Marker Inscription
Joseph and Mary Jane (Dusenbury) Thurman came to this part of Edwards county in 1882. In 1885, Mary Jane was the first to be buried in what became the Thurman Family Cemetery. Grave markers record infant deaths and victims of typhoid and other diseases that plagued the pioneers. Members of the Thurman, Self, Ellis, Donaghe, Parham, Maddux, Quigg, Loden, Fulkerson, Wilkerson, Chapman, Lazerine, Wallace, Bolding, and Remley families are buried in the 29 gravesites. Last used in 1958, the cemetery is maintained by Thurman family descendants. (1985)
About this site
Thurman Cemetery is a historical marker in Rocksprings, Edwards County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in Edwards County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7481, -100.3949 near Rocksprings. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thurmans of Kickapoo, Site of the Ranch of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Thurman, J. C. Linn Ranch, and Martha Lear Chilton Foster.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5137005488. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
