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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 …
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Maryland-born Edward Lea Graduated From the U.S. Naval Academy in 1855. At the onset of the Civil War, his father, Albert, unsuccessfully tried to persuade him to join the Confederacy. Edward Became First Officer on the U.S.S. Harriet Lane. On Jan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXQT_george-dealey_Galveston-TX.html
Born in Liverpool, England, George Dealey moved to Galveston in 1870 with his wife, Mary Ann (Nellins) Dealey (1829-1913), and their nine children. Dealey was a deeply religious man, who engaged in many charitable activities. In 1878 he persuaded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXMO_general-sidney-sherman_Galveston-TX.html
Born in Massachusetts July 26. 1805. Came to Texas February 1836 as captain of a company of volunteers he had recruited in Kentucky and Ohio. Commanded the second regiment of volunteers at San Jacinto. First to sound the immortal war cry opening t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXMM_the-rt-rev-monsignor-marius-etienne-chataignon_Galveston-TX.html
A native of France, Marius Etienne Chataignon served in the French army before coming to the United States in 1907. He came to Texas in 1910 to attend St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte. After his ordination, he was appointed assistant pastor at St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO5T_battle-of-galveston_Galveston-TX.html
As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander W. B. Renshaw led his small fleet into Galveston harbor to demand the surrender of this most important Texas port on October 4, 1862. Largely unguarded, as it was considered indefensible,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO59_galveston-in-the-republic-of-texas_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston Island, for centuries a crossroads for Indians, privateers, Spanish and French explorers, for a time was capital of the Republic of Texas. This was during the Texas War for Independence, when Santa Anna was making his 1836 invasion. On M…
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