Cedar Springs Cemetery
Rosebud, Falls County, Texas
Marker Inscription
CEDAR SPRINGS CEMETERY ALTHOUGH THERE ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN UNMARKED GRAVES, THE EARLIEST MARKED BURIAL HERE IS THAT OF THOMAS ROBERTS (1817-1874). AT LEAST 20 BURIALS OCCURRED BEFORE THE LAND WAS DEEDED ON MARCH 4, 1901. THE CEMETERY IS ON LAND OWNED BY J. G. W. PIERSON, WHO WAS ATTORNEY AND SURVEYOR FOR STERLING CLACK ROBERTSON IN THE ROBERTSON COLONY. MOST EARLY BURIALS ARE LOCATED INSIDE THE FENCED PIERSON FAMILY PLOT, INDICATING THAT ORIGINALLY THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FAMILY BURIAL GROUND. SEVERAL VETERANS ARE BURIED HERE, INCLUDING CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS ALAMANDER ERVIN LINDER (1823-1921), BENJAMIN ALMARY PIERSON (1840-1905) AND JOHN THOMAS DANIEL (1841-1891). THIS CEMETERY IS A REMINDER OF RURAL FALLS COUNTY SETTLEMENT. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Tucked into the Robertson Colony country of rural Falls County, this burial ground holds its earliest marked grave from 1874, though at least twenty people were laid to rest before the land was formally deeded in 1901. Most early burials cluster inside the fenced plot of surveyor and colony attorney J. G. W. Pierson, suggesting it began as a family ground; among those resting here are Civil War soldiers who lived out their later years on the Texas prairie.
Why it matters
Country cemeteries like Cedar Springs are the quiet archives of frontier settlement, preserving the names of the colonists and Civil War veterans who built rural Texas.
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Related people
- · Thomas Roberts
- · J. G. W. Pierson
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