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Stone's Chapel Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
See Stone’s Chapel Cemetery Historical Marker
Photographer's
Note:
“The road is paved as far as the Stones Chapel Cemetery. The road
continues on as a gravel road west into Bagwell
as County Road 2110. At the cemetery there is another road CR 2123 that goes
south to US 82.
Cherry is in a remote setting with only the Stone’s Chapel
Cemetery to mark what had been Cherry. There are only scattered farm buildings
in the area.” - Gerald
Massey |
Stone's Chapel Cemetery Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
Historical
Marker - FM 2283, 6 miles NW of ClarksvilleStone’s
Chapel Cemetery
The first known burial at Stone's Chapel Cemetery is that of Parson Amos M. Stone
(1813-1862). A New York native, Stone was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister in
Tennessee who moved to Texas in 1857 with his wife,
Margaret Rodgers, their five children and his four children from his first marriage
to Jane McConnell. In Texas, Stone became the minister
of churches in the Clarksville
area, preaching for a time in San Antonio
before returning in 1861 to this area, where he also served in a Confederate home
guard unit. At least three of his sons also served the Confederacy.
After
coming to Texas, Stone led area residents in establishing
Stone's Chapel Presbyterian Church on grounds near this cemetery, for which he
donated land sometime prior to his death in 1862. The church continued until merging
with Pine Grove Church in the 1950s. The Cherry School, named for early settler
G.P. Cherry, was also located near the cemetery. There, Stone's granddaughter,
Mable Gaines, served as a teacher.
Little evidence exists of the Cherry
Community or the Stone's Chapel Church, but the cemetery remains a testament to
the lives of area settlers.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002 |
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1907 Red River County Postal map showing Cherry NW of Clarksville
(Above
"D and R" in "RED RIVER".)
Courtesy Texas General
Land Office |
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