City Cemetery - Columbus, TX
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N 29° 42.343 W 096° 33.132
14R E 736815 N 3288685
The cemetery was in use long before the City of Columbus purchased it from John and L. H. Toliver in 1870. The original seven acre purchase was augmented by three adjoining acres on October 5, 1893. The cemetery was annexed by the city in Nov. 1939.
Waymark Code: WMVY53
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2017
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Marker Text:
Date of earliest burial is not known: oldest headstone, 1853. Site (7 A.) was deeded to the city in 1870 as an existent graveyard.
Burials here included Benjamin Beason, one of Austin's "Old 300" colonists: W. B. DeWees, also in "Old 300," founder of Columbus; 1830s historian Dilue Rose and husband, Sheriff Ira Harris; Gen. Augustus Jones, War of 1812 and Texas War for Independence veteran; Dr. John G. Logue, known as founder of the first drugstore in Texas, 1845; The Rev. Jacob Scherer, founder, in 1857, of Colorado College; many Confederate soldiers; and victims of 1873 yellow fever epidemic.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Columbus, TX
Approximate number of graves: 850
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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