Clark Cemetery

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Marker No: 13147

Texas Historical Cemetery Marker

Geographic: 29.887398,-97.484619

Location: Lockhart, 8.9 miles east of US 183 and FM 20 intersection, then south 3.8 miles on CR 158

Marker Text: ​James E. Clark was born in North Carolina in 1826. He later moved to Texas, marrying Mary E. Roberts in Bastrop County in 1860. In January 1881, he bought land in this area. Here, he and Mary reared nine children. In 1884, James set aside land for a school and a family cemetery. He was buried here in 1898, and his grave is the first marked in the cemetery. The most recent burial dates to the 1950s. Today the family cemetery is adjacent to a community center established at the site of the former school. Both serve as reminders of the Clark family and their contributions to area history and growth. (2002)