Center, TX, United States
Patroon Cemetery. Settlers began moving to the Patroon area by the 1830s. Tennessee natives William and Elviry Nethery brought their family to this area from Alabama in the early 1840s. Their son A.M. established this cemetery on his own property when he and his wife, M.H. "Leany," buried their firs
t son, John (1858-1861). While A.M. was serving in the Civil War, Leany and baby daughter Rachel died from fever and were buried here in 1862. A nanny cared for their son Charley until his father's re
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