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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15T8_roger-q-mills-home_Corsicana-TX.html
Outstanding example plantation architecture. Was long the home of U. S. Senator Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911). Born in Kentucky, Mills came to Corsicana in 1852. Was colonel in Civil War; served Texas 27 years as congressman, senator. Married: f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Q5_early-texas-natural-gas-pipelines_Corsicana-TX.html
First public use of natural gas began in Texas in 1902, from transmission lines on this street, serving local homes and businesses. These early lines were forerunners of mains that now transport Texas gas to three-fourths of the United States and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PX_collin-street-bakery_Corsicana-TX.html
Opened two blocks north of this site in 1896, by August Weidmann, an immigrant baker from Wiesbaden, Germany, and W. T. McElwee, a local cotton buyer. Combining the talents of a baker whose pride and joy was baking a better cake with the flare of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15P2_first-baptist-church-of-corsicana_Corsicana-TX.html
???Originally known as the United Baptist Church, this fellowship was established through the leadership of the Rev. Noah Turner Byars, a pioneer preacher and founder of the Trinity River Baptist Association. The church organizational meeting was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OC_site-of-the-first-courthouse_Corsicana-TX.html
The Texas Legislature specified that the seat of Navarro County should be called Corsicana; but the location was not secured until 1848 when this site was donated by David R. Mitchel, James C. Neill, and Thomas Smith. Other structures served brief…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15LW_samuel-wistar-johnson-m-d_Corsicana-TX.html
A native of Georgia, Samuel W. Johnson established his first medical practice in Atlanta. After moving to Texas and settling in Corsicana, he became a respected community physician and was elected mayor in 1900. During his term in office the publi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15LH_st-johns-episcopal-church_Corsicana-TX.html
This church was established in 1871 following Episcopal missionary efforts which began in the Corsicana area in the 1850s. Started as a mission, St. John's was organized under the leadership of the Rev. Virginius Gee. In 1874 the first church buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15JT_first-methodist-church_Corsicana-TX.html
Founded 1851; sanctuary built 1871 was not yet consecrated when State Democratic Convention met here 1872 and laid plans to free Texas from Reconstruction rule. First missionary society west of the Mississippi organized here, 1880. H. A. Boaz, ord…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GE_state-national-bank-of-corsicana_Corsicana-TX.html
Organized in 1917 by B. B. Munsey, G. C. Dunn, P. D. Williams, and E. L. Dupuy, the State National Bank originally was located just off the southwest corner of Collin and Beaton streets. Munsey served as the institution's first president. He was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GD_stephen-augustus-pace_Corsicana-TX.html
Stephen Augustus Pace came to Texas in 1868. He settled first in Fairfield, where he met and married Achsah Maddox. They moved to Corsicana in 1871. Pace established a wholesale grocery business and was active in a number of civic organizations. H…