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Dr. Benjamin Briggs Goodrich

Anderson, Grimes County

Marker Text

[front] Born in Brunswick Co, Va. February 24, 1799, Died at Anderson, Texas, November 16, 1860. His wife Serena Crothers Born in Barren County, Ky. May 11, 1807, Died April 27, 1884. Erected by the State of Texas [back] Dr. Goodrich was a member of the Consultation at San Felipe in 1835 and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington March 2, 1836.

Marker Details

Address FM 159
Location Description Odd Fellows Cemetery. Pink granite gravestone placed by the State of Texas in 1932.
Marker # 18059
Dedicated 1932
Size, Type
Code Texas Revolution; Republic of Texas
Latitude, Longitude 30.487635, -96.004949

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