The Sandel and Powell families moved to this area from Mississippi in the 1850s, helping establish a community church and school in this vicinity. The Rev. Peter W. Sandel (1806-1866) arrived and bought property in October 1851. Twice married, he . . . — — Map (db m194973) HM
Born in Virginia, Elijah Collard later settled on the frontier in Kentucky and in Missouri, where he fought in the War of 1812. Collard migrated to Texas in 1833. He was elected to the Consultation at San Felipe in 1835 and served on the General . . . — — Map (db m180242) HM
A native of Walker County, Minnie Fisher earned a pharmacy degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1901. She worked in a Huntsville drugstore and married Attorney B.J. Cunningham in 1902. They moved to Galveston in 1907, and . . . — — Map (db m180226) HM
The Rev. Felix Orzechowski, who came to Texas in 1866 to answer an appeal for Polish missionaries, organized St. Joseph's Parish in 1869. The first Catholic Church in Walker County, it served the many Polish families who settled this area in the . . . — — Map (db m180220) HM
Following Emancipation, many African Americans sought a place to gather and worship, and they formed churches. The Western Grove Baptist Church was founded in 1885 and is the oldest African American Church in New Waverly. The church began as Eastern . . . — — Map (db m180194) HM
