Brazos Bend Oaks near Needville in Fort Bend County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Andrew Jackson Beard
Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023
1. Andrew Jackson Beard Marker
Born in Arkansas
May 29, 1814
Died in 1866
His wife
Sallie Pentecost Beard
Born in June, 1818
Died in 1857
Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 8947.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1866.
Location. 29° 24.192′ N, 95° 38.392′ W. Marker is near Needville, Texas, in Fort Bend County. It is in Brazos Bend Oaks. It can be reached from C.W. Cummings Road 0.8 miles east of Farm to Market Road 762. This marker is found in the Brown-Beard Cemetery. The marker can be found in the middle of the cemetery. The cemetery is within private pasture lands. Requires owner permission and assistance to access the cemetery through a series of locked cattle gates. Cattle fencing and gates keeps livestock from escaping and roaming. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5931 C.W Cumings Road, Needville TX 77461,
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Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area. It is also on the American Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brown-Beard Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Mamie and A.P. George (approx. 6.8 miles away); The John H. Pickens Davis House (approx. 7 miles away); Concord Cemetery (approx. 8 miles away); Cesinger Cemetery (approx. 8½ miles away); Booth (approx. 8.8 miles away); Samuel Damon (approx. 10.2 miles away); Edmund Calloway Darst (approx. 10.2 miles away).
Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023
2. Andrew Jackson Beard marker showing perspective from within the cemetery.
Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023
3. Andrew Jackson Beard marker showing perspective from within the cemetery.
Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023
4. Cattle pasture dirt road that leads to Brown-Beard Cemetery and the Andrew Jackson Beard marker.
The cemetery and marker are within private cattle pastures and requires owner permission and assistance to access through a series of locked cattle gates leading to the cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2023, by Madeleine Schimmer of Richmond, Texas. This page has been viewed 378 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2023, by Madeleine Schimmer of Richmond, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
