Marker Inscription
(Star and Wreath) Brigadier General, C. S. A. Participated in Battles of Richmond, Ky., Murfreesboro, Chicamauga, Atlanta, Defense of Mobile. Erected by the State of texas 1962
Historical Marker
Matthew Duncan Ector
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About this site
Matthew Duncan Ector is a historical marker in Marshall, Harrison County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 102 historical markers documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 257 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5548, -94.3759 near Marshall. The nearest cataloged historic site is Alexander Travis Hawthorn (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lt. Gen. George Perry Rains, Greenwood Cemetery, and Marshall Hebrew Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5203010154. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Mathew Duncan Ector (1822-1879) was a Confederate brigadier general and judge. Born in Georgia, he moved to Texas in 1850 and rose to brigadier general in 1862, seeing action at Richmond, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Atlanta. After the war he practiced law and served as a district judge and on the Court of Appeals; Ector County was named for him. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, and the state marker was erected in 1962.
Sources: tshaonline.orghmdb.org
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