Bascom Cemetery
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N 32° 17.808 W 095° 12.511
15S E 292046 N 3575476
Texas Historical marker located at Bascom Cemetery southeast of Tyler, TX
Waymark Code: WMKM3R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2014
Views: 5
Marker Number: 7703
Marker Title: Bascom Cemetery
Index Entry: Bascom Cemetery
Address:
City: Tyler
County: Smith
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 291986
UTM Northing: 3575491
Subject Codes: graveyards
Year Marker Erected: 1994
Designations: na
Marker Location: from Loop 323 in Tyler go 3.1 mi. east on SH 64, then 1.85 mi. south on FM 848 to cemetery
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 7703
Marker Text:
Bascom was settled in the mid-1840s and named for a Tennessee Methodist bishop by early settler Lazariah Smith. Burials took place just north of this site until 1857 when one acre west of the Tyler to Henderson Road (present-day FM 848) and two acres east of the road were set aside for cemetery purposes. Graves from the early site were reinterred in Bascom Cemetery. The first recorded burial was that of John Pinkerton in 1851. Included among the more than 2,000 interments are those of the area's earliest settlers and their descendants and at least one veteran of the War of 1812. (1995)
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