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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H_cooper-sansom-house_Georgetown-TX.html
The Belford Lumber Co. built this home in 1910 for local attorney Cooper Sansom (1863-1928). A former newspaperman, Sansom served as city attorney and later as state representive and district judge. An active civic leader, he was also prominent in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM175_community-of-jonah_Georgetown-TX.html
On 1820s land grant to Nashville colony. Settled 1851 by wagon train from Arkansas, and called Water Valley. In 1884, repeated ill-luck in selecting an acceptable name for Post Office led to ranaming the town Jonah. This was site of famed Grist Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16G_city-of-weir_Georgetown-TX.html
Tenessee-native Thomas Calvin Weir (1826-1901) came to Williamson County in 1856. He bought land in this area and became a prosperous farmer. Alabaman James Francis Towns (1850-1937) came in 1870 and settled nearby on the San Gabriel River. He and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11C_c-a-d-clamp_Georgetown-TX.html
Christian Augustus Daniel Clamp was born in Thorn, Prussia (now Torun, Poland). He came to Texas in 1846 and moved to Georgetown in 1851, a year after his marriage to Asenath C. Davis (d. 1917). A skilled carpenter and cabinetmaker, Clamp became o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10V_burcham-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Designed by noted Austin architect Charles H. Page, this home was built for the family of Georgetown dentist William Joseph Burcham (1876-1932) in 1908-09. Both Dr. Burcham and his wife Mayme (1882-1962) were civic and cultural leaders of the comm…