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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVY_henry-miller-morgan_Tyler-TX.html
Henry M. Morgan was born in Smith County, Texas. Mr. Morgan furthered his education at East Texas Academy, later named Butler College. He received a LLB degree from Summerville Law College, Dallas, Texas,and also studied at Wiley College.
Mr. M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVX_colonel-bryan-marsh-texas-civil-war-manufacturing_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Bryan Marsh
1833-1901
Alabama native, came to Tyler, 1854. 1861 was captain Co. C, 17th Texas Cavalry. In 1863 Confederate campaigns to prevent split of South along Mississippi River. He was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVW_major-james-p-douglas-good-douglas-texas-battery_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Major James P. Douglas
1836-1901
Born in South Carolina. Came to Texas 1848. Led 50 Tyler men, 1861, to join 50 in Dallas to form Good-Douglas Battery - only Texas artillery serving east of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVV_smith-county-c-s-a-tyler-smith-county-c-s-a-men-and-units_Tyler-TX.html
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Smith County
C.S.A.
Major center of Confederate activity during Civil War. Many distinguished men and military units served south. The largest ordnance plant west of the Mississippi River manufactured "Tyler Rifles" near here. Cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVU_smith-county-as-a-19th-century-legal-center_Tyler-TX.html
Soon after its establishment in 1846, Smith County became an important legal center in East Texas. The first legal proceeding to take place in the county was a district court session held in an abandoned one-room log cabin in Tyler in December 184…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV4_yarbrough-building_Tyler-TX.html
George H. Yarbrough (1826-99) came to Tyler from Alabama in 1854, and entered into partnership with Col. Alfred Ferguson in a general mercantile enterprise. About 1859, Yarbrough built this hand-made brick structure, the first 3-story edifice in T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU4_site-of-confederate-arms-factory_Tyler-TX.html
Site of
Confederate Arms Factory
Built in 1862
by Short, Biscoe and Company
A contract made in 1862 with
the State of Texas
to furnish 5000 guns
was annulled in 1863,
as needed material and labor
could not be secured.
The equipment was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU3_ordnance-plant_Tyler-TX.html
Founded in 1862 by J.C. Short and Wm.S.N. Biscoe (both gunsmiths) and Col Geo. Yarbrough. In 2-story brick main building, on 125 acre site, contracted to make for State of Texas 5,000 rifles for the arming of troops in the Civil War. After trouble…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU2_smith-county_Tyler-TX.html
Formed from Nacogdoches County
Created April 11, 1846, organized
July 13, 1846, named in honor of
General James Smith
pioneer soldier and stateman,
friend of General Sam Houston,
Thomas J. Rusk and J. Pinckney
Henderson
Born September 10, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU1_chilton-lipstate-taylor-house_Tyler-TX.html
In 1887 Horace and Mary (Grinnan) Chilton acquired land in the Yarbrough addition and soon after started construction on a house for their family. The design, by an unknown architect, is reportedly modeled after Mary's childhood home in Virginia.
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