Historical Marker
General Moseley Baker
Historical marker location:
Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
( Republic Hill section)
Marker installed: 1936
Commanded Co. D. First Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto A member of 1st and 3rd Congresses of the Republic and later a Brigadier General of Militia Born in Virginia Sept. 20, 1802 Died in Houston, Texas Nov. 4, 1848 His wife Eliza Ward Baker died in Houston, Texas Feb. 4, 1849 Erected by the State of Texas
1936.
The cattle industry played a significant role in the development of Texas, with cowboys driving cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s.