Morrow Chapel Cemetery
Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This burial ground originally served members of the Morrow family, early area settlers. It was first used in 1853 for the interment of Alexander Morrow, an infant. In 1892 his mother Mary Elizabeth Morrow (1812-94) gave the site and adjoining land to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who built a sanctuary here named in her honor. The church disbanded in the early 1920s and the chapel later housed classes of the Ola School District. In the 1930s a cemetery association was formed under the leadership of Mrs. Henry LaRoe and Mr. and Mrs. Basil Barton.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground began in 1853 with the grave of the Morrow family's infant son Alexander, marking one of the earliest settlements in the Kaufman area. In 1892 his mother Mary Elizabeth Morrow deeded the land to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which built a chapel named in her honor. After the congregation disbanded, the chapel served a local school district, and a cemetery association took up its care in the 1930s.
Why it matters
The cemetery charts the familiar arc of a Texas pioneer community — settlement, church, school, and remembrance — across nearly a century of local life.
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Related people
- · Mary Elizabeth Morrow
- · Alexander Morrow
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