Democrat
Cemetery Historical Marker
Marker Title:
Democrat Cemetery
City: Goldthwaite vicinity
County: Mills
Year Marker Erected: 2000
Marker Location: 14 miles north of Goldthwaite
on SH 16, then 10 miles west on FM 218
Marker Text: Although settlement of this area dates to 1878,
this graveyard was not established until the turn of the 20th century.
The earliest documented grave is that of one-year-old Lee Ella Deen,
daughter of W. F. and M. L. Deen, who died in November 1904. In February
1905, J. L. Chancellor deeded the surrounding three acres of land
to the citizens of the Democrat and Rock Springs communities for use
as a public burial ground. Among the early graves in the cemetery
are those of a number of infants and children, victims of the influenza
epidemic that raged worldwide in the early 20th century, and veterans
of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. A reflection of area
history, the cemetery remained in use at the turn of the 21st century.
(2000)
Mills
County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture - 915-648-3619
Thanks to Gary E. McKee for sharing Democrat Cemetery Historical
Marker with our readers.
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