Details for Emma Grigsby Meharg
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5189001477
Data
| Marker Number | 1477 |
| Atlas Number | 5189001477 |
| Marker Title | Emma Grigsby Meharg |
| Index Entry | Meharg, Emma Grigsby |
| Address | 100 S. Joliet St. |
| City | Plainview |
| County | Hale |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 249920 |
| UTM Northing | 3785133 |
| Subject Codes | women, women's history topics; educational topics; state official |
| Marker Year | 1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 100 South Joliet Street, Plainview Cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | Born in Lynnville, Tenn.; moved to Texas with parents, Jasper N. and Mary A. (Calvert) Grigsby, 1883. Graduated from college, became a teacher, married Samuel W. Meharg. Came to Plainview (1902), where she and husband were educators. She helped organize clubs, First Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, civic endeavors. Had daughter and son. Won international renown, 1925, as Texas' first woman Secretary of State, by appointment of first woman Governor, Miriam A. Ferguson. Erected - 1972 |