Columbus Old City Cemetery
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Marker Text: Date of earliest burial is not known; oldest headstone, 1853. Site (7A) was deeded to the city in 1870 as an existent graveyard.
Burials here included Benjamin Beason, one of Austin's "Old 300" colonists; W.D. DeWees,also in "Old 300", founder of Columbus; 1830s historian Dilue Rose and husband Sheriff Ira Harris; Gen. Augustus Jones, War of 1812 and Texas War for Independence veteran; Dr. John G. Logue, known as founder of the first drugstore in Texas, 1845; The Rev. Jacob Scherer, founder , in 1857, of Colorado College; many Confederate soldiers; and victims of 1873 yellow fever epidemic. (1973) Marker No: 985
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 29.705385, -96.552444
Location: 1300 Walnut Street, Columbus
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