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Hidden Cedars Cemetery Tells Early County History
A small cemetery beneath cedars off Hwy 519 leads to Galveston Memorial Park. The hewn stones name early Hitchcock and La Marque settlers, with markers like Vauthier Tacquard and Shire. Some graves predate 1861, two stones read Victim of the Storm dated September 6 1900. Two distant crypts honor a Paris born wife and an English husband who died early 1900s.
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Hwy. 519
Galveston Memorial Park
Hitchcock
la Marque
Vauthier
Tacquard
Shire
Paris
England