| Khleber Miller Van Zandt | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | November 7, 1836 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Franklin County, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Death Date: | March 19, 1930 | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Children: | 12 | ||||||||
| Parents: | Isaac Van Zandt | ||||||||
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt (November 7, 1836 – March 19, 1930) was a Texas business executive, military officer, and politician.
Van Zandt was born on November 7, 1836.[1] His father was Isaac Van Zandt.[1]
Van Zandt attended Franklin College in Tennessee.[1]
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.[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]
Van Zandt died on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]