Darius H. Edens

(May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois, Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1836. A surveyor by trade, he worked in present Houston and Anderson counties. He and partner James E. Box platted the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson County's first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold rush, he returned to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the Augusta stagecoach station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett. (1994)

Darius H. Edens is a historical marker in Grapeland, Houston County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5349, -95.3333 near Grapeland. The nearest cataloged historic site is John and Lucinda Nugent Sheridan (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Augusta Cemetery, Augusta Cemetery, and The Edens-Madden Massacre.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225010988. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.