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Lebanon Cemetery

Commerce, Hunt County

Marker Text

This land has been used as a burial ground since the 1860s. Rebecca Hart Williams Little (1818-1891), a pioneer who came to this area in the 1830s, formally deeded the property for church and school purposes in 1871. The earliest marked grave is that of Harlan Lindley (1845-1871). Others interred here include pioneer settlers; veterans of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II; many infants and children; and Rebecca Little. The adjacent one-room Lebanon School, razed in 1945, provided educational opportunities to generations of local children.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description take Sycamore east to Johnson St., left on Johnson, and right on ML King; go about 2 miles on MLK to cemetery
Marker # 7813
Dedicated 1991
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 33.254411, -95.869815

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