Commanded Co. D. First Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto A member of 1st and 3rd Congresses of the Republic and later a Brigadier General of Militia Born in Virginia Sept. 20, 1802 Died in Houston, Texas Nov. 4, 1848 His wife Eliza Ward Baker died in Houston, Texas Feb. 4, 1849 Erected by the State of Texas 1936