| Marker Number |
8557 |
| Atlas Number |
5257008557 |
| Marker Title |
Terrell State Hospital Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Terrell State Hospital Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Terrell |
| County |
Kaufman |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
757327 |
| UTM Northing |
3626350 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; hospitals; Jewish topics |
| Marker Year |
1985 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
on Terrell State Hospital grounds at Brin Ave. (must get security escort from administration building), Terrell
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Soon after the Terrell State Hospital opened in July 1885, a portion of the property was set aside for burial of patients who died while hospitalized. The first burial here occurred Oct. 22, 1885. The oldest gravestone is dated Jan. 19, 1888, but most of the graves are unmarked. A fence separates the Jewish section of the cemetery. Some graves date from a smallpox epidemic in 1907. During the 1950s and 1960s, there were 30 to 35 burials a year, but the number gradually declined. |
