Photo by
Dana Stubbs
Location: 214 North Beaton, Corsicana,
TX
Alexander
Beaton
A native of Scotland, Alexander Beaton came to the United States in 1843. He migrated to Texas in 1848
after serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. In 1850 he
settled in Corsicana and began the practice of law. He was chairman of
the finance committee to promote the routing of the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad through Corsicana in 1871. Because of his efforts to
bring the railroad to town,
Beaton Street was named in his honor.
Beaton
was a mason, a member of the First Methodist Church, and an amateur
geologist. He married Elizabeth Jane McKinney and had 3 children. (1985)
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