Cox Cemetery

Cox Cemetery Arkansas native Obediah Cox and his wife Angeline (Glover) settled in the Ferguson Prairie (Old Union) community in 1864, following his service in the Civil War. After Angeline's death, Cox wed her sister, Eliza, and they bought several tracts of land in the area, including property at this site, where Angeline was buried. Hers is the first marked burial, dating to February 1870, but family records, as well as unidentified graves, indicate the possibility of earlier interments. Grave markers indicate that military veterans, including some from the Civil War, and members of the Masonic lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star, are among those buried here. In addition to Cox, early area family names associated with the cemetery include Hastings, Herod, White, Wright, Henderson, Glover, Yarbrough, Hunter, Brown, Lewis, Roberts and Unfried. The graveyard today is maintained by a community cemetery association. Since the 1880s, area residents have held an annual memorial, which gives descendants and relatives opportunities to reunite and to celebrate families, friends, neighbors and the area's rich history. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002

Cox Cemetery is a historical marker in Groesbeck, Limestone County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 67 historical markers documented in Limestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 187 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4087, -96.4216 near Groesbeck. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Oletha Common School (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Roberts, Sion, Union Community, and Pottershop.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5293012963. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.