Thomas Jefferson Callihan
Liverpool, Brazoria County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A San Jacinto veteran, born in Illinois, May 10, 1817; died May 21, 1880. His wife Johanne Bishoff Callihan, born in Germany, March 18, 1839; died March 1, 1925.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Illinois-born Thomas Jefferson Callihan fought in the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, the swift and decisive clash that won Texas its independence. He lived to 1880, and rests here alongside his German-born wife Johanne, whose life stretched into the 1920s.
Why it matters
Graves of San Jacinto veterans mark the human thread connecting ordinary settlers to the founding of the Republic of Texas.
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