Crown Hill Cemetery Veterans Memorial - Pasadena, TX - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Texas Historical Marker here tells:

Crown Hill Cemetery

Permanent settlement of this area began about 1891. Lot sales in the new town of Pasadena began in 1893, and the town was officially platted three years later. The first recorded burials in this vicinity occurred about 1894, although the exact locations of the graves are unknown.

This graveyard, originally known as Pasadena Cemetery and the town's only community burial ground, was established in 1906 on a knoll overlooking Vince's Bayou and Buffalo Bayou. The first person buried here was E.P. Pomeroy, who died on October 24, 1906.

Those interred here include many of Pasadena's early settlers and community leaders, and veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II. The graveyard became known as Crown Hill Cemetery following World War I, possibly as a result of its proximity to the Crown Central Refinery. It has also been referred to as the Mexican Cemetery due to the numbers of Mexican-American farmers who were interred here beginning in the 1920s.

Although surrounded by 20th-century industrial development, this cemetery survives as a link to the area's pioneer heritage.

(1997)

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Civil War Spanish American War World War I World War II Korean War Peacetime Service In Honor Of: In Honor of "War Veterans" Marker Text: Crown Hill Cemetery War Veterans Civil War R.M. Guinn W.H. Thornton J.W. Williams Spanish American War W.O. Stafford World War One B. Harris R.L. Rollings World War Two J.M. Adame M.L. Collins B.S. Gutierrez T.D. Haggard B.L. Jones R.W. Lyman A.M. Maldanado B.E. Pitts Korean War F.R. Collins Peacetime Service D.L. Smith Civil War M.H. Lakin H.G. Plumb World War One J.C. Stinson Who Put it Here?: Crown Hill Cemetery Association Description of Memorial: Painted white with black lettering and made of wood. Below the main text there are two additional names added, one from the Civil War and one from World War One. This memorial is simple but it serves its purpose - listing the names of the Veterans who served their county in time of war who are interred in this cemetery. Date of dedication: Not listed

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