Year Marker Erected: 1936 Location: from Matagorda take SH 60 approximately one mile northeast to Matagorda Cemetery
Marker Text:
First alcalde of Matagorda municipality, 1834. member of the Congress of the Republic and first speaker of the house of representatives, 1836. Pioneer patron of public school. Born in Vermont August 18, 1788 died September 22, 1837.
