i'm also descended from Lewis Emanuel Texada but of an earlier wife of his so I didn't know about Blanche. I know a lot about the Texada tree in Louisiana or can get you in touch with more people. I moderate an email group for the Louisiana Texadas if you want to join:
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/TexadaThe more the better so we can share info.
In any case, here's what i can tell you in brief about him:
Lewis Emanuel (or Manuel) Texada
b. 1819
d. 1884
m. 1850 Pleasance Hunter
parents:
John Texada (Captain Jack)
b. 1789
d. 1869
m. Lucy Welsh - b. 1794 d. 1845, from Kentucky
John Texada's parents:
father:
Manuel Garcia de Texada
b. About 1768 in Castille, Spain
d. About 1813 Natchez
m. 1788 to Mahelah Trevillion
mother: Mahelah Trevillion
b. 1768, Tennessee,
d. 1860 Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Lewis Manuel Texada's younger siblings:
Joseph Texada
Thomas Jefferson Texada (1835-1983)
Theodore Texada