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The Headstone
of the Graves Family
TE Photo 2001 |
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There is a historic
marker at the above intersection across the street from the Graves
Cemetery.
In the spring
the cemetery blooms with the flowers of hundreds of irises.
The highest
reported population at Lilac was 100 people in 1884. It lost its
post office in 1905 and the population fell to 40 by the end of
the 1930s.
Today it is what is known as a "dispersed rural community."
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A
well-built and detailed outhouse
TE Photo 2001 |
Lilac, Texas
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Subject: Lilac,
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The old church ground, old school ground, and the cemetery land was
donated by the Richmon family, not the Graves as proclaimed on the
historical maker at the corner of FM 487 and FM 3061. The Wilson family
has held the title to all of these properties for over 100 years before
giving them to the Graves. - Sincerely, Fred Wilson, January 13,
2008
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