Marvin B. Hearn - Vashti, TX - Out of Place Graves on Waymarking.com

This link (visit link) indicates that William and Mary (aka "Belle") Hearn were Marvin's parents, and they are both buried (with daughter, Rachel) in Vashti Cemetery. There appears to be a good explanation as to why Mr. Hearn is not inside the cemetery with his family: (visit link)

There was one grave outside the Vashti cemetery, at the southwest corner. Marvin Hearn and his wife lived in the Indian Territory. They attended a celebration there, and they thought she might have caught smallpox from a sick Indian baby. Anyway, she took sick and died. Her husband made his way back home and called the family out into the yard to tell them he would soon be taking it [ill?]. His father [William Hearn] moved the mother and six daughters and most of
their household goods to another place. Then he stayed on to take care of his son; he had had varioloid, a light form of smallpox, and was immune. There was no known cure nor vaccination against smallpox at that time. Marvin died. Dr. Ball and a few other men who were also immune carried the coffin across the road and down to the grave that neighbors had dug. It was the law in Texas that a smallpox victim had to be carried across any county road between dusk and dawn and could not be buried within the cemetery gates. Marvin was buried by himself outside the fence. In later years land was bought to enlarge the cemetery, and the fence was moved outward to include his grave with everyone else's. His family was comforted by that.

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Unfortunately, something happened to that fence, because once again, he's separated from the rest of his family by a fence between the pasture and the cemetery. There is no gate.

Marvin's headstone has this inscription:

Marvin B.
Hearn

Born
Aug. 7, 1877

Died
Apr. 4, 1901

The rose may fade,
the lilly die,
But the flowers
immortal bloom on
High.

First Name: Marvin Last Name: Hearn Born: 08/07/1877 Died: 04/04/1901

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