Edward Clark
(1815-1880)

Texas Senate member (1847-1848), Secretary of State of Texas (1853-1857), 7th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1859-1861), and 8th Governor of Texas (1861)

Died aged c. 65

Edward Clark (April 1, 1815 – May 4, 1880) was the eighth Governor of Texas. His term coincided with the beginning of the American Civil War.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Texas Historical Marker #10190

Marshall Cemetery. Incorporated Dec. 12, 1849. Resting place of many early Texas leaders and patriots: Edward Clark (1815-80), Governor of Texas, 1861; Colonel, C.S.A. Walter P. Lane (1817-92) veteran of Texas Revolution and Mexican war; Brigadier General, C.S.A. John T. Mills (1817-71), Associate Justice Supreme Court, Republic of Texas; District Judge in the state; a county is named for him. Horace Randal (1833-64), Brigadier General, C.S.A.; also honored by naming of county in his memory. Unknown soldiers who died in local hospitals, honored by an obelisk erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. #10190

?, Marshall, TX, United States where they was buried (1880)

Texas Historical Marker #17293

Edward Clark House Outbuilding and Possible Slave Quarters. #17293

604 West 11th Street, Austin, TX, United States where they lived