Robert Lindsey Scott - Old Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, TX
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N 30° 32.052 W 095° 21.867
15R E 273154 N 3380359
A pair of headstones for two of three men who died of cholera on their journey from Alabama to Texas. Buried on the trail and then reintered here.
Waymark Code: WMY6M5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2018
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From the Texas Historical Marker "Waverly Cemetery":
This cemetery is situated on the land originally purchased in 1853 by Mary M. Lewis, James E. Scott, Laura A. Scott, and Milly D. Scott. The first recorded burial was that of John Andrew Jackson (1822-1855), a pioneer settler of Waverly. Three gravestones dated 1852 indicate reinterments rather than earlier burials. Hamlin F. Lewis, John Elliot Scott, and Robert Lindsey Scott left Alabama for Texas but fell victim to cholera in 1852 and were buried along the way. Relatives of the men had their remains placed in this site in 1859.
Headstone/Monument Text:
Robert Lindsey,
Scott,
born in the state
of Alabama
on the 5th of August
1820, and died
on the 28th of November
1852
In the language of a
brother on the occasion of
his death he was the
impersonation of honesty,
modesty, and kindness of heart.
And to his best estimate
of his character it was proper.
To know that he died trusting
in his Savior, and with the
hope of a glorious immortality
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