Bath Cemetery, Bath, Walker County, TX
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jhuoni
N 30° 35.945 W 095° 37.507
15R E 248304 N 3388107
The map says this is Union Hill Cemetery, the Texas Historical Marker here says Bath Cemetery. Regardless of what you call it, this cemetery is the history of Bath, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMYAE5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2018
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Established in the 1870s, this Historic Texas Cemetery boasts both a Medallion and Marker.
The marker reads:
Bath Cemetery, near Union Hill Church, was established in the 1870s. The earliest recorded burial is that of William Arnold (d. 1877). The burial ground has served the Bath community, locally called Possum Walk since that time, and area residents and descendants of settlers continue to maintain the property. Bath Cemetery is shaded by trees planted more than 100 years ago, and the community's history can be found in the cemetery's markers inscribed with the names of teachers, veterans, ministers, postmasters, and other early Bath residents.
The Possum Walk, or Bath, Community of Walker County
by Ola Osburn Stanfill
Excerpt from
HUNTSVILLE AND WALKER COUNTY, TEXAS, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
One of the interesting communities of Walker County is that of Possum Walk, which later came to be called Bath, located about eight miles west of Interstate 45 on the Possum Walk Road, Farm Road 1374. This area is the home of the Union Hill Baptist Church and the Bath Cemetery.
The region was settled in the early years of Walker County’s history. It is located between the East Sandy and the West Sandy Creeks and near Robinson Creek and Jordan Creek, which is headed by Elkins Lake. The San Jacinto River is also nearby.
Numerous trails run through the still heavily wooded landscape, and these traditionally have been called by different names assigned by the people who used them for travel.
Just how the community came to be known as Possum Walk is not known, but some residents of the area believe that the well-known missionary preacher, Rev. Robert E. Day, had a part in choosing the name since he never failed to mention in his sermons that he was from Possum Walk. He often told of a service he held in the Union Hill Church during a warm season of the year, when front and back doors of the church stood open. During his sermon, an opossum entered the front door of the building, ambled slowly down the center aisle, and exited through the rear door without a break in pace
From "HISTORY". A .pdf document on http://www.bathcemetery.org