Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery

Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery. . , This Pioneer Cemetery, known as Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery, was dedicated as a community burial ground on May 1, 1880. The related families of Wyatt, Hackler, Cope, and Poe were Methodists, and the original two-acre cemetery site was deeded to E.D.L. Tims, as Trustee for the Southern Methodist Conference The cemetery was used for burials for a period of thirty-two years, from 1880-1912. Two Civil War veterans, one Confederate soldier and one Union soldier are buried in Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery. Due to the removal of the headstones in the mid 1900's the locations and number of burials was unknown until an archeological investigation was performed. Although the cemetery site was two acres, only one-quarter acre was actually a burial ground. This Memorial Park contains 44 known graves, which include 15 buried children. One original gravestone "Mabry" was found and relocated to the original site Tate Maserang family placed a memorial marker stone in the cemetery in 1976., This one-quarter acre Memorial Park commemorates the following known individuals buried in Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery and honors the memory of those unknown pioneers who were laid to rest here. , Jacob Maserang July 22, 1827-January 7, 1891 , Marqueritte Shafer Maserang November 13, 1839 October 14, 1882 , William Jacob Maserang June 16, 1960-June 19, 1901 Son of Anthony Maserang , Anthony Marvin Maserang Child of Eugene and Margaret , Howard Maserang Born 1898 Died as an infant , Susie Florence Nelson Born and Died 1900 , Maserang Nelson (Evelyn or Katie) Child of Florence Maserang Dates unknown , Florence Marie Holveck Daughter of Jean Baptiste Holveck and Mary Maserang Holveck February 22, 1890 March 22, 1890 , Henry Prosper Holveck Son of Jean Baptiste Holveck and Mary Maserang Holveck December 28, 1897-July 30, 1899 , John Bell Mabry December 23, 1838-July 7, 1890 Civil War Veteran, Ilinois Volunteers , Viney Long Buried as a teenager 1893-1894 , Mary Long Buried as a teenager 1893-1894 , E.W.W. Long Dates unknown , Mr. Gentry Dates Unknown , Lucy Elinoria Wfenwick Mabry August 3, 1838-August 8, 1897 , Mrs. C. B. Gentry Buried February 15, 1908 , Mrs. Gentry, 2nd. Wife, Dates Unknown , Daisy Foust Died March 13, 1880 , John Joseph Hard March 30, 1837- April 3 1912 Civil War Veteran Griffin's Battalion, Texas Infantry , Ozilla Jane Hill Hard February 8, 1841 February 15, 1897 , Charlotte Hard Wilson Infant, Died 1902