Morris Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 24.000 W 095° 53.677
15S E 227731 N 3588461
Texas Historical Marker noting the establishment and service to the China Grove and Denman communities of the Morris Cemetery, on a spur off of FM 1256, slightly southwest of Canton, TX.
Waymark Code: WMP8R9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 11430

Marker Text:
The oldest documented burial in this cemetery is that of Sarah Morris (1807-1866). Sarah had come to Texas from Kentucky in 1857 with her husband Thomas Banister Morris and family. The land on which the cemetery is located was part of a farmstead which was purchased in 1886 by Elijah Newton Morris, son of Sarah and Thomas. It eventually became a community cemetery for the people of the China Grove/Denman area. Gravestones here document burials of Civil War and World War I Veterans, as well as victims of early epidemics. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
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