| Marker Number |
8353 |
| Atlas Number |
5477008353 |
| Marker Title |
Houston-Lea Family Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Houston-Lea Family Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Independence |
| County |
Washington |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
755066 |
| UTM Northing |
3357268 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
At the intersection of FM 50 and FM 390, NE corner, Independence.
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
When the widow of Sam Houston died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1867, the danger of contagion made it impossible to carry her to Huntsville for burial beside her husband. She lies here, with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Lea, near the sites of their last homes and the old church they both loved. |
