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Crim's Chapel Cemetery

Henderson, Rusk County

Marker Text

It is believed interments were made at this site prior to 1882, when Jo Anna (Armstrong) Crim, the wife of Abraham B. Crim, was buried here. Hers is the earliest marked grave. That same year, the Crim's daughter Louisa (Crim) Armstrong was buried here. The Crims and nine of their grown children had migrated to Rusk County from Alabama in 1867. Abraham B. Crim formally set aside one acre for a burial ground in 1883, and most of the early graves are those of his family. Other gravesites belong to pioneer settlers of the Crim's Chapel community.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 6 mi. north, off SH 322, Henderson
Marker # 10979
Dedicated 1983
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.256957, -94.78235

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