Marker Inscription
About 4 miles SE of Forreston. Take Hwy 77 about .7 miles to Lumpkin Road, SE of Forreston. Go left on Lumpkin Road for 2.1 miles; a little further down the road from the Lumpkins Community between Fort Farm and Avalon.
Cemetery
Hooks Family
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About this site
Hooks Family is a cemetery in Alavon, Ellis County. It is one of 77 cemeteries documented in Ellis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 300 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2201, -96.8294 near Alavon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hughes Cemetery #3 (cemetery), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hughes Cemetery #1, Hughes Cemetery #2, and Site of The Plantation Home of Edward H. Tarrant.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7139005405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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