John White Bower

Historical marker location:

Off US 77, along private road W of Vidauri, Vidauri, Texas

( Bower Cemetery: from Refugio, take US 77 northeast about 14.5 mi to Vidauri. Go west on private road about 1.5 mi. Private - No Access)

Marker installed: 1936

Delegate to the Consultation, 1835.

Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.

Member of the Congress of the Republic, 1841-42.

Chief Justice of Refugio County, 1843-47.

Born in Georgia, December 7, 1808.

Died January 13, 1850.