OLDEST Burial in Cundiff Cemetery - Cundiff, TX
N 33° 18.971 W 097° 59.570
14S E 593750 N 3686792
A Texas Historical Marker at the gate to historic Cundiff Cemetery indicates that the grave of four-year-old Otto Guynn is the oldest in the cemetery, from 1886.
Waymark Code: WMP3TG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2015
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Otto's headstone is similar to many of those for children of the period. Its inscription is:
Otto
Son of J.B. & M.A.
Guynn
Born
Feb. 28, 1882
Died
Jan. 1, 1886
Budded on earth to
bloom in heaven
The historical marker provides some background:
When Walker Moore subdivided his landholdings to form the town of Cundiff in 1892 he formally set aside this site for a cemetery. Several burials were already here at that time. The grave of Otto Guynn, a four-year-old boy who died in 1886, is the oldest. Augustus Oliver (1818-1887), a private in the Confederate Army, was the first veteran laid to rest here; he is joined by others from the Civil War, World War I, World War II (including several prisoners of war from the "Lost Battalion"), Korea and Vietnam. Maintained by an association, the cemetery is a record of the generations of families of Cundiff and early Jack County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/04/1886
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