FIRST Documented Burial in Hawthorne Cemetery - Noonday, TX
N 32° 14.264 W 095° 27.587
15S E 268230 N 3569442
A 2004 Historic Texas Cemetery Medallion and Plate note that the first burial in Hawthorne Cemetery was that of J.W. Adams, a young boy who died in 1882. The cemetery is just off of FM 2661, west of Noonday, TX.
Waymark Code: WMXM7K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2018
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The marker provides some background:
Mississippi natives William and Emily Hawthorne moved to this area with their family in 1867. In the 1870 census, they were recorded as having ten children. This cemetery takes its name from the Hawthornes, although their name does not appear on any of the gravestones. Several, however, are only marked with initials.
The first documented burial at the site is that of J.W. Adams (1879-1882), son of T.T. and M.J. Adams. Others from the area were interred here, with family names including Cone, Gandy, Glaze, Lewis, Jones, McCoy, Oldham, Templeton, Thedford, Turman and Williams.
William Turman bought the property surrounding the burial ground in 1914, and the Turman family cared for the cemetery for many years, holding an annual cleaning and dinner; that was discontinued in 1957 as the Turman family began holding annual reunions. The family deeded the site in 1982 to the Noonday Cemetery Association, which continues to maintain the grounds and oversee the cemetery's operations. Known also as Turman Cemetery, the burial ground is a link to the area's pioneers and their families.
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This boy's headstone is battered, weathered, and broken, but for the most part, is still legible. It leans against a tree with another headstone, belonging to a brother, Samuel Adams, who died in 1890. Presumably, their graves are in the vicinity, and J.W.'s headstone has a lamb at the top, with this inscription:
J.W. Adams
Son of T.T. M.J.
Adams
Born
Dec. 2[5?], 1879
Died
Aug. 24, 1882
Aged 2 Yrs, 8 m.
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FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 08/27/1882
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