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Clark Cemetery

Gainesville, Cooke County

Marker Text

This burial ground was established by the Hatcher family and others in the 1850s. By the Civil War, it became known as Clark Cemetery, named for a pioneering Cooke County family. In the 1850s, Nathaniel Miles Clark, his wife Mahuldah and their children moved here. Nathaniel was among the Unionists who were lynched in the Great Gainesville Hanging in 1862; the earliest marked grave here is his. Besides the Clark family, others, including the Insels, Pittners and Reinhardts, are represented here. The burial ground features obelisks, vertical stones, curbing, German language markers and a granite monument. Since 1939, descendants of the interred have cared for the cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2009

Marker Details

Address
Location Description ntersection CR220 & Clark Road; 6-7 miles south of Gainesville, TX on FM 362; left (east) on CR220 for 2 miles; left at intersection of CR220 and Clark Rd. Iron gate is at entrance of cemetery road.
Marker # 15979
Dedicated 2009
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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