Wylie in Collin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Wylie Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 21, 2024

1. Wylie Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In 1889, the Wylie Cemetery Company purchased several town lots, totaling about five acres, from the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad and established the Wylie Cemetery. According to local history, the daughter of an indigent family was the first burial before the cemetery was completed. The earliest marked grave is that of Wylie Cemetery Company President, William M. Housewright, who died in 1889 from pneumonia. Other Wylie Cemetery Company founders are buried here including Dr. John F. Butler, Frank L. McCarty and William Thomas Brown, as well as veterans from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. The Wylie Cemetery Association maintains this historic cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003

Erected 2012 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17193.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.

Location. 33° 0.766′ N, 96° 31.934′ W. Marker is in Wylie, Texas, in Collin County. It can be reached from Masters Avenue east of South 5th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wylie

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TX 75098, 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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Baptist Church of Wylie (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wylie (approx. 0.4 miles away); Thomas and Mattie Brown House (approx. half a mile away); Brown Cottage (approx. half a mile away); Gallagher House (approx. 0.6 miles away); William and Charlotte Stone House "Stonehaven" (approx. 1.1 miles away); Wylie Methodist Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Charles C. Stibbens (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wylie.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 21, 2024

2. Wylie Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.