Historical Marker
Mary Isham
Historical marker location:
Comanche, Texas
( 0.5 mile south of Comanche on FM 590, then 0.5 mi. S (inside a fenced ranch))
Marker installed: 1966
Mary
Daughter of
Ch & Mary
Isham
1853-1855
First white child buried in Comanche County.
The discovery of oil in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas, sparked an oil boom that transformed the state's economy and led to the rise of the modern petroleum industry.