Coffman Cemetery
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N 33° 46.039 W 096° 34.794
14S E 724124 N 3738988
A small well maintained historic cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMAJZ8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2011
Views: 12
Marker Number: 7350
Marker Text:
While David Harman Coffman (1827-1888) served in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861-1865), his wife Harriet (Jones) and four sons came to North Texas from Missouri. After the war David joined the family and they bought this land. Although the earliest marked grave was dated 1867, the Coffmans deeded the one-acre plot to the county for a public burial ground in 1878. They gave the adjoining acre for a school and meetinghouse for Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. J. K. Miller, pioneer who owned land on which Denison was laid out, was buried here. (1980)
Inscribed on the base
Replaced 1983 Hoblitzelle Foundation / Texas Historical Foundation
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