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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23I3_texas-statesman-charles-allen-culberson_Jefferson-TX.html
One of Texas' most forceful leaders; 32 years in office as attorney general, governor, U.S. Senator. Born in Alabama; in childhood moved with parents to Texas. Lived in Jefferson 1861-1887. Was educated Virginia Military Institute, University o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBH_brown-bender-house-historical_Jefferson-TX.html
This ornate, two-story, stick Victorian residence was built in 1888 by lumberman George Washington Brown (1854-1932), who later became involved in the oil and gas business. In 1928 Harrison County farmer John Griffin Bender (1871-1938), later Jeff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZE_john-m-vines-historical_Jefferson-TX.html
Born in Alabama. Joined W. P. Lane Rangers, C.S.A., 1861; was discharged 1865, rank of farrier. Served as sheriff-tax collector for Marion County, 1874-1876. In April, 1877, sent as agent of the state of Texas to bring Abe Rothschild back to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZD_richard-waterhouse-historical_Jefferson-TX.html
Native of Tennessee, participant in United States war with Mexico, Texas businessman, colonel of the 19th Texas Confederate Infantry, commended for gallantry at Milliken's Bend during Vicksburg Campaign, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill durin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GC_tatum-home_Corsicana-TX.html
Built before 1900 by William M. Tatum, son of a Corsicana pioneer merchant, this colonial revival style mansion features first-floor palladian windows. Massive Ionic columns support the two-story porch. Tatum's son Clifford A., who later took over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OQ_stilley-young-house_Jefferson-TX.html
Builders completed this house for Frank Stilley, a cotton broker from Louisiana, and his wife Minerva Fox Stilley shortly after they married in 1860. They owned the house until the early 1880s. By 1885, former slave Charlie Young purchased the hom…
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