Historical Marker
John Sutherland Menefee
Historical marker location:
Edna, Texas
( Menefee Family Cemetery, from Edna, take SH 111 E about 5 miles)
Marker installed: 1936
San Jacinto veteran; member of the Congress of Texas 1837-40. Born in Tennessee June 24, 1813; died November 4, 1884.
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.