Hamilton - Beeman Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 32° 02.705 W 096° 28.910
14S E 737770 N 3548206
This is a cemetery east of Corsicana in Navarro County in the small community called Retreat. It is still in use today.
Waymark Code: WMN36J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 7207

Marker Text:
William Harvey Beeman (1817-1860) received a Mercer colony grant of 640 acres in Navarro County and brought his family here in the 1840s. He and pioneer Samuel Hamilton (1820-1900), who owned adjacent property, each gave one acre to establish this cemetery in the 1850s. The first burial was that of Hamilton's infant son in 1859. Both Hamilton and Beeman, a freighter and local justice of the peace, are buried here. Gifts and purchases of additional land have enlarged the cemetery to over 47 acres. (1978)
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