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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OMH_zephyr-presbyterian-church_Zephyr-TX.html
The congregation of the Zephyr Presbyterian Church traces its history to 1890. In 1909 members of the church and community volunteers, with the assistance of Swiss stonemason John Chailette completed a church building. Worship services were held t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OMG_first-baptist-church-of-zephyr_Zephyr-TX.html
The organizational meeting for this congregation was held at the home of John J. Driskill in 1886. The twelve charter members were first led by Pastor J.B. Greenfield, who served only one month, and then by J.A. Jarrett. The Baptist fellowship ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OMF_zephyr-gospel-tabernacle_Zephyr-TX.html
In 1898 John N. Coffey (1847-1919) and John Schwalm (1825-1900) deeded this site for a community tabernacle. Townspeople donated labor and material to erect this open air shelter and to rebuild it after damage from a 1909 cyclone that devastated Z…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OME_original-location-of-zephyr_Zephyr-TX.html
The first store and post office and 17 families were on the banks of Blanket Creek. Brown County Historical Landmark Site
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OMD_zephyr-cemetery_Zephyr-TX.html
The unincorporated town of Zephyr, located on land granted to early settlers Benjamin Head and Felix Wardziski, was established in the 1860s. As the settlement grew, a school was opened in the 1870s, and churches and businesses were established. M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OLL_wolf-valley-cemetery_Rising-Star-TX.html
This cemetery originally served pioneer settlers of the Wolf Valley community, which began about 1875. The earliest grave is that of S.T. Tollette, who was buried here May 11, 1882. Also buried that same month were James Lyon and R.P. Ramsey. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OLK_the-may-community_May-TX.html
Originally part of a Mexican land grant given to Empresario John Cameron in 1827. May developed in the 1870s when several pioneer families settled here. Baptists and Methodists quickly organized churches. A one-room school known as Old Swayback pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OLJ_heflin-cemetery_Early-TX.html
William W. and Pency (Williams) Heflin settled here in 1875. According to local tradition the first burial was that of a child who died in 1876 from eating wild berries as his family camped on the Heflins' property. The earliest marked grave is th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZ4_may-united-methodist-church_May-TX.html
Methodists in this area were initially served by circuit-riding preachers. First to come to the region in the 1860s was the Rev. Hugh M. Childress, and worship services were held in private homes. In 1882, the Rev. Peter Gravis organized Mt. Zion …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DE3_walter-u-early_Early-TX.html
A native of Kentucky, Walter Urie Early (1868-1939) moved to Brownwood in 1893. He became a respected local attorney and in 1895 was elected city attorney. He was county attorney from 1900 to 1906, and served as district attorney from 1906 to 1930…
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