Prairie Hill Cemetery
Prairie Hill, Limestone County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Prairie Hill Baptist Church members built a sanctuary here in 1890 on 3 acres donated by J. R. and Medora Leathers. A portion of the acreage near the sanctuary was set aside in 1894 to established this community cemetery. The first recorded burial was that of Eula Jane Howard on June 29, 1894. The Prairie Hill Cemetery Association, established in 1958 and chartered in 1975, maintains the cemetery which has been enlarged over the years. Interred here are area pioneer settlers and their descendants, and veterans of conflicts ranging from the Civil War to Vietnam. 1994
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Prairie Hill Baptist Church built a sanctuary here in 1890 on three acres given by J. R. and Medora Leathers, and set aside part of the land for a community cemetery in 1894. The first recorded burial, that of Eula Jane Howard, came in June 1894. Enlarged over the decades and maintained since 1958 by a cemetery association, the grounds hold area pioneers and their descendants along with veterans of every conflict from the Civil War to Vietnam.
Why it matters
With graves spanning generations of settlers and soldiers from the Civil War through Vietnam, the cemetery is a layered record of one rural community's service and sacrifice across American history.
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