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Sam
Bell Maxey House, c. 1869
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Open Friday & Sunday
1 - 5.
Saturday 10 - 5 and
Wednesday and Thursday by appointment. 903-785-5716.
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Historical
Marker Text
Native Kentuckian, West Point graduate, brevetted for gallantry in Mexican war,
district attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi
campaigns, commander of Indian Territory 1863-1865 organizing three brigades of
Indians which participated in Red River Campaign, Cavalry division commander,
U. S. Senator 1875-1887. Buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Paris.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1962 |
Sam
Bell Maxey
by Nolan Maxie
United
States Senator and Confederate General
Born: Tompkinsville, Kentucky on March
30, 1825.
Died: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in August of 1895.
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Bell Maxey House
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