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Black plaque № 18101

Belton, TX, United States

The Texas Baptist Educational Society. On October 7, 1841, at a meeting in Fayette County, Union Baptist Association Members organized the Texas Baptist Educational Society to coordinate various educational programs. R.E.B. Baylor (1791-1873), the first Society president, and William M. Tryon (1809-

1847) secured a charter in 1845 for the formation of Baylor College at Independence. The female branch, now called the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, moved to Belton in 1886. Active in student assi

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