caption resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place nationality resting_place_coordinates parents birth_date spouse birthname image article_title name
john marie durst oil painting c1806 durst cemetery leon county , texas 09 february 1851 galveston , texas louis -lrb- 1830 -- 1854 -rrb- charles placide -lrb- 1832 -- orlando 1905 -rrb- alexander h -lrb- 1834 -- 1840 -rrb- angelina -lrb- anna -lrb- 1837 -- 1841 -rrb- harriet matilda -lrb- 1839 1827 -- 1871 -rrb- john sterling -lrb- 1841 -- 1924 -rrb- -- horatio walter -lrb- 1844 -- 1930 -rrb- clara elizabeth -lrb- 1859 1846 -- 1856 -rrb- eugene marcelino -lrb- 1849 -- 1849 -rrb- -rrb- mary benigna arkansas post american 31 , title 09 35 n 95 56 36 w inline jacob durst anna agnes schesser durst 04 february 1797 harriet matilda jamison durst john marie durst john marie durst oil painting circa 1806.png john marie durst
 john marie durst
john marie durst

john marie durst -lrb- 1797 -- 1851 -rrb- was an early settler who lived most of his life in louisiana and texas .
he was a multi-linguist who learned the mercantile trade from his godfather peter samuel davenport .
durst was a veteran of the battle of new orleans .
he was a legislative representative under coahuila y tejas , during which he became involved in a land speculation controversy .
durst became a large land holder , due in part to an inheritance from davenport .
because of a ride he made in 1835 to warn of mexican troop movements , some have labeled him the paul revere of texas .
durst was a captain in the republic of texas militia under major general thomas j. rusk .
he was the founder of the community of mount sterling , texas in nacogdoches county . .
