Dr. James West Bostick
Sealy, Austin County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(ca. 1840-February 22, 1897) James West Bostick, born in a log cabin near Cat Spring, Austin County, Texas, was the son of J.H. Bostick, Alabama native and one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" settlers. James Bostick served in the Confederate army for 4 years and later became a doctor. He married Rebecca Taylor, daughter of a prominent East Texas family. They moved to Sealy in 1885, helped found St. John's Episcopal Church, and built their home here in 1895. Dr. Bostick, one of Sealy's first doctors, also owned and operated a drugstore. He died at the age of 57, and was buried in the Sealy Public Cemetery in 1897. (1994)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in a log cabin near Cat Spring, James West Bostick was the son of one of Stephen F. Austin's original "Old 300" colonists, the first Anglo families to settle Texas. He served four years in the Confederate army before becoming a doctor, and in 1885 moved to the growing railroad town of Sealy, where he built this home in 1895 and helped found the local Episcopal church. As one of Sealy's first physicians, he also ran a drugstore until his death in 1897.
Why it matters
His life spans the arc of early Anglo Texas, from the founding colonies through the Civil War to the settled towns of the late nineteenth century.
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- · James West Bostick
- · J. H. Bostick
- · Rebecca Taylor Bostick
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