EARLIEST Marked Grave in Owen Cemetery - Henderson County, TX
N 32° 07.328 W 095° 50.107
15S E 232515 N 3557493
A 1985 Texas Historical Marker at the gate to Owen Cemetery indicates that a son of cemetery namesake, David Allen Owen, has the earliest marked grave in the cemetery. Silas Monk Owen was buried here in 1873.
Waymark Code: WMZR1B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2018
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Mr. Owen has a government-issued headstone, made of white marble, sloping to a point at the top, with the Southern Cross of Honor below. The inscription is:
Silas Monk Owen
Texas
Co C
34 Regt
Texas Cav
C S A
Jan 12 1845
March 6 1873
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The historical marker provides some background:
David Allen Owen came to Texas with his first wife, Mary (Langsdon), who died enroute, and their 5 children. They traveled with family members and others from Randolph County, Alabama to Henderson County, Texas in 1851. Owen served as chief justice (county judge) from 1860 to 1869 and was a pioneer member of the Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church at Baxter. He later settled in the Mill Run community and set aside part of his land for this cemetery.
The earliest marked grave is for Owen's son, Silas Monk Owen, who died in 1873. Friends and neighbors, as well as other Owen family members, are buried here. Tombstones dated before 1900 bear the names of Clayton, Davis, Hanks, Hester, Moon, Ratcliff, Regester, and Rogers. David Allen Owen (1817-1885); his second wife, Lucinda (Woodard) (1834-1925); sons Jefferson Davis (1861-1916), David Randolph (1864-1927), Jordan Wade (1869-1947), Joseph Collins (1875-1930), and Dewitt Judson (1872-1943); and Mary Matilda (Clayton) Pace (1849-1930), a daughter by his first wife, also are buried here.
Although many of the graves are unmarked or are marked only with rocks, the Owen Cemetery stands as part of the recorded history of this area of Henderson County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 03/09/1873
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