Details for Augustus "Gus" LeGory

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225007923

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Marker Number 7923
Atlas Number 5225007923
Marker Title Augustus "Gus" LeGory
Index Entry LeGory, Augustus "Gus"
Address East Pease Ave.
City Crockett
County Houston
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 265869
UTM Northing 3467920
Subject Codes pioneers
Marker Year 1980
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Glenwood Cemetery
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size grave marker
Marker Text (Oct. 10, 1840 -- Dec. 4, 1930) In 1855 Augustus "Gus" LeGory came to Texas from Mississippi. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to the area and worked with a Trinity River steamboat company. He later developed his own overland and river freight hauling enterprise and in 1870 opened a Crockett saloon. A community promoter, LeGory engaged in banking, coal production, and agriculture. He married Eliza Wortham in 1875 and they had six children. Recorded - 1980

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