Details for Poston-Odle Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035004091

Data

Marker Number 4091
Atlas Number 5035004091
Marker Title Poston-Odle Cemetery
Index Entry Poston-Odle Cemetery
Address
City Valley Mills
County Bosque
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 640483
UTM Northing 3500634
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1989
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location from Valley Mills, take FM 217 west about 1.2 miles to CR 3155; take CR 3155 1.8 miles southwest; turn south on CR 3160 and continue about 0.3 miles to cemetery
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text One of the earliest settlements in this area was established in the 1850s along Hog Creek. A rock building used for a school and church was erected, and the area became known as Rock Church on Hog Creek. The family of John Odle settled here following the Civil War. Land for this cemetery was set aside by Odle following the death of his sister, Mary Odle Poston, in 1875. Those buried here include members of the Odle, Poston, Cutbirth, Pool, Cureton, Adams, Hord, Callan, Hoffman, and Le Fever families. The cemetery gates were built from the stones of the Old Rock Church. (1989)

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