Friendship Cemetery
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txoilgas
N 33° 38.068 W 096° 39.747
14S E 716811 N 3724078
A rural country cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMAJZK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2011
Views: 9
Marker Number: 7372
Marker Text:
Opened in 1830's with burials of local "Yankee Town" settlers. Closed 1859 by a private owner. Reopened by Madison Walsh and Nolan Stewart, 1861. Enlarged and improved 1892, when adjacent Methodist church was built. The cemetery has been used in three eras: Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the Union. (1967)
Incise on base:
Erected by the Grayson County Historical Survey Committee
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