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Submitted: 2/9/14 • Approved: 2/9/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R3118-G3118-S3
Texas State Historical Marker reads:
DIZENIA PETERS TODD
Aug. 5, 1826 - Jan. 1865
Born in Mississippi, Dizenia Peters
moved to Texas with her parents
about 1835. She married William P.
Smith in 1844 and had a son, James.
After Smith's death, she married
George W. Todd (1827-1901) in 1851, They
had 3 daughters. Todd and members
of his wife's family settled this
area in the 1850s and were among
the first Mason County officials.
Mrs. Todd and a black servant girl
were fatally wounded in an Indian
attack near this spot and buried
in adjacent unmarked graves.
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