Reuben Hornsby was an early Texas pioneer and surveyor for Stephen F. Austin, Hornsby was the great-grandfather of which baseball Hall of Famer,and American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB)?
Reuben Hornsby Reuben Hornsby was an early Texas pioneer and surveyor for Stephen F. Austin. He was one of the first settlers in Travis County, immigrating to Texas with his wife Sarah Morrison in 1830 and settling in Austin in 1832, living just east of Austin along the Colorado River in the area known as Hornsby Bend. Hornsby Bend was Stephen F. Austin's payment to Hornsby for his surveying contribution. Hornsby was the great-grandfather of baseball Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby.
Harry Wright William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. It was there where he is credited with introducing innovations such as backing up infield plays from the outfield and shifting defensive alignments based on hitters' tendencies. For his contributions as a manager and developer of the game, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952 by the Veterans Committee. Wright was also the first to make baseball into a business by paying his players up to seven times the pay of the average working man.