FIRST Grave in St. Paul Cemetery - St. Paul, TX
N 33° 03.104 W 096° 32.660
14S E 729292 N 3659702
A simple, gray marker in St. Paul Cemetery indicates that Ellen Corbitt's grave is the first grave in the cemetery. St. Paul Cemetery is located on Collin County Road 727, just east of FM 2514, near Lavon Lake.
Waymark Code: WMJ1X0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2013
Views: 3
The marker says:
Ellen Corbitt
1864
1st Grave in Cemetery
1872
Notably, Ellen is buried just a few feet away from Charles C. Stibbens, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. A Texas Historical Marker at the front of the cemetery elaborates:
(May 14, 1810-March 31, 1879)
A native of Maryland, Charles C. Stibbens came to Texas about 1835. He served in the Army during the Texas Revolution, participating in the Battle of San Jacinto. He settled in Anderson County soon after the war and worked as a farmer and shoemaker. Following the death of his first wife, Julie Ann Frost Slaughter, he was married in 1849 to Elizabeth Creekman. They eventually were the parents of eleven children. Charles and Elizabeth Stibbens moved to Saint Paul in 1870. He is the only veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto known to be buried in Collin County. (1992)
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1872
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