Julia Ann Ragsdale Home

Historical marker location:

Wimberley, Texas

( take RR 12 N to Summit Dr.; then east on Summit Dr. approx. .5 miles to Gumbert Ranch (private property))

Marker installed: 1976

Widow of Dr. Frederick B. Ragsdale (1804-1851), Julia Ann Ragsdale (1821-1908) was a well-educated woman who taught school in Arkansas before she brought her family to Texas during the Civil War. In 1864 her daughter Mary Elizabeth (1843-1872) married Light Stapleton Townsend (1834-1928). After Mary's death, Mrs. Ragsdale moved to Wimberley in 1875 to raise her four grandchildren. Townsend built this board-and-batten home for them on Cypress Creek in 1879.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1976.

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