Orange
Abraham Winfree
Orangefield, TX
(1801-1865) A native of Louisiana, Abraham Winfree first came to present Orange County in 1830.
B. H. Norsworthy
Orange, TX
(Nov. 26, 1838-Feb. 21, 1901) Alabama native B. H. Norsworthy migrated to Texas in 1860.
Charles Holmes Saxon
Orange, TX
(About 1820-Jan. 26, 1919) A native of Mississippi, Charles Holmes Saxon migrated to Texas in 1842, settling in Jasper County.
Claiborne West
Vidor, TX
(1800-1866) Born in Franklin County, Tennessee, Claiborne West moved as a young man to Louisiana.
David Robert Wingate
Orange, TX
(1819-1899) In 1852 wealthy Mississippi sawmill owner David Robert Wingate moved his family to a large cotton plantation in Newton County.
Dr. Samuel M. Brown
Orange, TX
(1836-1887) South Carolina native Samuel M. Brown served with distinction as a surgeon in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Dr. William Hewson and Dr. David Caldwell Hewson
Orange, TX
Two in a long line of physicians in their family, William and David Caldwell Hewson were significant figures in orange County.
First National Bank of Orange
Orange, TX
Until the industrial revolution reached Orange in the late 1880s, most banking needs in the area were handled through Galveston.
Hugh Ochiltree
Orange, TX
(July 10, 1820-March 28, 1891) A native of North Carolina, Hugh Ochiltree migrated to Texas in 1840.
Jerome Swinford
Orange, TX
(Nov. 3, 1839 - July 13, 1906) Missouri native Jerome Swinford came to Sabine Pass in 1859 to enter the steamboat business.
John Cole Homestead
Mauriceville, TX
Pioneer settler John Cole (1805-75) migrated to Texas in 1828.
John Harmon
Orange, TX
Born in 1790 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, John Harmon lived at Poste de Attakapas, a Spanish fortification at the present site of St....
Levingston Shipbuilding Company and Edward T. Malloy
Orange, TX
In 1859, three brothers, Samuel, David and John Levingston, arrived in Orange from Ireland and purchased an existing shipyard, where they...
Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company
Orange, TX
H. J. Lutcher and G. B. Moore moved their lumber operations from Pennsylvania and established a headquarters here in 1877.
Old Niblett's Bluff, C.S.A.
Orange, TX
On high point SE, across the Sabine in Louisiana.
Peyton Bland
Orange, TX
Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County.
Samuel H. Levingston
Orange, TX
A native of northern Ireland, Samuel H. Levingston was born in 1832, the son of George and Margaret Levingston.
Samuel Wallace Sholars, M.D.
Orange, TX
(Oct. 15, 1847 - May 13, 1926) A native of Talladega, Alabama, Samuel Sholars moved with his parents to Jasper County in 1858.
Site of End of the Line Station
Orange, TX
The original charter for a rail line through the Orange area was granted to the Sabine and Galveston Railroad and Lumber Company in 1856.
The Emmett Beuhler House
Orange, TX
Emmett Beuhler (1853-1943), a native of Alsace-Lorraine, came here in the 1880s, during the lumbering boom.