The Second Mrs. Lamar - Richmond, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 34.611 W 095° 45.022
15R E 233562 N 3275056
Located along the interpretive trail at the Mirabeau B. Lamar Homestead Park and Archeological Reserve are several informative signs detailing the history of this area and the Lamar Family.
Waymark Code: WMWC7T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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The Second Mrs. Lamar
Lamar's first wife, Tabitha Jordan, died in 1830, followed by his son, John Burwell in 1831, and his daughter Rebecca Ann, in 1843. His second wife, Henrietta (1827 - 1891), was the daughter of John Newland Maffitt, Sr, renowned Methodist Minister, and Anna Carnic, who operated a popular boarding house in Galveston.
Henrietta and her sisters were celebrated for their charm and known throughout Texas as “The Three Graces”. Henrietta and ex-president Lamar were married in 1851 following a brief courtship begun during a chance meeting on a visit to a mutual acquaintance in New Orleans. She was active in Richmond society, a devout member of Calvary Episcopal Church, and long remembered for her charity to Confederate soldiers and their families during the Civil War. She was entertained at the White House by first lady Harriet Lane (niece of the bachelor James Buchanan) and dined with Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.
Following Lamar's death she continue to manage the plantation and increase cattle production, with up to 200 head bearing her letter ‘H’ brand. She moved to Galveston with her daughter, and died in Santa Anna, Texas, in 1891. She is buried in Morton Cemetery in Richmond.
Featured photos - Henrietta Maffitt Lamar and Mrs. Lamars headstone (
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