By:  Turner                                           S.R. No. 1095
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, Oak Rest Cemetery along with the sites of Prospect
    1-3  Presbyterian Church and Live Oak Female Seminary will receive
    1-4  Official Texas Historical Markers at a special dedication ceremony
    1-5  on May 27, 1995, in Brenham; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, Prospect Presbyterian Church was organized by the
    1-7  Reverend Hugh Wilson in February, 1839, on land that was part of
    1-8  the Mexican land grant of James F. and Emily Perry; the second
    1-9  Presbyterian Church founded in Texas, the church held worship
   1-10  services in a log schoolhouse where the first Presbytery of Texas
   1-11  was organized in 1840; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, The Reverend James Weston Miller, the congregation's
   1-13  second pastor, founded Live Oak Female Seminary in 1853, and the
   1-14  church building was used for some of the classes; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Under the direction of the Reverend Mr. Miller,
   1-16  a foundation was laid for a new sanctuary prior to the Civil War;
   1-17  although they were never used, the foundation stones still exist;
   1-18  and
   1-19        WHEREAS, A new church building was erected in 1872 near the
   1-20  seminary, where the congregation met until the church was disbanded
   1-21  in 1928 and the members transferred to Brenham Presbyterian Church;
   1-22  the 1872 building was dismantled in 1956; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, Many pioneer members of Prospect Presbyterian Church
    2-1  are interred in Oak Rest Cemetery, including the Miller family and
    2-2  veterans of the Texas Revolution and Civil War; and
    2-3        WHEREAS, Live Oak Female Seminary provided educational
    2-4  opportunities to female boarding students as well as male and
    2-5  female day students until 1888; Rebecca Stuart Red, the minister's
    2-6  sister, was principal of the school until 1875 when she opened
    2-7  Stuart Female Seminary in Austin; and
    2-8        WHEREAS, Live Oak campus included the Miller home, "Oak
    2-9  Lodge," which housed classes on the second floor, dormitories,
   2-10  an auditorium, and a music conservatory; the Miller home was moved
   2-11  and the last of the school buildings razed in the 1970s; and
   2-12        WHEREAS, These historic sites of the church foundation
   2-13  stones, cemetery, and seminary serve as a visual reminder of the
   2-14  area's pioneer heritage; now, therefore, be it
   2-15        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-16  74th Legislature, hereby recognize the Oak Rest Cemetery, the
   2-17  foundation site of Prospect Presbyterian Church, and the Live
   2-18  Oak Female Seminary as they receive the Official Texas Historical
   2-19  Markers signifying their important place in the lives of those
   2-20  who settled this land; and, be it further
   2-21        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be presented
   2-22  as a memento of this notable event and as an expression of the
   2-23  appreciation of the Texas Senate.
   2-24                               ______________________________________
   2-25                                       President of the Senate
    3-1                                    I hereby certify that the above
    3-2                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
    3-3                               on May 17, 1995.
    3-4                               ______________________________________
    3-5                                       Secretary of the Senate
    3-6                               ______________________________________
    3-7                                        Member, Texas Senate