They were perhaps even smarter when they took up arms against the repressive government & fought for Texas independence - which they won.
The war for Texas independence wasn’t the 1st rodeo for the ancestors-they joined the fight for Mexican independence from Spain-it came to be in 1821, but they weren’t happy when the new government came after even more taxes from poor livestock ranchers-so it was back to war again-a couple of ancestors died in skirmishes in SW Texas.