EARLIEST Headstone Death Date - Woodland Cemetery - Hopkins County, TX
N 33° 04.613 W 095° 25.281
15S E 273977 N 3662417
A 2005 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Woodland Cemetery notes that the earliest death date on a tombstone is from 1858, belonging to Mary Askew, daughter of local pioneers.
Waymark Code: WMTMR9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2016
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Woodland Cemetery is near Como and Pickton on Hopkins County Road 2633, a bit west of the old Bethel community. This Historic Texas Cemetery is easy to find, and the historical marker reads:
The Woodland Community (Wood Lawn or Woodland Village) began in this area in the mid-1800s. The pioneer families of the community included those of brothers Richard L. and John C. Askew. In 1858, on land owned by Richard, John and his wife Mary buried their young daughter at what became the Woodland Cemetery. Her tombstone bears the earliest death date, although tradition holds that another gravesite, that of a child whose family was passing through the area, predates it. Adjacent to the cemetery, the community built a structure used for school and for Primitive Baptist Church services. A post office operated in the vicinity from 1855 to 1866.
As more families came to the area, the development shifted east. On land owned by John Askew and centered on Askew Spring, later named Bethel Spring, the community became known as Bethel. Area residents continued to use this burial ground of more than 200 marked graves. Local tradition and records indicate that unmarked graves include those of slaves. Among those buried here are veterans of the Civil War and World War II. An association maintains the burial ground, a tangible tie to area history.
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There is a row of Askew family members near the back of the cemetery, mostly children -- Isabella and Richard Askew, who is referenced on the historical marker, are there -- and while their headstones are contemporary, those of their daughter, Martha, and her cousin, Mary, are of modern, gray granite. Only their birth and death years are listed, with a couple of flourishes, and Mary's reads:
Mary
Askew
1856-1858
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1858
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