Bleakwood Cemetery
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N 30° 41.944 W 093° 49.535
15R E 420936 N 3396541
Pioneers who settled the Bleakwood community after the Civil War established thriving mill and cotton gin businesses.
Waymark Code: WM8Q7Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2010
Views: 7
Marker Number: 11099
Marker Text:
Pioneers who settled the Bleakwood community after the Civil War established thriving mill and cotton gin businesses. Mill-owner Reuben Bennington donated an acre of land for this cemetery to serve area residents. The oldest marked grave, that of Doulie Lee, is dated Jan. 24, 1871. In 1940 J. K. Wilson gave an additional acre of land to the cemetery in memory of his wife Minnie Lee. Veterans of wars from the Civil War to the Korean War are buried here. The graves are given full care by the Bleakwood Cemetery Association, incorporated in 1975. (1981)
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