Isaac Phillip Stem
Wesley Chapel Cemetery, 16 mi. north of Franklin on FM 979 north of Bald Prairie community, Bald Prairie, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1819
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Isaac Phillip Stem.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Isaac Phillip Stem
Isaac Phillip Stem was a Tennessee-born frontier soldier who joined the Republic of Texas army in 1836 and fought Comanches at the Battle of Plum Creek in 1840. He later served in the Somervell Campaign and the Mexican War before settling in Robertson County as a farmer and rancher. He was buried at this site beside his wife in 1893.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Isaac Phillip Stem
(1819-1893) Tennessee native Isaac Phillip Stem enlisted in the Western Frontier Service in that state in 1836. In October 1836 he moved to Texas and joined the Republic of Texas army at Houston. Continuing to serve in the military, Stem was a participant in the Battle of Plum Creek on August 1, 1840, in present Caldwell County. The battle was fought between Texas soldiers and Comanche Indians, who had raided the coastal towns of Linnville and Victoria. Stem served in the Somervell Campaign of 1841 and was a member of a company of mounted volunteers during the Mexican War. After his discharge from the Texas troops in 1846, Stem joined the United States Infantry at Corpus Christi and continued in the war with Mexico. Discharged at Monterrey due to illness, he later returned to Tennessee and joined the Tennessee Volunteers at Memphis. He later transferred into the U. S. Infantry once again. Isaac P. Stem and his wife, Lucy Ann Weaks, were the parents of eight children. The family moved to Robertson County in 1869 and Stem became a farmer and rancher. He died in 1893 and was buried here beside his wife. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5395010949
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