Historical Marker

Archibald Wynns

Houston · Harris County · Dedicated 2009 · THC Atlas #5507015920

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About this site

Archibald Wynns is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2009. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 827 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7649, -95.3869 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Edwin Fairfax Gray (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gustav August Forsgard, Lord, Irvin Capers, and Terry, Colonel Benjamin Franklin.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015920. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Archibald Wynns (1807-c.1857), a Tennessee-born lawyer, came to the new town of Houston in the 1830s, established a law practice in 1837, and helped found Houston's First Methodist Church in 1839. He represented Harris County in the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas (1841-42) and served in the republic's army against Rafael Vasquez's incursion. In 1855 he joined the California gold rush and later took part in William Walker's final Central American expedition, dying of illness on the return voyage; his marker was placed in 2009.

Sources: tshaonline.org hmdb.org

📍 29.7649, -95.3869 · Houston, Harris County

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