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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8F_hubbard-family-cemetery_Hideaway-TX.html
This site once overlooked the plantation home of Richard B. Hubbard (1800-1864) and his wife Serena Carter, who came here from Georgia in 1854. They operated a prosperous 720-acre plantation with 44 slaves. Their son Richard Bennett Hubbard (1832-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8E_flewellen-thweatt-cemetery_Lindale-TX.html
The family of Thomas and Frances Maria Drake Flewellen came to Texas from Georgia an Arkansas in the 1850s. In 1859, Thomas Flewellen purchased 1,426 acres of rich farmland on which he established his home and a large farm. When Frances Maria died…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8B_whisenhunt-kinzie-house_Lindale-TX.html
Mack "Kay" Whisenhunt purchased three lots on Main Street and commissioned this house in 1928 for his wife Mary and three children. Whisenhunt was a Lindale native who owned area cotton gins and a canning factory and served as City Alder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8A_site-of-flora_Lindale-TX.html
James K. Beene settled in this area in 1845 and established a post office called Flora in 1849. John and Delila Austin and their daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Willis Jones, bought adjacent farms in 1850. Flora community grew up around their pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q87_hopewell-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
In early 1857 the Rev. J. S. Bledsoe began preaching in a post oak grove near the Hopewell community. By 1858 the Hopewell Baptist Church was organized with 30 members and the Rev. J. S. Bledsoe as first pastor. Harvey Yarborough deeded 10 acres n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q86_damascus-baptist-church_Lindale-TX.html
This congregation was organized by 12 charter members in 1890. The Rev. David Skiles was chosen as the first pastor and M. W. Wadsworth as first elder. Services were held in the nearby Nebo community schoolhouse until about 1895 when the addition …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q85_sabine-methodist-church_Lindale-TX.html
Organized in 1894 by the Rev. W. L. Pate, this congregation was named for its proximity to the Sabine River. Land for the church, school, and cemetery was donated by Joe Crone. The fellowship was served first by circuit preachers, but in 1922 bega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q7C_the-connally-home_Tyler-TX.html
This residence was built in 1906 for prominent Tyler businessman Walter Connally. Connally's business interests included banking, ownership of a gin equipment firm, and part ownership in a hardware company. After his death in 1918, Connally's wido…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q68_ramey-house_Tyler-TX.html
An important example of turn-of-the-century domestic architecture, the home of Thomas Brown and Mary Josephine (Spencer) Ramey was crafted of virgin cypress and southern heart pine in 1903. The architectural style of the house is typical of the re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q21_colonel-richard-b-hubbard-governor-r-b-hubbard_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Richard B. Hubbard
1832-1901
Georgia-born, came to Texas 1853. Tyler lawyer, politician. State legislator. Raised 5th Tex. Inf. Bn., merged 1862 in Hubbard's Regt., 22nd Tex. Inf. In 18…