Biggerstaff Cemetery
Historical Marker Text
The families of Oliver (1812-1872) and Mary
(Livingston) Jackson (1818-1890) and George (1823-1906) and Didama
(Jackson) Biggerstaff (1835-1902) moved here from Missouri and settled
on adjoining farms in 1854. The Jacksons erected a schoolhouse on their
property and this cemetery was established on the Biggerstaff farm. The
first recorded burial here was that of Grant Clutter in 1864. The
cemetery, which contains about 50 burials, served as the graveyard for
the Jackson and Biggerstaff families and their descendants. The last
recorded burial was that of Russell McCormack in 1935.
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845 -
1995
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