Corinth Cemetery
Linden vicinity, Cass County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This historic graveyard is associated with the Corinth Baptist Church of Almira, to whom Ephraim and Mary (Hartsfield) Watson donated four acres of land in 1876. The earliest marked burial is that of three-month-old Terrissa L. Ellington, who died in 1878. Veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam are interred here. Containing both marked and unmarked graves, the cemetery is a reflection of the heritage of this part of Cass County. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Corinth Cemetery continued in use, serving the Almira, Carterville, Floyd Hill and surrounding communities. (2001)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This graveyard grew from a four-acre gift of land made by Ephraim and Mary Watson to the Corinth Baptist Church of Almira in 1876, with its earliest marked grave belonging to an infant who died in 1878. Among its marked and unmarked graves lie veterans of the Civil War through Vietnam, spanning generations of one corner of Cass County. It remained in active use into the twenty-first century.
Why it matters
A rural cemetery like Corinth is a quiet archive of a community's whole history, holding the founders, families, and soldiers who shaped it over more than a century.
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Related people
- · Ephraim Watson
- · Mary Hartsfield Watson
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