Marker
Title:
Ammon
Underwood
County:
Brazoria
City:
West
Columbia
Marker
Location:
Old
Columbia
Cemetery,
Jackson
at
16th
St.
Marker
Text:
(February
13,
1810
-
November
17,
1887)
Born
in
Massachusetts;
came
to
Texas,
1834.
As
a
young
man,
held
odd
jobs,
survived
2
shipwrecks,
and
explored
Texas
countryside.
Fought
in
1835
siege
of
Bexar,
Texas
Revolution.
Then
settled
here.
Married
Rachel
Carson,
1839,
by
whom
he
had
4
children.
Ran
a
thriving
mercantile
firm
for
50
years,
but
lost
a
fortune
in
cotton
during
Civil
War.
Anson
Jones,
President
of
Texas,
1844-46,
was
a
close
friend.
Served
in
the
State
Legislature
in
1884.
  
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