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Ozro Cemetery

Maypearl, Ellis County

Marker Text

In 1858 J.P. Gilmore and Richard D. Graves gave land for Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and for this burial ground. The earliest marked graves date from 1870. J.H.L. Jackson donated additional land in 1895. At that time, the cemetery served Nation Town, a thriving community with several stores and a school. The village was renamed Ozro in 1898, when that post office opened. After the International & Great Northern Railroad reached this area in 1902, many residents moved to Maypearl, and Ozro declined. Today the cemetery is the only remnant of its past.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Intersection of Orzo Rd. and Smith Rd. 1 mi. off FM 157, 3 mi. N of Maypearl
Marker # 7136
Dedicated 1978
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 32.335594, -97.055037

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