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Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb

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Iola, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 46' 9.780672", -96° 5' 29.41476"
 
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    In 1822, at the age of seven, Katy Holland migrated to Texas with her parents as a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old 300 Colony. Her life reflects the harshness of frontier life in Texas. Twice widowed before her marriage to William Cobb in the 1840s, she was the mother of five children. Her first husband, Mill McDowell, was also a member of Austin's Colony, and a cousin, Tapley Holland, was killed at .

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb Historical Marker Location Map, Iola, Texas