Historical Marker

Alexander Harwood

Historical marker location:
1201 Marilla St, Dallas, Texas
( Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla at Young St.)
Marker installed: 1996

(1820-1885) Came to Dallas in 1844 from Tennessee. After the death of his first wife Isabella Daniel Harwood in 1851, he married Sarah Peak in 1855. Harwood was elected county clerk six times between 1850 and 1880. He was senior warden of the Tannehill Masonic Lodge and served the Confederacy as assistant to Postmaster General John H. Reagan. Harwood represented Dallas County at the 1866 State Constitutional Convention. (1996).