RODEN TAYLOR CRAIN
(April 29, 1819--July 20, 1891)
Tennessee native Roden Taylor Crain,
A member of Capt. William Kimbro's 
Company of San Augustine County 
Volunteers, was a soldier in
the struggle for Texas Independence
from Mexico.  He fought at the Battle
of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836
and later received a land grant and 
pension for his service.  He settled on
his land in present Bosque County, where 
he lived the rest of his life.  He drowned
in the Bosque River & was buried here
in 1891.
Recorded 1987