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Fawil Sam Herrin Cemetery

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Directions: From Kirbyville drive 10.8 miles east on SH 363. Cemetery will be on the right. From Newton at the intersection of US 190 and SH 87 take US 190 east 1.7 miles. FM 2626 south 2.2 miles, FM 363 west 1.7 miles. Cemetery will be on the left.

Historical Marker: The Fawil Community, which once had three churches, a school, a plywood mill and a store, also includes three family cemeteries along the main road. Sam and Mary (Cochran) Herrin Homesteaded on 106 acres and had 11 children survive to adulthood. They set aside one acre for a family burial ground, where their granddaughter Alice Dougharty (d. 1911) and daughter Inez Lenderman (d. 1912) are the earliest burials. Many veterans are buried here from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and other military service. The cemetery occupies one-third of the original acre designated for burial purposes. Most of the dozens of burials here are descendants of Sam and Mary Herrin, a pioneer family whose impact can still be seen on the landscape.

Offsite listing of graves on Find A Grave:
Sam Herrin Cemetery at Find A Grave



Burials from death certificates:

Hall, Infant              29 Jun 1941     29 Jun 1941     Son of J. W. Hall and Nevin Herrin
Herrin, Bertie            15 Feb 1875     05 Nov 1931     Son of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran
Herrin, Ida A             19 Oct 1871     25 Jul 1947     Dau of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran
Herrin, Lucindia          20 Nov 1873     30 Aug 1957     Dau of Sam Herrin
Herrin, Mary A.           11 Sep 1852     05 Nov 1932     Dau of Jack Cochran and Caroline Cochran
Herrin, Mary Oma                          09 Jul 1931     Dau of Taylor Herrin and Deller Love
Herrin, Samuel Jake       07 Jun 1880     26 Jan 1963     Son of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran
Herrin, Samuel McFarland  30 Jun 1846     08 May 1933     Son of Jim Herrin and Jane Lewis

Jones, Fred               22 Apr 1917     29 Dec 1929     Son of H. J. Jones and Lola Daugharty
Jones, Harry Tracy        12 Oct 1892     04 Mar 1957     Son of Henry Jones and Sally Jones

Love, Chas. Donald        10 Dec 1932     02 Sep 1933     Son of Ed Love and Mattie Herrin


 

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