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Named for Barnabas Colistus "Barney" Lowe, an early pioneer who moved to Texas circa 1832, Lowe Cemetery has burials that date as early as 1840. For his service in the Siege of Bexar in 1835, Barney Lowe was granted 640 acres of land just south of the present-day cemetery. Later, Barney and his son, Valerious Carlock Lowe, served during the Civil War. Six military veterans in total are buried here, ranging from the Texas Revolutionary War, Civil War, and Korean War. Nine citizens of the Republic of Texas are buried here as well. Lowe Cemetery is also known as Stumptown Cemetery after the surrounding community cut all the virgin timber by 1925 thereby receiving the name of Stumptown. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2016 |
