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Submitted: 9/19/14 • Approved: 9/19/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R22376-G0-S3
Belew Cemetery
Around 1856, Richard (Dick) Aaron Belew (1820 - 1900) And Mary Jane Belew
(1822 - 1902), Their Five Children An and 39 Other Families Came Together By Wagon From Tennessee To Denton County. They Stopped On A Hill In An Area Later Know As The Belew Schoolhouse Settlement, Part Of The A G Stapp Survey North Of Aubrey. A School Soon Opened In A Log Cabin At The Site And Was Later Used As A Church. The First Piece Of Land Was Purchased In October 1880 From Richard Aaron Belew By The Citizens OF The Belew Schoolhouse Community To Be Used As A Public Graveyard. Over 70 Red Sandstone Rocks Mark Many Of The Early Graves In This Original 2.8 Acres. By The Early 1900's The Belew Cemetery Was Established As The Main Burial Ground For The Aubrey Area.
In 1902, A Ladies Cemetery Society Was Organized By Kate Hodges (1857 - 1906). Mary L (Mollie) Henderson (1854 - 1919, Ola Price (1877 - 1955), Bettie Catlett (1855 - 1918, Mary Caddell (1854 - 1940), And Nora McIntosh (1872 - 1965) To Raise Funds For The Care Of The Cemetery. To Raise Money For Additional Land, The Ladies Cemetery Society Voted To Hold A Thanksgiving Dinner For The Community, For 85 Years, This Fundraiser Was A Success And Allowed The Society, Later Renamed The Belew Cemetery Association, To Purchase Additional Land In 1903 And For The Construction Of A House For The Sexton In 1906 And A Pavilion In 1910. Additional Land Was Acquired In 1962 And 1983. The Association's First Directors Represented Rural School Districts In The surrounding Area, Early Settles, Association Founders And Veterans From The Civil war To The Gulf War Are Buried Here. This Historic Cemetery Continues To Honor The Area'S Heritage And Ancestors.
Contributed on 9/19/14
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Record #: 22376