The Van Zandt family donated their plantation as the site for the College of Marshall(now East Texas Baptist University) in 1912. In 1936 a memorial was constructed in Canton, the seat of Van Zandt County. Isaac Van Zandt is the father of Texas politician and businessman K. M. Van Zandt and his sister Ida Van Zandt Jarvis, a generous benefactor and the first female trustee of Texas Christian University (TCU). Isaac was also the third great-grandfather of country music songwriter and performer Townes Van Zandt. External links
Papers, 1774-1953 and undated, of son Khleber Miller Van Zandt in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University

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Category:1847 deaths
Category:Deaths from yellow fever
Category:People from Marshall, Texas
Category:Infectious disease deaths in Texas
Category:People from Franklin County, Tennessee
Category:People from Coffeeville, Mississippi
The Van Zandt family donated their plantation as the site for the College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University) in 1912. In 1936 a memorial was constructed in Canton, the seat of Van Zandt County. Isaac Van Zandt is the father of Texas politician and businessman K. M. Van Zandt and his sister Ida Van Zandt Jarvis, a generous benefactor and the first female trustee of Texas Christian University (TCU) . Isaac was also the third elderly great-grandfather of country music songwriter and performer Townes Van Zandt. External links
 Papers, 1774-1953 and undated, of son Khleber Miller Van Zandt in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University
 References
 Category: 1813 births
 Category: 1847 deaths
 Category: Deaths from yellow fever
 Category: People from Marshall, Texas
 Category: Infectious disease deaths in Texas
 Category: People from Franklin County, Tennessee
 Category: People from Coffeeville, Mississippi.