Liberty Cemetery
Cisco, Eastland County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Originally known as Liberty Hill, the small but thriving community that once stood near this site included a school, two churches, a general store, drugstore, blacksmith shop and a cotton gin. Land was deeded for a cemetery in 1899 by Samuel B. Webb (1856-1931) and wife, Amanda J. Webb (1869-1954). The earliest dated graves are those of their daughter-in-law, Viola Wood Holder (1889-1907), who died in childbirth, and her infant son who did not survive. Confederate soldiers and veterans of World Wars I and II are laid to rest here, along with generations of families who settled and developed this area of Eastland County. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2000
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The cemetery preserves the memory of Liberty Hill, a once-thriving community with a school, two churches, stores, a blacksmith, and a cotton gin. Samuel B. Webb and his wife Amanda deeded the burial ground in 1899, and its earliest graves hold their daughter-in-law Viola, who died in childbirth in 1907, and her infant son. Confederate soldiers rest here alongside veterans of both World Wars and the families who settled this part of Eastland County.
Why it matters
Liberty Cemetery is the last standing trace of a vanished farming community, its rows of graves spanning from Civil War veterans to the 20th-century families who worked the land.
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Related people
- · Samuel B. Webb
- · Amanda J. Webb
- · Viola Wood Holder
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