Gillum Cemetery
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This pole-mounted subject marker stands just inside the cemetery wall, on Farm-to-Market road 2657.
Waymark Code: WMJGQW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2013
Views: 4
Marker erected by Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Address: 7700 FM 2657
City: Oakalla
County: Burnet
Year Marker Erected: 2013
Designations: Historic Texas Cemetery
Marker Location: 7700 FM 2657, Oakalla, TX
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 17318
Marker Text:
Abslom Barton Gillum (1836-1923) and his wife, Hannah Emmaline, arrived in Texas from Alabama in 1872. In 1880, Gillum bought land at the present site of the cemetery. A.B. Gillum served in the Civil War, was Postmaster of Oakalla, was recognized as a Master Mason and owned a cotton gin. The first person buried in the cemetery is four-year-old William "Willie" Peter Gillum (1878-1882), the son of A.B. and Hannah. Other burials include Woodmen of the World and veterans from the Civil War to the present. An additional 2.5 acres was added to the cemetery in 1990. The Gillum Cemetery Association maintains this historic cemetery, a reminder of the area's pioneer ancestors.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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