Texas Historical Marker

Lone Oak Cemetery

Kemp · Kaufman County · placed 1973

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Kaufman County, Texas

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In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school - church building.

Later he gave community burial ground; deed was recorded 1883. Cotton and family and many other pioneers rest here. Incise on back: Marker sponsor: Lone Oak Cemetery Association

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