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Copiers note: The
Jackson Prairie Cemetery is said to have once been a large
cemetery, serving a prosperous community of the same name.
Abandoned in the 1930's, many of the grave markers were reputedly
carried away by unscrupulous persons for use as house blocks or
steps. The cemetery was originally located on the east side of a
dirt road running to a ferry on the Trinity River, and a line of
trees still marks the faint outlines of this road. When State
Highway 274 was created in the 1930's, the dirt road was
abandoned. nothing remains of this cemetery today, as it was not
protected from livestock which roam the wooded area in which it
is now located. It is said that that now a house has been built
upon this cemetery. If you have any information about
this cemetery..please contact
*JACKSON, Tullus R. s/o R. R. & L. C. 3-15-1863/4-24-1864
*JACKSON, Felix L. s/o R. R. & L. C. 9-6-1860/1-18-1867
*JACKSON, R. R. (Robert Ruel) 8-11-1823 (TN) /4-24-1868
Their bodies are buried in the dust,
But their names shall live forevermore (Masonic emblem)
These three inscriptions were on one large stone, the only stone still standing in 1954
SMITH, A. J. died 11-26-1887 age 49 years
(He is reputed to have run a ferry on the nearby Trinity River.)
SMITH, Lizzie, w/o A. J. 8-29-1853/10-26-1898
SMITH, Crockett, s/o A. J. & L. 5-23-1882/11-23-1897?
WOOD, Oscar F., s/o S. N. & M. E. 6-5-1892/9-6-1897
MEAZELL, William Thomas Patterson 2-28-1866/11-30-1893
Who so keepeth his mouth and his tongue
Keepeth his soul from trouble broken stone
PERRY, J. H. s/o J. R. & S. A. 8-22-1882/1-20-1899
ESTES, H. H. (carved on a brick)
C. L. W. (on a brick headstone, trees at head and foot of grave)
J. H. B. or J. B. (on a brick)
Photos Wanted for this Cemetery
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