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Site of the Texas Home of Richard Ellis

New Boston, Bowie County

Marker Text

A Virginian by birth and education - Jurist and statesman of Alabama, 1813-1825 - Came to Texas, 1825 - President of the Constitutional Convention, March 1836, and member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas - Born February 14, 1781 - Died here December 20, 1846 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address SH 8
Location Description 8 mi. north of New Boston in roadside park on SH 8; moved from homesite to park in 1962
Marker # 9476
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Code state official; pioneers
Latitude, Longitude 33.557467, -94.417185

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