| Marker Number |
7132 |
| Atlas Number |
5139007132 |
| Marker Title |
Myrtle Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
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| Address |
W. Knox St. |
| City |
Ennis |
| County |
Ellis |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
722209 |
| UTM Northing |
3578767 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; settlement; pioneers; military topics; Texas Revolution; World War II; authors |
| Marker Year |
1980 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Myrtle Cemetery, W. Knox Street at Myrtle Street. Marker is about 400 feet inside the main gate near the chapel. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
W.H. Parsons deeded the original ten acres at this site in 1875 for use as a cemetery. The burial ground was named "Myrtle" for a child whose single grave was included in the tract of land. Also buried here is Frederick H. Rankin (1795-1874), a member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony and veteran of the Texas Revolution. Other graves include those of author Katie Daffan (1874-1951), and Marine Lieutenant Jack Lummus (1915-1945), who was killed at the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. (1980) |
