Matagorda County TXGenWeb

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"There's something in us I'm sure. A kind of flame that does not change through time.
That is as alive when we're old as when our eyes first see the world." --Euphemia--True Women

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Corporal David Phillip McCormick
April 10, 1982 - April 28, 2008

Tribute Pages

In Memory of
Matagorda County's
Fallen Heroes

All Gave Some,
Some Gave All

Killed in Iraq

View Tribute Pages for All Matagorda County Casualties

Sergeant Joshua Allen Ward
October 23, 1978 - February 9, 2009

Tribute Pages

Thank you previous Matagorda County Coordinators Edward Hayden Lois Kennedy Sue Siebert

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Matagorda County, a part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, was one of the original Texas counties formed on March 17, 1836. Click the link below to read its history from the Handbook of Texas.

History of Matagorda County

Matagorda County History told by its residents

Stephen F. Austin
statue near the junction of Highways
288 & 35
in Brazoria County.

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October 2016

TXGenWeb State Coordinator
Gina Heffernan

TXGenWeb Webmaster
Carla Clifton

TXGenWeb Assistant State Coordinators
Laura Roberts
Jane Keppler

Matagorda County Coordinator Carol Sue Gibbs

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	Shirley Ann Webb Cullum September 24, 1946 - August 8, 2019 TXGenWeb State Coordinator November 1, 2006 - August 8, 2019

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