The Faison House
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Marker No: 1558
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
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Marker Text: Started 1841 as two rooms of local pine wood. Acquired 1855 and enlarged by S.S. Munger.
Owned 1866-1961 by estate of N.W. Faison (1817-70). Who joined 1842 Dawson expedition resisting Mexican invaders. Captured near San Antonio when many Dawson men were massacred, Faison was later pardoned by Santa Anna. While serving 1843-56 as county clerk. He worked to return bones of his slain comrades for burial on Monument Hill in 1848. (1962) Geographic: 29.900183,-96.871155
Location: 822 South Jefferson Street, La Grange
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