Andrew Edwards Gossett

Andrew Gossett, his father Elijah and two of his brothers served in the Texas Revolution, and each received a bounty grant of 320 acres, according to the Handbook of Texas. He was elected sheriff of Houston County on September 14, 1839. He served for a time as chief justice of the county and later as county judge. He married Rhonda Mulder in Tennessee on December 27, 1831, and, after her death in 1853, Mary Margaret Murchison on January 22, 1857. He died on March 24, 1890, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Crockett.

What the plaque says

Andrew Edwards Gossett (1812-1890) Noted public official and soldier in Republic of Texas. Moved here from Tennessee in 1833 with wife Rhoda (Mulder); received large land grant from Mexico. Helped defend frontier in restless post-revolutionary period by serving in Texas Army. In 1836 he donated land for a townsite, naming it for his long-time family friend Day Crockett -- soon to be a martyr at the Battle of the Alamo. Gossett later served as peace officer and county judge. By first wife he had nine children. By second wife, Mary Margaret (Murchison), he had two. (1970)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 27 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

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