HUSON CEMETERY - FARMERSVILLE
HOUSTEN CEMETERY
CR814
33.1731N
96.532W
Cemeteries of
Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough
This cemetery
is divided into 3 distinct parts by chain-link fences. The northernmost part is
about 1 acre with 30+ marked graves. It is neglected. The grass is high and the
stones could be repaired. This is a colored section. It is said to be full.
The middle part, what is called South Housten in COLLIN COUNTY CEMETERY
INSCRIPTIONS I, is about 2 ½ acres. There are 100+ graves. The grounds are well
maintained and the stones have been repaired. This section has a historical
marker. This is a white section. The older stones in this section were obviously
made in the rock quarry that was nearby.
The southernmost part is about 2 acres. The grass is cut. There are about 12
graves in the northwest corner. The graves are fairly recent, 1986. The graves
look neglected and sunken. There is evidence of cows using this section. This is
also a colored section and is still in use.
The northern section can be reached through the middle section or by a road
along the outside of the fence. The road was not in very good condition. There
is a gate about half way along the fence between the northern and middle
sections. The southern section is completely separate from the other two. It is
off to the side. There is a pavilion outside the fences. These cemeteries do not
have a deed and do not have a cemetery association. Someone has been hired to
keep the grass cut. The cemeteries are active.
Someone said that the area was known as Housten and the family in the area was
known as Huson. The historical marker calls this the Huson Cemetery and says
that the cemetery was given to the community as a public cemetery by Tennessee
Huson sometime after 1875. There are supposed to be numerous unmarked graves.
Historical marker, 1989.
HUSON
CEMETERY
ALLEN
DANIEL AND HIS FAMILY CAME TO TEXAS
FROM
TENNESSEE IN 1847. HE AND HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH
WERE THE PARENTS OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
THEY
SETTLED IN THIS AREA IN 1850 AND DANIEL
PURCHASED
480 ACRES OF LAND IN MAY, 1851.
LESS THAN
ONE YEAR LATER, ON FEBRUARY 25,
1852, HE
DIED AND WAS BURIED ON HIS LAND.
ALLEN AND
ELIZABETH DANIEL'S DAUGHTER,
TENNESSEE
P. DANIEL, WAS MARRIED TO D. E.
HUSON.
TENNESSEE HUSON BOUGHT THE FAMILY
LAND FROM
HER MOTHER IN 1875, AND IT WAS
DURING HER
OWNERSHIP THAT THE PROPERTY
SURROUNDING
HER FATHER'S GRAVE WAS GIVEN TO
THE
COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC CEMETERY. IT
GRADUALLY
BECAME KNOWN AS HUSON CEMETERY.
THOSE
INTERRED IN THIS HISTORIC GRAVEYARD
INCLUDE
MANY PIONEERS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING
THE DANIEL,
HUSON, WILCOXSON AND REDWINE
FAMILIES.
JOHN HENDRIX AND WILLIAM PINCKNEY
CHAPMAN,
WHO ARE CREDITED WITH NAMING THE
TOWN OF
FARMERSVILLE, AND WILLIAM GOTCHER,
WHO DONATED
LAND FOR THE TOWN SQUARE, ARE
BURIED HERE
ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR
FAMILIES.
ALSO INTERRED HERE ARE MANY FORMER
SLAVES AND
THEIR DESCENDANTS, INCLUDING THE
NELSON,
SNEED, GLASS, AND BRYSON FAMILIES.
THE
CEMETERY CONTAINS HUNDREDS OF MARKED AND
UNMARKED GRAVES.
CEMETERY
INDEX
Recommended citation:
Huson Cemetery - Farmersville,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano
Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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