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Maple Grove Cemetery, Minden, Rusk Co, TX
From Mt. Enterprise, go north on Hwy 259 to FM 1798. Turn
right (east) and go less than two miles to CR 3141D. Turn right (south) and
follow to the right.
Marker Text
This cemetery began with the interment of Paul and Martha Rettig's infant
son, Joseph, in 1879 on Rettig family land. In 1883 two children of the tenant
farming Kinsey family were buried near Joseph Rettig's grave and the site
gradually became a community burial ground. A cemetery care committee was
established in 1895. Presently encompassing three acres donated by the Rettig
family, the cemetery contains about 600 graves. Buried here are members of three
generations of some area families and veterans of wars ranging from the Texas
Revolution to World War II.
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