Homesite of Samuel Cartmill Hiroms - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

A pioneer settler, Samuel Miroms was a local resident, school teacher, veteran of the Civil War and church leader in his day. This sign commemorates him at the location where his home had been. He was the child of parents who part of the original colony founded by Stephen F Austin. He apparently was a Major in the Confederate Army and fought during all four years. He married twice and had a total of 12 children (6 boys, 6 girls).
This marker is along the roadside of SH 21 in Houston County. It is near the town of Austonio, TX and is found between CR 1280 and CR 3200. The shoulder of the road has been widened enough for a car to pull off the main lanes and park along side the highway to access the marker.


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Marker Number: 11199 Marker Text: One of the community's pioneer settlers, Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836-1920) was born in Polk County. His parents were among Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Hiroms taught school and served as Polk County surveyor. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). After his first wife died, he married Emily Ann Johnston (1853-1948) in 1869 and moved his family to Houston County. In 1878 Hiroms settled here in the Creek community, which later became Austinio. He received land for his teaching services and was an early leader in the Methodist church. (1978)

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