FIRST Burial in Payne Cemetery - Henderson County, TX
N 32° 15.211 W 095° 59.278
15S E 218495 N 3572456
A 2012 Texas Historical Marker at the gate to Payne Cemetery, south of Eustace on FM 2329 in rural Henderson County, notes that the first burial in the cemetery was that of Benjamin R. Cook, in 1874.
Waymark Code: WMZB0Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2018
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Young Benjamin R. Cook's final resting place is with several of his siblings and his parents. It is marked by a small headstone with what appears to be a sheaf of wheat at the top, and it reads:
B.R.
Son of
F.M. & S.C.
Cook
July 24, 1869
Dec. 9, 1874
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Gone but not
forgotten.
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The historical marker reads:
Surrounded by a forest of trees, Payne Cemetery is the final resting place for many of the area’s pioneer settlers and their descendants. In the 1870s, early pioneers moved to this area of Henderson County hoping to improve their lives. One early pioneer to the area, William K. Payne (1821-1877), served as a delegate from Henderson County to the Texas Secession Convention, signed the Texas ordinance of secession from the Union in 1861 and is the namesake of the town of Payne Springs. He served during the Civil War and was later elected justice of the peace in Henderson County. He and his wife, Martha (Woodward) Payne (1835-1876), are buried here. The first burial is that of Benjamin R. Cook (1869-1874), the young child of Francis Marion Cook (1832-1910) and his wife, Susan (Starr) Cook (1838-1925). One of the couple’s children, George J. Cook (1867-1938), built one of the first brick buildings in Eustace in 1907 and was the vice president of the Eustace Bank for twenty-eight years. He and his wife, Lillie (Melton) Cook (1886-1954), are buried here.
Among the hundreds of burials at Payne Cemetery, a large number are attributed to the Ballard, Dixon, Hughes, Jones and Keeton families. Veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War are also buried here. This cemetery features a variety of headstones including granite, marble, sandstone, wood, fieldstone and concrete. Situated among oaks, pines and crepe myrtles, this historic cemetery is a reminder of the area’s nineteenth century settlers who developed this portion of Henderson County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 12/09/1874
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