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James Perry marries into Austin family
On this day in 1824, James Franklin Perry married Emily Margaret Austin
Bryan, the widowed sister of Stephen F. Austin, in Potosi, Missouri. At
Stephen Austin's urging, Perry came to Texas in 1830 and, pleased with
what he saw of the country, moved his family to San Felipe de Austin in
1831. Shortly thereafter the Perrys began developing Peach Point
Plantation near Brazoria; Stephen F. Austin considered Peach Point to be
his only home in Texas, and was buried in the family plot there, though
his remains were moved to the State Cemetery in Austin in 1910. James
Perry's loyalty to Austin was complete. Perry took care of Austin's
papers and tried to collect some notes while Austin was imprisoned in
Mexico. Following his brother-in-law's advice, Perry "steered totally
clear of politics" until Austin's return but thereafter became active in
the movement for independence. After the Texas Revolution Perry settled
down to plantation life but was soon called into service as the
administrator of Austin's estate. He was one of the first to shift from
cotton to sugar as a plantation product. Mrs. Perry died in 1851, and
Perry moved to Biloxi in 1853 for health reasons. He died of yellow
fever on September 13 of that year.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- PERRY, JAMES FRANKLIN
- PERRY, EMILY MARGARET AUSTIN
- PERRY AND HUNTER STORE
- PEACH POINT PLANTATION
- AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER
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