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[Diana Campbell Parr]

A photograph of Diana Campbell Parr, daughter of privateer James Campbell and wife of Solomon Parr. Mrs. Campbell is wearing a long-sleeved, full-length dark dress with a bow at the neck and gloves.

Date: 1840~/1850

Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Henry Wilcox]

A photograph of a sketch of Henry Wilcox, an early settler of Shoal Point. In the sketch, Mr. Wilcox is wearing a dark suit coat, a white shirt and black bow tie.

Date: [1840..1853]

Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.

Date: 1866~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[The Sentinel Newspaper Building]

A photograph of the building that house The Sentinel newspaper in Rusk, Texas.

Date: 1870~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[St. Phillips Episcopal Church]

Photo of the St. Phillips Episcopal church, which was built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine. It was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.

Date: [1870..1909]

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Levi Hurbrough]

Levi Hurbrough served as Palestine’s first Mayor after the civil war, his term running from 1871 until 1872.

Date: 1871

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Gideon Gooch]

Gideon Johnson Gooch was born on April 3, 1844 and served as Mayor of Palestine from 1872 until 1873. He died on January 31, 1906 and is buried in the East Hill Section of the Palestine City Cemetery.

Date: 1872

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[W. M. Lacy]

W. M. Lacy served as Mayor of Palestine from 1873 until 1874 and then again from 1887 until 1889.

Date: 1873

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Doctor]

Photo of Dr. John Acers. Photo taken in 1874: Charlie, Texas.

Date: 1874

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[S. N. Pickens]

S. N. Pickens served as Mayor of Palestine from 1874 until 1878 and then again from 1880 until 1883.

Date: 1874

Partner: Palestine Public Library

["New Town" Palestine, Texas]

Photo of "New Town" (the part of town near the railroad tracks) taken about 1874-75.

Date: 1874~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Hahn House]

Hahn House. Photo circa 1875: Cambridge, Texas.

Date: 1875~

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[David Craig Patton Family]

David Craig Patton Family: David Craig Patton and Susan Elizabeth Moore Patton. Photo taken in 1876: Cambridge, Texas.

Date: 1876

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[301 S. Magnolia - Bowers Mansion]

Photograph of the north and east sides of the "Bowers Mansion" located at 301 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story house that has Victorian Italiante-style architectural elements (including a small cupola with bracketed eaves and narrow, paired windows), and a two-tiered porch with Queen Anne-style turned- and jigsawn- wood trim. This photo was taken from the corner of south Magnolia and west Bowers streets.

Date: [1878..1955]

Location: 31.760084 -95.632542

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Clay County Jail]

Clay County Jail. Photo taken in 1878: Henrietta, Texas.

Date: 1878

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Henrietta's First City Council

The men of Henrietta's first City Council in 1878 sitting around a table with books on it.

Date: 1878~

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[William Young Lacy]

William Young Lacy, son of Martin and Dorothy (Dolly) Young Lacy, wa born on March 20, 1814 in Caldwell County, Ky. (His headstone reads that he was born in 1912) He attended college in Kentucky, but when his parents and other family members prepared to move to Texas, he was called home to accompany them. William lived in San Augustine, then moved with his family to Bean’s Saline in what is now southwest Smith County. He served in the Army of the Republic in East Texas and then became a surv… more

Date: 1878

Partner: Palestine Public Library