Graves Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 28.375 W 096° 45.899
14S E 710041 N 3595056
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the Graves Cemetery, a family cemetery established by early area pioneers, and which is still in use.
Waymark Code: WMEXHW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 11861

Marker Text:
Robert Russell Graves (1814-1897) came from Alabama to Texas in 1838 with his wife Esther (Hinkle) Graves (1815-1865), their children, and her father Joseph Hinkle (1771-1859). They came to Ellis County in 1857 and settled on 510 acres purchased from Thomas C. Marchbanks. The first marked grave on this site is that of Joseph Hinkle, who was interred here in 1859. Robert and Esther's son C. R. Graves (1857-1938) and his wife Emma Callie Graves (1857-1927) deeded 1.06 acres including Joseph's grave for a family burial ground in 1895. Many early pioneer families of the area near the Rockett community are represented here. Graves Cemetery continues as a chronicle of the pioneer days of Ellis County. (2000)
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