Thurber Cemetery

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Marker Text: Encompassing slightly more than nine acres, the Thurber Cemetery documents the multi-ethnic Thurber community. The graveyard was divided into three sections with separate entrances: Catholic, Protestant, and African American. There are more than 1,000 graves here, including almost 700 unmarked burials. The oldest tombstone is that of Eva Chapman, an infant who died in 1890. More than half the total graves are those of infants and children, a reflection of such epidemic diseases as scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, and whooping cough. (2000)

Marker No: 5487

Texas Historical Cemetery Marker

Location: 32° 30.676′ N, 98° 25.092′ W

Geographic: Private Road 741 0.3 miles from Texas Highway 108, on the right when traveling north.