Historical Marker
William S. Stilwell
Historical marker location:
1217 W. Dallas Ave., Houston, Texas
( Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave.)
Marker installed: 1936
A private in Captain Isaac N. Moreland's company of Artillery at San Jacinto. Appointed captain, December 26, 1836. Born in New York 1809; died in Houston September 12, 1837
"Died in this city, on the 12th inst., suddenly, Captain William S. Stilwell, late of the Texian army. The New Orleans and New York papers are requested to notice this." Texas Telegraph.
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.