Dobyville Cemetery
Burnet, Burnet County, Texas
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The Dobyville Cemetery is the last visible renmant of the community of Dobyville, settled in the 1850s, and named for the town's location on a white adobe rock hill. The cemetery contains more than 230 marked graves; between 60 and 70 graves are unmarked and believed to be infants. The earliest documented grave was for Mary E. Standefer (1833-1857), daughter of Hugh and Ana Lawhon. Many of the area's early pioneers are buried here, along with former elected officials of local and state governement, and veterans of several wars. The cemetery continues to serve the area. (1996)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The Dobyville Cemetery is the last trace of a small Central Texas community settled in the 1850s and named for the white adobe-rock hill on which it stood. More than 230 marked graves remain, with dozens of unmarked burials believed to be infants, the earliest documented being a young woman who died in 1857. Pioneers, local and state officials, and veterans of several wars rest here, and the ground still serves the surrounding area.
Why it matters
Frontier burial grounds like Dobyville are often the only surviving record of vanished settlements, preserving the names of the families who first put down roots on the Texas frontier.
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