Henderson County, Texas

  • Wiley Marion Hopson

    Wiley Marion Hopson was born in July 1832, in Meriwether County, Georgia. He lived through a period of tremendous change in American history, from the antebellum South and the Civil War to the growth of rural communities in East Texas.… Continue reading

    Wiley Marion Hopson
  • The Tragic Killing of Texana Hall

    A Henderson County Murder Case On the night of April 12, 1931, a violent shooting at the Hall family farm near Athens, Texas, left two people dead and set in motion one of the most dramatic murder trials reported in… Continue reading

    The Tragic Killing of Texana Hall