EARLIEST Documented Burial in Campbell-Elrod Cemetery - Navarro County, TX
N 32° 01.830 W 096° 36.367
14S E 726068 N 3546322
A 1986 Texas Historical Marker at Campbell-Elrod Cemetery indicates that the earliest documented burial in the cemetery is that of a young boy, Ensly Willis, who was buried here in 1859.
Waymark Code: WM1439D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2021
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The historical marker reads:
Land for this cemetery was given to the Harmony Methodist Church in 1855 by Navarro county pioneer David Wilson Campbell. Ten acres were donated to the church trustees, with part to be set aside as a graveyard and known as Campbell Cemetery. David Campbell was buried here in 1879. The land was conveyed to J.M. and Eunice Elrod in 1908. They gave the land containing the cemetery back to the church in 1914. Although there are some unmarked graves, the earliest documented burial is that of Ensly Willis (1856-1859).
Ensly is buried near his father and several siblings, and the aforementioned pioneer, David Campbell, is just feet away, the subject of his own Texas Historical Marker. Ensly's headstone has a lamb at the top, and it reads:
Ensly S.
Son of
W.E. & M.J. Willis
Born
Aug. 5, 1856
Died
April 1, 1859
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