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A veteran of the War of 1812Internationally famous botanistFriend of DarwinBorn in GeorgiaDied at Long PointWashington County, TexasNovember 28, 1873
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Participated in the Captureof San Antonio, 1835A member ofCapt. Moseley Baker's companyat San JacintoBorn in Kentuckyon July 4, 1800Died in Lavaca County, TexasFebruary 6, 1869
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Permanently wounded in theBattle of San Jacinto while serving inCaptain William S. Fisher's companyDied January 18, 1842near Old Cincinnati inWalker County, Texas
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Born in Missouri1811Died in Bastrop County, TexasMay 6, 1880Participated in theBattle of GonzalesOctober 2, 1835Served in the Texas Army, 1836and in the Woll Campaign, 1842
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Who served underGeneral Jacksonin the Creek War, 1813Soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835Born in Maury County, TennesseeJanuary 12, 1792Died in Guadalupe County, TexasFebruary 15, 1871
His wife Kissiah Hines Tom
Born October 15, 1805Died July …
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A volunteer at Anahuac, 1832. Member of the Consultation, 1835. Commander of the schooner "Flash", 1836. Most Worshipful Grand Master Gran (Masonic) Lodge of Texas, 1848-49. Born in Virginia, September 30, 1801. Died in Grimes County, Texas June 2…
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A native of North Carolina, Abner Cook came to the newly created capital city of Austin in 1839 with a skill in design and construction that soon earned him the title of master builder. Working as architect, engineer, and contractor, Cook produced…
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Civil rights leader James Leonard Farmer, Jr., son of Pearl (Houston) and Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., lived here as a child from 1925-30. James, Sr. taught at Samuel Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson University). In 1942, James, Jr. founded the C…
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Robertson Hill School, the first high school for blacks in Austin, opened on the corner of Eleventh and San Marcos Streets in 1884. In 1907 the school moved to the corner of Olive and Curve Streets and was renamed E.H. Anderson High School.
In …
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The State of Texas instituted a public school system for African-American students during reconstruction. This segregation of students was further established through the 1896 United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, which estab…