FIRST Recorded Burial in Eureka Cemetery - Eureka, TX
N 32° 00.989 W 096° 15.949
14S E 758254 N 3545530
The headstone marking the final resting place of Nellie E. Sloan in historic Eureka Cemetery indicates that hers was the first grave in Eureka Cemetery, way back in 1885.
Waymark Code: WM15TRA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2022
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Nellie's grave marker is modern, made of granite, either a replacement for the original or where there was none. It reads:
Nellie E.
Dau. of
R.S. & H.I. Sloan
June 23, 1884
Dec. 20, 1885
1st grave in Eureka
Cemetery
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A 1995 Texas Historical Marker also references Nellie as the first burial, and it provides some history:
Settlement in this area began in the 1840s. J.F. and J.M. Floyd, members of the local Richland Associate Reform Presbyterian Church organized in 1876, donated land here in 1878 for church and graveyard purposes. The first recorded burial was that of infant Nellie E. Sloan in 1885. The cemetery has been enlarged over the years and in 1995 contained about 13 acres. Buried here are local religious, education, and business leaders, elected officials, and veterans of conflicts ranging from the Civil War to World War II. The cemetery is maintained by the Eureka Cemetery Association.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 12/20/1885
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