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Three Obelisks
in the Moss family plot
The Moss
Family had substantial land holdings in southern Llano
County
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Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin,
April 2018 |
Historical Marker:
Oxford Cemetery
The Oxford community
was founded in 1880 when Confederate veteran A. J. Johnson came to
Llano County and
laid out the townsite. In 1881, a burial ground was established near
this site for the use of the families of Oxford. Burials date from
1883, although some of the graves that were moved from a neighboring
cemetery bear earlier death dates. Among those interred there are
the town's founder, A. J. Johnson (1832-1924), who captained the Packsaddle
Mountain fight, an 1873 battle that drove raiding Indians out of Llano
County.
(1985) |
Gravestone of
A.J. Johnson ( the town's founder) and Wife
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin, April 2018 |
Gravestone of
Edgar Johnson, 22 yo son of AJ Johnson
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin,
April 2018 |
Oxford Cemetery
tombstones
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin,
April 2018 |
L - Oxford Cemetery
Tombstones
R - Mother and Child Tombstones
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Oxford Cemetery
Forum
"I havn't
been able to research how or why this happened, but inside the Oxford
cemetery there are the graves of twins: Lola and Ida Maupin. [ Being
twins they ] were naturally born on the same day (November 1, 1891),
but they also died on the same day (November 7, 1898). I just thought
you should know. I visited the cemetery at night and it is truly a
creepy place." - Will Creedle |
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