Hill Cemetery
Houston County, Houston County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This family cemetery was established in November 1900 when Maxie Gregg Hill (1859-1935) and his wife Mollie (Dominy) (1869-1942) set aside a plot of land on their farm to bury their son, Dudley, who died at the age of four months. Maxie Gregg and Mollie Hill, eleven of their sixteen children and several generations of their descendants are interred in the Hill Cemetery. It has been the site of numerous family reunions over the years. Among the graves here are those of veterans of World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This family burying ground began in sorrow in November 1900, when Maxie Gregg Hill and his wife Mollie set aside part of their farm to bury their infant son Dudley. Over the following generations the Hills and their descendants—sixteen children and their families—came to rest here, and the ground became a gathering place for family reunions. Among the graves lie veterans of four American wars, from World War I through Vietnam.
Why it matters
The cemetery is a quiet record of a Texas farming family across the twentieth century, its rows of veterans' graves tracing the nation's wars through one household's service.
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Related people
- · Maxie Gregg Hill
- · Mollie Dominy Hill
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