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(May 25, 1840 - February 24, 1917) British seaman Joseph William Ellender was shipwrecked off the coast of Iceland in 1866 and rescued by a schooner bound for Galveston. He settled in Cedar Bayou and married Nancy Lavenia Prather in 1868. They had ten children. A Master Mason, Ellender served as worshipful master of Cedar Bayou Lodge three times. He organized the Cedar Bayou chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in 1884 and was Worthy Grand Patron of Texas in 1889.
Ellender, Joseph William is a historical marker in Baytown, Harris County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 406 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 781 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7552, -94.9270 near Baytown. The nearest cataloged historic site is CEDAR BAYOU MASONIC (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M., Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and Cedarcrest Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010656. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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