Joseph Wallis Sr. Family -- Atkinson Cemetery, Chappell Hill TX
N 30° 07.753 W 096° 16.850
14R E 761965 N 3336225
Five members of the Joseph Wallis, Sr. family are buried under zinc tombstones and an undulating concrete slab, meant to signify the "scraped earth" burial tradition
Waymark Code: WMVHPM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2017
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This set of a tall zinc pedestal and 5 short zinc individual markers on an undulating concrete slab is one of the most interesting graves we have seen in this cemetery, or any cemetery for that matter.
The graves are of the family of Joseph Wallis Sr., as follows:
Father Joseph Wallis Sr. (1801-1865)
His wife Elizabeth (1795-1866)
Their daughter Mary Elizabeth (1832-1870)
His brother James Willis Sr. (1799-1865)
An unknown relative (son? grandson?) Hood Wallis
An unknown relative (granddaughter?) Mary Hunter Wallis
Date of birth (optional): 03/09/1801
Date of death (optional): 03/15/1865
Headstone text (optional):
[E side]
Joseph Wallis Sr.
Born in Mecklenberg Co NC
March 9, AD 1801
Died
March 15, AD 1865
[N Side]
Elizabeth Wallis
Wife of Joseph Wallis Sr.
Born Aug 11, AD 1795
Died Dec 31, AD 1866
[W Side]
James Wallis Sr.
Brother of
Joseph Wallis Sr.
Born AD 1799
Died Dec 28 AD 1865
Mary Elizabeth Wallis
Daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Wallis
Born June 10, AD 1832
Died Aug 3, AD 1870
[S side]
Mary Hunter Wallis
Daughter of J. E. & S. C. Wallis
Born Apr 21 AD 1866
Died July 23, AD 1867
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