OLDEST Marked Grave in Bazette Cemetery - Bazette, TX
N 32° 10.850 W 096° 15.718
14S E 758155 N 3563766
A Texas Historical Marker in front of the Bazette Baptist Church indicates that the grave of Jhonnie Hiett is the oldest marked grave in the adjacent Bazette Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMNCNY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2015
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The cemetery is behind the church at 11009 NE CR 3090, Bazette, TX. The Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
The early farming settlement of Bazette, named for a Baptist preacher, developed before the Civil War. In 1881, postmaster and store owner William Ellison (1840-1906) deeded land at this site for the community's Baptist church. First known as Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, the congregation may have formed as early as the 1860s. In 1890, the deacons purchased adjoining land from J. L. Jennings for the establishment of a cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of Jhonnie Hiett (1881-1891). The church and cemetery serve as reminders of the area's early history.
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Note that the historical marker says "Jhonnie" while her headstone says "Johnie." It is badly weathered, with a lamb at the top, and the inscription appears to say:
Johnie
Dau. of
C.N. & M.E. Hiett
Born
Sept. 1, 1881
Died
Sept. 12, 1891
We loved her.
Gone but not forgotten.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 09/15/1891
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