Springer-Macedonia Cemetery
Waller County, Waller County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The pioneer Springer family donated the original two acres of this graveyard and gave their name to the community in this area and to a school, also known as McPherson School. Later the cemetery was called Macedonia, for the nearby church founded in the 1890s. Burials probably predate the earliest marked grave, that of Oliver McPherson (d. 1871). Enlarged by additional gifts of land, the community burial ground contains about 300 known graves. The Macedonia Cemetery Association, incorporated in 1976, maintains the site.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The pioneer Springer family donated the first two acres of this graveyard and lent their name to the surrounding community and its school. In time the burial ground took the name Macedonia, after a nearby church founded in the 1890s, though burials likely predate the oldest marked grave, that of Oliver McPherson in 1871. Enlarged by later gifts of land, the cemetery holds some three hundred known graves and has been tended by an incorporated association since 1976.
Why it matters
The cemetery preserves the memory of a pioneer community and the family whose land and name anchored its church, school, and burial ground.
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Related people
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