[back] Born in Massachusetts July 23, 1805. Came to Texas February 1836 as captain of a company of volunteers he had recruited in Kentucky and Ohio. Commanded the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. First to sound the immortal war cry opening the battle. Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. Member of the Congress of the Republic 1842-1843. Major General of the Militia 1843-1846. Commandant Port of Galveston C.S.A. 1861-1862. Father of railroads in Texas, having built the first one west of the Sabine River. Died in Galveston, Texas, on the first day of August 1873. [base] Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the federal government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence