Here Rests in Peace
John Salmon "Rip" Ford
May 26, 1815- November 3, 1897
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Marker No: 1939
Pink Granite Civil War Memorial
Geographic: 29.42062,-98.46379
Location: East Commerce, Paso Hondo & New Braunfels Streets, San Antonio
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Marker Text: Native South Carolinan, Pioneer doctor and editor, Republic of Texas Congressman, twice state Senator, Jack Hay's adjutant in war with Mexico, fearless Ranger Captain in border and Indian campaigns, Confederate colonel, Mayor of Austin and Brownsville, member Constitutional Convention of 1875, superintendent State Deaf and Dumb School, charter member of Texas State Historical Association. As warmaker and as peacekeeper, he was steadfast and true to his motto: "Ready, ay, ready!" (1963)
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