EARLIEST Marked Burial in Hutchins Memorial Cemetery - Hutchins, TX
N 32° 39.100 W 096° 43.119
14S E 713971 N 3614970
A Texas Historical Marker in Hutchins Memorial Cemetery indicates that the grave of Alonzo B. Clark is the earliest marked burial here, from 1875.
Waymark Code: WMN7C5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2015
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The historical marker provides some background:
Hutchins began as a trading post for settlers along the western bank of the Trinity River. This site was used as a cemetery for many years before it was platted in 1895. The earliest marked burial in the graveyard is that of Alonzo B. Clark, who died in 1875 at age eleven. Several generations of area pioneer families are represented here. Those interred in the Hutchins Cemetery include many of the area's early citizens military veterans, and business and civic leaders. A cemetery foundation, formed in 1972, maintains the historic graveyard.
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Alonzo's gravestone leans up against a more modern gray, granite headstone for his parents, and it has his nickname, "Lonnie", at the top, enclosed in a wreath of flowers. The inscription is:
Alonzo B.
Son of
A.S. & N.C. Clark.
Born
Jan. 6, 1864,
Died
Sep. 23, 1875.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1875
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