EARLIEST Marked Grave in Mitchell Bend Cemetery - Hood County, TX
N 32° 19.072 W 097° 41.660
14S E 622903 N 3576418
A 1989 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Mitchell Bend Cemetery indicates that the earliest marked grave here is that of James Earnest, who was buried here in 1872.
Waymark Code: WMYA0M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2018
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This boy's headstone has his name, "Little.James." in bold relief at the top, with cut corners, and this inscription:
Son of
Mary. E. &.
L.B. Earnest
Born
Nov. 10th 1871.
Died
Nov. 12, 1872
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Note how the date of death is superimposed on "Died". The historical marker provides some background of this very interesting cemetery:
The Mitchell Bend of the Brazos River and this area of Hood County are named for an early settler, Nelson Cooney Mitchell. He was convicted of a murder arising out of a feud with the Truett family in 1874 and was hanged one year later. Mitchell is buried in this cemetery, as are many other pioneer settlers and their descendants. The earliest marked grave is that of one year old James Earnest, who died in November 1872. According to local tradition, however, some of the unmarked graves may date to before the Civil War.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/12/1872
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