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DeBerry

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DeBerry, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 18' 21.74303999988", -94° 10' 2.15738000004"
 
    Texas State
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     Site of 1850 sawmill and grist mill. Settled mostly by cotton planters. Center for markets and gins. Oil development after 1900. Named for Col. Alfred W. DeBerry (1829-1903), 28th Texas cavalry, dismounted, Confederate army. In 1863-65 legislature, helped pass laws to give confederacy men, revenue and supplies, support soldiers' families and defend Texas frontiers. In 1874-76 was Secretary of State under Gov. Richard Coke, who put Texas government into the hands of the people after nine years of federal rule. (1965)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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