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(1793-1873) One of nine children of the Rev. Henry Haggard, Baptist minister, and his wife Dorothy (Randolph), both natives of Virginia. Born in U. S. Territory south of the Ohio River (now Tennessee), Lucy Haggard moved to Alabama Territory about 1814. There, in 1820, she married Robert Brough Longbotham. In her lifetime, she lived under nine territorial, national, and state flags. She was the mother of nine children.
Longbotham, Mrs. Lucy Haggard is a historical marker in Wortham, Freestone County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 145 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7824, -96.4720 near Wortham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Longbotham, Robert B. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Longbotham Cemetery, Wortham, and Wortham Oil Boom.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5161009889. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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