I am so pleased that you could visit with me and the folk who settled and have lived around Somerset, Texas. Who am I? My name is Peggy Weyel, a member of the Somerset Historical Society. Since this is my first blog, I hope your patience with my efforts are rewarded. I’m hoping to share information about the people and doin’s of our past and present, as well as stories and images to be shared for all of us to enjoy and think about. Let me know what you think about this blog in “Comments.” Thanks for looking this blog over, and I hope you check it out again soon.
Yearly Archives: 2019
20 posts
Curtis Gilliland “found us” back in 2014. A member of the Somerset Historical Society of Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, he wanted to know about those Somerset folk from Pulaski County, Kentucky who settled at Somerset, Texas.
Herlinda Ramos, currently President of the Somerset Historical Society, welcomes you to her home in this video. Here she shares her family’s rich history in this area that began in Texas with the Ruiz and Herrera families. These folk settled San Antonio in the 1700s when it was still El Pueblo de San Fernando de Bexar. Several of her ancestors were also heroes of the Texas Revolution in 1836. One was the Mayor of old San Antonio. One of Herlinda concerns is caring for these ancestors’ graves in the nearby Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery. Another concern is helping to preserve the memory of early historic events. To do this she was one of the organizers of Somerset’s first re-enactment of the Battle of Medina (1813). This little […]
