Moses Austin
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 29° 25.492 W 098° 29.726
14R E 548942 N 3255164
Statue of Moses Austin is listed as an approved state marker and is located in the grounds of the San Antonio City Hall.
Waymark Code: WM3999
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ggmorton
Views: 23
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Index Entry: Austin, Moses
City: San Antonio
County: Bexar
Subject Codes: CL; PI; SM
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: City Hall, Military Plaza, San Antonio
Marker Size: State-approved marker

The waymark for his grave in Potosi, Missouri is (visit link)
Marker Number: 246

Marker Text:
(Front) Born in Connecticut, October fourth 1761; moved to Philadelphia in 1783. Thence to Virginia in 1785 and to Missouri in San Antonio on December 23, 1820. Died in Missouri June 10, 1821. (Right) Moses Austin here petitioned the Spanish authorities for the right to bring three-hundred families to Texas and returned to Missouri to wait the answer. (Back) Exposure and exhaustion during his Texas journey caused his death a few days after receiving notification that his petition had been granted. His dying request was that his son Stephen should carry out his vision. (Left) A man of vision, enterprise, industry and indomitable energy...he most fittingly bequeathed the realization of his plans to his more deliberate, patient, tactful and diplomatic son. (1936)
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