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In 1822, at the age of seven, Katy Holland migrated to Texas with her parents as a member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" Colony. Her life reflects the harshness of frontier life in Texas. Twice widowed before her marriage to William Cobb in the 1840s, she was the mother of five children. Her first husband, Mill McDowell, was also a member of Austin's Colony, and a cousin, Tapley Holland, was killed at the Alamo.
Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb is a historical marker in Iola, Grimes County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Grimes County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 213 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7687, -96.0914 near Iola. The nearest cataloged historic site is Zion Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Louis Cemetery, Robert Barker Graves, and Davis-Chaney Family.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5185008567. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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