FIRST Burial in Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery - Retreat, TX
N 32° 02.738 W 096° 28.959
14S E 737692 N 3548266
A 1978 Texas Historical Marker at historic Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery in Retreat, TX indicates that the first burial in the cemetery was of an infant son of land donor, Samuel Hamilton, back in 1859.
Waymark Code: WM15VR9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2022
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The first burial in the cemetery was John C. Hamilton, back in 1859. He shares a headstone with his brother, Isaac, who lived only four years himself. Each child has a section of the headstone with their information on it, all capped by a third piece featuring two birds drinking from a chalice -- there's likely some symbolism here somewhere. The the bottom of the headstone is "Children of S. & N.T. Hamilton", and the inscriptions read:
John C.
Hamilton
Born
Dec. 15,
1858.
Died
Jan. 2,
1859.
Aged 18 days.
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Isaac E.
Hamilton
Born
Jan. 12,
1860.
Died
June 8,
1864
Aged 4 y'rs 4 mo's
& 26 days.
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The historical marker provides some background:
William Harvey Beeman (1817-1860) received a Mercer Colony grant of 640 acres in Navarro County and brought his family here in the 1840s. He and pioneer Samuel Hamilton (1820-1900), who owned adjacent property, each gave one acre to establish this cemetery in the 1850s. The first burial was that of Hamilton's infant son in 1859. Both Hamilton and Beeman, a freighter and local justice of the peace, are buried here. Gifts and purchases of additional land have enlarged the cemetery to over 47 acres.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/02/1859
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