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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXV_angleton-independent-school-district_Angleton-TX.html
Angleton Independent School District. . On September 5, 1892, two Angleton residents donated one of the original town blocks near this site to the city for school purposes. Citizens contributed two hundred dollars for a frame building to house the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29R6_robert-j-calder_Angleton-TX.html
Robert James Calder was born in 1810 to James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder in Baltimore, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and Robert and his mother moved to Kentucky, where he was raised in part by his mother's family. They moved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QU_old-brazoria-county-courthouse_Angleton-TX.html
Angleton's first permanent courthouse was built in 1897, a year after the city was chosen Brazoria County seat. Constructed from plans originally drawn for the Matagorda County courthouse, the structure was enlarged and extensively remodeled in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QI0_brit-bailey-plantation_Angleton-TX.html
Established in 1818 as an individual claim by James Briton Bailey, a member later of Austin's colony. Born 1779, Bailey was tall, fearless, of Irish stock. At his request, he was buried (1833) standing up, facing west, gun at side. His restl…
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Pioneer Texan noted for his courage, integrity, and eccentric behavior. Came to Texas in 1818 with wife and six children. He settled on what came to be "Bailey's Prairie". Joined Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1824. Bailey became a captain in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QHY_munson-cemetery_Angleton-TX.html
In 1850, Mordello Stephen Munson (born in Liberty County in 1825)—son of Henry William Munson (born 1793), a member of Austin's colony—set aside this burial tract for his family and friends. It was at Ridgely Plantation, on Bailey's Pr…
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