Tioga Cemetery Veterans Memorial - Tioga, TX
N 33° 28.913 W 096° 55.620
14S E 692608 N 3706633
A direct and to the point memorial to all veterans stands near the flagpole in historic Tioga Cemetery, Tioga, TX.
Waymark Code: WMMZWH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2014
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Tioga is best known as the birthplace of cowboy legend, Gene Autry. A Texas Historical Marker provides some cemetery background:
In November 1881, settlers established the community of Tioga on the eastern edge of the East Cross Timbers, and it incorporated as a city in 1906. For the first decades of Tioga's history, residents buried their loved ones on private land in family cemeteries.
In February 1906, W.R. and Sally J. Gillespie deeded five acres of their farmland to the local Woodmen of the World camp for use as a burial ground; the first grave dates to that year. Many of the early headstones are Woodmen of the World markers. The community continued using and improving the cemetery over the years, adding a pavilion in 1924 for funeral services.
Today, the burial ground is a tie to generations of Tioga area residents, and is the final resting place for veterans of military conflicts dating to the Civil War, including both Union and Confederate soldiers. Other notable persons interred here are Texas Senator Olin R. Van Zandt and the Rev. H.G. Ball, a Primitive Baptist preacher who presided over the funeral service for U.S. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. An association maintains the burial ground for future generations.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: All veterans
Marker Text:
Memorial
To All Veterans
Donated By
George E. Riddle
TSGT USAF (RET)
1994
Date of dedication: 1994
Who Put it Here?: George E. Riddle, TSGT USAF (RET)
Description of Memorial:
The memorial is a very simple, square bronze plague that has the inscription and nothing else. It stands near the base of the cemetery flagpole, and accompanying it is the aforementioned Texas Historical Marker.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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