Tehuacana Cemetery

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Original 1. 86 acre site given by James E. and Amanda R. Bandy. First burial was in 1875. Community acquired adjoining 3. 6 acres in 1880 for a log church and a day, writing, and music school; added 6. 2 acres in 1881 for a frame parsonage and church called Wilson Chapel and Salem Sunday School. Tehuacana Church moved to Medina County in 1900. Buried here are early pioneers: victims of 1882-1884 smallpox epidemics; twelve Confederate veterans; Levi Wilson, one of three original church trustees.


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