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Maple Grove Cemetery

Minden, Rusk County

Marker Text

This cemetery began with the interment of Paul and Martha Rettig's infant son, Joseph, in 1879 on Rettig family land. In 1883 two children of the tenant farming Kinsey family were buried near Joseph Rettig's grave and the site gradually became a community burial ground. A cemetery care committee was established in 1895. Presently encompassing three acres donated by the Rettig family, the cemetery contains about 600 graves. Buried here are members of three generations of some area families and veterans of wars ranging from the Texas Revolution to World War II.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 1.5 mi. east of Minden off FM 95 and CR 3141 D
Marker # 11011
Dedicated 1994
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.00923, -94.698916

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