James Azle Steward
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This marker, in front of the Azle Historical Museum, provides a short biography of the man for whom the town of Azle was named.
Waymark Code: WM2E5M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2007
Views: 56
Texas Historical Atlas data:
Index Entry: Steward, James Azle
Address: 124 W Main Street
City: Azle
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: MD; PI;
Year Marker Erected: 1986
Marker Location: 124 W. Main Street, Azle
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Related waymarks:
Azle Christian Church:
WM2DKM
Ash Creek Cemetery:
WM2EGB
Marker Number: 2713
Marker Text:
(1831 - 1889)
Tennessee native James Azle Steward came to Texas prior to 1860. He and his wife, Mary E. Fowler Steward, were among the early settlers of this area. Steward was a well-known, respected pioneer physician. The settlement, which had been known by several different names at various times, was renamed Azle when Dr. Steward gave land for a townsite in 1883. He was also instrumental in the establishment of Ash Creek Cemetery. Azle Christian Church was built on land donated by the Doctor. A Mason, he was buried in Ash Creek Cemetery.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986
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