From inscription:
John Alfred Rutherford and wife Jane Kennedy, arrived in Red River County, TX. from Franklin County, TN. on 19 Dec 1835.
Appointed surveyor of Red River County in 1837 and Lamar County in 1840.
Elected first Chief Justice of Lamar County in 1840 by Congress of the Republic.
Surveyed the location of the county seat. Helped establish Presbyterian Christian and Female Academy in Paris and taught first school in Honey Grove. Opposed the Civil War but lost sons, Milton and Jackson in the conflict.
A believer in peace, reform and improvement of the human race.
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The Rutherford survey is located along Highway 82 beginning at the grayland ridge just east of Petty.
His granddaughter, Mrs. Joe Beville (Andy Lottie Rutherford) the daughter of Newton Franklin Rutherford now lives in her fathers home which was built in 1874 on Highway 82 near Petty.
His grandson, Joe Whitley is a math instructor in Honey Grove High School.
John Alfred Rutherford and wife Jane Kennedy, arrived in Red River County, TX. from Franklin County, TN. on 19 Dec 1835.
Appointed surveyor of Red River County in 1837 and Lamar County in 1840.
Elected first Chief Justice of Lamar County in 1840 by Congress of the Republic.
Surveyed the location of the county seat. Helped establish Presbyterian Christian and Female Academy in Paris and taught first school in Honey Grove. Opposed the Civil War but lost sons, Milton and Jackson in the conflict.
A believer in peace, reform and improvement of the human race.
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The Rutherford survey is located along Highway 82 beginning at the grayland ridge just east of Petty.
His granddaughter, Mrs. Joe Beville (Andy Lottie Rutherford) the daughter of Newton Franklin Rutherford now lives in her fathers home which was built in 1874 on Highway 82 near Petty.
His grandson, Joe Whitley is a math instructor in Honey Grove High School.
From inscription:
John Alfred Rutherford and wife Jane Kennedy, arrived in Red River County, TX. from Franklin County, TN. on 19 Dec 1835.
Appointed surveyor of Red River County in 1837 and Lamar County in 1840.
Elected first Chief Justice of Lamar County in 1840 by Congress of the Republic.
Surveyed the location of the county seat. Helped establish Presbyterian Christian and Female Academy in Paris and taught first school in Honey Grove. Opposed the Civil War but lost sons, Milton and Jackson in the conflict.
A believer in peace, reform and improvement of the human race.
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The Rutherford survey is located along Highway 82 beginning at the grayland ridge just east of Petty.
His granddaughter, Mrs. Joe Beville (Andy Lottie Rutherford) the daughter of Newton Franklin Rutherford now lives in her fathers home which was built in 1874 on Highway 82 near Petty.
His grandson, Joe Whitley is a math instructor in Honey Grove High School.
John Alfred Rutherford and wife Jane Kennedy, arrived in Red River County, TX. from Franklin County, TN. on 19 Dec 1835.
Appointed surveyor of Red River County in 1837 and Lamar County in 1840.
Elected first Chief Justice of Lamar County in 1840 by Congress of the Republic.
Surveyed the location of the county seat. Helped establish Presbyterian Christian and Female Academy in Paris and taught first school in Honey Grove. Opposed the Civil War but lost sons, Milton and Jackson in the conflict.
A believer in peace, reform and improvement of the human race.
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The Rutherford survey is located along Highway 82 beginning at the grayland ridge just east of Petty.
His granddaughter, Mrs. Joe Beville (Andy Lottie Rutherford) the daughter of Newton Franklin Rutherford now lives in her fathers home which was built in 1874 on Highway 82 near Petty.
His grandson, Joe Whitley is a math instructor in Honey Grove High School.
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