ONLY Civil War Veteran Buried in Mulberry Cemetery - Mulberry, TX
N 33° 43.750 W 096° 16.517
14S E 752454 N 3735462
A 2016 Texas Historical Marker at the gate to Mulberry Cemetery notes that, among the veterans buried here, only B.F. Mosley was a veteran of the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMXQ7K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2018
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There is no indication as to whether he wore blue or gray, but there are a few hits on the Internet for a B.F. Mosley who fought for the 48th Alabama Infantry.
His headstone is weathered, and very simple, with floral detail at the top, along with "At Rest". The inscription is:
B.F. Mosley
Nov. 3, 1842
Mar. 25, 1926
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The historical marker provides some background:
Located approximately two miles south of the Red River, Mulberry was established in the early 1880s as a small farming community. One of the first settlers in Mulberry was Civil War Captain Thomas Lightfoot and his family from Alabama, who bought several thousand acres of land along the Red River. In 1883, Thomas Lightfoot donated land to the Mulberry Community to be used for a cemetery and a one-room school. Eventually, Mulberry School closed and half of its property was sold by D.B. Deupree in 1951 to the cemetery. Joe C. Denton paid paid for the land as a gift to the community.
The oldest part of the cemetery is located on the north end overlooking Mulberry Bottom. The first recorded burial on the property was that of two-year-old Allis May, in 1876. Other family burials date as far back as 1881. In the northwest corner of the original burial ground is the Mexican section shaded with trees. The first Mexican family to come to Mulberry was Ferman and Rossaria Portillo and their three children in 1902. Over the years the community experienced multiple natural disasters which took several lives. Some of these events include: The 1905 flooding of Mulberry Bottom, 1919 Mulberry Cyclone and the 1959 tornado which destroyed many of the tombstones and cemetery fence.
There are several war veterans buried in the cemetery including the only known Civil War veteran, B.F. Moseley. All veterans are honored by the main gate entrance flag pole, which is set in a concrete stand embedded with the Veterans of Foreign Wars emblem. A cross and monument stand on the midpoint between the original burial ground and the site of the old Mulberry School in memory of those lost and unmarked graves.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Texas Historical Marker
Location of coordinates: Grave site
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