(February 1, 1825 - April 21, 1894) A doctor's son, James W. Throckmorton was born in Tennessee. He migrated with his parents to the Texas frontier in 1841 and settled near this site. At age 17, he became hunter and scout for his pioneer neighbors. He served in the Mexican War (1846-48). In 1848 he married Annie Rattan (1828-1895) and built a home near McKinney. Trained as a physician, Throckmorton disliked medicine and in 1851 entered law and politics. He served 1851-57 in the Texas Legislature, where he promoted railroad building. Later he became attorney for Texas and Pacific Railroad. He was state senator, 1857-61 and 1863-65. Although he upheld the right of secession, he was one of seven men who voted against Texas leaving the union at the Feb. 1861 Secession Convention. During the Civil War (1861-65), he fought in the Confederate Army. Elected governor in the summer of 1866, he grappled with postwar problems of frontier defense and federal military occupation. In July 1867 Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, commander of the 5th military district to which Texas was assigned, removed Throckmorton from office as "an impediment to Reconstruction" and named E.M. Pease provisional governor. Throckmorton continued his political career in the U.S. Congress, serving his North Texas district in 1875-79 and 1883-87. (1977) The Throckmortons settled 1/4 mile NE of US-75 N and Throckmorton Rd. Marker moved in 2016 to Pecan Grove Cemetery where he is buried.
Throckmorton, Governor James Webb
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Throckmorton, Governor James Webb is a historical marker in McKinney, Collin County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 193 historical markers documented in Collin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 345 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.1792, -96.6187 near McKinney. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pecan Grove Memorial Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pecan Grove Memorial Park, Ross Cemetery, and Fanny Finch Elementary School.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5085006214. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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