Andrew Edwards Gossett
​(1812 - 1890)

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Marker Text: Noted public official and soldier in Republic of Texas.
   Moved here from Tennessee in 1833 with wife Rhoda (Mulder); received large land grant from Mexico. Helped defend frontier in restless post-revolutionary period by serving in Texas Army.
   In 1836 he donated land for a townsite, naming it for his long-time family friend Day Crockett -- soon to be a martyr at the Battle of the Alamo. Gossett later served as peace officer and county judge.
​   By first wife he had nine children. By second wife, Mary Margaret (Murchison), he had two. (1970)

Marker No. 11196

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.320732, -95.461029

Location: Davy Crockett Memorial Park, Beasley Drive, Crockett