Near Wells in Cherokee County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles Southeast)
Photographed by Steve Gustafson, November 22, 2009
1. Mt. Hope Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Mt. Hope Cemetery. (2 miles Southeast). Joseph H. Bowman, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico, offered one hundred acres of land to the Rev. W.D. Lewis to come to Mt. Hope community and establish a Methodist church and cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Lewis agreed and the congregation began in 1875. In November of that year Margaret (Ruby) Hicks was the first person to be buried in the adjacent cemetery. Though the church was moved to nearby Wells after the railroad came through in 1886, the cemetery continued to be a place of importance among the more than 1800 people of Wells, Mt. Hope and other Cherokee County communities interred here. There are more than 200 military veterans, including eight Confederate soldiers. The cemetery is a chronicle of the history of Cherokee County.
Joseph H. Bowman, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico, offered one hundred acres of land to the Rev. W.D. Lewis to come to Mt. Hope community and establish a Methodist church and cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Lewis agreed and the congregation began in 1875. In November of that year Margaret (Ruby) Hicks was the first person to be buried in the adjacent cemetery. Though the church was moved to nearby Wells after the railroad came through in 1886, the cemetery continued to be a place of importance among the more than 1800 people of Wells, Mt. Hope and other Cherokee County communities interred here. There are more than 200 military veterans, including eight Confederate soldiers. The cemetery is a chronicle of the history of Cherokee County.
Erected 2000 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11807.)
Location. 31° 31.484′ N, 94° 58.096′ W. Marker is near Wells, Texas, in Cherokee County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 69 and County Road 2626, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 69. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wells TX 75976, 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.
More about this marker. This marker is beside the Homer-Alto Road Marker
Photographed by Steve Gustafson, February 27, 2010
2. Mt. Hope Cemetery Marker and Homer-Alto Road Marker
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, December 1, 2025
3. Mt. Hope Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2010, by Steve Gustafson of Lufkin, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,713 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 3, 2010, by Steve Gustafson of Lufkin, Texas. 3. submitted on December 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
