Walter Eugene Hoyler - Buchanan Cemetery - Cleburne, TX
N 32° 24.474 W 097° 27.064
14S E 645661 N 3586705
Woodmen of the World headstone for Walter Eugene Hoyler, in Buchanan Cemetery, just beyond the outskirts of Cleburne, TX.
Waymark Code: WMKPY8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2014
Views: 3
Buchanan was the second county seat of Johnson County. When Hood County was created to the west from some of Johnson County's land, the center of the county shifted, requiring a move to Camp Henderson, later Cleburne. Today, only this cemetery survives as a reminder of Buchanan's existence. A Texas Historical Marker stands nearby along TX 171, with some background:
Johnson County's second seat of government. (Wardville, just west of Nolan River, at U.S. 67, was first). Buchanan, named for President-elect of the United States, was founded in December 1856 on 60-acre townsite donated by John P. Bailey. A jail (first for the county) and office for the district clerk were built 1858. But lack of a reliable water supply hindered town's growth.
Later resurvey of county lines showed necessity for a new site. In 1867, Camp Henderson (renamed Cleburne, July 4, 1867) was chosen. Cemetery is only remaining trace of old Buchanan townsite.
The inscription says:
Walter Eugene Hoyler
Oct. 19, 1866
July 3, 1916
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
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The Buchanan Cemetery has suffered from vandalism, and there is a row of broken stones and bases off to one side of the cemetery, separated from their graves. Among them is a fragment of a Woodmen headstone, with only "Alphons" to identify it.
Was the inscription legible?: Yes
Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery
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