FIRST - Marked Grave in Lipscomb Cemetery - Lipscomb County, TX
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YoSam.
N 36° 13.826 W 100° 15.212
14S E 387348 N 4010235
First marked grave is another infant who didn't make it.
Waymark Code: WMTGER
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2016
Views: 3
County of first: Lipscomb County
Location of Marker: Spur 188, 1 mile E. of Lipscomb
Marker Erected by: Texas Historic Commission ~ Historical Texas Cemetery
Date Marker Erected: 2005
Marker Text:
LIPSCOMB CEMETERY
The Texas Legislature created Lipscomb County in 1876, naming it for early Texas statesman Abner Lipscomb. Approximately ten years later, J.W. Arthur settled in this vicinity and built a wood and sod structure that he used as a general store and post office, which he named Lipscomb. The community that grew around the Lipscomb Post Office soon developed into the county's seat of government.
By 1887, when infant Fred Mehlhop was buried here, the community had formally established Lipscomb Cemetery. His is the first marked grave. Although unmarked graves exist that may predate his burial. Among those interred here are the first Lipscomb County Judge, Tom Connell, as well as other county officials, schoolteachers, ranchers, farmers and military veterans.
An early windmill and storage tank provided water to the site. Over the years, the community met annually for cleanings and decoration days. But today Lipscomb County maintains the burial ground, which is a tie to the area's early settlers and their efforts to develop the Northeastern Texas Panhandle beginning in the late 19th century.
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