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First Gravesite of Cynthia Ann Parker

Brushy Creek, Anderson County

Marker Text

Captured from Ft. Parker by Indians, 1836. Recaptured by Texas Rangers in 1860. Mother of Quanah Parker, war chief of Comanches. First buried here. Reburied in Post Oak Cemetery, Okla., 1910. Reburied Ft. Sill Post Cemetery, Okla., 1957. Recorded --1969

Marker Details

Address
Location Description about 6 mi. north of Brushy Creek off FM 315 on Millnar Rd. in Foster Cemetery
Marker # 8793
Dedicated 1969
Size, Type Medallion & Plate
Code women, women's history topics; Native Americans
Latitude, Longitude 32.040552, -95.59908

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