Historical Marker
Candace Midkiff Bean
Linwood, Cherokee County · Texas
Erected 1936
Candace Midkiff was the second of Peter Ellis Bean's two wives. At Jalapa, Veracruz, in 1816 Bean married Magdalena Falfan de los Godos, then fled royalist capture and left her behind. About 1820 he married Candace, a Tennessean, and they had three children while living in Arkansas Territory near the Red River. The family moved to East Texas in 1823, where Bean served Mexico as an Indian agent, and by 1826 they lived on the Neches River in the Nacogdoches district. Bean died on October 3, 1846, at Magdalena's home in Jalapa.
What the plaque says
Candace Midkiff Bean Wife of Peter Ellis Bean born near Nashville, Tenn. in 1802. Died near Douglass, Texas in December 1848. One of those pioneer women who braved the Indian menace and rocked the cradle of Texas liberty.
Where it stands
31.66316, -94.99340 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 10 miThree 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.
More markers nearby
- Selman-Roark Cemetery — steps away
- Old Palestine Baptist Church — 1.1 mi
- Site of Linwood — 2.0 mi
- Angelina River — 2.0 mi