From “Hood County 2000: Men Who Made Hood County”Hood County News – January 1, 2000
Patrick Henry Thrash, Granbury’s first mayor, acquired the plot of land where the Thrash-Landers-Hiner house is located for $50 in coin in 1875. He purchased the land from Thomas Lambert.
Thrash was one of the leading merchants in Granbury for a number of years. Thrash held the office of County Treasurer for many years. He added a large addition to the town of Granbury, known as the Thrash addition. He later sold the bulk of this addition and went into the ranching business in Paluxy.
| Patrick Henry Thrash, a Civil War veteran of the Confederacy, was born April 15, 1832 and died April 24, 1921. He was buried in the Granbury Cemetery in Hood County, Texas. |
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