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Glenfawn Cemetery, Glenfawn, Rusk Co, TX
From Laneville, take FM 1798 west less than 1 mile. Turn
left (south) onto FM 1662. Go about 6 miles to Glenfawn. Cemetery is on the
right just after CR 2753.
Marker Text
Cemetery was begun after the death of Julien Sidney Devereux (1805-56), with
the remains of his father, John W. Devereux (1769-1847), and an infant son
reinterred soon after. Called Devereux and Sand Field, the plot served nearby
Forest Hill community ( 1 mile N), site of academy founded by Devereux in 1850.
Name was changed to Glenfawn in 1872 when post office opened with Charles
Nunnally, postmaster. The settlement had several stores, two blacksmiths,
school, church and Masonic Lodge building. The old Methodist-Baptist Church was
located east of cemetery. (1973)
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