Marker Inscription
Among family members buried there: John A. Brackenridge (1800-62), a Warrick County, Ind., neighbor from whom young Abraham Lincoln borrowed law brooks, 1855 founder of Texana Presbyterian Church; his son, George W. Brackenridge (1832-1902), emissary to Benito Juarez in Mexico from President Lincoln in 1860s, founder (1866) San Antonio National Bank, donor San Antonio's Brackenridge Park, member first board of regents, the University of Texas, serving 30 years, philanthropist; daughter Mary Eleanor Brackenridge (1837-1924), on first board of regents, CIA (Texas Woman's University).
About this site
Brackenridge Cemetery is a historical marker in Edna, Jackson County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Jackson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 48 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.9824, -96.6481 near Edna. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dutart-McDowell Home (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Traylor, J. C., Old, Place, Lavaca-Navidad Meeting of 1835, and Confederates of Jackson County.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5239000483. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
