OLDEST Grave in Lone Wolf Cemetery - Scurry County, TX
N 32° 31.942 W 100° 44.040
14S E 337157 N 3600772
A 1970 Texas Historical Marker at Lone Wolf Cemetery indicates that the oldest grave in the cemetery dates to 1892. The only 1892 burial in the cemetery is that of Samuel Edward Williams.
Waymark Code: WM1473W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2021
Views: 2
The historical marker is about the Lone Wolf community that was here at one time, about five miles north of Lone Wolf Mountain in Scurry County, TX. The marker reads:
Named for Kiowa chief whose tribe roamed area until 1870s.
Community development when John Mahoney donated cemetery and school sites. A schoolhouse, erected 1901, was used also for church services. First teacher, W.F. Knowlton, had 35 pupils.
Local post office was Winston (June 26, 1901 - April 30, 1909). Mail later came by rural route. In 1906, D.C. Hazelwood built local store.
Lone Wolf School, operated at different locations, served the community until consolidated.
Cemetery (with oldest grave dated 1892) continues in use as burial place for area families.
This little boy's headstone is in very good condition, with a rose at the top. The inscription reads:
Samuel Edward
Williams
Born
July 14, 1892,
Died
Mar. 12, 1892.
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Budded on earth to
Bloom in Heaven
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