Details for Stanton Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225007044

Data

Marker Number 7044
Atlas Number 5225007044
Marker Title Stanton Cemetery
Index Entry Stanton Cemetery
Address
City
County Houston
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 278172
UTM Northing 3468669
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1993
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location SH 7 east 7.7 miles east of Crockett
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Stanton Cemetery began with the burials, just days apart, of the young daughter (Sarah A.) and infant son (William H.) of William and Nancy Stanton in 1861. The children, victims of a diphtheria epidemic, were buried on family land. The Stanton's other son, Joseph Brown, left handwritten instructions for preserving and protecting the family cemetery in 1917. The last person buried there was David Beavers in 1966. The Stanton Cemetery Association, founded in 1975, owns and maintains the cemetery. Members of the Hill, Beavers, and Stanton families are interred there.