Jane McManus, the only known lady colonizer in Texas, hoped in 1832 to settle thrifty Europeans on a Mexican grant that she never received. The daughter of a U.S. Congressman from New York and a family friend of Stephen F. Austin, she was joined in her Texas venture by her brother Robert McManus, who later fought in the War for Independence. Although her colonial plans failed, she remained enthusiastic about Texas, and for years in the 1850's she and her second husband, Gen. Wm. Czneau, lived in Eagle Pass. She is said to have been an advisor for the U.S. peacemakers after the Mexican War. Outside Texas she had a career as a New York journalist and author. She died in 1878 when a ship was lost at sea as she journeyed to her estate in Jamaica. While Austin was the most famous leader in Texas colonization, other empresarios included Green DeWitt, Hayden Edwards, Robert Leftwich, Frost Thorn, Martin DeLeon, Ben Milam, Gen. Arthur G. Wavell, David G. Burnet, John Cameron, James Hewetson, James Power, Juan Dominguez, Juan Antonio, Padilla, Thomas J. Chambers, Gen. Vicente Filisola, J.C. Beales, and Jose M. Royuela.