FIRST - Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery - Coldspring, TX
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jhuoni
N 30° 35.848 W 095° 07.533
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Francis California Snow, daughter of Dr. Thomas Snow is recorded as the first burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Coldspring, TX.
Waymark Code: WMYKWQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2018
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The Texas Historical Marker "Laurel Hill Cemetery" tells
(with error):
(Site given 1848) Named for Laurel trees that grew around baptismal pool of Laurel Hill Baptist Church. Site was given by Gen. James B Davis (1790-1859), Adjutant-General of Republic of Texas Army in 1842. Cemetery was open for use in 1840s. Oldest gravestone is that a Francis California Snow, who died in 1854 at the age two. Her father, physician Thomas Snow, was buried here in 1858; site donor, Gen. Davis, the next year.
When present fencing was done, G.R. McKellar donated a small strip of land on north side and heirs of doctor D. McCardell gave a nine-foot strip on the south.
The headstone shows her age as almost 6 years old ( 5y, 10m, 4d) while the historical marker states her age as 2 years old.
Francis California
Snow,
Was Born In Loundes Co. Ala
September 14, 1846
Departed This Life in Polk Co.
Texas, July 18, 1854;
Aged 5 Years, 10 Mo.
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