Salado Cemetery - Salado, TX, USA
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 56.223 W 097° 31.935
14R E 640219 N 3423549
Active cemetery with 2,342 graves.
Waymark Code: WMP1JX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2015
Views: 5
Has several historical markers for early settlers in Salado. One is for Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones.
From StoppingPoints.com
"Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson. Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. Ferguson; A.J. Rose, Grand Master of A.F.&A.M. of Texas and trustee of Texas A.&M. College; J.L. Smith and S.J. Jones, both presidents of Salado College (1859-1885). Other graves here are for veterans of U.S.-Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II."
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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