Old Town Cemetery
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Geographic; 28.544426,-96.522476
Location: from Port Lavaca, take FM 238 south/southwest about 3 mile then follow FM 316 south about 8.5 mile go North 1 mile on County Road to Old Town Cemetery
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Marker Text: Located on the elevated ridge at Indianola Beach, this cemetery is one of three that served the port of Indianola during the 19th century. The oldest existing grave marker, that of James Chilton Allan, bears a date of 1851. Also buried here are some of Calhoun County's earliest settlers, who came in the first wave of German immigration to Texas in the 1840s. Many of the original tombstones, including that of Angelina Eberly (d. 1860), heroine of the Texas Archives War, have disappeared over time because of storms and vandalism. (1986) & (2010)
Marker No: 3825 & 16315
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker & Texas Historical Cemetery Medallion
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