DUANE
The story
This burial ground was established by the Hatcher family and others in the 1850s. By the Civil War, it became known as Clark Cemetery, named for a pioneering Cooke County family. In the 1850s, Nathaniel Miles Clark, his wife Mahuldah and their children moved here.
Nathaniel was among the Unionists who were lynched in the Great Gainesville Hanging in 1862; the earliest marked grave here is his. Besides the Clark family, others, including the Insels, Pittners and Reinhardts, are represented here. The burial ground features obelisks, vertical stones, curbing, German language markers and a granite monument.
Since 1939, descendants of the interred have cared for the cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2009