This is an easy 2 stage Multi-Cache located inside the Oakwood Cemetery.
The Oakwood Cemetery was established soon after Denton was settled as the new seat of government for Denton County in 1857. I have provided the coordinates for the cemetery historical marker as well as the text from the marker at the end of this description.
When I was growing up my Mother was a cemetery sleuth. She loved researching our family genealogy and we traveled around from cemetery to cemetery. One of the most memorable is a cemetery in New London where many of the hundreds of children killed in the 1937 New London School explosion are buried. My grandfather's brother's son died in the explosion and is buried there. Now whenever I am in a cemetery I am naturally curious about tombstones of children.
When I was strolling around this cemetery I noticed that there are many children buried here. One little lonely tombstone with the name "Winnie" caught my attention. It was by itself next to a large tree and there were no other family members buried around her and none listed in the cemetery registry. Made me wonder what her family story was.
Winnie's grave is where you will start the Multi.
Stage 1 – at the posted coordinates you will see a tombstone at the gravesite of a little girl named "Winnie".
Find Winnie's year of birth and year of death and use these dates for the following final coordinates:
(Year of Winnie's Birth) - 1170 = A
(Year of Winnie's Death) - 1548 = B
This cemetery was established soon after Denton was settled as the new seat of government for Denton County in 1857. Land for the community burial ground was donated by pioneer settler Hiram Cisco, who had earlier conveyed property for the townsite. The earliest grave is that of a Mrs. Wilson, who died during childbirth while traveling through the area in a covered wagon. Her newborn infant daughter died several days later and was also buried here. Other interments at this site include those of Jesse M. Blount, who helped plat the town of Denton and later served as county treasurer, county judge and state senator; Col. Thomas Gynn Cosbey Davis, a cousin of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; and many prominent early leaders of the town and county. Two interesting graves are those of Andrew and George Brown. On a change of venue from Montague county in 1879, they were convicted of murder and hanged in Denton. Their tombstones bear the inscription "Executed." Officially named Oakwood Cemetery in 1931, this burial ground now serves as a historic reminder of the pioneers who first settled here and who led in the development of the area. (1982).