Details for Samuel Calhoun Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008434

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Marker Number 8434
Atlas Number 5471008434
Marker Title Samuel Calhoun Cemetery
Index Entry Calhoun, Samuel, Cemetery
Address Lost Indian Camp Rd.
City Huntsville
County Walker
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 251038
UTM Northing 3421951
Subject Codes cemetery; pioneers; military topics; War of 1812; U.S.-Mexico War; Civil War; design and construction
Marker Year 1969
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Samuel Calhoun Cemetery, off Lost Indian Camp Road on private property.
Private Property Yes
Marker Condition Access Restricted
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Established by Samuel Calhoun (1788-1871), native of Abbeville, S.C.; Captain of Cavalry, State of Georgia, during War of 1812. He came to Texas 1845. Bought land in Gordiana Badillo and Jose Ortega grants, in this area. Lived near Calhoun Ferry. Children by his first wife Elizabeth Finney (who died 1836): Martha Ann, Mary, Antonette, John H., Catherine, William. By second wife Catherine O'Brien: Ella and Louis. Had sons in Mexican War and Civil War. Generations of descendants are buried here. Calhoun's tomb was brought (1872) to Cincinnati by steamer "Wren". (1969)

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