Ashes to Ashes - Stanfield Cemetery Traditional Cache
Ashes to Ashes - Stanfield Cemetery
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A small little urban cemetery with some history involved.
Small little cemetery, barely noticed by those who travel this road everyday.
The Stanfield-Walker Cemetery is located in the town of Lacy Lakeview. In 1844, when Sarah Walker settled on her Headright Certificate Number One, land that was given to her for compensation for the death of her husband Jacob Walker, who was reported to be the last man killed in the Battle of the Alamo, the cemetery known now as Stanfield-Walker Cemetery was originally the family cemetery for Sarah Walker's family.
Over the years, not only have the family members of the Walker family been buried there, but also it is reported that there were cowboys buried in the cemetery that died moving cattle up the Chisholm Trail which ran through the Walker land.
Walker 's family cemetery became the Stanfield-Walker Cemetery when Sarah Walker's daughter ( Margaret ) married Francis Stanfield. Margaret Walker was born on July 18, 1832 and died on March 8, 1923 . Francis Stanfield was born in 1847 and died in 1869 . He was probably killed by outlaws, as the LaVega grant to the south of the Jacob Walker grant was a "no-mans land" and a notorious hideout for criminals. Family members from both the Walker and Stanfield families are buried in the cemetery.
Jim Bob Walker's grave is the oldest grave in the cemetery and is walled in with native sandstone blocks. The marker shows he died in 1850. There are two unmarked stones, very old native sandstone, which are probably some of the "Walker" descendants.
Take time to read the historical marker, and enjoy the cache!
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