Samuel Bell Maxey House State Historic Site, Paris, Texas. (original) (raw)

Sam Bell Maxey House, c. 1869
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Historical Marker:

Home of Sam Bell Maxey

Native Kentuckian, West Point graduate, brevetted for gallantry in Mexican war, district attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, commander of Indian Territory 1863-1865 organizing three brigades of Indians which participated in Red River Campaign, Cavalry division commander, U. S. Senator 1875-1887. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1962

Sam Bell Maxey House
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Sam Bell Maxey by Nolan Maxie

United States Senator and Confederate General
Born: Tompkinsville, Kentucky on March 30, 1825.
Died: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in August of 1895.
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