Who was James Lockhart Farquhar?? by Betty Dunn
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Read about a prominent early pioneer resident of Washington County who has been neglected in Texas history. A wealthy planter who generously shared his monies, Farquhar was an original Board of Trustee member initiating Baylor University at Independence in 1845. He was a close friend of Republic of Texas President Anson Jones; an early Washington County commissioner; a devoted Baptist; and a champion for education. Farquhar also established a public, now historical, cemetery on his land a short distance off Highway 105 west of Washington-on-the-Brazos. This cemetery has been neglected and begs for restoration.
Buried in Farquhar’s cemetery are three other historical Washington County pioneers – Captain James R. Cook, a Battle of San Jacinto and Somervell Expedition veteran, General Tilghman Ashurst Howard, a U.S. Charge de’affairs, and R. M. Whitman, for whom the now extinct town of Whitman was named. There life stories are also told in this booklet.
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Buried in Farquhar’s cemetery are three other historical Washington County pioneers – Captain James R. Cook, a Battle of San Jacinto and Somervell Expedition veteran, General Tilghman Ashurst Howard, a U.S. Charge de’affairs, and R. M. Whitman, for whom the now extinct town of Whitman was named. There life stories are also told in this booklet.
(Available and printed on demand at $9.95 including postage.)