Joseph Winters

(c.1816-1916)

African American inventor who secured a U.S. patent for the first fire escape ladder and hose conductor in 1878. In 1879 Winters was issued a second U.S. patent for improvements to the original invention. Winters was active in the Underground ...

Major General Joseph H. Pendleton

Born in Rochester June 2, 1860 to Jos. R. and Matilda Cross Pendleton. U.S. Navy Academy 1878. He fired last shot in Spanish American War. Camp Pendleton California named in his honor. Died Feb. 4, 1942. Buried at National Cemetery ...

Joseph and Mary Robinson Martin House

Prominent Austin contractor George Fiegel completed this house in 1903 for Joseph Anthony (1867-1947) and Mary (Robinson)(d. 1934) Martin. A noted wild game conservationist, Joe Martin primarily is associated in Austin business history with the Austin White Lime Company. After ...

Joseph J. Manor Cemetery

Joseph J. Manor (1818-1884) came to Texas from Tennessee at age twenty, settling finally in Webberville, where he acquired land and opened a store and cotton gin. He married Caroline Scott (1830-1851) in 1847; both are laid to rest here, ...

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

[Southwest face:]

Resident of Petersburg

1815-1829

First President of the Republic of Liberia

1848-1855 + 1871-1876

[Northeast face:]

Joseph Jenkins Roberts worked on Union Street, about 100 yards northwest of here.

This marker was authorized June 7, 1977 by the City Council of Petersburg.

Hermanze E. Fauntleroy, ...

Lilia and Josephine Casis

Josephine (1873-1947) and Lilia (1869-1947) Casis were reared in Jamaica, where their European parents educated them in the classics, languages, and music, before they moved to Texas in 1890. Josephine earned a teaching degree and taught at Austin’s Palm School ...

Joseph Hayne Rainey

This National Historic Landmark was the family home of Joseph H. Rainey, the first African American elected to the US House of Representatives, 1870–1879. Born in Georgetown County in 1832, Rainey, it is said, made blockade-running trips during the Civil ...

Joseph Baker

Born in Maine 1804. Died in Austin, Texas July 11, 1846. One of the founders of “The Telegraph and Texas Register” at San Felipe De Austin, October 10, 1835. A soldier at San Jacinto. First Chief Justice of Bexar County, ...

Joseph E. Johnson and the Huntsman’s Echo

In April 1860 Joseph E. Johnson, a Mormon, established a road ranche at Wood River Center, today’s Shelton, and began publishing The Huntsman’s Echo, the first newspaper in Nebraska west of Omaha. He had earlier edited papers in Council Bluffs, ...

Josephus Hornsby

To Josephus Hornsby Mar. 15, 1822 Oct. 21, 1862. Son of Reuben Hornsby; settled here, 1832, Bastrop ranger, 1837. In Flores Fight, 1839 Battle of Plum Creek, 1840 Brushy Fight, 1840, Vasquez and Woll Campaigns, 1842; led fight against Indians ...