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FUQUA FAMILY CEMETERY FUQUA FAMILY CEMETERY WAS NAMED FOR THE EPHRAIM FUQUA FAMILY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN THE AREA. EPHRAIM FUQUA RECEIVED A LAND PATENT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1841 AND DONATED A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CEMETERY. THE BURIAL GROUND IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTH OF EPHRAIM FUQUA’S ORIGINAL HOMESITE. THE FIRST RECORDED BURIAL HERE IS THAT OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER PATRICK H. FUQUA, WHO DIED IN 1862. OTHER FUQUA FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED HERE INCLUDE VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. THE CEMETERY SERVES AS A MEMORIAL TO A PIONEERING TEXAS FAMILY. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2008 |
