Democrat
Cemetery Historical MarkerMarker
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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