Henderson Yoakum 
​(September 6, 1810 - November 30, 1856)

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Marker No: 8483

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

30.726564, -95.547264

Marker Text: ​This cemetery existed as early as 1846. For three graves were placed here that year. Pleasant Gray, Huntsville's founder, deeded in 1847 a 1,600-square foot plot at this site. The original tract has been greatly enlarged by other donations from local citizens. Numerous graves bear the death date 1867, when a yellow-fever epidemic swept the county. Among the many famous persons buried here are General Sam Houston; Henderson King Yoakum, author of the first comprehensive history of Texas; state congressmen; and pioneer families. (1976) 

Location: Near the corner of 9th Street and Avenue I and the Sam Houston Memorial gravesite in Oakwood Cemetery; Huntsville.