Pool's Cemetery

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Marker No: 17209

Historical Texas Cemetery Marker

Geographic: 30.531992, -95.737213

Location: 9 miles west of Montgomery on the west side of FM 149

Marker Text: ​Among 1850s settlers here were John W. Pool (1823-1901) and his wife, Joannah (1825-1910). Their son, William J. Pool (1855-1936), deeded about two acres in the Hezekiah Farris survey to the union grove Baptist and Methodist churches in 1885. the church also housed a school, and a cemetery began with the burial of John C. Montgomery (1885-1888). in the 1950s, Eugenia (Pool) and Frank Gazette conveyed additional land. Military veterans interred here include confederate soldiers Henry E. Williams (1825-1900) and John Randolph Stovall (1812-1903). Union grove Baptist church now has a larger sanctuary nearby. the Pool’s Cemetery Association coordinates an annual work day and maintains this historic graveyard and the traditions of past generations. (2010)