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HISTORICAL MARKERS GUIDE: GUADALUPE COUNTY

Sowell, Andrew Jackson

Seguin

Year Marker Erected: 1956
Location: from Seguin take US 90A 1.5 miles east to Geronimo Cemetery - marker is in eastern section

Marker Text:
Star and Wreath Born in Tennessee 1815; came to Texas about 1829; served in the Army of Texas; a courier from the Alamo, he left the fortress just before it fell to hurry reinforcements and supplies; died about 1882. His wife Lucinda Turner Sowell, born 1827 - died 1883. Erected by the State of Texas 1956