Richmond Alexander McInnis
Llano, Llano County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Mississippi native Richmond Alexander (R. A.) McInnis (1852-1922) moved to Llano as a young man in the 1870s. He owned and operated Llano Furniture Company on the town square, and served as Llano County sheriff from 1880 to 1882. McInnis married Martha Caroline Bozarth (1865-1949) in 1882. In 1892 McInnis was elected one of the first city aldermen in Llano. As president of the Llano Railroad Commission, he was instrumental in promoting railroad marketing from Llano. Built in 1882, this house was owned by McInnis family members for 110 years. (1996)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Mississippi-born R.A. McInnis came to Llano as a young man in the 1870s and made himself a fixture of the growing Hill Country town. He ran the Llano Furniture Company on the square, served as county sheriff in the early 1880s, married Martha Caroline Bozarth in 1882, and later won election as one of the town's first aldermen. As president of the Llano Railroad Commission he pushed to connect the town to rail markets; the 1882 house he owned stayed in his family for 110 years.
Why it matters
McInnis embodies the civic entrepreneurs who built out Central Texas towns after the Civil War, tying isolated communities into the railroad economy that shaped the modern state.
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