I may be telling something you already know about Thomas RIddle, but here goes anyway. Texas Confederate Veterahs Home (a.k.a,. The Old Confederates Home) was ;pcated at 1600 West Sixth Street just east of the MoPac Expressway between Patterson, West Lynn, and the Clarksville Community. The facility was constructed in 1886 by and for vetterans of General John B. Hood's Texas Brigade. It was formally dedicated on March 13, 1887. Its construction and early years of operation were entirely financed by private funds. In 1891, management of the home was taken over by the state of Texas. The Confederate Veterans Home continued to house aging veterams well into the twentieth century. Veterans, and their spouses, of the Spanish American War and the First World War were admitted to the home in 1939. In 1943, when the number of Civil War Veterans had dwindled to only six, the State Hospital began using the facility's excess capacity to house mental patients. The las Confederate veteran, Thomas Riddle, died in 1954 age the age of 108. The historic structure was raazed in 1970 and replaced by the Unibersity of Texas' Gateway Apts. for married students and their families. Confederate Street, off West Lynn, still exists today. This was taken from the Texas Confederate Veterans Home. This can be located at Texas State Library - Many of the the former residents (and spouses) of the Confederate Veterans Home are buried in the confederate Section of the State Cemetery in East Austin. The cemetery's web site includes a useful database search. www://www.edu/courses/mis311t/history/hist002.htm This is where I found it. He would have been born about 1846 but it did not say where or if he had any family. wrakj The person that wrote this states that they have kept other personal comments out of this Austin History website), my paternal grandfather worked at the Veterans Home in the late 1920's, to help finance his educatiion at the University Of Texas. In addition, he says he and his wife lived in the Gateway Apartments during the mid-1970's when they were students at UT. If you visit the grounds today,, you can still see the rock retaining walls constructed by the veterans a hundred years ago. Thought this might help someone if they are looking for a Thomas Riddle.