Llewellyn Notley
Teague, Freestone County, Texas
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(October 9, 1888 - April 27, 1970) Outstanding educator, scholar, civic leader, and historian. Born in Paris (Tex.), son of W. J. and Elizabeth Kilpatrick Notley. Took B. A. and M. A. degrees, University of Texas. Served as teacher and school administrator, 1912-53. Chairman of Freestone County Historical Survey Committee, 1962-70, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum Association. Won civic service and history awards. Married Mary Ettie Waterman; was father of two daughters.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Llewellyn Notley (1888-1970) was a Texas-born educator and scholar who took bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas and spent more than four decades, from 1912 to 1953, as a teacher and school administrator. In his later years he devoted himself to local history, chairing the Freestone County Historical Survey Committee and helping lead a railroad museum association. His civic and historical work earned him a string of awards.
Why it matters
Figures like Notley shaped rural Texas through the classroom and then preserved its past, embodying the local historian's role in keeping community memory alive for future generations.
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