Home of Sam Bell Maxey
(Star and Wreath) Native Kentuckian, West Point graduate, brevetted for gallantry in Mexican war, district attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, commander of Indian Territory 1863-1865 organizing three brigades of Indians which participated in Red River Campaign, Cavalry division commander, U. S. Senator 1875-1887. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
33.6541° N, 95.5547° W
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Lightfoot-Coleman House Paris
- <0.1 mi N Judge Wm. Henry Lightfoot House Paris
- 0.2 mi N Scott Mansion Paris
- 0.2 mi N Church of the Holy Cross, Episcopal Paris
- 0.3 mi SW Paris Cotton Compress Paris
- 0.3 mi N Central Presbyterian Church Paris