Maple in Bailey County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Maple Cemetery
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 13, 2020
1. Maple Cemetery Marker
In 1934, in the midst of drought and the Great Depression, landowner Maple Wilson donated four acres for a cemetery for the small community that bore his name. It was used briefly up until World War II. Today, the identities of only three burials are known: infant Jay T. Sanderson (d. 1934); James Gentry (1885-1936), struck by lightning, leaving a wife and five children; and Minnie Elizabeth Daricek (1897-1935), who died quietly while nursing her eleventh child. Reportedly, three to five infants of Mexican descent are also interred here. This burial ground is a reminder of the hard times face by Bailey County families in the 1930s.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001
Erected 2001 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17443.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
Location. 33° 51.248′ N, 102° 54.972′ W. Marker is in Maple, Texas, in Bailey County. It can be reached from CR 1316, on the right when traveling west. The marker can be found one mile west from Maple on CR 1316. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office
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Regionally, this marker is on Texas’ South Plains. It is also on the American Great Plains and specifically on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Enochs Cemetery (approx. 8.6 miles away); a different marker also named Enochs Cemetery (approx. 8.6 miles away); Site of Virginia City (approx. 8.7 miles away); Pastores of Bailey County (approx. 10 miles away); La Pista de Vida Agua (approx. 10 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 10.6 miles away); Buffalo Soldier Hill (approx. 10.7 miles away in New Mexico); Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 (approx. 11.8 miles away).
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 13, 2020
2. Maple Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 13, 2020
3. Maple Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 476 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 14, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
