The town of Barclay was founded in 1877 when William Anderson Barclay (1849-1927) opened a general mercantile store here. A leader in farming, business, commercial, and industrial circles throughout central Texas, W.A. Barclay also operated a large . . . — — Map (db m290656) HM
Born in the Republic of Texas in 1838, Amanda Ruble Taylor moved to this area in 1855. This cemetery began with her burial on family land in 1875. Her widower, the Rev. Isaac Taylor, deeded land for this cemetery to the Methodist Episcopal Church, . . . — — Map (db m293260) HM
The community of Blevins began about 1860, when Texas Revolution veteran Thomas H. Barron and his family settled near Deer Creek. The Rev. Isaac Taylor operated a school for area children from the 1870s until 1885, when Blevins School opened. A . . . — — Map (db m293258) HM
Born in Illinois to J. M. and Lucretia (Craven) Bedichek, Roy came to Falls County at the age of six. Educated first in his parents' school at Blevins and later at the Bedichek's Eddy Literary and Scientific Institute, he graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m149434) HM
On June 8, 1896, the citizens of North Prairie petitioned the Falls County Commissioners Court for a community school district, and North Prairie School District No. 65 was created. In 1910 a 2-room school housed two teachers and about 20 students. . . . — — Map (db m108510) HM
Though included in the Sterling Robertson Grant of 1834, Mustang Prairie had only a handful of settlers prior to the Civil War. With Reconstruction and the 1870 arrival of the railroad at nearby Bremond came many business people. The majority of . . . — — Map (db m292113) HM
This congregation was founded by a group of German-speaking families who had moved from the Washington County area to the rich farmlands of Falls County. The organizational meeting was held March 4, 1884, at the home of Anton Wittner. Fifteen . . . — — Map (db m293264) HM
German natives who settled originally in Colorado County came here in 1879 looking for better land. Pleased with the soil and location, they brought their families and immediately purchased 100 acres for a church and school. The earliest Mass was . . . — — Map (db m125272) HM
Named for waterfalls on the Brazos River, Falls County was created in 1850. Brothers George H. and John T. Gassaway came to this area at that time and soon had a profitable cattle business, later contracting with the Confederate government. In 1889, . . . — — Map (db m290647) HM
The railroad town of Lott was platted here in 1890 and in 1892 the area Presbytery established this church. A sanctuary, built that year under the direction of the Rev. J.W. Siler, was destroyed by a tornado in 1893. A second church building, . . . — — Map (db m290642) HM
The pioneer Falls County community of Live Oak began shortly after the Civil War. Originally known as Camden and later as Rupee, the settlement was the site of stores, a cotton gin, post office; doctors and a Masonic lodge. The Live Oak Baptist . . . — — Map (db m290648) HM
Located on a straight line from Cameron to Waco, this site was the natural choice for development of a new town along the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in 1889. The Texas Townsite Company bought land from area pioneers Captain and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m290646) HM
Some 75 years after pioneers opened this region, the "Old Settlers Association of Falls County" was organized on July 4, 1908. In 1909, the Willis L. Lang Camp of Confederate Veterans and the settlers held a joint reunion. Merging later, they . . . — — Map (db m293266) HM
In the early twentieth century, the Rev. B.C. Pfiffner came from Marlin (12 mi. NE) once a month to hold mass for seven local German Catholic families. In May 1905, the Parish acquired land at this site for the location of Lott's first Catholic . . . — — Map (db m290644) HM
St. Mary's Cemetery was founded in 1883 by German families who had recently settled in the area and named their community "Westphalia," after their German home province. Casper Hoelscher, Frank Wunsch, Theodore Rabroker, J.G. Bockholt and Frank . . . — — Map (db m125442) HM
Four acres of land were donated for Union Cemetery by early settlers Joseph Marcus Jackson and his wife Eleanor Thompson Jackson. Named Union Cemetery because it serves all of the communities around Durango, the earliest recorded burial was that of . . . — — Map (db m293267) HM
This church was organized in January 1890, the same year Lott was incorporated as a town. The first meetings were held in the Masonic lodge building under the direction of the Rev. R.V. Hocutt. Trustees of the church purchased land at this location . . . — — Map (db m290645) HM
Plans for the establishment of a school to serve the German Catholic community of Westphalia began soon after the earliest settlers arrived here in 1879. Under the direction of the first trustees, Anton Jansing, Joseph Hoelscher,and Stanislaus . . . — — Map (db m125359) HM
Built in 1911 as a residence for the family of Dr. Walter and Nettie (Falconer) Allen, this Greek Revival style house features a giant entablature supported by paired massive ionic columns. The house was occupied by members of the Allen family until . . . — — Map (db m208764) HM
Born in Weston, Vermont. Moved to Texas in 1852. Enlisted as a Lieutenant in Confederate Army (Gen. Tom Green's Brigade, Texas Cavalry) in 1861, during Civil War. Promoted to Captain in 1862 for gallantry, he fought against Gen. N.P. Banks' Army at . . . — — Map (db m208786) HM
After Conrad Hilton had initiated career that later made him foremost innkeeper in the world, a first venture in boom town of Cisco brought a dream of Texas "wearing a chain of Hilton Hotels."
Reality outran dreams. This was his eighth hotel. . . . — — Map (db m208472) HM
Constructed in 1880, this home originally housed a private boys' school known as Stafford Military Academy. When financial difficulties forced the school to close in 1886, it was purchased as a residence by Willis Lang Falconer, who had moved to . . . — — Map (db m208787) HM
Created Jan. 28, 1850, from Limestone and Milam counties. Organized Aug. 5, 1850. Named for falls on the Brazos River which flow through the center of the county.
White colonization in the area pre-dates the Texas Revolution, but colonists fled . . . — — Map (db m208477) HM
The Texas legislature created Falls County in 1850. The first courthouse was a log cabin, possibly located on this site. In 1855 the county seat (then Adams) was renamed Marlin, and construction was completed on what became the courthouse square. . . . — — Map (db m208470) HM
In Memory of Those Who Gave All World War II
Falls County
John Richard Ashley • Floyd Leroy Ashley • Theodore P. Aycock • Claude Allen • Ed L. Ball • Marion C. Barry • Henry V. Baushausen • Bill Bielamowicz • Newton B. Birkes • Roy A. . . . — — Map (db m208762) WM
When Anglo-Americans began to settle in Texas, the falls of the Brazos were located 2 miles southwest of here. At that time, the water fell about 10 feet over a rocky ledge. The falls served the Indians and early settlers as a trail landmark, . . . — — Map (db m84668) HM
In Aug. 1851 the Falls County Commissioners Court donated three Marlin City lots as sites for Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. Pioneer preacher the Rev. Z.N. Morrell selected a lot later designated as the southeast corner of Ward and . . . — — Map (db m208780) HM
Missionary preachers served Methodists in this area even before the establishment of Falls County or the city of Marlin. First sent was the Rev. John W. DeVilbiss in 1842. He was followed by other circuit riders until the Rev. Charles Brown was . . . — — Map (db m208781) HM
Youngest of only trio of Texas Brothers who all gained rank of general in Confederate Army. Lived in Falls County in 1850s.
Veteran of Mexican War and of Texas frontier defense. Rose in Civil War to command of Terry's Texas Rangers. Rode with . . . — — Map (db m208476) HM
In 1893, twelve men and women led by the Rev. N.T. Denson organized the Providence Baptist Church, named to reflect a sense of divine direction. They held their first services in a schoolhouse and later purchased this site. They erected a brush . . . — — Map (db m208759) HM
A well drilled on this site in 1892, in an effort to secure a public water supply, produced 48,000 gallons of hot mineral water daily from an artesian deposit underlying the area. At first believed unfit for human use, analysis proved the water . . . — — Map (db m109028) HM
This monument memorializes the brave African American families who migrated to Texas in search of better lives. In January 1867 a courageous group of 435 newly emancipated men, women and children left Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South . . . — — Map (db m307742) HM
In 1851, one year after Falls County was created, the town of Marlin was designated county seat. Formerly known as Adams, it was renamed for area pioneer John Marlin. The first courthouse was a log structure which also served as a school and . . . — — Map (db m208471) HM
Founded 1834 by Sterling C. Robertson, colonizer of a 100 by 200-mile area embracing all or part of 30 later Texas counties.
Situated near falls of Brazos River, where over a stony ford passed much traffic between east and southwest Texas, . . . — — Map (db m208474) HM
This area was first settled in 1837 by members of the Marlin and Menefee families. The settlement grew steadily, and for a time was known as Jarett Menefee's Supply Station. By the 1840s the village boasted a school, general store, blacksmith shop, . . . — — Map (db m84669) HM
Founded by the German farmers and ranchers who settled this part of Falls County, St. Paul School dates to 1896 when a schoolhouse was built near the St. Paul Church. After school trustees purchased land in 1906 and again in 1910, a three-room . . . — — Map (db m208789) HM
400 yards northeast is the site of the home of George Morgan. Indians attacking the house on the night of Jan. 1, 1839 killed George Morgan, Mrs. George Morgan, Mrs. Jackson Morgan, Miss Adeline Marlin. — — Map (db m268544) HM
In 1894 German settlers founded the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran congregation with the Rev. E.W. Ernst Hartmann as pastor. In 1896 they built a school and called their first resident minister, the Rev. Dr. Samuel D. Press (1875-1987), who was later . . . — — Map (db m208788) HM
The Presbyterian faith was preached in the Falls County Courthouse in Marlin in 1852, from a pulpit that was drawn up into the rafters when not in use. Presbyterians organized a church in 1853 in Carolina community (10 mi. SW) and held missionary . . . — — Map (db m208765) HM
Born into slavery in Arkansas, Nelson Taylor Denson (1845-1938) was brought to Falls County in 1856 at the age of eleven. After accompanying his master in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he returned to Marlin where he was a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m208761) HM
Irishman Robert Moore was the first person to settle permanently in this area. Arriving in the 1850s, he opened a general store on top of a hill south of Cow Bayou. By 1859, several other families lived here, and the community became known as . . . — — Map (db m293261) HM
Methodists living in this area were gathering for worship services as early as 1866. The following year, the Rev. Howell L. Taylor assisted the group in formally establishing a Methodist church congregation. Named the Mooreville Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m293262) HM
Falls County Judge W. R. Reagan, pioneer schoolteacher, gave this 10-acre site in 1873 to Hope Baptist Church for a meetinghouse, school and burial ground. The 61-member fellowship under the pastorate of the Rev. J. J. Davis erected a sanctuary to . . . — — Map (db m293340) HM
At this site, near the pioneer home of George Morgan, a battle took place, January 16, 1839, between settlers in this region and Indians under Chief José María in which the colonists were defeated.
A treaty with these Indians made soon after . . . — — Map (db m84671) HM
Tennessee native Albert G. Perry (1807-1874) began the study of law at age sixteen in his brother's Alabama law office. He became a successful attorney, but in 1831 left for Texas, settling in Washington, where he opened a law office. The following . . . — — Map (db m84676) HM
Organized in 1872 west of Perry in the home of Theodore Reusse (Rice) by a circuit rider, the Rev. F. Mumme. To 4 charter members, 11 others were added during 1872.
This Victorian Gothic Revival building was erected 1884-85 of pine and cypress . . . — — Map (db m293337) HM
Kentuckian W. F. Williams met Sam Houston in Tennessee and later joined his army to fight for Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Williams came to Falls County in 1857. A farmer and rancher, he was also a partner in . . . — — Map (db m292132) HM
The first Lutheran worship service in this area of Falls County was conducted in 1882 by a traveling missionary, the Rev. John J. Trinklein. Speaking to a largely German congregation, he encouraged the organization of a Lutheran church. By June 1883 . . . — — Map (db m293338) HM
Although there are at least a dozen unmarked graves, the earliest marked burial here is that of Thomas Roberts (1817-1874). At least 20 burials occurred before the land was deeded on March 4, 1901. The cemetery is on land owned by J. G. W. Pierson, . . . — — Map (db m293336) HM
One year after the railroad town of Rosebud was platted, the First Baptist Church was established with eleven charter members. On March 23, 1890, the small congregation organized in a schoolhouse on the Gott farm. In September of that year the . . . — — Map (db m293288) HM
Sam G. (1863-1941) and Estella (1865-1944) Henslee had this residence constructed for their family in 1907. As an early Rosebud businessman and city council member, Henslee was a leader in the development of the town. The modified Victorian home, . . . — — Map (db m293286) HM
Once known as Sugar Loaf, this bluff overlooking Pond Creek was a landmark to early settlers in the area. In 1835, Neil McLennan, a native of Scotland, built his home here on land that had been granted to him as a member of Sterling Clack . . . — — Map (db m293295) HM
Before 1850 the Rev. Joseph P. Sneed (1804-1881), a Methodist circuit rider, organized the congregation later known as Powers Chapel. Luke Powers and John Cullines donated this land for a log church house built in 1855. It served as a community . . . — — Map (db m293306) HM
In Memory of the Confederate Veterans buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery whose graves have been marked by the David Blowe Chapter No. 2461, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Pasadena, Texas.
25 May 1986. — — Map (db m293307) WM
Organized November 24, 1901, in the Hamilton schoolhouse, this congregation began with 17 charter members, many of whom had come from the Welcome community in Austin County. The Rev. W. Utesch, who also was from Welcome, provided guidance and . . . — — Map (db m293302) HM
The Wilson School that once stood here traced its history to the 1890s, when entrepreneur William Anderson Barclay deeded one acre of land for a schoolhouse, typical of many rural schools in Texas in the late nineteenth century. The Wilson School . . . — — Map (db m293303) HM
Within the walls of this building, teachers and administrators, who had the full support of the community in general — and parents in particular — imparted to students a disciplined and well-rounded grammar and high school education from September . . . — — Map (db m293304) HM
The city of Rosebud grew out of a settlement along the west bank of Pond Creek in 1878. Developed by 1889, the flourishing community's growing population necessitated a cemetery. As a result, the city of Rosebud purchased land from W. T. Stallworth . . . — — Map (db m293290) HM
Newly emancipated Blacks assembled on August 20, 1865, to form a congregation at Col. Ruben Buhl's plantation on the Brazos River (2 1/2 mi. NE). The sixteen charter members named their fellowship Buhl's Quarters Baptist Church, and met in a log . . . — — Map (db m293265) HM
Ezekial Thomas Phillips (1830-1905), a Civil War veteran, moved his family to Falls County in 1869. His son Robert M. Phillips (b. 1857) died in a shooting accident on March 18, 1883, a short time before his wedding. He was buried on this tract, . . . — — Map (db m293285) HM
The Johann and Theresia Bockholt family settled in this area in 1881. In 1933, their son Frank and his wife, Julia, inherited a portion of the estate. Both were active in community life, and he is remembered for his musical talent and his 52 years . . . — — Map (db m290652) HM
In 1866 Theodore Rabroker (1835-1905) and his wife Mary Ann (Brucktrops) (1836-1886) immigrated from Westphalia Province, Germany. They lived for a time in Pennsylvania and Iowa. In 1877, while moving to Frelsburg, Colorado County, Rabroker saw the . . . — — Map (db m290654) HM
