“176-year-old Tyler Landmark The Oakwood Cemetery was established in 1846 located in …

Tyler, TXTour Tyler Texas2 hours agoOriginally called Lollar’s Cemetery and later City Cemetery, this burial ground was located on land purchased by John Lollar in 1846. Five acres were reserved for cemetery use when Lollar sold his land to John Madison Patterson in 1849. Burials began in the 1840s, but many early gravestones have been lost. The oldest marked grave is that of four-year-old P. M. Scott, who died in 1852. The graves of numerous Confederate soldiers, who died in the Civil War (1861-1865), are situated in a raised section east of central drive. In another separate portion is the Jewish Beth-el Cemetery, where the oldest grave is that of 19-year-old Rachel Wolinsky, who dies in 1884.Tour Tyler Texas- Photo by M1Y – Clarence Shackelford TEXT 903.253.5099 – for Tour Tyler Texashttps://vimeo.com/698899631 Video of Mattie Jones – Spirits of Oakwood 1 min 38 sec, Frank Emerson – Spirits of Oakwood 1 min 23 sec, George Whitmore – Spirits of Oakwood 3 min 37 sec, and L. D. Olmstead – Spirits of Oakwood 5 min 11 sec. In 1903, additional land was acquired and the cemetery was renamed Oakwood. City officials hired William A. Woldert (1885-1937) to map the grounds, located…
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