Hardin County Texas Archives Photo Place.....Knupple Cemetery Historic Marker August 13, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William Dowden wtdowden@gmail.com August 14, 2011, 5:10 am Source: William Thomas Dowden III Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/hardin/photos/knupplec9543nph.jpg Image file size: 113.4 Kb Knupple Cemetery has a new historic marker which it did not have when I last visited in 2007. The marker was awarded in 2008. Congratulations to the Knupple Cemetery Association! The Historic Marker reads: "KNUPPLE CEMETERY" "August Knupple, a Prussian who came to Texas in 1846 to farm, established this cemetery on his property around 1870. The earliest marked grave, dating to 1871, is for Henry Robinson, although the burial ground may have begun earlier as a family graveyard. Knupple Cemetery contains at least 16 graves dating to the 19th century, and features graveslabs and Woodmen of the World gravestones. The Interred include veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War. By the 1930's, relatives and volunteers began to maintain the property. Today, the Knupple Cemetery Association continues to care for this burial ground, which remains as a record of the pioneering Knupple family and generations of area residents." "Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008" "Marker is property of the State of Texas." Additional Comments: Knupple Cemetery is located in Silsbee, Texas. Coming from the south on US 96, take Business 96 into Silsbee. Watch for Knupple Road on the right; the intersection of Knupple Road and Business 96 has a traffic signal. Follow Knupple Road to the East to Cemetery Road. Turn right on Cemetery Road; the cemetery is uphill less than a quarter mile, visible from the interection of Cemetery Road and Knupple Road. Coordinates North Lat. 30.31 degrees, West Longitude 94.19 degrees. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/hardin/photos/knupplec9543nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb