Details for Benjamin Stuart Walcott
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5147008945
Data
| Marker Number | 8945 |
| Atlas Number | 5147008945 |
| Marker Title | Benjamin Stuart Walcott |
| Index Entry | Walcott, Benjamin Stuart |
| Address | |
| City | Honey Grove |
| County | Fannin |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 229951 |
| UTM Northing | 3720620 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on FM 100 in Oakwood Cemetery (near main entrance) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" Grave Marker |
| Marker Text | (October 17, 1809 - November 22, 1878) Founder and developer of Honey Grove, B. S. Walcott was a native of New England. He came to this area in 1846 and in 1848 married elizabeth (Betsey) Gilmer (1815-65). Walcott opened the first store here in Samuel Erwin's log cabin and constructed the first frame store building when the town was laid out in 1848. He erected the first school building in 1853 and gave land for a Union Church in 1856. Walcott's two sons also became community leaders. |