Near Lindale in Smith County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Hubbard Family Cemetery
Photographed by Randal B. Gilbert, December 26, 2015
1. Hubbard Family Cemetery Marker
While young Hubbard served with the Confederate army during the Civil War, his wife and children moved to the plantation. His twin daughters Mattie and Hattie died in 1863 and were buried on this hill. Also interred here are Hubbard's father, his infant daughter Claudia and his wife Eliza (d. 1868). The last interment was his nine-year-old son Bennie in 1877. Slave burials are marked with ironstone in this family plot.
Hubbard served as lieutenant governor, 1874-1876, and governor, 1876-1879. He was a railroad promoter and a leader in the state and national Democratic Party. President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Minister to Japan. During his service there, 1885-1890, his second wife Janie Roberts died of cholera. She and Hubbard, along with other members of the family, are buried in Tyler's Oakwood Cemetery.
Erected 1978 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7735.)
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Location. 32° 30.395′ N, 95° 27.883′ W. Marker is near Lindale, Texas, in Smith County. It is on Pineview Lane 0.3 miles west of Leisure Lane, on the left when traveling west. This marker and cemetery are in the private gated village of Hide-a-Way and visitors must be cleared by a guard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1712 Pineview Lane, Lindale TX 75771, 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carmel Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away); Duck Creek Soil Erosion Project (approx. 3.1 miles away); Site of Flora (approx. 3.2 miles away); Whisenhunt-Kinzie House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Vial-Fragosa Trail (approx. 5½ miles away); Milburn-Gary House (approx. 5.8 miles away); Flewellen-Thweatt Cemetery
Photographed by Randal B. Gilbert, December 26, 2015
2. Hubbard Family Cemetery Marker
Regarding Hubbard Family Cemetery. The Men's Garden Club of Hide-a-Way has meticulously restored this cemetery and marked and outlined the slave graves.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Photographed by Randal B. Gilbert, December 26, 2015
3. Hubbard Family Cemetery Slave Memorial
workers (then known as slaves)
are randomly located in the
eastern portion of this site.
Each grave is marked with a single
iron-ore rock as a headstone
with no indication as to the
front or back side.
Side rocks were added later.
Photographed by Randal B. Gilbert, December 26, 2015
4. Hubbard Family Cemetery Slave Graves
Some of the carefully marked graves of the Hubbard slaves. There are many more in this cemetery.
Both of the brothers-in-law of the elder Hubbard, J.S. Bledsoe and Milton Carter, were Baptist ministers and lived down the road from this location. In about 1854 they founded the Carmel Baptist Church about three miles north. The church allowed slaves to be members and their names are listed in the church minute books. In 1865 Bledsoe purchased land and built the new freedmen their own church, which is named Duck Creek Baptist Church. It still exists as a church.
Both of the brothers-in-law of the elder Hubbard, J.S. Bledsoe and Milton Carter, were Baptist ministers and lived down the road from this location. In about 1854 they founded the Carmel Baptist Church about three miles north. The church allowed slaves to be members and their names are listed in the church minute books. In 1865 Bledsoe purchased land and built the new freedmen their own church, which is named Duck Creek Baptist Church. It still exists as a church.
Photographed by Randal B. Gilbert, December 26, 2015
5. Hubbard Family Plot Monument
The obelisk lists the Hubbard family members who are buried inside the chained area. Note that there are three more slave graves immediately adjacent to the Hubbard graves
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2015, by Randal B. Gilbert of Tyler, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,716 times since then and 127 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 26, 2015, by Randal B. Gilbert of Tyler, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
