Henry William Munson was an early Texas soldier who fought in the Battle of the Medina near San Antonio in 1813. He returned east afterward, but moved to Texas as a colonist in 1824. He fought on behalf of Mexico to quell the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827, but fought against Santa Anna’s agents in the 1832 Battle of Velasco. Munson married Ann Pearce, and their family of 8 children included a son, Mordello, named for the Mexican officer who saved H.W. Munson’s life at the Medina.