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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7K_irvin-capers-lord_Houston-TX.html
South Carolina native Irvin Capers Lord (1827-1914) came to Houston with his family in 1854. A machinist by trade, he was co-owner of Lord and Richardson's Eagle Iron Works. In 1858 he was elected alderman, representing the First Ward until 1863 w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7E_caspar-braun_Houston-TX.html
A native of Germany, Caspar Braun was educated in Switzerland. A physician and teacher as well as a Lutheran clergyman, he was sent to Pennsylvania as a missionary in 1847. He arrived in Houston in 1850. The following year he organized the first G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7A_ellis-benson_Houston-TX.html
Ellis Benson (1813-1896), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and participant in the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Vermont. Before immigrating to Texas, he fought in the Black Hawk War (1832) in Illinois. By 1835, Benson was in New Orleans, whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B79_james-s-and-alfred-t-lucas_Houston-TX.html
James Sherwood Lucas (1836-1888) and his son Alfred T. Lucas (1863-1922) immigrated to the United States and became influential brick masons and contractors who helped develop the city of Houston. James Lucas was born in Nottingham, England, to re…
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Archibald Wynns was born in Henry County, Tennessee to Thomas Henry and Winniford (Outlaw) Wynns. Archibald married Martha Elizabeth Edmunds in January 1836, and the couple soon set out for Texas. The Wynns constructed their first home on the corn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B76_edwin-fairfax-gray_Houston-TX.html
Midshipman in the
Texas Navy, 1841
Lieutenant in the
U. S. Navy, 1857
Lieutenant Colonel
4th Texas Infantry
C. S. A., 1862-65
Born in
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
March 15, 1829
Died Aug. 19, 1884
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B75_james-robert-cade_Houston-TX.html
Born in England in 1845, James Robert Cade immigrated to the United States in mid-1869, arriving in Harrisburg, Texas, in 1873 with his new bride, Annie Mortimer, also of English descent. James Robert previously trained in England as a railroad ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6R_william-gammell_Houston-TX.html
William Gammell was born in Ayshire, Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gammell arrived in Texas during the spring of 1836, where he enlisted in the Texian Army on April 5. He served in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6B_eugene-thomas-heiner_Houston-TX.html
Born in New York City to German immigrants Nicholas and Margaretta Heiner, Eugene Thomas Heiner apprenticed himself to a Chicago architect when he was thirteen years old and later completed his training in Berlin, Germany. Heiner became a draftsma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6A_charlotte-marie-baldwin-allen_Houston-TX.html
Considered by many as the "Mother of Houston," Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen was a leader in Houston during a time when women had few rights and fewer opportunities. She was born in Onondaga County, New York, and was the daughter of Elizabeth (War…