Magnolia Cemetery
Magnolia, Montgomery County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This burial ground was in use for decades before Tom J. Goodson (1858-1913) and wife, Winnie May (1867-1911), deeded it to the Baptist church on May 3, 1909. Land gifts in 1945 by their son, Lester (1898-1978), and by C.H. Daniel, a local land and sawmill owner who donated land again in 1967, have allowed for expansion. The earliest marked graves belong to brothers, James A. (1859-1878) and William H. (1861-1878) Proctor; how they died just days apart is now forgotten. Honored here are veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. This site remains a chronicle of the generations who are the heritage of the Magnolia area. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In use for decades before Tom J. Goodson and his wife Winnie May deeded it to the Baptist church in 1909, this burial ground later grew through gifts of land from their son and from local sawmill owner C.H. Daniel. Its earliest marked graves belong to the brothers James and William Proctor, who died just days apart in 1878 for reasons now forgotten. Buried here are veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam—generations of the Magnolia community.
Why it matters
Spanning veterans from the Civil War through Vietnam, the cemetery is a layered record of an East Texas community's service across more than a century.
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Related people
- · Tom J. Goodson
- · Winnie May Goodson
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