Coolidge in Limestone County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Armour Cemetery

Photographed by QuesterMark, November 28, 2015

1. Armour Cemetery Texas Historical Marker

Inscription. Established in 1878, this burial ground served the former community of Armour. The cemetery is located on property deeded by community founder, James Armour (d. 1896). For school, church and burial purposes. James Armour was born in 1825 in Jackson County, Georgia, and was a landowner, community and church leader, and Civil War veteran. Armour married Narita Jane Kennedy (d. 1902) in 1849; the couple had ten children. In 1882, James Armour laid out the community of Sandy Creek, which later bore his name. By 1884, the settlement, one of the earliest in Northern Limestone County, had two churches, a school district and two gristmills. The Armour Community quickly declined after 1903, when the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad established a new town, Coolidge, along tracks set one mile north of here. Businesses and other establishments, including the Sandy Creek Baptist Church (now First Baptist Church of Coolidge), moved to the new community.

The oldest marked graves here are for Annie Lou Hooper and her husband, James E. Hooper, who both died in 1878. Also interred are community leaders, area pioneers and veterans of military conflicts dating to the Civil War. Cemetery features include vertical stones, curbing and fraternal monuments.

The cemetery is divided into four sections; Old Armour, New Armour, the Norwegian Cemetery and the Catholic Cemetery which is known locally as the Mexican Cemetery. The Coolidge Cemetery Association maintains the first three sections, while descendants care for the Catholic Cemetery. Today, Armour Cemetery is the last remaining vestige of the historic Armour Community, and continues to serve descendants of this area's early pioneers. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007
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Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number

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15496.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 31° 44.139′ N, 96° 39.405′ W. Marker is in Coolidge, Texas, in Limestone County. It is at the intersection of County Road 186 and County Road 185 on County Road 186. This marker stands just inside the Armour Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coolidge TX 76635, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); United Methodist Church of Coolidge (approx. 1.3 miles away); Munger Community (approx. 5.2 miles

Armour Cemetery with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by QuesterMark, November 28, 2015

2. Armour Cemetery with Marker

away); Booker T. Washington Park (approx. 6.4 miles away); One Half Mile North to the Site Once Occupied by Trinity University (approx. 6.4 miles away); Tehuacana (approx. 6.6 miles away); William Rees (approx. 6.6 miles away); Bell Tower (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coolidge.

Regarding Armour Cemetery. The Hill Cemetery and New Armour Cemetery are both across CR 186 from the Armour Cemetery. Hill Cemetery is across CR 185 from the New Armour Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2016, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 744 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 9, 2016, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.