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 Union Grove Cemetery
N 32° 44.897 W 096° 01.425
14S E 778868 N 3627302
Texas Historical Marker noting the establishment of the Union Grove community, and later, this cemetery, which dates to 1880.
Waymark Code: WMQFZ2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2016
Views: 2
Marker Number: 15699
Marker Text:
Settlers William McBee and Adam Sullivan established the Union Grove community in 1844. McBee built and operated the first corn mill in Van Zandt County, and Union Grove grew to include a Baptist church and the McBee School. Charles Rufus Peery donated land for a community burial ground in 1880; the earliest interment is Peery's mother-in-law, Mary Ann Hindman Henson. The cemetery, sited on a hill overlooking the surrounding countryside, has many large oak and cedar trees on its grounds. It is the final resting place for dozens of veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Union Grove Cemetery Association, active since the 1940s, cares for this historic graveyard.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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