Julia Ann Ragsdale Home
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Marker No: 10315
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historic Landmark
Geographic: 30.010527,-98.094643
Location: take RR 12 north to Summit Drive; then east on Summit Drive approximately .5 miles to Gumbert Ranch
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Marker Text: Widow of Dr. Frederick B. Ragsdale 91804-1951), Julia Ann Ragsdale (1821-1908) was a well-educated woman who taught school in Arkansas before she brought her family to Texas during the Civil War. In 1864 her daughter Mary Elizabeth (1841-1872) married Light Stapleton Townsend (1824-1928); after Mary's death, Mrs. Ragsdale moved to Wimberley in 1875 to raise her four grandchildren. Townsend built this board-and-batten home for them on cypress Creek in 1879. (1976)
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