FIRST Burial in Baker Cemetery - Tolosa, TX
N 32° 22.278 W 096° 12.788
14S E 762212 N 3585009
A Texas Historical Marker in Baker Cemetery indicates that the cemetery began with the burial of William Baker in 1848.
Waymark Code: WMPF3Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2015
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William Baker's headstone is a modern, small, gray granite marker, and there is no indication as to whether this is a replacement for a fieldstone or an earlier headstone. Many of his family members have similar markers as well. The Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
John Baker, his wife Eliza, and their family migrated to Texas from Illinois in 1835, settling on land granted to him. Baker Cemetery began as a family burial site with the death of their infant son William in 1848. Gradually this site became a three-acre community burial ground, serving other pioneer families and their descendants. Among the more than 800 graves contained here are those of veterans of the Republic of Texas Army, the Civil War, World War II, and the Korean War. The cemetery is maintained by an association established in 1984 and continues to serve the area.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/23/1848
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