Juliet M. De Shields Waller

Service & Contributions: Wife of Edwin Waller

Birth: 1801

Death: May 13, 1867

Burial: Reinterred 1928

Location

Republic Hill, Section 1

Row: T

Number: 13

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Juliet M. De Shields Waller

WALLER, JULIET M. DE SHIELDS (1801~1867) Juliet Waller was born in 1801. Her husband, Edwin Waller, was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and Postmaster General for the Republic of Texas. He also laid out the city of Austin and was its first mayor. She died May 13, 1867 and was originally buried in a family cemetery in Waller County. Wallace was reinterred in the State Cemetery in 1928.

Judge Edwin
Waller

Born in Virginia, November 4,
1800 * Died in Waller County,
Texas, January 3, 1881

His Wife

Juliet M.
De Shields Waller
Born in 1801 * Died May 13, 1867

Erected by the State of Texas
1936

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Signer of the Texas Declaration
of Independence * Laid out the
City of Austin and was its first
Mayor * * Waller County was
named in his honor