Red Oak Cemetery

Originally known as the Kemble Cemetery, this graveyard began as a family burial ground. Abraham Kemble acquired the land on which the cemetery is located about 1860. He and his wife Mary were both buried here in 1867. In 1892 Kemble descendants gave the land to Liberty Baptist Church, later renamed First Baptist Church, Red Oak. The cemetery became a public burial ground after the turn of the century. Those interred here include generations of Kemble family members, area pioneers, and veterans of several wars, beginning with the civil war.

Red Oak Cemetery is a historical marker in Red Oak, Ellis County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Ellis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 300 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.5020, -96.8105 near Red Oak. The nearest cataloged historic site is Couch Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fry - Butcher House, Parsons' Cavalry C.S.A., and Ellis County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5139007142. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.