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Bethesda Community, Texas
Historical marker text:
Bethesda Cemetery
Settlers in the 1860s called this area Dry Creek but renamed it Bethesda Community in 1876 after
they built a schoolhouse used for Methodist worship. John G Leach (1846-1930) and John Marshall Coalson
(1826-1897) gave land near the school for a cemetery in 1877 when Leach's daughter Minnie (1872-1961)
seemed near death with diptheria. She recovered and the earliest marked grave is that of Charlie A Walker
(1879-1890). Childhood mortality accounts for many graves in the older part of the cemetery. Descendants
of pioneer families donated land in 1973 to enlarge the site to five acres. (1976)

Description Link Photo_Link Date Submitter
Historical Marker Photo Feb 2006 Tommy Pfeifer
Adcock, Nancy E. Photo Feb 2006 Tommy Pfeifer
Adcox, Samuel J. and Willie Lee Photo Feb 2006 Tommy Pfeifer
Bolton, Nancy Florence Photo Feb 2006 Tommy Pfeifer


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