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Submitted: 5/21/14 • Approved: 8/20/22 • Last Updated: 8/23/22 • R7257-G0-S3
CA 1876, to ensure construction of the Ease line and Red River railroad across his property, Dr Hamilton J Avinger donated land for a railroad depot, a Methodist church, and this Cemetery, establishing a new community bearing his name.
The earliest known burial is of Alice Rhyne (1877), a victim of thyroid fever epidemic.
Others interred here Veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War, as well as those who made vital contributions to the town of Avinger.
As the population of Avinger increased, residents used the burial ground as a community cemetery. It has never been affiliated with a particular church.
Community residents have long cared for the graveyard, a treasured institution.
The 1936 Study Club of Avinger maintained the burial ground from 1959 until 1963, when the Avinger Cemetery Association organized.
Today the Cemetery Association continues to care for the burial ground, which remains as a record of the early pioneers and leaders of Avinger.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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Contributed on 5/21/14 by MryAl8
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