EARLIEST Marked Grave in Starr Cemetery - Canton, TX
N 32° 35.227 W 095° 47.688
15S E 237668 N 3608963
A 1991 Texas Historical Marker notes that the earliest marked grave in Starr Cemetery belongs to an infant -- Tony Monroe -- who died in 1889.
Waymark Code: WMY749
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2018
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Little Tony Monroe lived about eight days. His grave is marked with a small, marble headstone that has "Tony" at the top, and this inscription:
Son of
B.A. & Ora V.
Monroe
Born
Feb. 10, 1889
Died
Fe. 18, 1889
~~~~~~~~~~
So mote it be.
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The historical marker provides some background:
James F. Starr, acting as attorney for Sarah F. Clapp, executed a deed donating two acres of land at this site for a community school on September 14, 1886. Burials occurred here as early as 1889, and in 1911 a cemetery was officially established when A.C. White and his wife sold two adjoining acres. The earliest marked grave is that of B.A. and Ora Monroe's infant son, who died February 18, 1889. Veterans interred here include Civil War soldier Joseph Staley. The cemetery and the school served residents of the Starr, Todd Hill, and Wentworth communities.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 02/18/1889
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