Details for Town Named for Governor F.S. Stockdale
Historical Marker —
Atlas Number 5493005516
Data
Marker Number
5516
Atlas Number
5493005516
Marker Title
Town Named for Governor F.S. Stockdale
Index Entry
Stockdale, Governor F.S., Town named for
Address
3rd and Main
City
Stockdale
County
Wilson
UTM Zone
14
UTM Easting
600586
UTM Northing
3234369
Subject Codes
governors; law, lawyers; state official; Civil War
Marker Year
1964
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
No
Marker Location
At intersection of 3rd and Main Streets, in front of civic center, Stockdale.
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
27" x 37"
Marker Text
Last governor of Confederate Texas. Legal scholar and statesman. Born in Kentucky. Admitted to the bar there. Came to Texas in the 1840s. Developed extensive lands and resources. President of Indianola Railroad, 1859. Counsel for the Southern Pacific R.R. Member of Texas Senate 1857-61, and of State Secession Convention, which placed him on Committee on Federal Relations, to draw up the Ordinance of Secession, and on the committee to draft Constitution. Served in 1861 as military aide to Gov. F. R. Lubbock, and as a major on the staff of Gen. T. H. Holmes, Commander of the Confederate Armies west of the Mississippi River, in 1862-63. Stood for state election in 1863 and was elevated from office of lieutenant-governor when on June 11, 1865, Gov. Pendleton Murrah left state with other southern leaders for Mexico in the hope of making a later fight for independence. Served as chief executive until August 2 deposed by A. J. Hamilton. Pioneered after the war the refrigerated shipping of Texas beef, to help restore state economy. Aided moves to end Reconstruction. Was a leader in the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. Died at his home in Cuero Feb. 4, 1890. Buried in Kentucky.
