Historical Marker
Edward Dickinson
Historical marker location:
Gonzales, Texas
( Masonic Cemetery, US 183 (Water St.), Gonzales)
Marker installed: 1962
Star and Wreath
A citizen soldier and volunteer in the San Jacinto Campaign, 1836.
The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.