of New Hampshire, and 'the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor, a native of'kentucky, eminent as a United States Congressman, a learned jurist and a Baptist preacher. These illustrious men, with their co-laborers, formed a Texas Baptist Educational Society, in order to develop and concentrate the best talent of the infant Republic on the contemplated Uni versity. In 1845 this society procured the charter and located the institution at Independence, Washington county, then near the center of population and a village noted for beautiful scenery, fertile soil and highly cultured people. 'among the early trustees were such eminent men as Judge R. E. B. Baylor, after whom the University was named; Wm. M. Tryon, Jas. Huckins, Hon. A. S. Lipscomb, Supreme Judge; Gov. A. C. Horton, Albert G. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.