Historical Markers in Howe, Texas

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Historical Markers in Howe, Texas

1 ► Texas, Grayson County, Howe — 12872 — First Christian Church of Howe —

In the 1840s, settlers moved to this area as part of the Peters Colony. In the early 1870s, plans for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad coming through the settlement brought new residents to the community, known as Summit. Renamed for railroad . . . — — Map (db m194745) HM

2 ► Texas, Grayson County, Howe — 7381 — Hall Cemetery —

Located on land patented by Anderson White (1801-85), on certificate issued April 23, 1850, by Peters Colony, an immigration project which had received a large land grant in this region from the Republic of Texas. Burial plot was begun Jan. 6, 1857, . . . — — Map (db m194769) HM

3 ► Texas, Grayson County, Howe — 7382 — Jabez and Harriet Haning —

Jabez Haning (1827-1883) came to Grayson County with his family in 1846. In the 1850s Jabez Haning obtained a grant of 320 acres of land from the Peters Colony. His land was located about nine miles south of the town of Sherman. Harriet Campbell . . . — — Map (db m194778) HM

4 ► Texas, Grayson County, Howe — 12709 — Mame Roberts — (Aug. 19, 1883 - Dec. 24, 1976) —

The daughter of James M. and Martha Sue (Baxter) Roberts, Mame Roberts lived her entire life in or near the community of Howe. Largely self-taught, she worked as a substitute teacher in the lower grades at the Howe Public Schools in the early 1900s . . . — — Map (db m194747) HM

5 ► Texas, Grayson County, Howe — 12965 — William Whitley Wheat —

William Whitley Wheat (1820-1890) was born in Alabama to Samuel and Cynthia (Stinson) Wheat. He married Cynthia Ann Maynard, and the couple came to Texas in 1842 to Peters Colony. They moved three years later to what is now Grayson County, settling . . . — — Map (db m194771) HM

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