Prairie Lea Cemetery
1000 Prairie Lea St., Brenham, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1871
EST. 1871
1840
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Prairie Lea Cemetery.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Prairie Lea Cemetery
Prairie Lea Cemetery holds graves dating to the 1840s, though it was not formally established by the Brenham Cemetery Association until 1871, after yellow fever deaths filled the earlier Masonic Cemetery. Burials include Texas Revolution veterans, Congressman James Paul Buchanan, and Confederate General John David McAdoo. Methodist ministers Carl A. Urbantke and Robert Alexander are also buried there.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Prairie Lea Cemetery
Graves in this historic cemetery date from the 1840s, although trustees of the Brenham Cemetery Association did not formally set aside the property until 1871. It came into operation following concern the earlier Masonic Cemetery would soon reach capacity, given the large number of yellow fever victims in the late 1860s. Trustees purchased the initial 22.77 acres here from J.D. Giddings. Among those buried in Prairie Lea are veterans of military conflicts dating to the Texas Revolution. Notable gravesites include those of brothers Jabez Demming and Dewitt Clinton Giddings, prominent local lawyers, bankers, railroad promoters and politicians. Influential religious leaders buried here are Carl A. Urbantke, an Austrian-born Methodist minister instrumental in formation of what became Blinn College, and Robert Alexander, also a Methodist preacher, and a founder of Georgetown's Texas University, forerunner of Southwestern University. Others interred here are Thomas B. Dwyer, a native of Ireland who aided Catholic missionaries, helped establish St. Mary's Parish and started a reading room and Free Library Association that led to the Brenham Public Library; powerful U.S. Congressman James Paul Buchanan, for whom Lake Buchanan on the Colorado River in central Texas is named; and Confederate General John David McAdoo, a Texas Supreme Court Justice. Interesting features in Prairie Lea Cemetery include tombstones with German inscriptions, reflecting the area's early heritage, and Rest Chapel, built in 1897. Both contribute to the site's significance as a valued historical landmark. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006 Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507013902
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