Red Oak in Ellis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Red Oak Cemetery

Photographed by Larry D. Moore, June 30, 2020

1. Red Oak Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Originally known as the Kemble Cemetery, this graveyard began as a family burial ground. Abraham Kemble acquired the land on which the cemetery is located about 1860. He and his wife Mary were both buried here in 1867. In 1892 Kemble descendants gave the land to Liberty Baptist Church, later renamed First Baptist Church, Red Oak. The cemetery became a public burial ground after the turn of the century. Those interred here include generations of Kemble family members, area pioneers, and veterans of several wars, beginning with the Civil War.

Erected 1988 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7142.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 32° 30.122′ N, 96° 48.63′ W. Marker is in Red Oak, Texas, in Ellis County. It is on South Central Boulevard (State Highway 342) north of Allen Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 599 TX-342, Red Oak TX 75154, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Parsons' Cavalry (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ellis County (approx. 1.3 miles away); Bell's Chapel Cemetery

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(approx. 2.2 miles away); Graves Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); Ovilla Cemetery (approx. 4½ miles away); First Baptist Church of Ovilla (approx. 4.7 miles away); Ovilla (approx. 4.7 miles away); Heritage Park (approx. 4.7 miles away).

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Photographed by Larry D. Moore, June 30, 2020

2. Red Oak Cemetery Marker Area

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2020, by Larry D. Moore of Del Valle, Texas. This page has been viewed 908 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 3, 2020, by Larry D. Moore of Del Valle, Texas.