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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSJ_thomas-joseph_Galveston-TX.html
Born in Hartford, Conn., Thomas Miller Joseph came to Galveston about 1841 with his mother Annis (Rogers) (d. 1879) and the family of his Uncle Alexander Edgar. Admitted to the bar, he became a Democratic Party leader, serving as chief justice (co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSG_texas-bar-association_Galveston-TX.html
Independent lawyers and representatives from 46 Texas law firms called a meeting in 1882 to create a statewide association. They organized the Texas Bar Association at the Electric Pavilion in Galveston (south of this site) on July 15.
J.H. McL…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSF_st-marys-hospital_Galveston-TX.html
Organized in 1866, this institution was the first private hospital established in the state. Originally known as Charity Hospital, it was founded by three French Catholic Sisters, members in the Order of Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSE_the-rt-rev-monsignor-james-martin-kirwin_Galveston-TX.html
A native of Circleville, Ohio, young Catholic priest James Martin Kirwin arrived in Galveston in 1896. He was soon appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Galveston by Bishop Nicholas A. Gallagher. As rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, Father Kirwi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSD_lent-munson-hitchcock_Galveston-TX.html
A sea captain's son who became a sailor at the age of 14, Lent Munson Hitchcock left his native Connecticut and joined the Texas Navy about 1836. Seafaring duties brought him to Galveston in 1837 where he later served as harbor master, city alderm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSC_landes-mcdonough-house_Galveston-TX.html
Confederate veteran and capitalist Henry A. Landes (1844-1919) had this house built in 1887-88. Designed by prominent architects George E. Dickey of Houston and D. A. Helmich, the house reportedly provided refuge to some 200 people during the disa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSB_john-bankhead-magruder_Galveston-TX.html
Virginia native John Bankhead Magruder graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830. For meritorious service in the Mexican War (1846-48) Magruder was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He later resigned from the U.S. Army to join t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS0_james-love_Galveston-TX.html
A veteran of the War of 1812, James Love, a lawyer, came to Texas in 1837 with his wife Lucy (Ballinger). He helped found Galveston, and was a political ally of Mirabeau b. Lamar. Love served as a delegate to the 1845 Annexation Convention, judge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXRI_site-of-ursuline-convent-and-academy_Galveston-TX.html
Seven nuns of the Ursuline order from New Orleans arrived in Galveston on January 19, 1847, sent at the request of Bishop Jean Marie Odin. By February 1847 the nuns established a convent and academy in the two-story former home of Judge James W. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXRD_george-campbell-childress_Galveston-TX.html
Born into a prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family, George Campbell Childress attended Davidson Academy (later the University of Nashville). He was admitted to the bar in 1828, the same year he married Margaret Vance. She died in 1835, soon after …