Eakins Cemetery - Ponder, TX
N 33° 08.414 W 097° 19.041
14S E 656945 N 3668093
Eakins Cemetery is an old yet still active cemetery of over eight hundred burials, located south of Ponder, near DISH.
Waymark Code: WMR9JJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2016
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A 1995 Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
Noah (1810-1868) and Susan (1816-1878) Eakins and their family came to this part of Denton County from Kentucky in 1855. This cemetery was established on their land about 1855-58 when a neighbor, Angelina Rayburn, was fatally burned while cooking on an open fire. Lula Q. Porter, infant child of another pioneer family, was buried in the graveyard in 1861, and the site became a community burial ground known as Eakins Cemetery. It is the final resting place of the Eakins family and many other area pioneers and their descendants. It continues to serve the rural community.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Ponder, TX
Approximate number of graves: 800+
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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