Stinson, James A., Home

Constructed in 1869 of virgin pine and oak by James A. Stinson, a widower who came to Texas in 1868 from Georgia after having served as a colonel in the Confederate Army. He brought with him his daughter Sallie. He bought extensive timber and farm lands in the eastern area of Wood County; operated a large sawmill which sent lumber throughout the state. Was also known as an early-day scientific farmer. Mrs. Nathan Jones, a widow with one daughter, Mary, became the second wife of Col. Stinson. The had two daughters, Lily and Cliffie, and one son, James F. In the parlor of the house, on April 22, 1874, Sallie Stinson married James Stephen Hogg, who later became the first native-born governor of the state. Col. Stinson was a southern aristocrat, a progressive thinker and a great scholar of government. He probably had great influence on James S. Hogg's ideas on good government. Was a leader in the county and state Grange, an organization which strove to protect rural interests. He was also instrumental in getting enacted into law the bill creating experimental farm, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Stinson's home was always open to young and old. (1968)

Stinson, James A., Home is a historical marker in Quitman, Wood County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7905, -95.4550 near Quitman. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hogg, James Stephen, Early Home (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jones, J. H., and the Old Settlers Reunion Grounds, Quitman City, and Hogg, James Stephen.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5499009022. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.