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 Baker Cemetery
N 32° 22.249 W 096° 12.771
14S E 762240 N 3584955
Texas Historical Marker in the Baker Cemetery, east of Tolosa, TX, noting its establishment as a family cemetery in 1848, later developing into a community cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMPF3T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2015
Views: 2
Marker Number: 9419
Marker Text:
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. (1996)
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