SWANSON CEMETERY
SWANSON CEMETERY
| Swanson
cemetery is located in Palestine, Anderson County Texas.
Swanson / Bridges is a Historical cemetery. Coordinates: 31.76810, -95.53890 The historical marker reads as follows: Micam Main of Illinois was granted a league of land by the Mexican government in 1835.One of the area's first brickmakers, Samuel M. Warden, died while working on the Main's estate on Christmas Eve in 1847. He was interred on this site. According to oral history, Warden's grave was marked only with bricks of his own manufacture. His is believed to have been the first burialin this cemetery. Virginia native Henry Clay Swanson (1822-1906), a former member of the Alabama State legislature, moved to Texas with his brother, James Madison Swanson, their families and slaves in 1851. "Colonel" Henry C. Swanson owned a farm east of Palestine and later operated a mercantile store in town. He purchased the land around the cemetery from Elisha Main, Micam Main's son and heir, in 1854. The slaves and former slaves of Henry Clay Watson and James M. Swanson, as well as african americans from Anderson county and neighboring areas, were interred on this site. Descendants of slaves attended funerals here from 1872 to the late 1940's and early 1950's. A young girl was among the last interred in the well-populated burial site in the late 1940's. Others buried here include Tom Swanson, a former slave from Virginia to whom Henry Swanson willed $100, and two of his brothers. As well as their descendents. Thirty-six marked and approximately 23 unmarked graves are believed to grace the cemetery. This is the final resting place of many of those whose labor built Anderson county, Houston county and the state of Texas. View Of Cemetery |
NAME |
DATE OF BIRTH |
DATE OF DEATH |
MORE INFORMATION |
Apr 22,1863 |
Apr 01, 1911 |
Daughter of Mary Calhoun |
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| Clewis, Silva | 1857 | Nov 30, 1909 | Died at 52 years of age Wife of Ike |
| Gibson, Anderson | Oct 27,1879 | Died at 45 years of age. Gone to Rest | |
| Gosia, Henry | Oct 27,1872 | Died at 54
years of age Your dear father is gone but not forgotten |
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| Gosia, Matilla | Mar 15,1888 | Died at 75 years of age | |
| Griffin, Sam | Dec 16,1874 | Died at 72 years of age | |
| Lacy, Cage | 1885 | Died at 65 years of age Gone but not forgotten | |
| Lacy, Miles | Nov 05,1902 | Died at 60 years of age | |
| Lacy, Ollie | 1902 | Died at 64
years of age Gone but not forgotten |
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| Marlow, Frank B. J. | Aug 21,1909 | Aug 01,1916 | |
| Rosser, Charity | No Dates | ||
| Rosser, William | No Dates | ||
| Warden, Samuel | Dec 24,1847 | According
to the historical marker Mr. Warden is believed to have been first burial. |
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| Swanson, John Webb | Feb 11,1890 | Feb 06,1921 | Gone but not forgotten |
| Swanson, Martha | b. 1846 | 1924 | Mother Gone but not forgotten |
| Swanson, Alex | No Dates | Shares marker with Martha | |
| Swanson, Tom | No Dates |
There are several markers
that are unreadable and several graves unmarked. |
County Coordinator:
Laura Gregory
Roberts |
