OLDEST Marked Grave in Everheart-Canaan Cemetery - Grayson County, TX
N 33° 33.434 W 096° 24.857
14S E 740048 N 3716059
A 2004 Texas Historical Marker at Everheart-Canaan Cemetery, near Bells and Whitewright in rural Grayson County, TX, notes that the oldest marked grave in Everheart-Canaan Cemetery is that of W.H. Rumsower, from 1875.
Waymark Code: WM13T2X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2021
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Mr. Rumsower was a veteran of the Civil War, and a government-issued headstone complements his original headstone, and it reads:
William H. Rumsower
PVT CO G 11 Texas Cav
Confederate States Army
1838 1875
His original marble headstone could benefit from a good, professional cleaning -- a good look can be seen at this Findagrave page, below -- but it is still legible. Roses complement the compass and square of the Freemasons at the top, and the inscription reads:
W.H. Rumsower
Died
June 24, 1875
Aged
33 Years
--*--
Erected
by
G.H.M.
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The historical marker provides some background:
Emanuel and Rachel Montgomery Everheart arrived here in 1848 with their son, William, and members of her family. By 1850, the Everhearts owned 3,346 acres, including this land. Family history holds that the oldest burials here (in the northwest corner) date prior to 1853 and are those of the Everhearts' slaves.
Pilot Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, organized at Kentuckytown, moved to Everheart land a mile east of this site and became known as the Canaan Church. Members utilized this cemetery and shared their sanctuary with a Methodist Episcopal congregation that moved from Pitman's Chapel.
The oldest marked grave, from June 24, 1875, is that of W.H. Rumsower, one of several Confederate soldiers buried here. Other burials include William C. Everheart, the Grayson County Sheriff from 1876 to 1880 and later a Deputy United States Marshal. Many of the pioneers of the Canaan community are buried in family plots here. Nell Arnoldi Everheart cared for the cemetery until her death in 1973, and the Everheart Cemetery Association later formed.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 06/24/1875
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