Col. Algernon S. Thruston
N 37° 48.043 W 087° 01.527
16S E 497759 N 4183704
Col. Algernon S. Thruston of Owensboro, KY
Waymark Code: WMGGH0
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2013
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Lawyer, soldier and farmer. Born in Louisville 1801, died 1864 at Thruston. Went to Texas with company of volunteers in 1836. Commissary General of Purchases (1837) and Quartermaster General (1838) for the Republic of Texas. Political ally of President Sam Houston. Practiced law in Houston. Returned to Daviess County in 1854. Presented by Nettie Sweeney Rhodes.
(Reverse) Algernon Sidney Thruston - This community became known as Thruston. Algernon's father, Col. John Thruston, at age 16, served at Kaskaskia and Vincennes with General Clark in Revolutionary War. Algernon's grandfather, Rev. and Col. Charles Mynn Thruston of Va., was "a fighting parson" of the Revolution. Charles received 15,000 acres in Daviess and Ohio counties for military services.
Marker Name: Col. Algernon S. Thruston
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 1843
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
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