EARLIEST Recorded Burial in Shanks Cemetery - Kirvin, TX
N 31° 43.920 W 096° 19.901
14R E 752808 N 3513828
A 1977 Texas Historical Marker at Shanks Cemetery, south of Kirvin, TX, notes that the earliest recorded burial in the cemetery is that of Burgess A. Whatley, who died in 1892.
Waymark Code: WM14CAZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2021
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For whatever reason -- probably just human error -- Mr. Whatley's name is spelled "Whattley" on his headstone, while other family members buried here have the single -t-. His marble headstone features a crown, and the inscription reads:
B.A.
Whattley
Born
Sep. 4, 1854.
Died
Dec. 4, 1892
His words were
kindness, his
deeds were love
His spirit humble,
he rests above.
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The historical marker provides some background:
Matthew and Robert Shanks of Alabama settled here with their families in 1859. A small farming community developed, and in 1870 a school was built on a one-acre site donated by R.C. Murray. Land beside the schoolyard became a public burial ground, known as Shanks Cemetery after Shanks post office opened in 1896. The earliest recorded burial was Burgess A. Whatley (1854-1892). In 1893 G.W. Bell deeded another half acre east of the graveyard. The school building was torn down in 1917. Shanks Cemetery Association has maintained the site since 1935.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 12/04/1892
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