Pioneer Cemetery

Pioneer Cemetery (HM1IJR)

Location: Cross Plains, TX 76443 Eastland County
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N 32° 5.983', W 99° 4.982'

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Tradition holds that Captain A.M. Curry suggested the name for the Pioneer community, established in 1883. Bill Smith became its first postmaster in 1885. The burial here of Mrs. S.A. Briggs (believed to be Catherine P. Owsley Briggs) in 1879, however, predates the community development. Landowners William L. And Mary Ann (Hampton) Browning formally deeded the site in 1906 for use as a burial ground for the largely agricultural settlement. An oil boom in the 1920s brought thousands of new residents. By the 1940s, oil production waned, and the railroad, as well as the majority of settlers and businesses, left the area.
     Over the years, additional land donations have enlarged the cemetery. Pioneer Quilting Club members served as long-time caretakers, raising funds for cleaning and for a war memorial placed in 1948 to commemorate area soldiers killed in World Wars I and II. Among the others buried here is Catherine Martin O'Neal Lovett, a Cherokee survivor of the Trail of Tears March of 1838. Today, an association maintains the burial ground, which is a link to the early settlement of Pioneer.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004
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HM NumberHM1IJR
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Marker Number13426
Year Placed2004
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Sunday, December 28th, 2014 at 5:01pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 492165 N 3551491
Decimal Degrees32.09971667, -99.08303333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 5.983', W 99° 4.982'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 5' 58.98" N, 99° 4' 58.92" W
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Area Code(s)254
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5821 TX-36, Cross Plains TX 76443, US
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