Details for Union Cemetery, Old

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5119006950

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Marker Number 6950
Atlas Number 5119006950
Marker Title Union Cemetery, Old
Index Entry Union Cemetery
Address
City Cooper
County Delta
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 239312
UTM Northing 3693099
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1994
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location about 8 mi. southwest of Cooper at FM 1528 and 2068
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text (0.75 mi. S) This graveyard served the farm and ranch communities of Gough, Yowell, and Antioch. The earliest recorded burial is that of W. H. Henderson in 1859. The cemetery contains more than 90 marked graves mostly arranged in family plots. Buried here are many of the area's earliest settlers and their descendants and at least three veterans of the Civil War: T. J. Hollon, Hiram G. Wynn, and T. J. Craig. The last recorded burial was that of Georgia Missouri Hollon in 1946. A cemetery association was established in 1947 to maintain and improve the grounds.

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