Black plaque № 24915

Newton, TX, United States

Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Wilson Chapel Cemetery (also known as Woods Cemetery or Irvine Cemetery) David McMahon (1806-1873), first Newton County attorney, is credited with the founding of Wilson Chapel. His grave is marked, as are three others: his brother, Rev. Friend McMahon (1810-1874), Methodist

Minister and farmer; Josephus Somerville Irvine (1819-1876), Civil War veteran, Methodist preacher and early county organizer, said to have been the youngest soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto; and

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