Ellis County Texas Archives Photo Place.....Milford Cemetery Marker 
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Source:             Milford Cemetery
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W.R. Hudson and J.M. Higgins, early pioneers in this area, came from Cherokee
County in East Texas to settle here in 1853. They laid off a townsite in 1854
and named it MIlford. The town developed steadily, and soon boasted homes, a
school, post office, churches, and other community institutions. Although there
are no specific records to document the establishment of the Milford cemetery,
the oldest grave is that of E.F. Kimbrough Smith, wife of W.P. Smith, who died
at age 23 in 1855. The size of the cemetery has increased over the years, and it
is the final resting place of generations of some early Milford families. Ellis
County pioneers buried in this historic graveyard include Texas Revolutionary
soldiers Thomas Jefferson Jordan and James McDaniel. Nearly two hundred small
graves of infants and young children from the 19th century attest to the often
harsh living conditions of the frontier. Also interred here, in addition to the
Texas Revolutionary soldiers, are veterans of the Mexican War, the Civil War,
World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. An important element of Milford's
history, the cemetery stands as a reminder of the area's frontier heritage.

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