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Submitted: 2/15/15 • Approved: 2/15/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R55562-G0-S3
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
ALLEN CEMETERY
Located on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Whisenant, this cemetery was formally established on April 5, 1884, by the International Order of Odd Fellows, Local Lodge No. 249. Encompassing almost three acres of land, the cemetery has served the Allen community for over a century.
The oldest legible grave marker here is that of Rebecca L. Hamilton (d. 1883), although local oral tradition holds that earlier graves may exist, including a slave burial ground in the southeast corner of the property.
Tombstone inscriptions reveal evidence of early epidemics and include the names of a number of veterans of foreign wars. Robert J. Cuffman (d. 1918) was killed in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World War I. Mahlon Brackney served in the Spanish-American War. Also represented on grave markers here are notable early citizens of the community, including Permelia Ford, a pioneer settler, and doctors H. N. Compton and William Wolford.
The Allen Cemetery Association, organized in 1899, cares for the historic graveyard and sponsors an annual decoration day.
(1988)
Contributed on 2/15/15 by gasirek
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