BENJAMIN FOSCUE

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Oakwood Cemetery

North Main Street and East Douglas Street
Jefferson Texas 75657
United States
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BENJAMIN FOSCUE

Born: 1789
Died: 1850
Age: 61 Years
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People Buried Here
ALLEN URQUHART
Buried Here
1792 - 1866
Description

JEFFERSON, INHABITED BY 1840, WAS FOUNDED ON REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LAND GRANT OF ALLEN URQUHART OWNER OF LOCAL FERRY WHO DONATED PUBLIC BURIAL TRACT THAT PROVED UNSUITABLE. ABOUT 1846 HE SUBSTITUTED THIS LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL SITE "TO WHICH PRIOR BURIALS WERE THEN MOVED. EARLIEST MARKED GRAVE IS THAT OF SETTLER BENJAMIN FOSCUE WHO DIED OF CHOLERA.

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ALLEN URQUHART
Buried Here
1792 - 1866
BillionGraves.com record for BENJAMIN FOSCUE (1789 - 1850), BillionGraves Record Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion, Texas, United States, North America