FIRST Burial in Gunter Cemetery - Limestone County, TX
N 31° 23.409 W 096° 39.013
14R E 723434 N 3475228
A 2000 Texas Historical Marker at Gunter Cemetery, southwest of Thornton in rural Limestone County, TX, notes that an infant, Evan Gunter, was the first burial in the cemetery back in 1893.
Waymark Code: WM15PD8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2022
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This infant boy is buried in a row with his parents and other family members, his final resting place marked by a marble headstone with a rose at the top. While the epitaph could probably be revealed after a good, professional cleaning, it is practically illegible -- that may be "soul" or "sent" as the final word -- but the rest of the inscription is easy to read:
Evan, Son of
W.W. & L.E. Gunter
Born
Feb. 5, 1893.
Died
June 16, 1893.
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The historical marker provides some background:
William Williams "Billie" Gunter (1861-1940) came to Limestone County with his parents and half brothers after the Civil War. He and his wife Laura Eudemia Williams (1868-1937) had thirteen children. The first burial on this site took place when their infant son, Evan Gunter, died in 1893. This is the final resting place of several generations of the Gunter family, including Billie and Laura and eight of their children. The Gunter families were active in the religious, business and civic life of the area. Also interred in the family graveyard are Jim B. Rankin and his wife, "Grandmother" Rankin, who worked for the Gunter family for 25 years. The Gunter Cemetery serves as a chronicle of the pioneers of Limestone County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 06/16/1893
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