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Greenwood Cemetery

Marshall · Harrison County · placed 1967

Civil War

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Harrison County, Texas

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(Dedicated 1881) Originated 1840 as private burial ground, Van Zandt family. Resting place, many early Texas leaders and patriots: Isaac Van Zandt (1813-47), came to Marshall in 1839. County named in his honor.

James Harper Starr (1809-90), land commissioner, banker, land agent, county named for him. Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-79), brigadier general CSA, lawyer, county named for him. Alexander Travis Hawthorne (1825-99), brigadier general CSA, lawyer, businessman, minister.

Charles Raguet Bringhurst (1880-82), grandson of Sam Houston. 1967

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