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| Picture ID: | 420 | |
| Picture Date: | 4 July 2003 | |
| Location: | Jones Creek, Brazoria County, Texas | |
| Picture Description: | Historical marker at the entrance to Gulf Prairie (Peach Point) Cemetery. Marker text: GULF PRAIRIE. Pioneer cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation. Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin's sister, and by the community since 1829. In 1836, Austin, the "Father of Texas," was buried here. His remains were reinterred in the state cemetery in the city of Austin in 1910. (1967) | |
| Entered into Album: | 3/16/2004 | |
