Black plaque № 24080

Marshall, TX, United States

St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Though it is unclear when this land was first used for burials, the oldest known graves date from 1872. At its creation the cemetery served Catholics in Harrison County and St. Joseph Parish, including Carthage, Jefferson, Waskom, Uncertain and Scottsville. Visiting pri

ests served parishioners until the Rev. Thomas Loughery was sent by the Galveston Diocese in 1874. Land for the cemetery was sold to the Diocese by C. F. Chevaillier in 1878. Among those buried here a

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