Historical Marker
Emma Grigsby Meharg
Historical marker location:
100 S. Joliet St., Plainview, Texas
( 100 South Joliet Street, Plainview Cemetery)
Marker installed: 1972
Born in Lynnville, Tenn.; moved to Texas with parents, Jasper N. and Mary A. (Calvert) Grigsby, 1883. Graduated from college, became a teacher, married Samuel W. Meharg. Came to Plainview (1902), where she and husband were educators. She helped organize clubs, First Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, civic endeavors. Had daughter and son. Won international renown, 1925, as Texas' first woman Secretary of State, by appointment of first woman Governor, Miriam A. Ferguson.
Erected - 1972.