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Houston-Lea Family Cemetery

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Independence, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 19' 13.332648", -96° 20' 50.279928"
 
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    When the widow of died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1867, the danger of contagion made it impossible to carry her to Huntsville for burial beside her husband. She lies here, with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Lea, near the sites of their last homes and the old church they both loved.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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