Governor J.D. Sayers
​ ​(September 23, 1841 - May 15, 1929)

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Marker Text: ​Joseph Draper Sayers moved to Bastrop with his father, Dr. David Sayers in 1851. His battlefield valor won him post of adjutant general of the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He married Ada Walton, and after Ada died, Orline (Lena) Walton. He was a Mason, a Methodist layman, a civic leader, and a lawyer. In 1873 he served as state senator from Bastrop. He was lieutenant governor, 1879-81; United States congressman, 1885-99; and governor of Texas, 1899-1903. (1978)

Marker No: 9224

Grave Marker

Geographic: 30.008745,-97.159988

Location: ​Fairview Cemetery off SH 95 in Bastrop, near 2nd flag pole