Salado Cemetery
N 30° 56.193 W 097° 31.928
14R E 640231 N 3423493
The state historic marker for peaceful Salado Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMW6H0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2017
Views: 6
Salado Cemetery is located southeast of downtown off of Baines Road. The cemetery marker is by the flagpole south of the main entrance gate on the north side of the cemetery.
Marker Number: 4491
Marker Text:
Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson.
Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. Ferguson; A.J. Rose, Grand Master of A.F. & A.M. of Texas and trustee of Texas A. & M. College; J.L. Smith and S.J. Jones, both presidents of Salado College (1859-1885).
Other graves here are for veterans of U.S.-Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. (1969)
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