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The State of Texas October 18, 1910, removed the remains of General Stephen Fuller Austin, to the capital city of Austin, where they were reinterred in the State Cemetery, and a statue erected over the grave.
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A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1808. He joined the mercantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry, and became a partner in 1818.      While living in Potosi, Perry m…
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Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and fou…
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     Grandson of Moses Austin, whose dream of Anglo-American colony changed course of Texas history.      Came to Texas with his mother and stepfather in 1831; served in Texas army from 1835 to 1838. A highly successful planter, he was …
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     In Texas war for independence, joined Matamoros expedition of January 1836. In detachment that captured horses of Gen. Urrea of Mexican army, Brown was made captive in a counterattack, and spent 11 months in prison in Mexico, but finally…
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     Pioneer Cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation.      Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin's sister, and by the community since 1829.      In 1836, Aust…
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Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836.      A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received lan…
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Heroic early Texas soldier. Fought in Battle of the Medina, near San Antonio, 1813. Returned east afterward, but moved to Texas as a colonist in 1824. Fought on behalf of Mexico to quell Fredonian Rebellion, 1827; but against Santa Anna's agents i…
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Fought by Texan army of 23 men under Capt. Randal Jones (1786-1873), sent out 1824 by Stephen F. Austin to the Lower Brazos to fight cannibal Karankawa Indians. Scouts found the camp here. Attack at dawn found Indians ready with spears. Jones' gun…
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One-eighth mile south to Peach Point Home of Mrs. Emily M. Perry 1795-1851 Only sister of Stephen F. Austin, who regarded the place as his home after the burning of San Felipe on March 29, 1836
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