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Permanently wounded in theBattle of San Jacinto while serving inCaptain William S. Fisher's companyDied January 18, 1842near Old Cincinnati inWalker County, Texas
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Born in Missouri1811Died in Bastrop County, TexasMay 6, 1880Participated in theBattle of GonzalesOctober 2, 1835Served in the Texas Army, 1836and in the Woll Campaign, 1842
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Who served underGeneral Jacksonin the Creek War, 1813Soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835Born in Maury County, TennesseeJanuary 12, 1792Died in Guadalupe County, TexasFebruary 15, 1871
His wife Kissiah Hines Tom
Born October 15, 1805Died July …
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A volunteer at Anahuac, 1832. Member of the Consultation, 1835. Commander of the schooner "Flash", 1836. Most Worshipful Grand Master Gran (Masonic) Lodge of Texas, 1848-49. Born in Virginia, September 30, 1801. Died in Grimes County, Texas June 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTC4_becker-school_Austin-TX.html
Hermann Becker (1857-1933) operated a successful downtown caf?, and he bought part of the historic Bouldin homestead in south Austin in 1891. His son H.E. Becker and son-in-law P.A. Wilde, proprietors of the Becker Lumber Company, donated three ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTB5_ira-hobart-evans_Austin-TX.html
Born in New Hampshire, Ira H. Evans grew up in Vermont. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army, attaining the rank of Major. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor and in 1865 was a member of the Honor Guard for the funeral of Pres…
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A native of North Carolina, Abner Cook came to the newly created capital city of Austin in 1839 with a skill in design and construction that soon earned him the title of master builder. Working as architect, engineer, and contractor, Cook produced…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXO_adjutants-general_Austin-TX.html
Texas in 1861-1865 had 90,000 men fighting for the south - many in units east of the Mississippi. Yet at home she had to defend 2,000 miles of coastline and frontier from constant threats made by Federals, Indians and outlaws.
The State Adjutan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSUF_james-l-farmer-jr_Austin-TX.html
Civil rights leader James Leonard Farmer, Jr., son of Pearl (Houston) and Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., lived here as a child from 1925-30. James, Sr. taught at Samuel Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson University). In 1942, James, Jr. founded the C…
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Robertson Hill School, the first high school for blacks in Austin, opened on the corner of Eleventh and San Marcos Streets in 1884. In 1907 the school moved to the corner of Olive and Curve Streets and was renamed E.H. Anderson High School.
In …