Libby Community Cemetery
Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Once named Miller's Mill, the community served by this cemetery was settled in the early 19th century. When a post office was established in 1898, the name Libby was chosen for the postmaster's daughter. The first burial on this site is believed to have taken place in 1898 when infant Bessie Patterson died. The first marked grave is dated 1900. Also buried here is Civil War veteran Thomas Farrell. Born in Ireland in 1845, Farrell was enlisted in the Vermont Infantry of the Union Army from 1862-1863. He moved to Texas in 1877, marrying Elizabeth Mary Lewis in that year. Elizabeth and five of their eleven children also are interred here. Families of those buried on this site began organized maintenance in about 1918. The cemetery remains a record of Libby pioneers. (1999)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The community once called Miller's Mill was settled in the early 1800s and renamed Libby in 1898 for the postmaster's daughter, the same year its cemetery received its first burial. Among those laid to rest here is Thomas Farrell, an Irish immigrant born in 1845 who served in the Vermont Infantry of the Union Army before moving to Texas in 1877. Families began organized upkeep around 1918, keeping the ground as a record of the area's pioneers.
Why it matters
The cemetery gathers the pioneers of a small East Texas community, including an Irish-born Union veteran whose grave links a distant Civil War battlefield to the Texas frontier.
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