Marker
Title:
The
Ammon
Underwood
House
County:
Brazoria
City:
East
Columbia
Marker
Text:
A
structure
erected
in
noted
Old
River
port
town
of
Marion
in
Republic
of
Texas
era.
First
portion,
of
hand-hewn
cedar,
was
built
about
1835
by
colonist
Thomas
W.
Nibbs. Merchant-civic
leader-
soldier
Ammon
Underwood
(1810-87)
bought
and
enlarged
house
in
1838-39.
In
1839
he
married
Rachel
Jane,
daughter
of
William
and
Catherine
Carson,
of
Austin's
original
colony.
President
Anson
Jones
and
other
famous
Texans
often
visited
the
Underwoods.
Recorded
Texas
Historic
Landmark
-1970.
  
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