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Walker County HistoricalCommission
1301 Sam Houston Ave.
Rm. 218
Huntsville, TX 77340
(Courthouse Annex)
Telephone
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3rd Monday of each month5:30 P.M.
(except June & August)
Walker County Museum
Museum
Gibbs-Powell Home1228 11 St. at Avenue M
Huntsville, TX
Hours
Tues-Fri 12-5 PMSat 12-4 PM
Commission meetings,
and by appointment
Telephone
(936) 435-2497(936) 291-9726
Tours
(936) 291-5931(Statue Visitors Center)
Historical Markers in Walker County
Hezekiah Faris
A soldier who participated in Texans' victory at San Jacinto. Born in Virginia, brought up in Tennessee, Faris came to Texas to fight for colony's freedom, 1835. Locating bounty land for army service and his headright in this vicinity, he became a local leader and named Faris Chapel for his home church in Tennessee. He married Mrs. Matilda Stevens Roberts; children were Susan (Mrs. James Gillespie) and James Morgan. Family name later became Farris.Shop & Support WCHC
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