EARLIEST Marked Grave in Bridges Chapel Cemetery - Titus County, TX
N 33° 15.816 W 095° 02.768
15S E 309412 N 3682377
A 2000 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Bridges Chapel Cemetery notes that the earliest marked grave in the cemetery belongs to Mary Bridges Williams, who died in childbirth in 1868.
Waymark Code: WMYX77
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2018
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Mrs. Williams is buried in the Williams family plot, a row over from where her parents are buried, but her husband is not with her: He's buried in Mount Pleasant with his second wife. The plot is anchored by a tall gray, granite headstone shared by her in-laws, Christopher and Rebecca Williams, while the rest of the family members have smaller, complementary stones. Mrs. Williams's reads "Mrs Mary Williams" and "1843-1868".
The historical marker provides some background:
Relious and Candice Grissom Bridges settled in this area between 1857 and 1860 along with Candice's brother Thomas Grissom. In 1867 the family gave land for a Methodist church and cemetery at this site. The first burial is believed to have been that of a laborer for Thomas Grissom. The earliest marked grave is that of Mary Bridges Williams, who died giving birth to her third child, a son who died with her in 1868. Both Relious and Candice Bridges died on October 11 of that year. Six more of their children are interred here. A 1904 tornado scattered the fragile wooden markers in the Bridges Cemetery, but order was restored. Perpetual care was established here in the 1960s, and the Bridges Chapel Cemetery continues as a chronicle of the early pioneers of Titus County and the surrounding areas.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1868
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