FIRST Veteran Buried in Cundiff Cemetery - Cundiff, TX
N 33° 18.979 W 097° 59.568
14S E 593752 N 3686807
A Texas Historical Marker at the gate to historic Cundiff Cemetery indicates that Augustus Oliver, a Civil War veteran, was the first military veteran to be buried in this cemetery, back in 1887.
Waymark Code: WMP3TH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2015
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Mr. Oliver has two headstones, one the original (which looks like it may have been placed later than 1887) and the other, at his feet, is a marker for his service to the Confederate States of America. The first has a simple floral pattern, with:
Augustus Oliver
1818 - 1887
The second has a cross at the top, with:
Augustus Oliver
Pvt Co B 37 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1818 1887
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: 01/01/1887
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