FIRST Burial in Long Prairie Cemetery - Navarro County, TX
N 32° 03.519 W 096° 11.949
14S E 764432 N 3550369
A 2003 Texas Historical Marker at the Long Prairie Cemetery, near Kerens in the old Long Prairie community, indicates that the first burial here was Sallie K. Burt, back in 1872.
Waymark Code: WM15TTD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2022
Views: 2
Sallie is buried with her father, and a short marble headstone marks her final resting place. It had previously been broken, but the mourning dove is still intact, and the inscription is:
Sallie K
Daug. of
A.J. & S.F.
Burt
Born
Mar. 30, 1871
Died
Apr. 10, 1872
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The historical marker provides some background:
In 1870, Lawrence S. Taylor sold five acres of land for school and church purposes to Nelson Owen, J.T. Selman and W.B. Gage, trustees of the Long Prairie School District. The Long Prairie School and the Long Prairie Methodist Church shared the site, which the community also used as a cemetery. The school district consolidated into the Kerens Independent School District in 1949. Around that same time, the church merged into the Kerens Methodist Church, and the school district and the church sold their respective land at this site to the Long Prairie Cemetery Association.
The first burial at the graveyard, which is also known as Alligator Cemetery, is that of Sallie K. Burt, a child who died in 1872. Many graves are marked with fraternal organization symbols, and several belong to veterans who fought in conflicts dating back to the Civil War. The names of these Long Prairie residents and their families, friends and neighbors serve as reminders of the community's history, from settlement through hardships and success.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 04/10/1872
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