Historical Markers of Texas

9418 1899 Automobile Trip Bell Park, southwest corner of Trinity and Bois D'Arc streets On October 5, 1899, Edward H. R. Green drove his newly-acquired "St. Louis" automobile from Terrell to Dallas. Accompanied by the car's manufacturer, ...

8485 Ables Springs about 10 mi. NE of Terrell off FM 429, turn E at CR 338 (follow signs) then about 1/2 mile to cemetery and marker This small settlement, which lies in a region of natural springs, was named for an early Kaufman County family. James W. and Eliza (Godfrey) Ables ... 14986 Ables Springs Cemetery Terrell

9419 Baker Cemetery 5 mi. S of Kemp on SH 274 to Tolosa, go about 1.6 mi. E on CR 4042 to cemetery John Baker, his wife Eliza, and their family migrated to Texas from Illinois in 1835, settling on land granted to him. Baker Cemetery began as a ... 9420 Bethlehem Baptist Church 500 S. Frances The oldest black Baptist congregation extant in Terrell, this church traces its history to 1877, when a group of worshipers led by missionary A. ... 8530 Birthplace of City of Kaufman; Site of King's Fort 607 N. Clay at Pyle St., Kaufman (Founded 1840) Established by Wm. P. King and 40 pioneers he led from Holly Springs, Miss.; this was then in Nacogdoches County, Republic of Texas. ... 9421 Brooklyn Lodge No. 386, A.F. & A..M. on US 80 service road (S side) just E of its intersection with FM 740, Forney Following the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in the village of Brooklyn in 1873, the town name was changed to Forney in honor of John ...

9422 Capt. Edward Thomas Broughton and the Johnson Guards on FM 90 near intersection w/FM 1836 Alabama native Edward Thomas Broughton, Jr. (b. 1834) came to Jasper, Texas, with his family in 1847. Broughton married Mary Elizabeth Douglas in ... 8552 Captain Israel Spikes in Fox Cemetery on CR 110, 1/4 mile E of the intersection of FM 1836 and FM 2515, 9 miles E of Kaufman (1824 - 1879) Pioneer patriot. Spikes Prairie named for him and his family. In 1875-1876 Spikes served as an elected spokesman from this district ... 9425 Carnegie Library Building 207 N. Frances St. Completed in 1904, this library building is located on land owned in the 1890s by local publisher O. B. Colquitt, who later became the governor of ... 9426 Carnegie Public Library 207 N. Frances Opened 1904 through the efforts of local women's clubs. Building a gift of public benefactor Andrew Carnegie. Only library in Kaufman County; has ... 9424 Cartwright House 505 Griffith Ave. Victorian residence, 1883. Built by third generation Texan, Matthew Cartwright (1855-1925), rancher, banker, civic leader; married Mary Cynthia Davenport. ... 7957 Cedar Grove Cemetery NE on FM 2728, right on CR 346; E on int. with CR 343A Historic Texas Cemetery 16775 Cedarvale Cemetery Take I-20 to exit 506 (College Mound Rd/FM 429 South) turn right to FM 243, turn left proceed to the Cedarvale Community sign, turn left on County Road 119, proceed to County Road 119-A, turn right on County Road 119-A. The cemetery is at the end of this road on a slight hill CEDARVALE CEMETERY ESTABLISHED CA. 1850 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2007 8500 Church of Our Merciful Saviour 500 block of S. Jackson St., Kaufman Rural Gothic architecture. In parish formed 1883. Site given 1898; built 1909 under lead of Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Nash. Consecrated May 2, 1909, by ... 8499 Church of the Good Shepherd 200 W. College (corner of College and Frances Sts.), Terrell Organized as mission by Rev. John Portmess, vicar, Trinity Sunday, 1877. First services were held at Terrell Academy, a private school founded by ... 8505 City of Crandall S. Main Street, park on east side between Gleason and Holly streets Named for The Rev. C. F. Crandall (1827-1906), Methodist minister who came here from Indiana, 1877, and bought 1800 acres of land. When Texas Trunk ... 8497 Colonel Isham Chisum Courthouse grounds, E. Grove St. between Jackson and Washington, Kaufman (1818-1884) One of leading early citizens of Kaufman County. Represented the county in Texas Secession Convention, Jan.-March 1861. Later in 1861, ... 8502 Cottonwood Baptist Church from Scurry, take SH 34 SW about 5 miles, then go E on CR 4084 about 3.2 miles to church in Cottonwood community The Rev. A. M. K. Sowell served as the first pastor for this congregation, organized in 1880. Worship services were held in a log building constructed ... 8503 Cottonwood Cemetery from Scurry take SH 34 SW about 5 miles to CR 4084, go E about 2.4 miles to cemetery entrance, follow signs N to cemetery Established in 1882 on land donated by settler J. W. Swayze for a church building, school house, and cemetery. First grave was that of J. R. Swayze ... 14450 Cottonwood Cemetery Scurry 8504 Covenant United Presbyterian Church 400 E. Mulberry St., Kaufman Organized July 1854 by The Rev. Richard O. Watkins, as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First church building was erected in 1854-55. First pastor, ...

8536 Dick P. Moore House 306 S. Bois d'Arc St., Forney Built in 1910, this home dates from a period of economic boom enjoyed by the town of Forney from 1873 until 1929. It was constructed for Georgia ... 13299 Dixie Overland Highway (U. S. Highway 80) southwest corner of Bois d'Arc and Main streets In the early 20th century, soon after the development of the automobile, travelers, city officials and others began planning for a network of paved ... 8524 Dr. L. E. Griffith Home 805 First St., Terrell -- 8506 Dry Creek Cemetery on FM 1565 about 9 miles N of Terrell (cemetery is on E side of road) Named for a nearby ravine, this burial ground originally served the community of Turner's Point. Located on the stage road between Shreveport, Louisiana, ... 16928 Duncan and Emma McKellar House Forney, 306 S. Center St. Duncan Graham McKellar and his wife Emma (McCullough) McKellar built this house in 1886. The McKellars were integral to the economic, social, and ...

8507 First Baptist Church of Kaufman 302 S. Washington, Kaufman Organized Nov. 5, 1871, by Elder J. B. Daniel, assisted by The Rev. A. D. Manion, missionary of East Fork Baptist Association. Nine charter members ... 8508 First Baptist Church of Mabank 2nd and Mt. Vernon Sts., Mabank In 1898 or 1899 nine charter members under The Rev. E. J. Thompson, a missionary for the East Fork Baptist Association, organized Lawndale Baptist ... 8509 First Baptist Church of Terrell 403 N. Catherine St., Terrell The Rev. J. B. Daniel (d. 1884) organized this church in 1876 and served as its first pastor. The congregation started with 13 members, who met once ... 9427 First Christian Church of Kaufman 506 S. Houston St. R. A. Hindman, who started the first newspaper in Kaufman, moved to the area in 1861. With his direction, this congregation was organized the same ... 8511 First Christian Church of Terrell 405 N. Adelaide (corner of Brin and Adelaide), Terrell Organized in 1876 with 18 to 20 charter members, this church met in borrowed quarters until its first sanctuary was built on this site in 1881. That ... 8512 First Presbyterian Church of Forney First Presbyterian Church Forney, SW side FM 1641, 0.4 mi. SE of Wenham Way. Marker is at rear (southwest) porte-cochere entrance to the church. Relocated in 2006 from SE corner of Bois d'Arc and Brooks streets (referred to in inscription with "on this site" and "new red brick building.") This church was created by the merger of two congregations. Before the town of Brooklyn was renamed Forney, the Brooklyn Church of the Presbytery ... 8513 First Presbyterian Church of Mabank 112 W. Mt. Vernon Organized on September 11, 1896, this church began as a small Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in the town of Lawndale (about 2 mi. E of the ... 8514 First Presbyterian Church of Terrell 834 Griffith Ave., Terrell This congregation traces its history to two Presbyterian churches formed in the 1870s. A Cumberland Presbyterian Church, formerly located in the ... 8515 First United Methodist Church 208 S. Houston St., Kaufman Organized in February of 1845 as the Kingsborough Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Rev. Wm. K. Wilson was first pastor. In 1850 Kingsborough ... 8516 First United Methodist Church of Terrell 503 W. College St., Terrell The Rev. J. W. Fields (1817-1886) organized this church in 1873, the same year the Texas & Pacific Railroad opened a station at the Terrell townsite. ... 8517 Forney Corner of Main and Bois d'Arc Sts., Forney A Native American trail, sometimes referred to as the Kickapoo Trace, and early Anglo-American roads traversed this area prior to the settlement ... 8518 Forney High School Building Forney ISD Administration, NW side S. Bois d'Arc Street opposite College Avenue Forney's first schoolhouse was built here about 1868, and its first general store was built nearby by pioneer settler John C. McKellar in 1871. This ... 8519 Forney Independent School District 600 S. Bois d'Arc St., Forney Public education began in Forney (then named Brooklyn) about 1868 when a 16' x 16' room was built, serving as both a schoolhouse and Union church. ... 23497 Founding of Terrell NW corner of S. Alley and S. Adelaide streets. Marker pending. marker pending 8521 Fox Cemetery on CR 110, 1/4 mile E of the intersection of FM 1836 and FM 2515, 9 miles E of Kaufman Set aside as a burial ground by Joseph Fox. His daughter Sarah K. first person buried here, Aug. 24, 1852. Grounds are cared for by descendants, ... 8546 Frank Reaugh Oakland Cemetery, 1001 W. Moore Ave., enter cemetery through main road, marker is on E side of main road about 2/10 mile from entrance (December 29, 1860 - May 6, 1945) Graphic historian of Longhorn cattle, western trails, and range. Born in Illinois. Son of George W. and Clarinda ...

8523 Greenslade Drug Store 111 W. Mulberry St. on public square, Kaufman Built 1891 by R. C. Dansby; of iron, masonry, wood. Sold to Smith E. Greenslade, 1919; still in Greenslade family. Exposed iron beams support the ... 18851 Griffith House At the corner of First and Johnson Streets, North, 30 Degrees West of the center of the intersection of those streets in Terrell. This 1909 house was designed by noted Dallas architect, James E. Flanders, for Lycurgus Edward (L.E.) Griffith, Jr. (1865-1928), and his second wife, ...

8526 Hillcrest Cemetery on Old U.S. 80 (FM 688) near intersection with FM 740. Marker is at entrance to cemetery, Forney The grave of M. Elizabeth Collins (1813-1867), the earliest marked in this burial ground, predates the settlement of Forney. In 1880 the site was ... 11987 Hillcrest Cemetery Forney After the community of Brooklyn was relocated and renamed Forney when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through here in 1873, its early burial ... 8498 Homesite of Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt Corner of N. Frances and W. Nash Sts., Terrell (1861-1940) (This block is the former homesite of) Twenty-fourth Governor of Texas (1911-1915). Known as "The Napoleon of Texas Politics" and "Little ... 8527 Huff-Park House 201 N. Wykagyl, Kaufman Built 1889 by W. L. Huff; bought 1892 by Dr. J. W. Park (1855-1941). Born in Texas, Park studied at Louisville (Ky.) Medical College. As doctors ...

8501 John H. Corley Home 720 Griffith Ave., Terrell Built 1896 by John Neilson, a former shipbuilder. Many of the building materials were shipped to Jefferson, Texas, by boat, then here by railroad. ...

8528 Kaufman County Courthouse grounds, E. Grove St. between Jackson and Washington, Kaufman Created February 26, 1848; organized August 7, 1848; named in honor of David Spangler Kaufman 1812-1851; came to Texas in 1837 and located at Nacogdoches; ... 16158 Kaufman County Indigent Cemetery 500 yards NW from SH 34, 1.7 mi S of Kaufman This burial ground is part of 600 acres purchased for use as a poor farm operated by Kaufman County beginning in 1883. It is the final resting place ... 11988 Kaufman County Poor Farm 400 feet W of S. Houston St., turnoff to Kaufman County Appraisal District building at 3950 S. Houston St. As did many Texas counties of the era, Kaufman County created a poor farm in 1883 in order to provide the indigent residents and families of the ... 11989 Kaufman Lodge No. 726, A.F. & A.M. 8782 FM 148, Scurry The first Mason Lodge in Kaufman County, Bloomfield Lodge No. 112, was located in Kaufman. In times of heavy rain during the 1880s, the roads were ... 11990 Kaufman Pioneer Cemetery (Love Family Cemetery) 23 Oak Creek Drive William and Nancy Kirk Love and their children were the earliest settlers near King's Fort, establishing themselves there in January 1845. Their ... 12818 Kemp Kemp City Park, bounded by 9th, 10th, Commerce and Main streets Kemp This community can trace its origins to 1851, when the U.S. Postal Service approved a station named Kemp with Levi Noble as first postmaster. ... 11991 King's Fort 607 N Clay St An early frontier fort of the Republic of Texas, King's Fort was built in June of 1840 by a survey party led by Warren A. Ferris, then Nacogdoches ... 23380 Kyser Cemetery marker pending marker pending

8531 Lawrence Cemetery from Terrell take U.S. 80 E about 3 miles to FM 1392 go N about 2/10 mile to CR 237A, go E about 4/10 mile to cemetery entrance on N side of road In 1873, soon after the Texas and Pacific Railroad built a line through this area, a group of investors formed the Texas Colony Association with ... 17621 Locust Grove 5780 FM 2965, Wills Point Established in the 1800s, the Locust Grove community included a saw mill, three churches, a grocery store, a doctor's office and a school. In 1891, ... 8532 Lone Oak Cemetery from Kemp take FM 1895 about 4 miles to CR 4030 in Becker, go E about 3/4 mile, go S about 3/4 mile to small road, go down road to cemetery In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school - ...

8533 Mabank in traffic triangle of Business U.S. 175 and W. Market St., Mabank Originally part of the George T. Walters Survey, this acreage in the 1840s and '50s belonged to many absentee landowners including Sam Houston. In ... 17215 Major W.F. Long .1 mile east of State Highway 34 at airport terminal building MISSOURI NATIVE WILLIAM FRANCIS “BILL” LONG WAS 17 WHEN HIS FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS. DURING WORLD WAR I, HE WAS AN AERIAL OBSERVER AND PILOT IN THE ... 14636 Marrs, S. M. N. 700 N. Catherine St On January 2, 1862, Starlin Marion Newberry Marrs was born in Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, Virginia (now West Virginia). At 16, he began teaching ... 8534 McKellar House 303 S. Center St., Forney Originally built in 1873 by landowner and merchant John Alexander McKellar (1813-1875), this house was remodeled to its current appearance by his ... 8535 Methodist Church, 1844 on FM 429, just S of its intersection with IH-20, about 6 miles SW of Terrell in the College Mound Community In 1844 A. J. Beck, Henry Beck, Wilson Fogleman, A. H. Henry, W. T. Patton, Ed. King settled in this vicinity. A Methodist church was organized in ... 8537 Morrow Chapel Cemetery 8 miles E of Kaufman off SH 243, near intersection with FM 2515 This burial ground originally served members of the Morrow family, early area settlers. It was first used in 1853 for the interment of Alexander ... 8538 Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church 8795 SH 148 W in Scurry Organized in 1860 during the Civil War era, this is one of the oldest active churches of Kaufman County. It was originally located at Mt. Olive Cemetery ... 8529 Mrs. William P. King Courthouse grounds, E. Grove between Jackson and Washington, Kaufman (Frances A. King) (Donor, Land for County seat, Kaufman County) Wife of founder of King's Fort (in 1840), Frances A. King pioneered with great courage ...

16688 No. 1 British Flying Training School Terrell, 119 Silent Wings Blvd By 1939, the British government recognized that in the event of war with Germany, training facilities would need to be established overseas in commonwealth ...

8539 Oakland Memorial Park Oakland Cemetery After Terrell was established as a railroad town in 1873, its citizens saw the need for a community burial ground. In 1878 John R. Terrell sold 7 ... 14705 Oakland Memorial Park Terrell (supplemental plaque)

14762 Pioneer Cemetery Terrell 22528 Pleasant Grove Cemetery Lanier Rd., NW side at Pleasant Dr., 0.5 mi. SW of FM 1389. Marker is next to gazebo shelter near the center of the cemetery. James Monroe and Permelia Ann (Brizendine) Mathis came to the Combine area in about 1870, joining family already settled here. The couple had 12 ... 8540 Poetry Baptist Church on FM 986 about 6 miles N of Terrell The oldest Baptist church in Kaufman County, organized in 1855 by The Rev. J. J. Butler and The Rev. J. R. Briscoe. Original name was Salem Baptist ... 8541 Poetry Methodist Church on FM 986, about 6 miles N of Terrell Originally called Turners Point, this community was founded in 1845 by Elisha Turner. In 1855 the Methodist congregation paid Zachariah Turner and ... 8542 Porter Farms on FM 986 about 4 miles N of Terrell, on E side of road in the 14000 block Birthplace of agricultural (cooperative) extension, under lead of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, U.S. Department of Agriculture. On Feb. 26, 1903, from places ... 8544 Prairieville on FM 90 near intersection with FM 1836, Prairieville (site within Mercer Colony land grant) Established by colonizer Johan Reinert Reiersen (1810-64). The 1845 founder of Brownboro (Normandy) in present ... 8543 Public Education in Terrell Terrell High School, 500 block of N. Poetry Rd., Terrell On July 3, 1883, the citizens of Terrell voted overwhelmingly to establish and support a system of public schools. The first classes were held in ... 8545 Pyle Prairie Cemetery 2 miles SW of Kemp on SH 274, then about 4.2 miles W on FM 148, then about 1.5 miles N on CR 4059 John Pyle, a veteran of the Republic of Texas Army, arrived in this area with his family in the 1850s. According to family tradition, this cemetery ...

8560 R. L. Warren House 705 Griffith Avenue, Terrell Unusual mansion built 1904 by prominent residents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Warren. Architect was J. E. Flanders, Dallas; Keith & Co., Kansas City, ... 23482 Reeves Henry 210 E. Broad Street Born in Gregg County in 1859 to farmers and laborers William and Mariah Henry, Reeves Henry was a prominent local African American businessman in ... 8553 Robert A. Terrell Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, 1001 W. Moore Ave., enter cemetery through main road, take second left, marker is on N side of road, Terrell (February 22, 1820 - March 8, 1881) A native of Tennessee, Robert Adams Terrell lived in Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana before coming to the Republic ... 8554 Robert A. Terrell Home on campus of Southwestern Christian College on Bowser St., enter off US 80/Moore Ave., Terrell This house replaced the 1845 log cabin of Robert A. Terrell (1820-1881), a pioneer settler for whom the town was named. Built for him in 1864, it ... 8547 Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ 401 W. Brin (corner of Brin and Rockwall Sts.), Terrell Growing out of meetings held in members' homes, this church was organized in 1896. Services were held in Odd-Fellows Hall until 1900, when a small ... 15155 Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ Terrell 8548 Roddy Lodge No. 734, A.F. & A.M. 106 W. Market St., Mabank The community of Roddy (4 mi. NE) was established by Stephen G. Roddy in 1884. The Roddy Masonic Lodge was chartered on May 14, 1892. The 24 charter ... 8549 Rose Hill Cemetery from the intersection of SH 34 and FM 2578 in southern Terrell, go SW on FM 2578 about 4.2 miles to entrance of cemetery on W side of road - follow road to cemetery Wild roses covered this hillside when settlers from Tennessee camped here in 1866. The land was first used as a burial site after a son of W. R. ... 8550 Rosser Depot of the Texas Midland Railroad off FM 2451 in Rosser Originally known as Trinidad, Rosser depended on the Trinity River for trade until 1882, when a line of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad was ...

8551 Saint John Catholic Church 700 N. Frances Street, Terrell On oldest church site in Terrell, which became a town when Texas & Pacific Railroad was built to this point in 1873. The Rt. Rev. Claude-Marie Dubuis, ...

8555 Terrell Elementary School 700 N. Catherine St., Terrell This location has been home to a school building for the students of the Terrell area since 1901. The site was selected to serve the children living ... 8556 Terrell State Hospital in front of administration office building on Brin Circle off Brin Drive at Terrell State Hospital Grounds, Terrell Authorized 1883 by Legislature of Texas. Designed by J. N. Preston and sons, Austin. Built by John M'Donald. Opened in 1885 under administration ... 8557 Terrell State Hospital Cemetery on Terrell State Hospital grounds at Brin Ave. (must get security escort from administration building), Terrell Soon after the Terrell State Hospital opened in July 1885, a portion of the property was set aside for burial of patients who died while hospitalized. ... 8559 Texas & Pacific Railroad Freight Depot 200 S. Virginia St., Terrell Founded in 1873, the town of Terrell was located on the route of the Texas & Pacific Railroad. Robert A. Terrell, for whom the town was named, was ... 8558 Texas Midland Railroad on Lions Club Lane in Gill Park off US 80 at western edge of Terrell A northeast line of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad was built through this area in 1882. In 1892 it was purchased by Mrs. Hetty Green and ... 9417 The American National Bank of Terrell corner of Catherine and Moore The city of Terrell was founded in 1873. C. M. Bivens, John H. Corley, and F. A. Waters opened a private bank here in 1875. In 1878, Asa Holt replaced ... 8520 The Forney Messenger 201 W. Broad St. (Old U.S. 80 and FM 688), Forney The Forney Messenger is the oldest newspaper in continuous operation in Forney. Founded in 1896 by M. J. Cox, the first issue was printed on April ... 8522 The Old Graveyard (Pioneer Cemetery) Corner of Polk and New Hope St., Terrell This small historic cemetery, also called the "Irvine Family Cemetery," predates the establishment of Terrell by more than 20 years. The first burial ...

15332 Victorian Residence, 1883 (Cartwright House) Terrell

8525 W. E. Henderson Home from the intersection of US 80 and FM 429 on the eastern edge of Terrell, take FM 429 NE about 5 1/2 miles to home on W side of road Built 1898 by William Ebenezer Henderson (1847-1944), who moved from Louisiana to Texas (1862) in an ox-drawn barouche. Going to work at 19 for a ... 9416 Walter Dickson Adams and the Adams Drugstore 117 E. Main St. A native of Kaufman County, Walter Dickson Adams (1872-1961) came to Forney in 1887. In 1893 he purchased the F. M. Adams Drugstore, a successor ... 13855 Walter P. and Meck Allen House 611 Griffith In 1893, Rusk County native Walter Payne Allen (1870-1943) wed America "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright (1874-1959), a native of San Augustine. A banker, ... 8561 White Hall School from Mabank, take FM 90 about 3 miles N to CR 4007 go E about 3/10 mile to intersection with CR 4008 - Marker is on N side of CR 4007. Built in 1888 on land donated by the Albert T. Rice family, the first White Hall School was a one-room building. First called Caney Creek School, ... 11986 William and Blanche Brooks House 500 S. Center Street, Forney Designed by Dallas Architect Charles Alexander Gill and built on a lot received as a wedding gift from Yancy McKellar, this was the home of local ... 9423 William Henry Burnett 921 S. Rockwall (in front of elementary school) (1872 - 1944) In the 1880s Presbyterian missionary Alexander R. Wilson began conducting school in the rural South Prong community of Ellis County. ... 12885 William Madison McDonald Forney Sub-courthouse, 200 E. Main William Madison McDonald William Madison "Gooseneck Bill" McDonald was born in 1866 near Johnson Point, a small community southeast of Terrell. His ...