EARLIEST Birth Date on a Grave Marker - Flower Mound Cemetery - Flower Mound, TX
N 33° 00.784 W 097° 03.200
14S E 681837 N 3654418
The Texas Historical Marker at the front of Flower Mound Cemetery notes that the earliest birth date on a grave marker is that of Anderson Spinks, who was born in 1808.
Waymark Code: WMRMFZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2016
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Mr. Spinks has a modern, gray, granite headstone with a simple inscription:
Anderson Spinks
1808 -- 1895
If Spinks Road in Flower Mound isn't named for him specifically, it is certainly named for his family or one of its members, as the Spinks family were early area pioneers.
The historical marker provides some background:
Matthew and Isabella Doyle (Douglass) Donald arrived in Denton County, Texas in 1854. That year, Matthew, a successful farmer, set aside 10 acres for a cemetery, campground and the Flower Mound Presbyterian Church. He served as the first pastor of the church, to which he formally deeded the land in 1879.
The cemetery was used soon after it was established. The first burial was reportedly that of a girl who died at a church camp meeting. The earliest marked burial is that of Ola Hall (d. 1873). The earliest birth date on a marker is that of Anderson Spinks (b. 1808). Early Flower Mound families initially had plots. The Donald plot includes burials of the cemetery's founder and his brother, Robert Henderson Donald, who served as church deacon and state legislator. Other families include the Simmons, Bakers and Crawfords. In 1950, the Dyer Family Cemetery was relocated to Flower Mound, due to the building of Lake Grapevine.
The Flower Mound Cemetery Association, along with the church, holds an annual decoration day and worship service. The burial ground remains a link to the generations of residents who contributed to Flower Mound's rich history.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1808
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