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Proffitt Cemetery Veterans

 
 
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Photographed by Duane Hall, March 23, 2016
1. Proffitt Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In Memory of Proffitt Cemetery Veterans

Blanton, James Herod - C.S.A. Civil War

World War I
Bellomy, W.B. • Bradshaw, Clay • Cagle, C.V. (Dugan) • Denton, Orville (Sonny) • Heard, Frank • Holbert, Worth • Perry, C.R. (Russell) • Perry, Rufe • Weatherbee, Homer • Wilkinson, Thomas Guy

World War II
Bellomy, Eddie • Bellomy, W.B. Jr. • Creel, Jean • Creel, W.T. (Mutt) • Davis, William Duffy • Dixon, Chester • Dixon Thos. W. • Gilmore, R.I. (Pete) • Holbert, Raymond • Jungman, Bill Noble • Leary, Alton • Loftis, Luther WWI • Perry, Russell B. • Reeves, Sam Ed • Walraven, Al • Wells, Coleman • Wells, Leo • Wells, Randolph • Wilkinson, Thomas • Kee, J.B. • Morgan, Raymond Floyd • Wooldridge, Quinten F. • Wells, R.T. Jr.

Wooldridge, Michael Wesley - Vietnam


Three young cowboys killed by Indians July 17, 1867. Buried in one grave: Rice Carlton, Reuben Johnson, Patrick Euell Proffitt
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 33° 11′ N, 98° 51.971′ W. Memorial is near Newcastle, Texas, in Young County. It can be reached from U.S. 380 0.2 miles west of Proffitt Road, on the right when traveling west
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. Marker is located in the central part of Proffitt Cemetery; the above directions are to the cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Newcastle TX 76372, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Big Country. It is also on the American Great Plains. 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 Comancherνa, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Common Grave (a few steps from this marker); Proffitt Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Proffitt, Carlton, and Johnson (approx. half a mile away); Indian Raid on Elm Creek, C.S.A. (approx. half a mile away); Joseph Alfred Woolfolk (approx. 5.7 miles away); Two Miles Southwest to Fort Belknap (approx. 7.3 miles away); Military Road (Fort Belknap - Fort Phantom Hill) (approx. 7½ miles away); Tonkawa Scouts, C.S.A. (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newcastle.
 
Proffitt Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, March 23, 2016
2. Proffitt Cemetery Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 595 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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