Tenaha, TX, United States
Sholar Cemetery Several families from Henry County, Alabama, settled in this area in 1846, including the John and Nancy (Kirkland) Scott family. Their son William sold his brother-in-law David Sholar 111 acres here in 1850. This site became a burial ground in the summer of 1854 with the deaths of si
x cousins, ages one to ten, likely from the same illness. Truitt's Chapel later organized across the road, and the Sholar post office operated from 1906-15. The nearby community of Eagle Mills was als
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