Florence Nightingale was born into an upper class British family in 1820 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was named after the town where she was born. The family moved back to London when Florence was a young girl. She was a Unitarian. Although her parents expected her to become a wife and a mother, in 1845 she decided to become a nurse.
San Leon, Texas. San Leon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,970 at the 2010 census.
Cass County Courthouse - Linden, Texas. Cass County Courthouse History. Known as the oldest continually used county courthouse in Texas, the 1861 Cass County courthouse in Linden has seen its share of changes through the years. The town of Jefferson was the first county seat of Cass County, but that changed after Linden was established in 1852.