Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910 Page: 9
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On December 29, 1836, some of the men who stood around the
grave were clothed, perhaps, in the dressed skins of wild animals,
as cloth was dear and hard to procure. Some of them probably
carried firearms for protection from marauders and Indians. Today
some of them came to the disinterment in fashionable raiment,
over good roads, in excellent vehicles. The remains, after
disinterment, were carried through the medium of transportation
facilities unheard of in Austin's day, in less than two hours, a
distance that would have taken two days in 1836.
History states that General Sam Houston, as President of the
Republic of Texas, stood at the grave. The marshal of the
funeral procession was Colonel George W. Poe, personal friend.
He was followed by the sergeants-at-arms of the Senate and House
of Representatives from the Capitol at Columbia Then followed
the hearse, with his colleagues of the cabinet, Henry Smith, William
S. Fisher, James P. Henderson and S. Rhodes Fisher, as
pall-bearers; his relatives, President Houston and Vice-President
Lamar; officers of the civil list, officers of the army, officers of
the navy and clerks of the departments and citizens.
Austin died at the house of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. George B.
McKinsley, at Columbia. His remains lay in state from the 27th
to the 29th, on which date they were escorted from West Columbia,
two miles, to the steamboat Yellowstone, at Columbia.
On arriving at Peach Point, on the river, the home of James F.
Perry, his brother-in-law, and the place of interment, the procession
was met by a detachment of the First Regiment of infantry,
under Captain Martin K. Snell, who paid the last honors
to the deceased patriot on his interment.
RELATIVES PRESENT.
In addition to the committee from the Legislature, the following
relatives were present at Peach Point to-day: James F. Perry,
Peach Point; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bryan, Perry Landing; Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. Perry, Markham; Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Bryan,
Quintana; Guy M. Bryan, Jr., Houston; Austin Y. Bryan, Columbia;
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Perry, Bay City; Guy M. Bryan,
Houston; H. A. Perry, Angleton; Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Perry, Bay
City; Miss Eliza Allen Bryan, Houston; Mrs. A. A. Moore, Bay
-City; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Brock, Angleton; Mrs. Samuel I. Bryan,
Perry Landing; Mr. and Mrs. W. Joel Bryan and boys, W. Joel
Jr. and J. Perry, Velasco; Bryan Perry and Sarah Perry, Perry
Landing; little Miss Corinne Perry, Bay City; Samuel Irwin
8tratton (aged 6 years to-day) and his little sister, Luanna Strat;
to, Durazno.
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Bryan, Guy M., Jr. Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910, book, 1911; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38129/m1/13/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.