Details for Augustus "Gus" LeGory
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225007923
Data
| 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 |