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Claude Cemetery

Claude, Armstrong County

Marker Text

(Established 1890) Dan Cavanagh settled here in 1885 and bought this land in 1888. In 1890 he gave a grave site for railroad worker Neal DeBerry. Settler C.C. Bates was buried in 1890, and early burials from the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad right-of-way were later moved here. James and Harriet Grimes deeded the cemetery land to the public in 1905. A cemetery association was organized in 1912, and perpetual care began in 1936 with a $10,000 gift from Jim Hill. Also interred here are veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam. (1973, 1990)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Claude, take US 287 about .5 miles northwest, then take first County Road about 1 mile north to cemetery.
Marker # 906
Dedicated 1973
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; railroads
Latitude, Longitude 35.131986, -101.381088

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