Historical Markers in Ennis, Texas

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• Jack Lummusplaced 1999

  (October 22, 1915 - March 8, 1945) Born on an Ellis County farm, Jack Lummus attended school at Alma and Ennis, and Baylor University on an athletics…

• Sand Lakeplaced 2023

  For Daniel Buckley's sacrifice in the 1836 Battle of Goliad, the Republic of Texas granted his heirs some 2,200 acres on the west bank of the Trinity…

• Burnam Square and Cemeteryplaced 1978

  William R. and Edeline House bought the land on which Burnam Square and Cemetery were located in 1856 for the price of a slave named John.

• Jay Justin Clarkeplaced 2014

  On June 15, 1902, at a baseball field in Ennis, Texas, Jay Justin Clarke set two single game professional Minor League Baseball records.

• Myrtle Cemeteryplaced 1980

  W.H. Parsons deeded the original ten acres at this site in 1875 for use as a cemetery. The burial ground was named "Myrtle" for a child whose single…

• Thomas C. Neelplaced 1999

  (1825-1863) Georgia native Thomas C. Neel married Willia E. Latimer in 1848. The couple moved their family to Texas in 1854 and to Ellis County in…

Ennis on the Texas history calendar

• March 8: Jack Lummus

All 18 historical markers in Ennis

• Burnam Square and Cemetery1978
• Ennis City Hall1985
• Ennis National Bank1983
• Jack Lummus1999
• Jay Justin Clarke2014
• Katie Daffan1986
• Matthews-Atwood House1980
• Moore House2002
• Myrtle Cemetery1980
• Old Lake Dam1988
• Sand Lake2023
• Telico Cemetery1983
• The H.P. Barkley Home1981
• The Southern Pacific Railroad in Ennis
• The Telico Church1988
• Thomas C. Neel1999
• Town of Ennis1972
• Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church2006

Historical markers near Ennis

• Palmer5 stories · 8 mi
• Waxahachie31 stories · 13 mi
• Corsicana43 stories · 19 mi
• Lancaster14 stories · 20 mi
• Ovilla5 stories · 20 mi
• Midlothian10 stories · 24 mi

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