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Dalys/Dailey Community Cemetery

, Houston County

Marker Text

The pioneer Daily family and others founded the Dalys Community in the 1850s. When Ethalinda Meriwether, wife of Dr. Francis Lewis Meriwether, died in 1876, Charles B. Dailey and his sister and brother-in-law, Emma Catherine and James A. Hill, gave land for a community cemetery. In addition to the families of the Dalys/Dailey Community, the cemetery also served residents of nearby Reynard. Those interred here include veterans of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. The name was officially changed to Dailey Community Cemetery in 1981.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 8.6 miles west of Grapeland on FM 227, then .5 mile south on CR 2225
Marker # 11092
Dedicated 1991
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 31.451578, -95.589245

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