Marker Inscription
The Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (later Champion Lumber Company) donated four acres of land at this site to the people of the Weldon Community for a cemetery in 1912. The first persons buried here that year were one-year-old Louise Driskell and her two-year-old brother, Leo, both victims of diphtheria. Among the graves are those of area pioneers and their descendants, as well as veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Weldon Civic Club and a cemetery association care for the historic graveyard.
About this site
Weldon Cemetery is a historical marker in Houston County, Texas, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 183 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 349 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0249, -95.5597. The nearest cataloged historic site is Weldon (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Weldon, Volga Community, and Eastham Unit.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225011066. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
