Jacksonville in Cherokee County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Memorial to Our World War Dead

Photographed by James Hulse, September 1, 2023

1. Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker

Inscription. William Stanley Allen • Thomas L. Ballew • Pearl Beard • William Flournoy Bence • Meddie L. Blanton • Harold Columbus Chapman • Jimmie Walter Claiborne • Joseph Gaston Cook • William Sidney Davis • Henry Grady Earle • John Willie Heermans • Donlie L. Hood • Emery Jack Jenkins • Lawrence E. Knight • James Vernon Myhand • Frazier McCord Nolley • Pasco Parker • William Josiah Perry • David Randolph Prather • Roscoe Bolton Rudd • Will Lee Sanford • Jessie Elma Shelton • Edgar William Tillman • S. Rogers Tipton • Morris Temple Toler • Charles Ouitman Ward • William L. Wrotenbery

Colored Earle Fuller • Chester Brisby • Henry Richardson • John Derden • Toby Stevens

Erected 1928 by The Jolly Workers Club.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 31° 57.72′ N, 95° 16.341′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Texas, in Cherokee County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street and East Larissa Street on South Main Street. The marker is located on the east side of the Hazel Tilton Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Jacksonville TX 75766, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory of All Cherokee County Veterans (here, next to this marker); Jacksonville's Public Square (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Nan Travis Memorial Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oldest Home in Jacksonville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jacksonville Independent School District (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of First Free Public School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sweet Union Baptist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lon Morris College (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Back Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 1, 2023

2. Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Back Side

Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Right Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 1, 2023

3. Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Right Side

Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Left Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 1, 2023

4. Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker - Left Side

The view of the Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker in the park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 1, 2023

5. The view of the Memorial to Our World War Dead Marker in the park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 9, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.