OLDEST Marked Grave - Shady Grove Cemetery - Grand Prairie, TX
N 32° 48.169 W 097° 01.198
14S E 685392 N 3631162
A Texas Historical Marker inside Shady Grove Cemetery indicates that the oldest marked grave in the cemetery dates to 1878. The headstone of Rhoda Stone is the only headstone with a death year of 1878, making hers the oldest marked grave.
Waymark Code: WMRW2P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2016
Views: 2
Given its age, the headstone is in very good shape, missing the final line of its epitaph and a few letters above it. A dove is at the top of this small headstone, with this inscription:
Rhoda
Dau. of
W.E. & M.A.
Stone
Born
Aug. 2, 1878
Died
Nov. 30, 1878
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The fairest bud that
flowery nature knows
Oft ne'er unfolds, but
[withers ere it blows]
--
The 1978 historical marker provides the background:
In 1877 Louis H. Caster (1826-1908) deeded one acre for a community graveyard, church, and schoolhouse. His son-in-law Lewis Dowd gave further acreage in 1888. Once a center of social life for the pioneer families of Shady Grove, the church and school have been relocated. The cemetery remains in use. Oldest of the 450 marked graves is dated 1878. Veterans of the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War rest here. A cemetery association, formed in 1962, maintains the site. Additional land was given in 1971 by the W.Q. Seale family and by Gifford Hill & Co., Inc.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/30/1878
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