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Elm Flat Cemetery

Granbury, Hood County

Marker Text

A cemetery was established at this site in Nov. 1877 when Thomas B. and Elizabeth Stone (Anderson) Wells buried two young sons near their family cabin. Lucinda Wells, a freed slave who remained with the Wells family after emancipation, was buried here in 1889. In 1883, Elizabeth Wells donated 1.5 acres for the establishment of a church and school for the people of the rural community of Elm flat. Mrs. Wells moved to Grimes county just prior to her 1908 death, but before leaving, she deeded to the county this two acre site, assuring the permanence of her family cemetery, as well as providing a final resting place for the residents of Elm Glat. Her adopted son, W.A. Wells, was buried here in 1928, and the cemetery remains active.

Marker Details

Address 4950 Power Plant Court
Location Description
Marker # 16710
Dedicated 2010
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.404101, -97.703465

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