Historical Marker
Candace Midkiff Bean
Historical marker location:
Linwood, Texas
( Selman-Roark Cemetery on State Hwy. 21 in Linwood)
Marker installed: 1936
Wife of Peter Ellis Bean born near Nashville, Tenn. in 1802. Died near Douglass, Texas in December 1848. One of those pioneer women who braved the Indian menace and rocked the cradle of Texas liberty.