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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6Q_first-united-methodist-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
In 1840, shortly after Austin was incorporated, the Rev.John Haynie (1786-1860), a Methodist circuit rider from the Mississippi Conference, led 14 members in forming this fellowship. They worshiped at temporary sites, including the Capitol buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6O_original-site-of-first-methodist-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
Established in 1840 by the Rev. John Haynie (1786-1860), the First Methodist Church was Austin's second Protestant congregation. Services were held in temporary quarters until members erected their first meeting house in 1847 at this site, then th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6M_first-cumberland-presbyterian-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
In 1853, missionary Rev. E.B. Crisman formally organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin. Members met in a frame building at 7th and Lavaca streets until 1892, when they replaced it with a stone structure. In 1906, a dispute over a ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6I_stanley-and-emily-finch-house_Austin-TX.html
Constructed in 1927 and 1928 for $13,500, this house has associations with several prominent Austinites. Its original owners were University of Texas Civil Engineering Professor Stanley P. Finch and his wife Emily (Rice). Finch's UT colleague, arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6H_governor-james-edward-ferguson-august-31-1871-september-21-1944_Austin-TX.html
James Ferguson, son of a Methodist preacher, and Miriam Wallace, daughter of a wealthy farmer, were Bell County natives. They married in 1899 and later settled with their two daughters in Temple. James, running as "Farmer Jim", won the Governorshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6G_evangelical-lutheran-church-of-dessau_Austin-TX.html
The community of Dessau was founded in 1854 by German immigrants, including the Wieland, Nauert, Nehring, Grosskopf, Krueger, Goerlitz, and Hennig families. The pioneers worshiped in private homes until this sanctuary was built about 1876. Labor a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH62_richard-ellis_Austin-TX.html
Born in Virginia February 14, 1781. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1820. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and President of the Constitutional Convention, 1836. Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH61_james-euwin-edmiston_Webberville-TX.html
An Arkansas native, James Euwin Edmiston came to Texas in 1835, settling near present Webberville. He was a Texas Ranger during the Texas Revolution, and took part in several Indian battles in this area. He was involved in the Woll Expedition and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH60_david-crawford-edmiston_Webberville-TX.html
A native of Arkansas, David C. Edmiston came to Texas with his family in 1835. As a young man David served with a frontier defense unit of the Texas Rangers. He later served as a Ranger in the Mexican War and was a soldier in the Confederate Army …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5Z_eanes-marshall-ranch_Austin-TX.html
Alexander Eanes (1806-1888) moved to Texas from Mississippi in 1845 and acquired this ranch by 1857. In 1873 he sold the property to his brother, Robert Eanes (1805-1895), who had moved to the area following the Civil War. A log cabin built on the…