Black plaque № 23119

Augusta, TX, United States

Darius H. Edens. (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois, Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platte

d the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson County's first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold rush, he returned to Texas and settl

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