FIRST Recorded Burial in Truce Cemetery - Truce, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 33° 24.722 W 098° 01.774
14S E 590231 N 3697387
The Texas Historical Marker at the gate to historic Truce Cemetery indicates that Bertha Lee Finch was the first recorded burial here, in 1906.
Waymark Code: WMP3WE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 1

Bertha Lee's headstone has the following inscription:

Bertha Lee
Dau. of
B.C. & S.B. Finch

Born
May 3, 1906,
Died
May 28, 1906

Thou art gone little darling,
Sweet child of our love,
From earth's fairy strand,
To bright mansions above.

--

The historical marker provides the background:

This cemetery chronicles the heritage of the Truce community that served as a center for area farmers beginning in the 1880s. The land was deeded to the trustees of the Friendship Church and Cemetery Association in July 1906 by Marshall A. (1873-1932) and Lizzie S. (1868-1936) Board. The first recorded burial, that of infant Bertha Lee Finch, had already taken place in May of that year. The Methodist Episcopal Church acquired the site in 1908; the sanctuary they built here is now gone. In 1955, the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church conveyed this burial ground to the Truce Cemetery Association to oversee its affairs.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group

Date of FIRST: 06/01/1906

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