Flint Cemetery
Flint, Smith County, Texas, USA
In November 1887, a former whistle stop on the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad became the town of Flint with the establishment of a post office. By the turn of the 20th century, Flint included stores, churches, a blacksmith shop, and a school.
Previous to the formation of the Flint Cemetery, the Rather Cemetery (about 1.5 miles south of town) and other rural burial grounds served area residents until 1900, when somewhat out of necessity, Samuel Clampitt and Mollie Oglesby conveyed the original land for a community cemetery. It was the spring of 1900 when Ann McConnell became the first to be buried in the Flint Cemetery and since that time, the cemetery has been enlarged several times through subsequent land acquisitions.
Graves in the Flint Cemetery include members of the Flynt family, both Union and Confederate veterans of the Civil War, as well as veterans of many of our nations conflicts and numerous early settlers to southern Smith County.
Features in the cemetery include arched entryways, and many vertical stones and obelisks denoting early graves. The Flint Cemetery Association was formed in 1976 to provide annual maintenance and ensure that the cemetery is cared for in perpetuity.
In November 1887, a former whistle stop on the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad became the town of Flint with the establishment of a post office. By the turn of the 20th century, Flint included stores, churches, a blacksmith shop, and a school.
Previous to the formation of the Flint Cemetery, the Rather Cemetery (about 1.5 miles south of town) and other rural burial grounds served area residents until 1900, when somewhat out of necessity, Samuel Clampitt and Mollie Oglesby conveyed the original land for a community cemetery. It was the spring of 1900 when Ann McConnell became the first to be buried in the Flint Cemetery and since that time, the cemetery has been enlarged several times through subsequent land acquisitions.
Graves in the Flint Cemetery include members of the Flynt family, both Union and Confederate veterans of the Civil War, as well as veterans of many of our nations conflicts and numerous early settlers to southern Smith County.
Features in the cemetery include arched entryways, and many vertical stones and obelisks denoting early graves. The Flint Cemetery Association was formed in 1976 to provide annual maintenance and ensure that the cemetery is cared for in perpetuity.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 3609
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