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Lone Oak Cemetery

Kemp, Kaufman County

Marker Text

In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school - church building. Later he gave community burial ground; deed was recorded 1883. Cotton and family and many other pioneers rest here. Incise on back: Marker sponsor: Lone Oak Cemetery Association

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Kemp take FM 1895 about 4 miles to CR 4030 in Becker, go E about 3/4 mile, go S about 3/4 mile to small road, go down road to cemetery
Marker # 8532
Dedicated 1973
Size, Type Other - explain
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.481401, -96.19225

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