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Rebecca Kilgore Stuart Red

Austin, Travis County

Marker Text

(1827-1886) Rebecca Jane Kilgore Stuart became principal of Live Oak Female Seminary in Washington County, Texas, in 1853. In 1854 she married Dr. George Clark Red and continued teaching. The Reds moved to Austin in 1876, and opened Stuart Female Seminary at 1212 East 9th Street. Rebecca continued teaching until nine days before her death in 1886. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Her heirs donated her property to the Presbyterian Synod of Texas in 1899. The Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary was operated at that site from 1902 until 1907. (1988)

Marker Details

Address 100 E 27th Street
Location Description Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, on the west side (side entrance) of Shelton Chapel
Marker # 15556
Dedicated 1988
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code educational topics; Presbyterian denomination; women, women's history topics
Latitude, Longitude 30.292059, -97.737842

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