Historical Marker

Ayers, David

Galveston · Galveston County · Dedicated 1990 · THC Atlas #5167000009

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About this site

Ayers, David is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 370 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.2945, -94.8123 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cherry, Wilbur (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old City, Moore, Bernard, Temple, and Yard, Nahor Biggs (1816-1889).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167000009. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

David Ayres (1793-1881), a New Jersey-born merchant and War of 1812 veteran, brought his family to Texas in 1833 and became a founder of organized Methodism in the republic. At an 1835 camp meeting in Austin County he helped form a Methodist quarterly conference and, as its secretary, wrote to the Methodist Missionary Society in New York asking that missionaries be sent to Texas. Ayres moved to Galveston in 1847, ran a mercantile business, and contributed to the building of a Methodist church there. He died in 1881 and is buried in Galveston; his marker was erected in 1990.

Sources: tshaonline.org hmdb.org

📍 29.2945, -94.8123 · Galveston, Galveston County

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