“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  
Chicago;  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.

E. REMOND,  ex-brick manufacturer, has been identified with interests of Dallas county, 
Texas, since 1856.  He was born in the State of Nievre, France, August 2, 1840, to Jean 
Remond and Marie, nee Pouilliat, also natives of France, who lived and died on their 
native soil.  E. Remond, until fourteen years of age, was educated for a priest, but being 
disinclined to follow that life, he in 1856 set sail for the United States, embarking at 
Havre, and after a voyage of sixty-five days reached the city of New Orleans.  From this 
city he went to Houston on a tug-boat, and from the latter place came to Dallas, Texas 
with an ox team, being joined in Houston by his brother Jean Priot, who had come to this 
country two years before.  The latter resided in Dallas until 1887, accumulated a 
competency, but in that year sold his property and returned to France, where he is living 
well out of his income.  E. Remond was unable to speak the English language or to 
understand it upon coming to this country, but it was not long before he could do both.  
When the Civil war opened he enlisted in Company B, Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, with 
which he remained one year, then volunteered in Pratt’s Battery, serving as flag-bearer 
until he was taken prisoner with General Marmaduke at Saline, Kansas.  As rear guard he 
was ambushed by negro troops at Tansas bayou, Louisiana, in 1862, but he fought for life 
and succeeded in cutting his way through the lines, and regained his liberty before being 
taken to a place of confinement.  The hardships and privations he endured were many, 
but he bore them well until the war closed.

He was married soon after to Miss Cesarine Santerre, of France, who came to this 
country when a child, and after his marriage he located permanently in West Dallas.  He 
began manufacturing brick, which occupation he followed, except during the war, until 
1880, since which time he has given his attention to studying practical geology of the 
country and in influencing capitalists to locate in this section.  He introduced the first 
brick machine.  In 1880 he discovered an unlimited quantity of “alumina lustra.” shale, 
steatite and soapstone – which discovery led to the investment of $50,000 in a scientific 
brick manufacturing plant at the place.  He resides on sixty acres of land in Dallas county 
and has a beautiful and comfortable home.  He is a Democrat politically and a useful 
citizen of the county.  He never ran for office, never had a lawsuit, never gave his note, 
never borrowed money, and never contracted any debt.  Love, science, progress and the 
arts are his highest avocations, while he devotes his attention mainly to the industrial 
development of the natural resources of his country.  He is a geologist and practical clay-
worker.

Submitted by L.Pingel