EARLIEST Marked Grave in Crowley Cemetery - Crowley, TX
N 32° 34.814 W 097° 21.451
14S E 654165 N 3605942
A 1980 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Crowley Cemetery notes that the earliest marked grave here belongs to a young boy, Thomas D. Stephenson, who was buried here in 1857.
Waymark Code: WMZNKD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2018
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Thomas is buried with two of his siblings, near their father, and they share a common white marble headstone that is in excellent condition, with an epitaph on the plinth on one side. It reads:
Thomas D.
Son of
I.N. & Lucy
Stephenson
Born
July 24, 1848,
Died
Feb. 20, 1857.
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Infant
Son of
I.N. & Lucy
Stephenson
Born
Dec. 20, 1860,
Died
Dec. 23, 1860.
All things that we love and cherish,
Like ourselves, must fade and perish.
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Infant
Dau. of
I.M. & Lucy
Stephenson
Born
May 1, 1864,
Died
Aug. 15, 1864.
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The historical marker provides some background:
This burial ground originally served the early settlers of the Deer Creek area who began moving here about 1848. The earliest marked grave is that of Thomas D. Stephenson (1848-57), the eight-year-old son of I.N. Stephenson (d. 1883) who came to Tarrant County in the 1850s. The property was deeded for use as a public burial site in 1879 by Sarah J. "Sallie" Dunn. Originally known as Deer Creek Cemetery, the name was changed about 1880, shortly after the settlement of Crowley was organized along the route of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 02/20/1857
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