Armisted Thompson Mason Monroe

A TXGenWeb biography gives Monroe's birth as March 15, 1818, in Albemarle County, Virginia, and his move to Texas as 1842. The 1850 and 1860 censuses list him as a merchant; in 1880 he appears as a clerk in a store. He married Rachael Jane Allbright on December 31, 1846; she died on November 11, 1866. The page names eight children, from Sarah Jane in 1848 to Armistead Jr. in 1864. He built a two-story house on what is now 7th Street, later owned by Col. John Long and then the Waller family, who ran a funeral home downstairs.

What the plaque says

Armisted Thompson Mason Monroe (March 15, 1818 -- September, 1893) A grandnephew of U.S. president James Monroe, A.T.M. Monroe was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1842. He married Rachel Albright (1828-1866) in 1846 and moved his family to Crockett in 1849. He operated a general store on the courthouse square with W.F. Wall and made annual trips to New York for merchandise. Also involved in real estate dealings, Monroe gave land for the Episcopal Church. (1979)

Where it stands

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• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 26 mi
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