​Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken

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Marker Text: ​ New Hampshire native Hermon (Herman) Aiken worked in Illinois and Tennessee before moving to New Orleans. There, he served as a ship's captain taking supplies to Galveston in support of the Texas revolution. He lived in  Texas by 1840. In 1846, with five children from his marriage to Mary Ann (Taylor), he wed German-born Margaret E. (Louchious) and in 1851 settled near Belton on Cedar Creek. The couple had seven children, and Hermon worked as a surveyor the moved to Salado in 1859, and Hermon served as trustee for the New Salado College. A community leader, he was active in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Freemasons. (2006)

Marker No: 14567

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.937084, -97.532150

Location: Salado Aiken Family Burial Plot in Old Salado Graveyard, Baines Street north of FM 2268 (Holland Road), Salado