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Stone's
Chapel Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
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 |
Historical Marker
- FM 2283, 6 miles NW of Clarksville
Stone’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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Stone's
Chapel Cemetery Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
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