Judge Elijah Gossett

Elijah Gossett was born near Rutherford Creek, Tennessee, on February 1, 1788, and married Elizabeth Stone Edwards in Maury County around 1810. The Handbook of Texas says the family reached Texas in 1833 and settled on Hurricane Bayou. He and his three sons each received a bounty grant of 320 acres for Texas Revolution service. It dates his election as chief justice of Houston County to 1840, a year earlier than the grave marker does, and puts the Centennial Commission's marker in 1937. He died on November 24, 1848, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

What the plaque says

Judge Elijah Gossett Judge Elijah Gossett A solider in the Army of Texas, 1836 Chief Justice of Houston County, 1841 Born in Tennessee Feb. 1, 1788 Died Nov. 24, 1848 His wife Elizabeth (Stone) Gossett Born in Tennessee Sept. 1, 1789 Died July 6, 1849 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

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