Details for Blevins Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5145000436

Data

Marker Number 436
Atlas Number 5145000436
Marker Title Blevins Cemetery
Index Entry Blevins Cemetery
Address
City Eddy
County Falls
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 670823
UTM Northing 3456043
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1992
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Bruceville-Eddy, take FM 1239S about 8 mi
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Born in the Republic of Texas in 1838, Amanda Ruble Taylor moved to this are in 1855. This cemetery began with her burial on family land in 1875. Her widower, the Rev. Issac Taylor, deeded land for this cemetery to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1879. The numerous infant grave sites reveal the harsh realities of frontier life. Buried alongside veterans of conflicts from the Texas Revolution to World War II are farmers whose perseverance and faith in the land helped shape this area. The Blevins Cemetery Association, founded in 1958, restored this site in 1991.