Theodore S. Lee
Harwood, Gonzales County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born in Rutland, Vermont 1799, died in December, 1884. His wife Hester Lee, born in Rutland, Vermont, died in 1888.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This marker records Theodore S. Lee, born in Rutland, Vermont, in 1799 and buried in Gonzales County, alongside his wife Hester, also a Vermont native. Their journey from New England to south-central Texas mirrors the wider migration of Northeasterners who settled the young state in the nineteenth century. The stone preserves the memory of an early Anglo family on the Texas frontier.
Why it matters
Pioneer grave markers like this one document the long-distance migrations of ordinary families that populated the American West one household at a time.
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- · Theodore S. Lee
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