Historical Markers StoppingPoints.com Historical Markers, Sightseeing & Points of Interest Scenic Roads & Points of Interest
About Us | Photo Gallery | Free Widgets | Featured States | Search Site
Register or Edit LoginRegister
Home Texas Hunt County Wolfe City Mt. Carmel Cemetery
     

Mt. Carmel Cemetery

  Texas Historical Markers
Wolfe City, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 21' 58.46069999988", -96° 3' 31.16701000008"
 
    Texas State
Historical Marker
     William J. Uncle Billy Williams (1826-1918), whose family settled this area in 1844, set aside 3.5 acres of this cemetery in 1852 for burial of his two-year-old niece, Angelina Williams. Oldest gravestones are those of his parents, Elizabeth (1789-1861) and George Williams (1786-1863). First called Williams Cemetery, it became known as Mt. Carmel after a Methodist church by that name was built nearby in 1883. An open chapel was added to the property in 1891; another erected in 1920 still stands. Maintained by Mt. Carmel Cemetery Association, the site has grown to 37.6 acres and contains about 10,000 graves.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Mt. Carmel Cemetery Historical Marker Location Map, Wolfe City, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas Cemetery Markers, Cemeteries, Texan Graveyards,
Burial Grounds and Graves

 
Explore other historical .
 
See other Hunt County Cemeteries:
Sonora Cemetery
Humboldt Cemetery
Caney Cemetery
Clinton Cemetery
Stewart Cemetery
I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Graham Point Cemetery
Lebanon Cemetery