Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, TX
Posted by: jhuoni
N 28° 59.835 W 095° 57.873
15R E 211176 N 3211304
This beautiful cemetery has been serving the needs of Bay City for 120 years.
Waymark Code: WMTKWD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2016
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The Texas Historical Marker on the wall reads:
The Cedarvale Cemetery traces its history to 1896, when Rufus A. Mathis was killed in a hunting accident and buried on land owned by D. P. Moore. At the time of his death, Mathis and other community leaders were in the process of establishing a cemetery for the community. Moore officially deeded four acres of land for a cemetery on March 14, 1896. By 1906 the Cedarvale Cemetery Association was established to care for the cemetery and subsequent purchases were made to enlarge the burial grounds. Many of Bay City's early settlers are buried here.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
Approximate number of graves: 1700
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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