Masonic Cemetery - Eagle Lake, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 35.647 W 096° 19.942
14R E 758376 N 3276783
Located next to the United Methodist (but not affiliated) the Masonic Cemetery is the burial place of many early Eagle Lake residents.
Waymark Code: WMWJ7Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2017
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The Texas Historical Marker states:
In 1880, the Eagle Lake Masonic Lodge No. 366, established in 1872, purchased this burial ground. Also known as Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery, the earliest known burial here occurred in 1867. Others buried here include Eagle Lake Mayor and U.S. Representative Joseph Jefferson Mansfield; Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Patricia Braun O'Bannon; and the namesake of Oldham County, Williamson Simpson Oldham (d. 1868), who is among those reinterred. Cemetery features include curbing, monuments, masonic gravestones, grave slabs and obelisks. A Ladies Cemetery Association cared for the burial ground early in its history; today, the Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery LLC maintains this historic cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX, USA
Approximate number of graves: 783
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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