Details for Emma Daugherty Banister
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5083001476
Data
| Marker Number | 1476 |
| Atlas Number | 5083001476 |
| Marker Title | Emma Daugherty Banister |
| Index Entry | Banister, Emma Daugherty |
| Address | |
| City | Santa Anna |
| County | Coleman |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 470410 |
| UTM Northing | 3511035 |
| Subject Codes | educational topics; sheriffs; women, women's history topics |
| Marker Year | 1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Santa Anna Cemetery on FM 1176, Santa Anna. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (Oct. 20, 1871-June 4, 1956) The Daugherty family moved west in the late 1870s to Coleman County from present Forney in Kaufman County, where Emma was born. At age 14 she left home to finish school and obtain a teaching certificate in Goldthwaite. She married lawman and widower John R. Banister in 1894, and they raised nine children. Banister was Coleman County sheriff when he died in mid-1918, and Emma was chosen to complete his term of office to the end of 1918. Recorded - 1986 |