The thirty-first legislature, at its fourth called session, made provision for the removal of the remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point, in Brazoria County, to the State Cemetery in Austin. On October 18, 1910, in the presence of a legislative committee and some of Austin's relatives, the grave was opened and his bones were found in a state of complete preservation. (The Galveston Daily News, of October 19, contains an excellent account of the disinterment.) They were placed in a casket and brought to Austin, by way of Houston. At Houston services were held in honor of the occasion, and at Austin the remains were received at the station and escorted with military ceremony to the Capitol, where they lay in state until the morning of the 20th, when they were interred in the State Cemetery. On the evening of the 19th services wer held in the Senate Chamber, and Judge Terrell delivered the address which is here printed. Judge Terrell is President of the Texas State Historical Association. As a resident of Texas for fifty-eight years, he has enjoyed acquaintance with many of the men who knew Austin intimately, and the address is, therefore, the result of a blending of his knowledge of Austin gained from books and some study of manuscript sources with that obtained from association with those who knew Austin in person.—Editors of The Quarterly.
