Marker Details

Spring Cemetery

26206 Aldine-Westfield Road

Spring , 77373

Notes:

26206 is the address for Lexingwood Church, cemetery is north of Aldine-Westfield Road on dirt road east of church

Directions: From Aldine-Westfield; 3 tenths mile west of Hardy & Louetta intersection; north on unpaved road (mailbox 26126 1/2) on the east side of Lexingwood Church; marker on left along fence line approx. 50 yards from Aldine-Westfield Road; cemetery access is better from end of road (approx. 50 more yards), to left at Clover Corral fence line (no trespassing sign)

Key Time Period: 1893 - 1919 City Beautiful - WW I

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text:

After Spring's establishment on the International and Great Northern line in 1873, it became an important railroad center. The Sellers family, early area landowners, donated a portion of their property for a community church and cemetery. The oldest legible tombstone is that of a child, Franklin Leroy Lovins, who died in 1910. Military veterans, including George C. Baker, who served in the Civil War, are also interred here. Gravestones mark nearly 50 burial sites, but many other burials are unmarked. The cemetery stands as a reminder of Spring's heritage as a railroad town. (2001)

Marker Type: Marker with Post

Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 292 R

GPS Coordinates: 30 04.724, 95 24.867

Precinct No: 4

Marker No: 12603