Khleber Miller Van Zandt

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Zandt, not Zandt.

Khleber Miller Van Zandt
Born	(1836-11-07)November 7, 1836 Franklin County, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	March 19, 1930(1930-03-19) (aged 93) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Children	12
Parent	Isaac Van Zandt and Frances Lipscomb
Military career
Allegiance	Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
Service / branch	Confederate 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.

Early life

Van Zandt was born on November 7, 1836.[1] His father was Isaac Van Zandt.[1]

Van Zandt attended Franklin College (Nashville) in Tennessee.[1]

Career

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]

Death

Van Zandt died on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

References

1. "Major Van Zandt, Pioneer Texan, Is Dead At Ft. Worth". Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. Corsicana, Texas. March 21, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Elliot, Brian (2019). "Serving the Grey". East Texas Historical Journal. 57 (2): 11, 17–18 – via EBSCOhost.
3. Kinkade, Patricia P. "Van Zandt, Khleber Miller". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
4. Kennedy, Bud (August 17, 2017). "A Confederate flag display comes down. But it was a tiny one, and the mayor wonders — why now?". Star-Telegram.

• Dallas Morning News, March 20, 1930, cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.
• Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans (5 vols., ed. E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler [Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1914; reprinted 1916]), cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.
• Khleber M. Van Zandt, Force Without Fanfare; The Autobiography of K. M. Van Zandt, ed. Sandra L. Myres (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1968?) LCCN 69-19424, cited in The Handbook of Texas Online.