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Joseph William Ellender - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com
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Joseph William Ellender
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ggmorton
N 29° 45.313 W 094° 55.613
15R E 313684 N 3293217
A historic figure.
Waymark Code:
WMQ1P
Location:
Texas, United States
Date Posted:
09/09/2006
Published By:
clayj
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Marker Number:
10656
Marker Text:
(May 25, 1840 - February 24, 1917) British seaman Joseph William Ellender was shipwrecked off the coast of Iceland in 1866 and rescued by a schooner bound for Galveston. He settled in Cedar Bayou and married Nancy Lavenia Prather in 1868. They had ten children. A Master Mason, Ellender served as worshipful master of Cedar Bayou Lodge three times. He organized the Cedar Bayou chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in 1884 and was Worthy Grand Patron of Texas in 1889. Recorded - 1985
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