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Farr's Chapel Cemetery

Newton, Newton County

Marker Text

Located in the yard of a Methodist church founded in 1868 by Alfred Farr, this cemetery contains more than 150 tombstones placed since the 1850s and 1860s. The first grave, that of Mollie Westbrook, is marked by a rock that bears no date. Land for the cemetery was given in 1873 by Joshua and Matilda Westbrook and in 1892 by William and Mary Westbrook. War veterans, county officials, and early preachers, including the Rev. R. M. Stewart and B. Z. Powell, are buried here. The graveyard is maintained in the "scraped" style, in which all grass is removed from the graves.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Newton take US 190 W to N FM 1012 go about 7 mi, (just past Jamestown) to Farr's Cemetery Rd., 8 mi from Newton
Marker # 11112
Dedicated 1984
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 30.940209, -93.811707

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