Frank Mulder Gossett

The Handbook of Texas dates the Sons of the Republic of Texas to April 1893 at Richmond, founded by sons and grandsons of Texas Revolution veterans. It was reactivated in Houston in March 1922 by Odin M. Kendall; Andrew Jackson Houston was elected president and the first year's membership was thirty-five. The society incorporated in October 1934, and in 1936, with help from Jesse H. Jones, it was influential in securing funds for the San Jacinto Monument. It also helped found the San Jacinto Museum of History. Gossett's marker names 1922 as the year he helped found it.

What the plaque says

Frank Mulder Gossett (Aug. 25, 1892 -- Sept. 22, 1974) Houston County native Frank M. Gossett was the grandson of Andrew E. Gossett, Sr., donor of the Crockett townsite. A prominent local historian, Frank Gossett was a founder in 1922 of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, a group that later honored him as a Knight of San Jacinto. He was also a founder and and officer of the San Jacinto Memorial Association, which raised funds for the monument and museum at the San Jacinto battlefield. Recorded - 1984

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 26 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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