James Wilson Henderson - Houston, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 45.923 W 095° 23.081
15R E 269430 N 3295170
Obelisk marks the grave for the 4th Governor of the State of Texas.
Waymark Code: WMQFAK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2016
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Inscription reads: Erected In memory of
James W. Henderson,
1814 - 1880
By his son, F.W. Henderson
From Houston History Magazine:
Frank Teich (1856-1939), was an early Texas sculptor originally from Germany.
One of Teich’s Glenwood
commissions was the
Henderson obelisk, the
tallest monument in the
cemetery. It was erected
in 1931, two years after
the death of Frank W.
Henderson, whose will
provided that the monument
be built for the grave of
his father, James Wilson
Henderson, the fourth
governor of Texas. At fortyfour
feet, it was said to be
the largest one-piece stone
monument erected in the
United States at the time