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Authon Cemetery

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On Garner-Adell Rd, off US 180, about 20 mi. W of Weatherford, Authon, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 51' 53.05407000012", -97° 56' 49.85378000016"
 
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     Named for the nearby Authon Community, located on the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Military Road, this site first served as a cemetery for the family of Kentucky native Isom Cranfill (1831-1902). The earliest burial here was that of his 15-year-old son, Linn Boyd Cranfill (d. 1871), who was killed in an Indian attack near the family home (.75 mile south). The cemetery and adjoining land were later deeded to the Authon Church of Christ, who worshiped in a sanctuary at this site until the 1920s. Still in use, the public burial ground contains the graves of many pioneer area settlers. (1981)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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