Details for Red Oak Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5139007142

Data

Marker Number 7142
Atlas Number 5139007142
Marker Title Red Oak Cemetery
Index Entry Red Oak Cemetery
Address
City Red Oak
County Ellis
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 705733
UTM Northing 3598523
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1988
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location South of Red Oak about 1 mi. on SH 342
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Originally known as the Kemble Cemetery, this graveyard began as a family burial ground. Abraham Kemble acquired the land on which the cemetery is located about 1860. He and his wife Mary were both buried here in 1867. In 1892 Kemble descendants gave the land to Liberty Baptist Church, later renamed First Baptist Church, Red Oak. The cemetery became a public burial ground after the turn of the century. Those interred here include generations of Kemble family members, area pioneers, and veterans of several wars, beginning with the civil war.

Location Map

View this record in full map (opens in new tab/window)