This cemetery serves the Buena Vista community, which organized in 1848. Joseph Penn Burns, a native of South Carolina, donated land for the burial ground. The earliest marked grave dates to 1851, though it is believed there is at least one earlier . . . — — Map (db m268299) HM
Area Baptists had established a church at Buena Vista (4.3 mi.E) when the railroad bypassed that community and founded Timpson in 1885. The Houston, East & West Texas Railroad dedicated church sites for the new town in 1886, and the Baptists were . . . — — Map (db m268376) HM
In memory of our boys who gave their lives for God and Country
World War I
Pvt. Preston Archer •
Pvt. Owen E. Barnes •
Pvt. Jodie Ferguson •
Lt. Clyde T. Morrison •
Sgt. Ernest H. Shipp •
Pvt. Nathan H. Tims
World War II . . . — — Map (db m268300) WM
In memory of our boys who gave their lives for God and Country
Korea
Cpl Cecil A. Brittain, USMC •
TSgt Clifford Hughes, US Army •
Sfc Willie E. Windham, US Army
Vietnam
Pfc Ted W. Adams, US Army •
Sgt William H. Eaden, . . . — — Map (db m268304) WM
This congregation traces its history to 1857, when a Union church was organized to serve Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian settlers in this area, many of whom migrated here from Tennessee. Named Mount Carmel, the church building was a one-room . . . — — Map (db m268295) HM
Organized in 1857, this church was originally known as Mount Carmel. It was the First Presbyterian Congregation established in Shelby County. A one-room log cabin served as a meeting place until a large two-story frame building was constructed in . . . — — Map (db m268297) HM
In 1884, Houston businessman Paul Bremond (1810-1885), and other investors began planning for a new railroad to connect Houston and Shreveport, Louisiana. Surveys soon began along the proposed route, and in 1885 the town of Timpson was founded, . . . — — Map (db m268375) HM
