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 Oak Branch Cemetery
N 32° 20.430 W 096° 58.502
14S E 690575 N 3579981
Texas Historical Marker noting that this cemetery is all that remains of the community of Oak, also known as Oak Branch, between Maypearl and Waxahachie, TX.
Waymark Code: WMMBPY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2014
Views: 2
Marker Number: 7134
Marker Text:
In 1875 area pioneer William M. Claunch (1815-1888) donated twenty acres of his ranch land for a Methodist church, church campground, and cemetery. The oldest grave in the burial ground is that of Susaner Bynum, the one-year-old daughter of M.C. and L.E. Bynum, who died in 1881. Many of the gravestones date from the 1880s and bear the family names of Bynum, Hollingsworth, Williams, Gilbreth, Martin, Claunch, and Blakely -- all early settlers in the once-thriving community of Oak (1 mi. N). Since 1927 the historic graveyard has been maintained by the Oak Branch Cemetery Association. (1984)
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