Charles Stillman was the son of Francis and Harriet Stillman. He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut on November 4th, 1810 and died in New York in December of 1875. It wasn't until 18 years later when he finally went down to the Rio Grande area to Matamoros, Mexico. .
In Mexico he started several businesses including cotton brokerage, real estate firms, silver mines, merchandise outlets, warehousing, and a shipping company that carried passengers and goods from the Gulf Coast up the river as far as Rio Grande City. Once down in the valley area, Stillman was partnered up with Jose Morell. The both of them established retailing outlets and founded one of the first textile factories at Monterrey. Stillman, in the 1850's, had some mines between Laredo and Monterrey called, "Vallecio Mines."" The mines produced more than four million dollars of silver and lead and then Stillman sold their stock to the New York Stock Exchange. .
The Mexican War had been in progress during this time and Richard King along with Mifflin Kenedy joined Stillman in the transport company hauling American troops up the river and supplying them they're weapons, ammunition, etc. America defeated the Mexican troops and after this, Stillman purchased massive properties of the Garza grant north and northwest of Matamoros from the children of Jose Narciso Cavazos. He now owned 4,676 acres of land, supposedly. The sale wasn't definite, it turns out that the children had no right to sell the land because his oldest child, Juan Cortina, from his second marriage inherited the land of his father's after his death. To make the story more interesting, the children not only sold land that did not belong to them, but they also sold Community Property of Matamoros which was illegal according to Spanish and Mexican law. .
Stillman didn't care and continued on with his business. He set up a town company to sell lots for up to 1,500 dollars.
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