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Alexander Harwood

Dallas, Dallas County

Marker Text

(1820-1885) Came to Dallas in 1844 from Tennessee. After the death of his first wife Isabella Daniel Harwood in 1851, he married Sarah Peak in 1855. Harwood was elected county clerk six times between 1850 and 1880. He was senior warden of the Tannehill Masonic Lodge and served the Confederacy as assistant to Postmaster General John H. Reagan. Harwood represented Dallas County at the 1866 State Constitutional Convention. (1996)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla at Young St.
Marker # 11827
Dedicated 1996
Size, Type grave marker
Code Civil War; pioneers
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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