EARLIEST Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery - Combine, TX
N 32° 34.259 W 096° 30.050
14S E 734615 N 3606484
A 2017 Texas Historical Marker at Pleasant Grove Cemetery indicates that the earliest burial here was that of a young girl, Harriet Mathis, way back in 1873.
Waymark Code: WM1659H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2022
Views: 1
Harriet is not buried with her parents, but their headstones are within sight of each other. Her marble headstone has been broken but repaired, standing in a solid base, and the rosebud at the top notes that she was to bloom in Heaven. The inscription reads:
Harriet Ann,
Dau. of
J.M. & P.A. Mathis,
Born
July 4, 1864,
Died
April 25, 1873.
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The historical marker provides some background:
James Monroe and Permelia Ann (Brizendine) Mathis came to the Combine area in about 1870, joining family already settled here. The couple had 12 children but not all lived to adulthood; eight-year old Harriet (1864-1873) became the earliest burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. In 1879, James and Permelia conveyed one adjacent acre for Pleasant Grove Schoolhouse, which also became an early meeting place for Point View Baptist Church and Pleasant Grove Church of Christ. After the school consolidated and the churches moved, the cemetery expanded into the adjoining acreage. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Association formed in 1985 to preserve this final resting place of pioneers and generations of their descendants.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 04/25/1873
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