Wood Cemetery
Jonesboro, Coryell County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This cemetery, probably named for noted pioneer educator D. R. Wood, was established with the 1858 burial of Sarah E. Shipman, wife of prominent local rancher John K. Shipman. More than 20 additional burials were recorded before John Shipman deeded 11.5 acres here for cemetery, church, and school purposes in 1877. The cemetery contains grave sites of many area pioneer settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Civil War and World Wars I and II. Wood Cemetery remains active and is maintained by an association of descendants of persons buried here.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Wood Cemetery began in 1858 with the burial of Sarah E. Shipman, wife of a prominent local rancher, and likely took its name from pioneer educator D. R. Wood. In 1877 John Shipman deeded 11.5 acres for a cemetery, church, and school, binding the community's living and dead to one plot of Coryell County ground. Among its graves rest pioneer settlers and veterans of the Civil War and both World Wars.
Why it matters
A working pioneer cemetery like this preserves the memory of the settlers and soldiers whose lives built and defended rural Texas across four generations.
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Related people
- · Sarah E. Shipman
- · John K. Shipman
- · D. R. Wood
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