McDougle Cemetery

This small cemetery reflects the common 19th-century custom of burying friends and family near the family homestead. In 1838, George McDougle (1786-1871) bought 100 acres out of the John House survey and moved his family to the property surrounding this cemetery, on which he built a house, established a farm and raised cattle. The McDougle family retained ownership of the homestead for 100 years. There are 15 marked graves in the McDougle cemetery and an unknown number of unmarked graves. The first burial is thought to be that of George McDougle's wife, Jane (Laughlin), who died in 1864. There is no tombstone for her grave, nor for that of George, a Texas Ranger in 1839, who died in 1871 and is also thought to be buried here. Their son James Ellison McDougle (1829-1892), a civil war veteran and Harris County commissioner from 1879 to 1881, is buried here in a marked grave, as is his wife, Joanah (Laughlin) (1834-1922), and their three sons. One son, John Kaleb McDougle (1865-1934) served as a Harris County commissioner in 1902. Other family names that appear on grave markers in the cemetery are Bonds, Pevateaux, Weathers and Spell. In 1938, George and Jane McDougle's grandson Robert (1857-1941) sold the family homestead but retained the right of access to the cemetery. Robert and his wife, Elizabeth (1862-1935), are interred here, as is their son Virgil Kaleb McDougle, whose burial in 1956 was the last 20th-century interment in the historic graveyard. (2001) Historic Texas Cemetery (2001)

McDougle Cemetery is a historical marker in Klein, Harris County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 406 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 781 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0353, -95.5326 near Klein. The nearest cataloged historic site is Theis Family (historical marker), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Kohrville Community, Wunderlich, Catherine, and Wunderlich Farm.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201012463. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.