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Emory City Cem.N.W. of downtown on Cemetery Rd. Inside the City Limits. Abt. 140 years old. Recorded—Parsons; (HbTx: “Emory Rains, THC marker. May 2, 1800 - Aug. 11, 1878) Texas pioneer Emory Rains served as an alcalde under Mexican rule and as a counselor in the East Texas Regulator-Moderator War of the 1840s. As a senator in the Republic of Texas Congress, he helped pass the Homestead Act. Rains also served in the 1845 Constitutional Convention and in the State Legislature, where he worked for the formation of this county, which was named in his honor. The Rains County Seat, Emory, was also named for him.”) —Parsons; Roots, HbTx, Tx Funeral Serv. Com.THC site visit 2/07/04 MB: Large fenced site with observable sections over time. Burials of 1800s, early 1900s in S section along creek. Additional sections to the N and W. Considerable diversity of formal markers over time, including obelisks, fieldstones, wrought grave fences, Cedar marker trees, ironstone carnes, brick carnes. New sections include vertical markers, many slabs, no marker trees, abundant floral and decorative grave materials in sections of mid to late 1900s, recent burials. [Note: Cem adjacent to but not part of Hopewell Cem, W side of Emory |
