Capt Israel Spikes

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Capt Israel Spikes

Birth
Death
19 Jan 1879 (aged 55)
Burial
Rand, Kaufman County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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State of Texas Historical Marker

"Capt Israel Spikes 1824 - 1979. Spikes Pairie named for him and his family. In 1875 - 1876 Spikes served as an elected spokesman from this district in State convention to reestablish free Government. He rode horsedback to Austin with Joh H. Reagan, former Confederate Postmaster General, later United States Senator. The constitution these men helped write has been in force for nearly a century. Spikes, a Confederate Veteran and mason had ten children.

Recorded 1968"


State of Texas Historical Marker

"Capt Israel Spikes 1824 - 1979. Spikes Pairie named for him and his family. In 1875 - 1876 Spikes served as an elected spokesman from this district in State convention to reestablish free Government. He rode horsedback to Austin with Joh H. Reagan, former Confederate Postmaster General, later United States Senator. The constitution these men helped write has been in force for nearly a century. Spikes, a Confederate Veteran and mason had ten children.

Recorded 1968"