Khleber Miller Van Zandt

Khleber Miller Van Zandt (November 7, 1836 – March 19, 1930) was a Texas business executive, military officer, and politician.

Early life
Van Zandt was born on November 7, 1836. His father was Isaac Van Zandt.

Van Zandt attended Franklin College in Tennessee.

Career
The 1860 census shows that Van Zandt enslaved nine individuals. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Van Zandt served in the Confederate States Army. He was captured following the Battle of Fort Donelson and held as a prisoner of war. Van Zandt forced his enslaved man Jack to serve him throughout the war, even while imprisoned. After the war, he was the commander of the trans-Mississippi division of the United Confederate Veterans.

Van Zandt settled in Fort Worth in 1865, and operated a dry-goods business and later became president of both a construction company and a bank, the Fort Worth National Bank.

Van Zandt was a Democrat, and was elected to the Thirteenth Texas Legislature, 1873–74.

Van Zandt has the prime mover of the founding of Confederate Park in Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas.

Death
Van Zandt died on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas.