| Marker Number |
22528 |
| Atlas Number |
5000022528 |
| Marker Title |
Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
| Address |
318 Lanier Rd. |
| City |
Combine |
| County |
Kaufman |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
734676 |
| UTM Northing |
3606443 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; pioneers; schools; churches |
| Marker Year |
2019 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Lanier Rd., NW side at Pleasant Dr., 0.5 mi. SW of FM 1389. Marker is next to gazebo shelter near the center of the cemetery. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
James Monroe and Permelia Ann (Brizendine) Mathis came to the Combine area in about 1870, joining family already settled here. The couple had 12 children but not all lived to adulthood; eight-year-old Harriet (1864-1873) became the earliest burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. In 1879, James and Permelia conveyed one adjacent acre for Pleasant Grove Schoolhouse, which also became an early meeting place for Point View Baptist Church and Pleasant Grove Church of Christ. After the school consolidated and the churches moved, the cemetery expanded into the adjoining acreage. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Association formed in 1985 to preserve this final resting place of pioneers and generations of their descendants. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2017 |
