First Gravesite of Cynthia Ann Parker

Brushy Creek, Anderson County, Texas

Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop 

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site 

Located about 6 mi. north of Brushy Creek off FM 315 on Millnar Rd. in Foster Cemetery

Marker:

Captured from Ft. Parker by Indians, 1836. Recaptured by Texas Rangers in 1860. Mother of Quanah Parker, war chief of Comanches. First buried here. Reburied in Post Oak Cemetery, Okla., 1910. Reburied Ft. Sill Post Cemetery, Okla., 1957. Recorded --1969