Ramsey Cemetery
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N 32° 13.900 W 098° 17.389
14S E 566911 N 3566336
This marker stands on the north side of Highway 8, next to the short road that leads to the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM9DH3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2010
Views: 10
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Ramsey Cemetery
City: Stephenville vicinity
County: Erath
Subject Codes: graveyards
Year Marker Erected: 1986
Marker Location: from Stephenville, take FM 8 northwest about 3.5 miles
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 4175
Marker Text:
The nearby burial ground is named for William Ramsey, who in 1886 formally deeded the land around several early graves as a cemetery. The oldest legible tombstone, dated 1862, bears the name of Rebecca Henning. Many burial sites are marked only with native stones. Some of Erath County's first pioneers and several war veterans are buried in Ramsey Cemetery. Some of the pioneers and their descendants who are interred there are members of the Patton, Robertson, Lancaster, Tudor, Hampton, Carr, Mitchell, and Wideman families.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
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