Fuqua Family Cemetery
Anderson, Grimes County, Texas
Marker Inscription
FUQUA FAMILY CEMETERY FUQUA FAMILY CEMETERY WAS NAMED FOR THE EPHRAIM FUQUA FAMILY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN THE AREA. EPHRAIM FUQUA RECEIVED A LAND PATENT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1841 AND DONATED A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CEMETERY. THE BURIAL GROUND IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTH OF EPHRAIM FUQUA’S ORIGINAL HOMESITE. THE FIRST RECORDED BURIAL HERE IS THAT OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER PATRICK H. FUQUA, WHO DIED IN 1862. OTHER FUQUA FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED HERE INCLUDE VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. THE CEMETERY SERVES AS A MEMORIAL TO A PIONEERING TEXAS FAMILY. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2008
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This family burial ground honors the Ephraim Fuqua family, among the earliest settlers in this part of Grimes County. Fuqua secured a land patent from the young Republic of Texas in 1841 and set aside part of it for a cemetery, whose first recorded grave belongs to a Confederate soldier who died in 1862. Generations of the family rest here, including veterans of the Spanish-American War and both world wars.
Why it matters
A single pioneer family's graves trace Texas from its days as an independent republic through the wars of the next century, making the cemetery a compact record of American service and settlement.
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Related people
- · Ephraim Fuqua
- · Patrick H. Fuqua
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