Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. According to Thomas R. Phil
George Baylor
…in 1783, he journeyed to Barbados to regain his health. However, he continued to weaken and died there in 1784. One of his nephews was US Congressman Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor. Another of his nephews was the Alabama politician and judge Walker Keith Baylor, the younger brother of Robert…
Portrait by Henry Arthur McArdle
A historical marker commemorating Baylor at Baylor University's original campus in Independence, Texas.