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Union Cemetery

Lott, Falls County

Marker Text

Four acres of land were donated for Union Cemetery by early settlers Joseph Marcus Jackson and his wife Eleanor Thompson Jackson. Named Union Cemetery because it serves all of the communities around Durango, the earliest recorded burial was that of infant Mary Braswell in 1836. Among the more than 800 burials are many of the area's pioneer settlers and their descendants, and veterans from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The cemetery is maintained by an association established in 1977, and continues to serve this area of Falls County.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Lott take US 77 N about 4 mi., then go west about 4 mi. on FM 935
Marker # 5593
Dedicated 1996
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 31.215127, -97.110638

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