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Athens City Cemetery
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Athens, Henderson Co. Cemeteries of TX
Obit info submitted by Jeanne McNutt
Photos by Dee Rainville
Location: 400 Prairieville St, Athens, Tx and is designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery
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Athens Cemetery After citizens
petitioned for its closure, an unofficial burial ground in this area
(Large Lot 13) closed in 1857. That same year, local residents buried
prominent planter, Mason and school superintendent William J. Brantley
here on one acre donated by Pleasant Tannehill to Masonic Lodge No. 165.
Adjoining land was set aside for the interment of a girl, named Ward,
who could not be buried in the Masons' Cemetery. The two adjacent burial
grounds eventually joined, and further donations of land by Nathaniel
Pope Coleman (1823-1888), Joseph Marion la Rue (1825-1887) and Joseph
Thomas la Rue (1864-1930) added to what is now known as the pioneer
section of this cemetery. An association established in 1922 bought an
additional 12 acres from Matthias E. Richardson, Jr. (1850-1919),
designating the front portion as a park. A trust initiated in 1959 by Sid Williams Richardson (1891-1959) continues to help fund the site's upkeep. Chronicled here are the generations that forged the rich heritage of the City of Athens, along with veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002 Photos by Dee Rainville |
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| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Cobb | Hubbard Don | Oct 21 1940 | Jan 14 1963 | photo by Bill Brown |
| Harris | Stephen Dwain | 10-14-1956 | 07-27-1999 | info from obit (JM) |
