| Marker Number |
11378 |
| Atlas Number |
5473011378 |
| Marker Title |
Old Salem Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Salem Cemetery |
| Address |
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| City |
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| County |
Waller |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
780204 |
| UTM Northing |
3348811 |
| Subject Codes |
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| Marker Year |
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| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
FM 1736, one mile west of SH 5, 5 miles north of Hempsted |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
This burial ground originally served the family of T.B. White. His wife Elizabeth (d. 1857) and her father Henry Kirby (d. 1854) are interred here. White sold ten adjoining acres to the Salem Association in 1853 as a site for construction of a masonic lodge hall and academy. The site became a public cemetery after that date. The earliest marked grave is that of Jane McCullen (1788-1851). Also buried here is Francis J. Cooke, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. A cemetery association was established in 1949 to provide maintenance for the burial ground. |
