THE BIRTHPLACE OF
REBEKAH BAINES JOHNSON
Historical marker 1976.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF
REBEKAH BAINES JOHNSON
JOSEPH WILSON BAINES (1846-1906), SON OF
MINISTER-
EDITOR-BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. BAINES,
SETTLED IN COLLIN COUNTY IN 1867. HE
TAUGHT SCHOOL
AND IN 1869 MARRIED RUTH HUFFMAN,
DAUGHTER OF A
PHYSICIAN OF THE PETERS COLONY. BAINES
READ LAW
UNDER EX-GOVERNOR JAMES W. THROCKMORTON,
BEGAN HIS
PRACTICE, EDITED THE McKINNEY
"ADVOCATE", AND HELPED
ORGANIZE AND BUILD THE CITY'S FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE AND HIS WIFE LIVED AT THIS SITE WHEN
THEIR CHILD
REBEKAH WAS BORN. BAINES SERVED 1883 TO
1887 AS TEXAS
SECRETARY OF STATE, LATER PRACTICED LAW
IN BLANCO AND
FREDERICKSBURG, AND WAS A LEGISLATOR IN
1903-1904.
REBEKAH BAINES (1881-1958) STUDIED AT
BAYLOR COLLEGE
IN BELTON AND BECAME A TEACHER AND
JOURNALIST. IN
1907 SHE MARRIED SAM EALY JOHNSON, JR.
(1877-1937),
A RANCHER AND FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER WHO
ALSO SERVED
IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE FROM 1905
THROUGH 1908 AND
FROM 1917 THROUGH 1923. THE COUPLE
CONTINUED TO
RANCH IN THE HILL COUNTRY, PUBLISHED THE
JOHNSON CITY
"RECORD-COURIER", AND WERE PARENTS OF
FIVE CHILDREN.
THEIR ELDEST, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
(1908-1973), AFTER
A LONG CAREER IN THE NATIONAL CONGRESS,
SERVED AS
THE 36TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Rebekah Baines Johnson,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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