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[Lewallen Conaway]

Description: Tin type image of Lewallen Conaway, who was born March 14, 1832 in Mississippi and died September 10, 1862, the son of James Sr. and Mary Conaway. He was a Private in Co. A of the 20th Texas Cavalry, CSA, during the War of the Rebellion and possibly died during the war. A search of known burials in Houston and Anderson Counties reveal no burial location for him. This photo was found among the papers of the Conaway family that were donated to the Palestine Public Library some years ago.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[James "Jim" Conaway]

Description: James "Jim" Conaway was born 18 August 1830 and died 11 October 1898 and was buried in the East Hill section of the Palestine city cemetery complex. He was the son of James Sr. and Mary Conaway and he never married. This photograph was found, along with a handwritten copy of his will, among the papers of the Conaway family that were donated to the Palestine Public Library some years ago.
Date: unknown
Creator: Yancey, C. R.
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]

Description: In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
Date: 1846
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Palestine Public Library

A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas

Description: This book gives an overview of each of the six counties including history, important statistics and facts, and biographies of central figures. According to the title page, it contains "a History of this Important Section of the Great State of Texas, from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospects; also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time, and Full-page Portraits of the most Eminent Men of… more
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
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Partner: Palestine Public Library
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