Augustus "Gus" LeGory (Oct. 10, 1840 - Dec. 4, 1930)
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Marker Text: In 1955 Augustus "Gus" LeGory came to Texas from Mississippi. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to the area and worked with a Trinity River steamboat company. He later developed his own overland and river freight hauling enterprise and in 1870 opened a Crockett saloon. A community promoter, LeGory engaged in banking, coal production, and agriculture. He married Eliza Wortham in 1875 and they had six children. (1980)
Marker No. 7923
Grave Marker
Geographic: 31.318457, -95.576530
Location: Glenwood Cemetery, East Pease Avenue, Crockett
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