The Gonzales Connection

About the Book

This generation of DeWitt and Jones families are early settlers at Gonzales, Texas, and most probably richest in history. They had fought several wars against the Mexicans and Indians, and in Civil War. Green DeWitt is a founder and empresario of De Witt's Colony, and Sarah Seely DeWitt is a maker of "Come and Take It" Gonzales flag in Texas Independence. DeWitt and Jones men are the volunteers of Republic of Texas Army, Texas Rangers, Terry's Texas Rangers (Civil War), and Gonzales County Sheriffs. The book includes illustrations and photographs of families, manuscripts, maps, and genealogy.

About the Author

Sharon Anne Dobyns Moehring is a fifth-generation descendant of DeWitt and Jones families in Gonzales, Texas. She was born in Lompoc, California when her father was training in U.S. Army armored division at Camp Cook. When she was 6 month old, her mother brought Sharon home in Houston, Texas, and her father was deported to England in early 1944. Her father joined Super 6th Armored Division, one of General George S. Patton's Third Army Divisions in World War II, and returned home with Bronze Star, Distinguished Unit Citation and French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star in late 1945. She attended Westbury High School and San Jacinto High School in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Business College of Houston, and was an IBM operator for Raymond Geographic, Inc. and retired as a homemaker.

She is a member of Gonzales Chapter of Daughters of Republic of Texas, San Jacinto Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution, and Former Texas Rangers Association. Her husband John is senior designer and CAD operator for the consulting firms in Houston, Texas over thirty years. They live in Hockley, Texas, and enjoy their horses at their farm.