FIRST Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery - Roddy, TX
N 32° 26.002 W 096° 02.440
14S E 778255 N 3592328
A 1983 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Elm Grove Cemetery, northeast of Mabank, TX, notes that the first burial in the cemetery took place in 1883, that of a grandchild of the cemetery's benefactor, Anthony Hyde.
Waymark Code: WMVK0T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2017
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The historical marker provides some background:
Early Elm Grove community leader Anthony Hyde originally donated this property as land for a local school and church in 1881. It was first used as a cemetery in 1883 for the burial of his grandchild. In 1886 Hyde gave an additional five and one-half acres to the cemetery. A cemetery committee formed in 1895 named M. Johnson the first caretaker. In 1900 Elm Grove United Church moved to adjacent land. This cemetery is the burial ground of pioneer settlers and prominent members of the Elm Grove and Roddy communities.
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Cecil Hyde was that grandchild, and he shares a marble headstone with an unnamed sister who died the day she was born. The inscription is:
Cecil H.
Son of
B.P. & M.R.
Hyde
Born
Nov. 11, 1882
Died
July 24, 1883
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Asleep in Jesus
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The first one
burried in
Elm Grove
Cemetary
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On the opposite side is his sister's inscription, missing a birth/death year:
Infant
Dau. of
B.P. & M.R.
Hyde
Born & Died
July 7,
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 07/27/1883
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