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Submitted: 4/9/17 • Approved: 4/9/17 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R118719-G0-S3
FAIRVIEW CHURCH AND CEMETERY
Kentucky Native And Cattleman Julian N Kimberlin (1848 - 1932) Donated Five Acres Of Land Here In 1880 To The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, For Grange Hall, Church, School And Burial Purposes. The First Recorded Burial Was That Of Wilson B Westerman In 1881.
Although, A Local Grange Chapter Evidently Never was Organized, A Building Was Erected By 1885 That Served As A School and Sanctuary for The Fairview Community. By The Time The Church
Building was Destroyed By A Storm In 1913 The Fairview Methodist
Church Was No Longer Active. The Community Erected A New Building A Few Miles South Of The Cemetery Near The Community Of Oak Dale. The New Structure, Known As Oak Dale Church Housed The Fairview School And Served As A Non-Denominational Church Building.
In 1928-19 Fairview Citizens Erected A New Chapel Adjacent To the Cemetery. The Building Became The Site For Religious And
Funeral Services And Special Evens For A Number of Denominations
In The Area.
The Perpetual Care Fairview Cemetery Presently Contains More Than 300 Burials. Among The People Interred Here Are Many Of
The Pioneer Settlers Of The Area And Their Descendants And
Civil War Veteran C C Choate.
Sesquicentennial Of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
Photo Courtesy of C C
Contributed on 4/9/17
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Record #: 118719