Dr. Walter Brashear - Morgan City, LA
N 29° 41.733 W 091° 11.250
15R E 675357 N 3286424
One of two markers located side by side, in front of the Dr. C.R.Brownell, Jr. Tourist and Convention Complex.
Waymark Code: WM7291
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2009
Views: 7
Marker Text reads =
B Md. 1776 D. LA 1860.
Famed as surgeon in Kentucky, 1806. Settled Attakapas, LA, 1809. Became large landowner, sugar planter in St. Mary, serving many years in Louisiana Legislature. Town of Brashear, now Morgan City, incorporated 1860.
Marker Name: Dr. Walter Brashear
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Person
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1976
Parish: St Mary
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