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Historical Marker
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Whitney Memorial
Park
The construction
of Whitney Dam caused the creation of this cemetery in 1950 for the
reinterment of 1260 graves from six historic cemeteries in Hill and
Bosque counties. Before Lake Whitney inundated several pioneer cemeteries,
all of the gravesites and monuments were moved here and placed on
nearly 24 acres purchased for the Brazos Valley graves.
The Captain Wilson Cemetery was originally located about six miles
southwest of Whitney and named for Civil War veteran and politician
J. M. C. Wilson. The earliest documented burial was from 1857. The
Walling Bend Cemetery, dating from 1863, was named for Jesse Walling,
who served in the Texas legislature. The two Schuler place cemeteries
were located on the Bosque County side of Lake Whitney, and contained
14 graves, many of the Basye Family. The cemetery that served the
Towash community was located about five miles west of Whitney. The
earliest known burial was that of A. J. and J. J. Dyer in 1864. Their
descendants included a member of the Texas Legislature, the first
chief justice of Hill County and owners of a flour and grist mill.
The Degraffenreid graveyard, located about three miles west of Whitney,
was the largest of the six cemeteries moved with 685 graves. |
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These cemeteries
were moved to this site in 1950 when the Whitney Dam was built:
Captain Wilson
Degraffenreid
Walling Bend
Shuler #6
Shuler #7
Towash |
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