History: First White Couple Told - Coke County, TX Contributed by Jo Collier 23 May 2007 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm *********************************************************************** The Observer/Enterprise, Robert Lee, Coke County, TX - July 21, 1989 First White Couple Told So far as we can learn, the first white couple married in what is now Coke county were the father and mother of Mrs. H. Sackett, living at Camp Colorado, Coleman County, since 1879. Her home is the Sackett ranch house, built of stones from the old outpost there. Her father was then a soldier at the fort. Her mother lived in the Camp Colorado community as a girl. The couple were married at old Ft. Chadbourne, and later left Texas to go to Washington. Mrs. Sackett, then a little girl, saw Abraham Lincoln review a parade but a day or two before he was assassinated. Her husband, the late Henry Sackett, was a member of the legis- lature from Coleman County and active in the life of the county many years. Permission granted by The Observer/Enterprise for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.