Site of the Texas Home of Richard Ellis
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techiegrl64
N 33° 33.448 W 094° 25.031
15S E 368446 N 3713990
Historical marker located at a rest stop and park area on the east side of Hwy 8. Located a short distance south of the Arkansas/Texas state line.
Waymark Code: WM59WV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2008
Views: 18
Ellis County, formed in 1849, is named for Richard Ellis, President of Texas’ Constitutional Convention, March, 1836. Mr. Ellis had no direct link to the county. He was a famous Texan whom the state felt needed to be remembered.
For more information about Richard Ellis and Ellis County see the following references:
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Marker Number: 9476
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.
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