Patriots in Texas
Bailey Anderson was a young man when he fought in the American Revolution as a private with troops from South Carolina. He was in his 80s when he fought in the Texas Revolution. When he died in 1840, he was buried in Harrison County, in East Texas.
Anderson is one of 69 veterans of the American Revolution confirmed to be buried in Texas. Clovis H. Brakebill wrote about most of them in an ambitiously researched book published in 1998. You can find the full list and the book at the Texas Sons of the American Revolution website.
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Simple Dimples
A New York woman applied for a patent in 1921 for a spring-loaded device that pressed rubber tips into users’ cheeks to create faux dimples. Something to think about July 9, National Dimples Day.
