Tuggle Springs Cemetery
Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This burial ground was established by Andrew Jackson Tuggle (1815-1877) a farmer who moved here from Tennessee c. 1850 with his wife Elizabeth (1819-1895). When a mother and infant died in 1864, Tuggle set aside property for use as a cemetery and for a church and school. As settlers came to the area, they began to use the burial ground, which is named for Tuggle and for nearby natural springs. Besides early settlers, others buried here include veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War. Today, the Tuggle Springs Cemetery Association, organized in 1960, continues to care for the burial ground, which features Woodmen of the World markers, grave slabs and vertical stones. Historic Texas Cemetery-2007
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Tennessee farmer Andrew Jackson Tuggle set aside this ground as a cemetery in 1864, after a mother and infant died, also reserving land for a church and school. Named for Tuggle and the nearby springs, the burial ground took in the area's settlers and veterans of conflicts reaching back to the Civil War. Since 1960 a cemetery association has cared for the site, with its Woodmen of the World markers and weathered grave slabs.
Why it matters
The cemetery preserves the memory of a Red River County farming settlement forged during the Civil War era, when families secured land for the dead, the faithful, and the young alike.
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