Near Winfield in Titus County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Winfield Cemetery
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
1. Winfield Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Winfield Cemetery. . Brothers Calvin and William Barrett came to Texas during the early 1850s and they settled in Titus County in 1853. The area where they settled came to be known as the community of Barrett. In 1892 the community's name was changed to Winfield, in honor of the general passenger agent for the Texas and St. Louis Railway. Winfield Cemetery's earliest marked graves are those for mother and daughter Mary E. Binnion Smith and Cora Smith, who both died in 1898. Winfield Cemetery is also the final resting place of Winfield's first doctor, Ralph Leslie Beck. The cemetery contains graves of veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. ,
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007.
Brothers Calvin and William Barrett
came to Texas during the early 1850s and
they settled in Titus County in 1853. The
area where they settled came to be
known as the community of Barrett. In
1892 the community's name was
changed to Winfield, in honor of the
general passenger agent for the Texas
and St. Louis Railway. Winfield Cemetery's
earliest marked graves are those for
mother and daughter Mary E. Binnion
Smith and Cora Smith, who both died in
1898. Winfield Cemetery is also the final
resting place of Winfield's first doctor,
Ralph Leslie Beck. The cemetery contains
graves of veterans of the Civil War,
Spanish-American War, World War I,
World War II, Korean War and Vietnam
War.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007
Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15782.)
Location. 33° 9.507′ N, 95° 6.643′ W. Marker is near Winfield, Texas, in Titus County. It can be reached from Interstate 30 Frontage Road 0.1 miles east of Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winfield TX 75493, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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.
Also see . . . Winfield Cemetery. Find a Grave entry on the historical burial ground. (Submitted on October 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
2. Winfield Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
3. Winfield Cemetery Entrance Arch
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
4. Winfield Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 526 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
