Army of Texas, 1836. State senator 1861-1862. Commissioned Colonel C.S.A., 1863. Member of the Confederate Congress, 1864. State comptroller, 1874-1881. Born in Mississippi, November 18, 1816. Died in Wharton, Texas, May 16, 1902. His wife CATHERINE MAYS DARDEN, born February 13, 1836. Died August 19, 1912. Erected by the State of Texas - 1936