Dilue Rose Harris

At ten, at Stafford's Point, Dilue Rose made bullets for the men going to the Alamo, and then fled with her family in the Runaway Scrape. Born in St. Louis to Dr. Pleasant W. Rose, she had come to Texas in April 1833. After the revolution the family lived on Bray's Bayou, where she went to school. Her husband, Ira A. Harris of New York, had served with the Texas Rangers. She wrote her reminiscences at seventy-four; they appeared in the Eagle Lake Headlight as well as the Quarterly, and she died at Eagle Lake in 1914.

What the plaque says

Dilue Rose Harris (1825-1914) is best known for her journal writings concerning events of the Texas Revolution. Her 30,000 word "Reminiscences" were published in the "quarterly" of the Texas State Historical Association, and have provided a valuable source of information about Texas at that time. Dilue Rose came to Texas in 1833, and was married to Ira Harris (1816-1869) when she was almost 14 years old in 1839. They moved to Columbus in 1845, built this house in 1858 and reared nine children while living here. Dilue and Ira Harris are buried in the Columbus City Cemetery. (1996)

Where it stands

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